2011 in jazz

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Pat Metheny at Jazzvitoria 2011.
Decade2010s in jazz
Music2011 in music
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See also2010 in jazz – 2012 in jazz
List of years in jazz
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2011.

James Blood Ulmer Innsbruck 2011.
Morten Qvenild solo concert 2011.

Events[]

Ornette Coleman
at Moers Festival 2011.
Nils Petter Molvær
at Moers Festival 2011.
Palle Mikkelborg
at Kongsberg Jazzfestival 2011.
Abdullah Ibrahim
at Moers Festival 2011.

January[]

February[]

  • 3 – The 13th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 3 – 7).[3]

March[]

  • 4 – The 7th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 4 – 6).[4]

April[]

May[]

  • 25 – The 39th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 25 – June 4).[10]

June[]

  • 10 – The 40th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 10 – 11).[11]
  • 15 – The 23rd Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 15 – July 17).[12]
  • 17 – The 28th Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (June 17 – 19).[13]
  • 25 – The 31st Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 25 – July 4).[14]

July[]

August[]

  • 5 – The 55th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 5 – 7).[23]
  • 10 – The 25th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 10–14).[24]
  • 12
    • Marius Neset is awarded the Sildajazzprisen 2011.[25]
    • The 27th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 12 – 14).[26]
  • 15 – The 26th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 15 – 20).[27]

September[]

  • 1 – The 7th Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (September 1 – 3).[28]
  • 16 – The 54th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16 – 18).[29]

October[]

November[]

December[]

Album released[]

January[]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
11 Méditerranées Renaud Garcia-Fons Enja Records [32]
12 Come Sunday Charlie Haden and Hank Jones EmArcy Records Produced by Jean-Philippe Allard, Ruth Cameron, Charlie Haden [33]

February[]

March[]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
1 Field Day Rituals Splashgirl Hubro Music Produced by Randall Dunn [34]
11 Elastics Ole Mathisen, Per Mathisen and Paolo Vinaccia Losen Records [35]
18 Jeg Vil Hjem Til Menneskene Susanna Wallumrød, lyrics by Gunvor Hofmo Grappa Music [36]

April[]

May[]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
2 A Moment's Peace John Scofield EmArcy Records [37]

June[]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
26 What's It All About Pat Metheny Nonesuch Records [38]

July[]

August[]

September[]

October[]

November[]

December[]

Deaths[]

January
  • 1 – Charles Fambrough, American bassist, composer, and record producer (born 1950).
  • 27 – Charlie Callas, American drummer, comedian, and actor (born 1924).
  • 29 – Milton Babbitt, American composer, music theorist, and teacher (born 1916).[39]
February
  • 3 – Tony Levin, English jazz drummer (born 1940).
  • 8 – Eugenio Toussaint, Mexican composer, arranger, and musician (born 1954).
  • 14 – George Shearing, British jazz pianist (born 1919).[40]
  • 24 – Jens Winther, Danish jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader (born 1960).
March
  • 4 – Tom Vaughn, American pianist (born 1936).
  • 11 – Billy Bang, American violinist and composer (born 1947).
  • 12 – Joe Morello, American drummer (born 1928).[41]
  • 15 – Melvin Sparks, American guitarist (born 1946).
April
  • 26 – Phoebe Snow, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist (born 1950).[42]
May
  • 8 – Cornell Dupree, American guitarist (born 1942).
  • 10 – Norma Zimmer, American singer (born 1923).
  • 11 – Snooky Young, American trumpeter (born 1919).
  • 12 – Ted Nash, American saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist (born 1922).
  • 15 – Bob Flanigan, American tenor vocalist and founding member of The Four Freshmen (born 1926).[43]
  • 28 – Alys Robi, French-Canadian singer (born 1923).
June
  • 2 – Ray Bryant, American pianist and composer (born 1931).
  • 3 – Jack Kevorkian, American flautist, composer, pathologist, and euthanasia proponent (born 1928).
  • 10 – György Szabados, Hungarian jazz pianist (born 1939).
  • 20 – Ottilie Patterson, Northern Irish singer (born 1932).
July
  • 2 – Paul Weeden, American-born Norwegian jazz guitarist (born 1923)[44]
  • 17 – Joe Lee Wilson, American singer (born 1935).
  • 23 – Amy Winehouse, English singer and songwriter (born 1983).[45]
  • 24 – Harald Johnsen, Norwegian bassist (heart attack) (born 1970).[46]
  • 26 – Frank Foster, American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer (born 1928).[47]
August
  • 7 – Jiří Traxler, Czech-Canadian pianist, composer, lyricist, and arranger (born 1912).
September
  • 7 – Eddie Marshall, American drummer (born 1938).[48]
  • 9 – Graham Collier, English bassist, bandleader, and composer (born 1937).
  • 12 – Dinah Kaye, Scottish singer (born 1924).
  • 19 – Johnny Răducanu, Romanian pianist (born 1931).[49]
October
  • 1 – Butch Ballard, American drummer (born 1918).
  • 8 – Roger Williams, American pianist (born 1924).[50]
  • 10 – Lucy Ann Polk, American singer (born 1927).
  • 19 – Lars Sjösten, Swedish pianist and composer (born 1941).
  • 28 – Beryl Davis, English singer (born 1924).
  • 29 – Walter Norris, American pianist and composer (born 1931).
November
  • 1
    • André Hodeir, French violinist, composer, arranger, and musicologist (born 1921).
    • Christiane Legrand, French soprano, The Swingle Singers (born 1930).
  • 2 – Papa Bue, Danish trombonist and bandleader (born 1930).
  • 6 – Gordon Beck, English pianist and composer (born 1935).
  • 11 – Michael Garrick, English pianist and composerr (born 1933).
  • 19 – Russell Garcia, American composer and music arranger (born 1916).[51]
  • 22 – Paul Motian, American drummer (born 1931).[52]
  • 24 – Ross McManus, Irish-English trumpeter (born 1927).
December
  • 2 – Bill Tapia, American guitarist (born 1908).[53]
  • 15 – Bob Brookmeyer, American valve trombonist, pianist, and composer (born 1929).
  • 17 – Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer (born 1941).[54]
  • 18 – Ralph MacDonald, Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, and steelpan virtuoso (born 1941).
  • 26 – Sam Rivers, American saxophonist, bass clarinetist, flautist, harmonica player and pianist, and composer (born 1923).

See also[]

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