1988 in jazz
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| 1988 in jazz | |
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 Don Pullen,Half Moon Bay CA June 13, 1988 | |
| Decade | 1980s in jazz |
| Music | 1988 in music |
| Standards | List of post-1950 jazz standards |
| See also | 1987 in jazz–1989 in jazz |
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This is a timeline documenting events ofJazzin the year 1988.
Events
[edit]March
[edit]- 25– The 15thVossajazzstarted inVoss, Norway(March 25 – 27).[1]
April
[edit]- 6– Jazz guitaristLarry Carltonis shot in a random gun shooting outside his Los Angeles studios.[2]
May
[edit]- 20– The 17thMoers Festivalstarted inMoers, Germany(May 20 – 23).[3]
- 25– The 16thNattjazzstarted inBergen, Norway(May 25 – June 8).[4]
June
[edit]- 30– The 22ndMontreux Jazz Festivalstarted inMontreux, Switzerland(June 30 – July 16).[5]
July
[edit]- 1– The 9thMontreal International Jazz Festivalstarted inMontreal, Quebec,Canada (July 1 – 10).[6]
- 8– The 13thNorth Sea Jazz Festivalstarted inThe Hague, Netherlands(July 8 – 10).[7]
August
[edit]- 19– The 5thBrecon Jazz Festivalstarted inBrecon, Wales(April 19 – 21).[8]
September
[edit]- 16– The 31stMonterey Jazz Festivalstarted inMonterey, California(September 16 – 18).[9]
Album releases
[edit]- Bill Frisell:Before We Were Born
- Henry Threadgill:Rag, Bush and All
- Turtle Island String Quartet:Turtle Island String Quartet
- Lyle Mays:Street Dreams
- Dave Holland:Triplicate
- Jackie McLean:Dynasty
- John Carter:Fields
- Leni Stern:Secrets
- Microscopic Septet:Beauty Based on Science
- Music Revelation Ensemble:Music Revelation Ensemble
- Willem Breuker:Psalm 122
- Steve Turre:Fire and Ice
- Trilok Gurtu:Usfret
- Bobby Previte:Claude's Late Morning
- Bill Frisell:Lookout for Hope
- Misha Mengelberg:Impromptus
- Marcus Roberts:Truth is Spoken Here
- David Ware:Passage to Music
- David Liebman:Trio + One
- Freddie Hubbard:Stardust
- Gary Thomas:Code Violations
- Hilton Ruiz:El Camino
- Phil Woods:Evolution
- Ralph Moore:Rejuvenate
- Matthew Shipp& Rob Brown:Sonic Explorations
Deaths
[edit]- January
- 8–Ray Bauduc,American drummer (born1906).
- February
- 24–Miff Görling,Swedish bandleader, trombonist, arranger, and composer (born1909).
- March
- 1–Tommy Potter,American upright-bassist (born1918).[10]
- 8–Ken Colyer,English trumpeter and cornetist (born1928).
- 20–Gil Evans,Canadian pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader (born1912).[11]
- April
- 3–Kai Ewans,Danish reedist (born1906).
- 15–Eliza Doolittle,British singer-songwriter.
- 19–Ed Burke,American violinist and trombonist (born1909).
- May
- 13–Chet Baker,American trumpeter and singer (born1929).[12]
- 28–Sy Oliver,American trumpeter, singer, composer, arranger and bandleader (born1910).[13]
- July
- 2–Eddie Vinson,American alto saxophonist and blues shouter (born1917).[14]
- August
- 15–Bill Beason,American drummer (born1908).
- 27–Irene Higginbotham,African American songwriter and concert pianist (born1918).[15]
- September
- 5–Lawrence Brown,American trombonist (born1907).
- 27–J. C. Heard,American drummer (born1917).[16]
- October
- 8–Edward Inge,American arranger and reedist (born1906).
- November
- 30
- Charlie Rouse,American hard bop tenor saxophonist and flautist (born1924).
- Pannonica de Koenigswarter,British-born jazz patron and writer (born1913).
- December
- 8
- Gene Quill,American alto saxophonist (born1927).
- Thore Swanerud,Swedish pianist, vibraphonist, arranger, conductor, and composer (born1919).
- Unknown date
- Barney Josephson,founder of Café Society in Greenwich Village (born1902).
Births
[edit]- January
- 28–Casimir Liberski,Belgian pianist and keyboarder.
- February
- 5–Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson,Norwegian upright bassist.
- 26–Christian Meaas Svendsen,Norwegian upright bassist.
- April
- 1–Sam Mtukudzi,Zimbabwean saxophonist and guitarist (died2010).
- 22–Nitcho Reinhardt,French guitarist.
- May
- 29–Kelly Sweet,American singer and songwriter.
- May
- 2– Guilherme Rodrigues, Portuguese composer, improviser, and sound artist.
- 7–David Aleksander Sjølie,Norwegian guitarist.
- 17–Brittany Anjou,American pianist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.
- July
- 31–Andreas Wildhagen,Norwegian drummer.
- August
- 17–Natalie Sandtorv,Norwegian singer, percussionist, and electronica artist.
- 28–Kjetil Jerve,Norwegian pianist and composer.
- September
- 1–Martina Bárta,Czech singer and French hornist.
- October
- 19–Pasquale Grasso,Italian guitarist.
- November
- 25–Victoria Hart,California-born English singer.
- 27–Sandra Nankoma,Ugandan singer, songwriter and actress.
- December
- 3–Melissa Aldana,Chilean tenor saxophonist.
- 23–Thomai Apergi,Greek singer and guitarist.
- Unknown date
- Jan Martin Gismervik,Norwegian drummer,Monkey Plot.
- Simon Gore,Welch guitarist, keyboarder, composer, and audio/visual artist.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^"Vossajazz".Vossajazz.Retrieved2016-04-29.
- ^Heim, Chris (1989-06-30)."Guitarist Larry Carlton Puts Tragic Shooting Behind Him".Chicago Tribune.Retrieved2016-04-22.
- ^"Moers Festival 1988".Moers Festival.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-14.Retrieved2016-04-22.
- ^"Nattjazz"(in Norwegian).Nattjazz.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-22.Retrieved2016-04-22.
- ^"Montreux Jazz Festival 1988 Setlists".Setlist.fm.Retrieved2016-04-30.
- ^"Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Timeline".Montreal International Jazz Festival.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-06-10.Retrieved2016-04-30.
- ^"North Sea Jazz Festival 1988".North Sea Jazz Festival.Retrieved2016-04-30.
- ^"Brecon Jazz Festival 1988".FriendsOfBreconJazz.com.Retrieved2016-04-30.
- ^"The Monterey Jazz Festival Poster".Etsy.com.Retrieved2016-04-30.
- ^"Tommy Potter".BBC.Retrieved2016-04-30.
- ^Watrous, Peter (1988-03-22)."Gil Evans, a Key Jazz Composer And Orchestrator, Is Dead at 75".The New York Times.Retrieved2016-04-30.
- ^Pareles, Jon (1988-05-14)."Chet Baker, Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 59 in a Fall".The New York Times.Retrieved2016-04-30.
- ^"Eddie (Cleanhead) Vinson, 70, Alto Saxophonist and Blues Singer".The New York Times.1988-07-04.Retrieved2016-04-30.
- ^"Eddie (Cleanhead) Vinson, 70, Alto Saxophonist and Blues Singer".The New York Times.1988-05-28.Retrieved2016-04-30.
- ^"Irene Higginbotham".RadioSwissJazz.ch.Retrieved2017-11-05.
- ^"J.C. Heard Dies at 71; Long a Jazz Drummer".The New York Times.1988-09-30.Retrieved2016-04-30.
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