1976 in jazz
| 1976 in jazz | |
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 Wallace Davenport at the 1976 North Sea Jazz Festival | |
| Decade | 1970s in jazz |
| Music | 1976 in music |
| Standards | List of post-1950 jazz standards |
| See also | 1975 in jazz – 1977 in jazz |
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1976.
Events
April
- 9 – The 3rd Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 9 – 11).[1]
May
- 19 – The 4th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 19 – June 2).[2]
June
- 4 – The 5th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 4 – 7).[3]
- 25
- The 23rd Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (June 25 – July 5).[4]
- The 10th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 25 – July 11).[5]
July
- 16 – The very first North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 16 – 18).[6]
September
- 17 – The 19th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 17 – 19).[7]
Album releases
- Keith Jarrett: Survivors Suite
- George Lewis: Solo Trombone Record
- Air: Air Raid
- David Murray: Flowers for Albert
- Derek Bailey: Company 1
- Jan Garbarek: Dis
- Irene Schweizer: Wilde Senoritas
- Toshiko Akiyoshi: Road Time
- Albert Mangelsdorff: Tromboneliness
- Leo Smith: Song of Humanity
- Tony Coe: Zeitgeist
- Ornette Coleman: Dancing in Your Head
- Jaco Pastorius: Jaco Pastorius
- Martial Solal: Movability
- Hamiet Bluiett: Endangered Species
- Art Lande: Rubisa Patrol
- Chick Corea: Romantic Warrior
- George Adams: Suite For Swingers
- Jean-Luc Ponty: Imaginary Voyage
- David Friesen: Star Dance
- Dexter Gordon: Biting the Apple
- Joachim Kuhn: Springfever
- Eberhard Weber: The Following Morning
- Lew Tabackin: Dual Nature
- Chico Freeman: Morning Prayer
- Weather Report: Black Market
- Charles Tyler: Saga Out of the Outlaws
- Al Di Meola: Land of The Midnight Sun
- Woody Shaw: Little Red's Fantasy
- Stanley Clarke: School Days
- Yosuke Yamashita: Banslikana
- Ran Blake: Wende
- Guenter Christmann: Solomusiken Fuer Posaune und Kontrabasse
- Egberto Gismondi: Dança Das Cabeças
- Michael Franks: The Art of Tea
- Hugh Masekela: Colonial Man
- Hugh Masekela: Melody Maker
Deaths
- January
- 28 – Ray Nance (62), American trumpeter, violinist and singer
- February
- 6 – Vince Guaraldi (47), American pianist
- April
- 7 – Jimmy Garrison (42), American upright-bassist
Births
- February
- 11 – Gretchen Parlato, American singer
- 20 – Ben Wendel, Canadian-American saxophonist, composer, bassoonist, and pianist
- June
- 6 – Emilie-Claire Barlow, Canadian singer and voice actress
- September
- 4 – Alex Pangman, Canadian singer
- October
- 7 – Pekka Kuusisto, Finnish violinist
- Unknown date
- Ferenc Nemeth, Hungarian drummer and composer
- Yasuyuki "Yaz" Takagi, Japanese saxophonist
See also
References
- ↑ "Vossajazz". Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Moers International New Jazz Festival 1976". Moers Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Newport Jazz Festival 1976 Poster". WolfgangsVault.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Montreux Jazz Festival 1976 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "North Sea Jazz Festival 1976". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "The Monterey Jazz Festival Collection". Collections.Stanford.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
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