1975 in jazz

none 1975 Joe Pass (jazz).jpg Joe Pass 1975 post-1950 1974 1976 1975 jazz This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1975. Events January 24 – Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett plays the solo improvisation The Köln Concert at the Cologne Opera. The live recording becomes the best-selling piano recording in history.https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/keith-jarrett Keith Jarrett – Biography All About Jazz 2011-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20110318092416/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=7984 March 18, 2011 live March 21 – The 2nd Vossajazz opens in Vossavangen, Norway, running until March 23.https://vossajazz.no Vossajazz Vossajazz 2016-04-30 May 16 – The 4th Moers Festival opens in Moers, Germany, running until May 19.http://www.moers-festival.de/archive-2012.html?L=1 Moers International New Jazz Festival 1975 Moers Festival 2016-04-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20160314024317/http://www.moers-festival.de/archive-2012.html?L=1 2016-03-14 dead May 21 – The 3rd Nattjazz festival opens in Bergen, Norway, running until June 4.http://www.nattjazz.no/historie/index.php?ID=Alle Nattjazz Norwegian Nattjazz 2016-04-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160322193111/http://www.nattjazz.no/historie/index.php?ID=Alle 2016-03-22 June 27 – – The 22nd Newport Jazz Festival New York opens in New York City, United States, running until July 6).http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/newport-jazz-festival/programs/program/ZZZ015329.html Newport Jazz Festival 1975 Poster WolfgangsVault.com 2016-04-30 2016-06-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160603071128/http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/newport-jazz-festival/programs/program/ZZZ015329.html dead July 3 – The 9th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland, running until July 20.https://www.setlist.fm/festival/1975/montreux-jazz-festival-1975-5bd6839c.html Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 Setlists Setlist.fm 2016-04-30 September 19 – The 18th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California, United States, running until September 21.https://www.earlnewmanprints.com/1970s_Monterey_Jazz_Festival_Posters.html The Monterey Jazz Festival 1975 Poster EarlNewmanPrints.com 2016-04-30 Album releases 30em Keith Jarrett: The Köln Concert Revolutionary Ensemble: The People's Republic Miles Davis: Agharta Evan Parker: Saxophone Solos Leroy Jenkins: For Players Only Air: Air Song Oliver Lake: Heavy Spirits Kenny Wheeler: Gnu High Om: Kirikuki Terje Rypdal: Odyssey Steve Lacy: Dreams Anthony Braxton: Five Pieces 1975 Don Pullen: Solo Piano Album Dexter Gordon: Bouncin' with Dex Michael Mantler: Michael Mantler – Carla Bley Sonny Sharrock: Paradise Dudu Pukwana: Diamond Express George Finola: No Words, Just George Kenny Barron: Lucifer Frank Lowe: The Flam John Surman: S.O.S. Don Pullen: Healing Force Julius Hemphill: Coon Bid'ness Gateway Trio: Gateway Collin Walcott: Cloud Dance Don Moye: Sun Percussion Martial Solal: Nothing But Piano Eberhard Weber: Yellow Fields Don Pullen: Five to Go Charles Tolliver: Impact Lol Coxhill: Welfare State David Liebman: Forgotten Fantasies Joe McPhee: The Willisau Concert Yōsuke Yamashita: Chiasma Michael Mantler: The Hapless Child Dollar Brand: Soweto Don Pullen: Capricorn Rising Stanley Clarke: Journey to Love Enrico Rava: The Pilgrim and the Stars The Manhattan Transfer: The Manhattan Transfer Cortex: Troupeau Bleu Takeshi Shibuya: Dream Deaths thumb|Earl Washington, jazz pianist "THE GHOST" January 3 – René Thomas, Belgian guitarist (born 1927). February 5 – Åke Persson, Swedish trombonist (born 1932). March 4 – Cornel Chiriac, Romanian radio producer, record producer, and drummer (born 1941). 15 – Sandy Brown, Scottish clarinetist and band leader (born 1929). 16 – T-Bone Walker, American guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (born 1910). 27 – Pete Clarke, British saxophonist and clarinetist (died 1975). April 12 – Josephine Baker, French singer, entertainer, activist, and Resistance agent (born 1906). May 11 – Benny Harris, American trumpeter and composer (born 1919). 13 – Tubby Hall, American drummer (born 1895). June 18 – Earl Washington, American pianist (born 1921). July 14 – Zutty Singleton, American drummer (born 1898). 16 – Pippo Starnazza, Italian singer and actor (born 1909). 21 – Theodore Carpenter, American trumpet player, singer, and band leader (born 1898). August 8 – Cannonball Adderley, American alto saxophonist (born 1928). October 28 – Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (born 1932). November 14 – Artemi Ayvazyan, Soviet-Armenian composer, conductor, and founder of the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra (born 1902). December 11 – Lee Wiley, American singer (born 1908). 14 – Mongezi Feza, South African trumpeter and flautist (born 1945). 17 Fess Williams, American clarinetist and alto saxophonist (born 1894). Stan Wrightsman, American pianist (born 1910). Unknown date Trevor Koehler, American saxophonist (born 1935). Births thumb|Mats Eilertsen at the 2017 Jazz på Jølst. thumb|Helge Lien at Victoria, Oslo Jazzfestival 2017. thumb|Gisle Torvik at the 2014 Vossajazz. thumb|Matana Roberts 2007. January 17 – Squarepusher or Tom Jenkinson, English electronic musician and composer. 18 – Géraldine Laurent, French alto saxophonist. 21 – Jason Moran, American pianist and composer. February 7 – Kellylee Evans, Canadian singer. March 4 – Mats Eilertsen, Norwegian upright bassist and composer, Food and Dingobats. 9 – Øyvind Storesund, Norwegian upright bassist, Cloroform and Kaizers Orchestra. 10 – Håvard Wiik, Norwegian pianist and composer, Atomic. 14 – Gianluca Petrella, Italian trombonist. 17 – Jairzinho Oliveira, Brazilian singer, songwriter, and composer. 18 – Sondre Meisfjord, Norwegian bassist, cellist, and composer, Come Shine. 22 – Steinar Raknes, Norwegian upright bassist, Urban Connection and The Core. 25 – David Braid, Canadian pianist and composer. 27 – Katja Toivola, Finnish trombonist. 28 – Orrin Evans, American pianist. April 12 – Lars Andreas Haug, Norwegian tubist. 13 – Jan Harbeck, Danish saxophonist and composer. 23 Helge Lien, Norwegian pianist, composer, and band leader. Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, Norwegian saxophonist and composer. 27 Fabrizio Sotti, Italian guitarist, composer, songwriter, and producer. Jozef Dumoulin, Belgian keyboarder and composer. May 1 – Aslak Hartberg, Norwegian rapper and bassist. 7 – Gunhild Carling, Swedish trombonist and multi-instrumentalist. 15 – Frode Haltli, Norwegian accordionist. June 2 – Gisle Torvik, Norwegian guitarist, composer, and band leader. 16 – Jannike Kruse, Norwegian singer, artist and actor. July 11 – Chris Gall, German pianist and composer. 22 – Erik Johannessen, Norwegian trombonist and composer, Jaga Jazzist and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. 23 – Céline Bonacina, French saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. August 1 – Håkon Mjåset Johansen, Norwegian drummer and composer, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. 22 – Taylor Ho Bynum, American cornetist, flugelhornist, trumpeter, composer, educator, and writer. 24 – Michael Magalon, Belgian bassist, guitarist, and composer. October 2 – Kåre Opheim, Norwegian drumMer, Real Ones. 12 – Espen Aalberg, Norwegian drummer. 26 – Ole Marius Sandberg, Norwegian bassist. November 26 – Arne Jansen, German guitarist, composer, and band leader. 27 – Frode Nymo, Norwegian jazz musician (alto Saxophonist), Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Urban Connection. December 5 – Søren Bebe, Danish pianist and composer. Unknown date Jacob Anderskov, Danish pianist, composer and bandleader. Lionel Friedli, Swiss percussionist. Marcin Wasilewski, Polish pianist and composer. Matana Roberts, American sound experimentalist, visual artist, jazz saxophonist and clarinetist, and composer. Niki King, Scottish singer. Paul Harrison, English pianist, keyboarder, organist, and composer. See also Jazz 1970s in jazz List of years in jazz 1975 in music References External links History Of Jazz Timeline: 1975 at All About Jazz October 2021 Jazz Category:Jazz by year