2020 in jazz

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2020 in jazz
2020 in jazz
	Nitcho Reinhardt 2019 at Cosmopolite, Oslo.
Decade	2020s in jazz
Music	2020 in music
Standards	List of jazz standards
See also	2019 in jazz – 2021 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2020.

Events

May 6 – Gregory Porter's brother Lloyd dies of COVID-19, two months after the singer is forced to interrupt his world tour by the pandemic.^[1]
August 6-8 – The Newport Jazz Festival is replaced by a programme of virtual events created by founder George Wein.^[2]

Albums

Pat Metheny – From This Place
Joshua Redman - RoundAgain
Dinosaur – To the Earth
John Scofield and Steve Swallow - Swallow Tales
Carla Bley - Life Goes On

Deaths

January 10 – Wolfgang Dauner, 84, German jazz pianist^[3]
February 10 – Lyle Mays, 66, American jazz fusion keyboardist (Pat Metheny Group)^[4]
February 16 – Graeme Allwright, 93, New Zealand-French folk and jazz singer-songwriter^[5]
February 18 – Jon Christensen, 76m Norwegian jazz drummer^[6]
March 2 – Susan Weinert, 54, German jazz fusion guitarist (cancer)^[7]
March 6 – McCoy Tyner, 81, American jazz pianist^[8]
March 10 – Marcelo Peralta, 59, Argentine jazz saxophonist (COVID-19)^[9]
April 1 - Ellis Marsalis, Jr., 85, American jazz pianist and educator
April 15 - Lee Konitz, 92, American jazz saxophonist
October 17 – Toshinori Kondo, 71, Japanese jazz and jazz fusion trumpeter^[10]
October 31 – Marc Fosset, 71, French jazz guitarist^[11]
November 1 – Pedro Iturralde, 91, Spanish jazz saxophonist^[12]
November 7 – Cándido Camero, 99, Cuban jazz percussionist^[13]
November 11 – Andrew White, 78, American jazz saxophonist^[14]
November 26 – Allan Botschinsky, 80, Danish jazz trumpeter^[15]
December 30 – Eugene Wright, 97, American jazz bassist (Dave Brubeck Quartet)^[16]

References

^ Sue Crawford (25 September 2020). "Sixty Seconds: Gregory Porter on losing his brother to Covid, waking up the Queen and a love of hats". Metro. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "Newport Jazz Festival Announces Newport Jazz Revival 2020". What's Up New?. July 23, 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ Schleider, Tim (10 January 2020). "Stuttgarter Jazzlegende / Wolfgang Dauner ist tot". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ West, Michael J. (11 February 2020). "Lyle Mays 1953–2020". JazzTimes. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^ "Le chanteur folk Graeme Allwright est mort". Le Monde. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
^ "Jon Christensen er død". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 18 February 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ Jacobi, Elke (5 March 2020). "Die begnadete Gitarristin starb im Alter von 54 Jahren: Susan Weinert ist tot". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-13.
^ "McCoy Tyner 1938 – 2020". JazzTimes. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
^ "El saxofonista argentino Marcelo Peralta murió por coronavirus en Madrid" (in Spanish). perfil.com. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
^ "Toshinori Kondo, Trailblazing Modern Trumpeter, Dies At 71". NPR. 2020-10-17. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
^ "Décès du guitariste Marc Fosset". France Musique (in French). Retrieved 2 November 2020.
^ "Muere Pedro Iturralde, gran maestro del jazz español" (in Spanish). ABC. 1 November 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020.
^ Genzlinger, Neil (2020-11-22). "Cándido Camero, Conga Master Who Transformed Jazz, Dies at 99". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
^ West, Michael J. (13 November 2020). "Andrew White, Prolific Multi-Instrumentalist, Scholar and Washington, D.C. Legend, Dies at 78". wbgo.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
^ "Dansk musiklegende død" (in Danish). 29 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
^ Ben Beaumont-Thomas (1 Jan 2021). "Eugene Wright, bassist with classic Dave Brubeck Quartet, dies aged 97". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 Jan 2021.

External links

[1] Sue Crawford (25 September 2020). "Sixty Seconds: Gregory Porter on losing his brother to Covid, waking up the Queen and a love of hats". Metro. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[2] "Newport Jazz Festival Announces Newport Jazz Revival 2020". What's Up New?. July 23, 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[3] Schleider, Tim (10 January 2020). "Stuttgarter Jazzlegende / Wolfgang Dauner ist tot". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 13 January 2020.

[4] West, Michael J. (11 February 2020). "Lyle Mays 1953–2020". JazzTimes. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

[5] "Le chanteur folk Graeme Allwright est mort". Le Monde. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-16.

[6] "Jon Christensen er død". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 18 February 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[7] Jacobi, Elke (5 March 2020). "Die begnadete Gitarristin starb im Alter von 54 Jahren: Susan Weinert ist tot". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-13.

[8] "McCoy Tyner 1938 – 2020". JazzTimes. Retrieved 2020-10-28.

[9] "El saxofonista argentino Marcelo Peralta murió por coronavirus en Madrid" (in Spanish). perfil.com. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

[npr-10] "Toshinori Kondo, Trailblazing Modern Trumpeter, Dies At 71". NPR. 2020-10-17. Retrieved 2020-10-20.

[11] "Décès du guitariste Marc Fosset". France Musique (in French). Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[12] "Muere Pedro Iturralde, gran maestro del jazz español" (in Spanish). ABC. 1 November 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020.

[13] Genzlinger, Neil (2020-11-22). "Cándido Camero, Conga Master Who Transformed Jazz, Dies at 99". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-22.

[14] West, Michael J. (13 November 2020). "Andrew White, Prolific Multi-Instrumentalist, Scholar and Washington, D.C. Legend, Dies at 78". wbgo.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

[15] "Dansk musiklegende død" (in Danish). 29 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

[16] Ben Beaumont-Thomas (1 Jan 2021). "Eugene Wright, bassist with classic Dave Brubeck Quartet, dies aged 97". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 Jan 2021.

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