1966 in jazz

1966 in jazz
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, New Orleans, Louisiana. Visible are Jim Robinson, trombone; De De Pierce, trumpet; Willie Humphrey, clarinet.
Decade	1960s in jazz
Music	1966 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1965 in jazz – 1967 in jazz

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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1966.

Events

January

• 14 – The Jazz Crusaders record Live at the Lighthouse '66 at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California (January 14 – 16).

July

• 1 – The 13th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 1 – 4).

Album releases

• Bill Evans: Bill Evans at Town Hall
• Cecil Taylor: Unit Structures
• Roscoe Mitchell: Sound
• Don Cherry: Symphony For Improvisers
• Cecil Taylor: Conquistador!
• Alex Schlippenbach: Globe Unity
• Archie Shepp: Mama Too Tight
• Steve Lacy: The Forest And The Zoo
• Joe Harriott: Indo-Jazz Suite
• Steve Lacy: Sortie
• Duke Ellington: The Far East Suite
• Chick Corea: Tones For Joan's Bones
• Sun Ra: Strange Strings
• Patty Waters: College Tour
• Joseph Jarman: Song For
• Guenter Hampel: Assemblage
• Joe Harriott: Indo-Jazz Fusions
• Bobby Hutcherson: Happenings
• Wayne Shorter: Adam's Apple
• Bobby Hutcherson: Stick-Up!
• Charles Lloyd: Dream Weaver
• Charles Tyler: Charles Tyler Ensemble
• Denny Zeitlin: Zeitgeist
• Hank Mobley: Straight No Filter
• Jaki Byard: Sunshine of My Soul
• Horace Silver: The Jody Grind
• Larry Young: Of Love And Peace
• Lee Morgan: Delightfulee
• Sonny Simmons: Music from the Spheres
• Dewey Redman: Look for the Black Star
• Sunny Murray: Sunny Murray Quintet
• Hugh Masekela: Grrr
• Hugh Masekela: The Americanization of Ooga Booga
• Hugh Masekela: The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela

Standards

See also: List of post-1950 jazz standards

Deaths

February

• 10 – Osie Johnson, American drummer, arranger, and singer (born 1923).
• 23 – Billy Kyle, American pianist (born 1914).

July

• 31 – Bud Powell, American pianist (born 1924).

August

• 17 – Rolf Billberg, Swedish alto saxophonist (born 1930).

October

• 3 – Dave Lambert, American lyricist and singer (born 1917).
• 10 – Colette Bonheur, Canadian singer (born 1927).

December

• 17 – Sylvia Telles, Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer (born 1934).

• Unknown date
• Nikele Moyake, South African tenor saxophoneist, The Blue Notes (born 1933).

Births

January

• 10 – Kristin Sevaldsen, Norwegian saxophonist.

April

• 12 – Nils-Olav Johansen, Norwegian guitarist.
• 16 – Jarle Vespestad, Norwegian drummer.
• 25 – Karen Mantler, American singer, composer, piano, organ, and chromatic harmonica player.

June

• 19 – Silje Nergaard, Norwegian singer.

August

• 6 – Regina Carter, American violinist.
• 7 – Torstein Ellingsen, Norwegian drummer.

October

• 1 – Siri Gellein, Norwegian singer.

November

• 5 – Øystein B. Blix, Norwegian trombonist.

See also

• 1960s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1966 in music

Bibliography

• The New Real Book, Volume I. Sher Music. 1988. ISBN 0-9614701-4-3.
• The New Real Book, Volume II. Sher Music. 1991. ISBN 0-9614701-7-8.
• The New Real Book, Volume III. Sher Music. 1995. ISBN 1-883217-30-X.
• The Real Book, Volume I (6th ed.). Hal Leonard. 2004. ISBN 0-634-06038-4.
• The Real Book, Volume II (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2007. ISBN 1-4234-2452-2.
• The Real Book, Volume III (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN 0-634-06136-4.
• The Real Jazz Book. Warner Bros. ISBN 978-91-85041-36-7.
• The Real Vocal Book, Volume I. Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN 0-634-06080-5.