1981 in jazz
| 1981 in jazz | |
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 Max Roach American Jazz Drummer with saxohonist Odeon Pope at Keystone Korner San Francisco Tuesday February 22nd 1981 | |
| Decade | 1980s in jazz |
| Music | 1981 in music |
| Standards | List of post-1950 jazz standards |
| See also | 1980 in jazz – 1982 in jazz |
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1981.
Events
April
- 10 – The 8th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 10 – 12).[1]
May
- 20 – 9th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 20 – June 3).[2]
June
- 2 – The 2nd Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Canada (July 2 – 10).[3]
- 5 – 10th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 5 – 8).[4]
July
- 3 – The 15th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 3 – 19).[5]
- 10 – The 6th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 10 – 12).[6]
September
- 18 – The 24th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 18 – 20).[7]
Album releases
- Anthony Davis: Episteme
- Joe McPhee: Topology
- Paul Motian: Psalm
- Rova Saxophone Quartet: As Was
- Marilyn Crispell: Spirit Music
- Muhal Richard Abrams: Blues Forever
- Henry Kaiser: Aloha
- Sergey Kuryokhin: The Ways of Freedom
- David Moss: Terrain
- David Murray: Home
- Frank Lowe: Skizoke
- Willem Breuker: In Holland
- Ronald Shannon Jackson: Nasty
- Billy Bang: Rainbow Gladiator
- Don Moye: Black Paladins
- Frederic Hand: Heart's Song
- Jaco Pastorius: Word of Mouth
- Joanne Brackeen: Special Identity
- Hal Russell: NRG Ensemble
- Marvin Peterson: The Angels of Atlanta
- Jan Garbarek: Paths Prints
- Oscar Peterson: Nigerian Marketplace
- Saheb Sarbib: Aisha
- Ronald Shannon Jackson: Street Priest
- Steve Douglas: Rainbow Suite
- Steve Khan: Eyewitness
- Wynton Marsalis: Wynton Marsalis
- Keith Tippett: Mujician
- Larry Carlton: Strikes Twice
Deaths
- January
- 21 – Russell Procope (72), American clarinettist and alto saxophonist
- March
- 20 – Sonny Red (48), American alto saxophonist
- April
- 29 – Cat Anderson (64), American trumpeter
- May
- 12 – Frank Weir (70), British orchestra leader and saxophonist
- 28 – Mary Lou Williams (71), African-American pianist, composer, and vocalist
- August
- 4 – Tommy Turk (53), American trombonist
- 24 – Bill Coleman (77), American trumpeter
- September
- 9 – Helen Humes (68), American singer
- 13 – Bob Bates (57), American upright-bassist
- December
- 15 – Samuel Jones (57), American upright-bassist, cellist and composer
Births
- March
- 10 – Lars Horntveth, Norwegian multi-instrumentalist, band leader, and composer
- August
- 16 – Øystein Moen, Norwegian pianist and keyboarder
- September
- 3 – Jørgen Munkeby, Norwegian multi-instrumentalist and singer
See also
References
- ^ "Vossajazz". Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ^ "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ^ "Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 1981". Montreal International Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ^ "Moers Festival 1982". Moers Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ^ "Montreux Jazz Festival 1981 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ^ "North Sea Jazz Festival 1981". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ^ "Monterey Jazz Festival 1981 Poster". EarlNewmanPrints.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
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