1995 in jazz

1995 in jazz
Trumpeter and bandleader Doc Paulin at 1995 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Decade	1990s in jazz
Music	1995 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1994 in jazz – 1996 in jazz

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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1995.

Events

April

• 7 – The 22nd Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 7 – 9).

May

• 23 – The 23rd Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 4).

June

• 2 – The 24th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 2 – 5).
• 29 – The 16th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Canada (June 29 - July 9).

July

• 1 – The 5th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (July 1 – 12).
• 7 – The 29th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Switzerland (July 7 – 22).
• 14 – The 20th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 14 – 16).
• 15 – The 30th Pori Jazz Festival started in Finland (July 15 – 23).
• 17 – The 36th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 17 – 22).
  • The 48th Nice Jazz Festival started in France (July 7 – 16).
• 21 – The 30th San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 21 – 25).

August

• 11 – The 12th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 11 – 13).

September

• 15 – The 38th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17).

Unknown date

• The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz opens their first performance classes of jazz."

Album releases

• Butch Morris: Testament
• Dave Douglas: In Our Lifetime
• Matthew Shipp: The Flow of X
• Charlie Hunter: Bing, Bing, Bing!
• Marvin Peterson: African Portraits
• Guy Klucevsek: Citrus My Love
• Marty Ehrlich: Just Before The Dawn
• Matthew Shipp: Symbol Systems
• Gerry Hemingway: Marmalade King
• Steve Turre: Rhythm Within
• Medeski Martin and Wood: Friday Afternoon in the Universe
• Reggie Workman: Cerebral Caverns
• Muhal Richard Abrams: One Line, Two Views
• Dave Douglas: Five
• Bill Frisell: Go West
• Pat Metheny Group: We Live Here
• Henry Threadgill: Makin' a Move
• Dave Holland: Dream of the Elders
• Paul Plimley: Everything in Stage
• John Scofield: Groove Elation
• Chick Corea Quartet: Time Warp
• Matthew Shipp: Before the World
• Don Byron: Music for Six Musicians
• Uri Caine: Toys
• Michael Franks: Abandoned Garden
• Roy Campbell:Communion
• Marilyn Crispell: Destiny
• David S. Ware: Cryptology

Deaths

• Jess Stacy (August 11, 1904 – January 1)
• Art Taylor (April 6, 1929 – February 6)
• Julius Hemphill (January 24, 1938 – April 2)
• Jimmy Raney (August 20, 1927 – May 10)
• Earle Warren (July 1, 1914 – June 4)
• Percy Humphrey (January 13, 1905 – July 22)
• John Gilmore (September 28 or October 29, 1931 – August 19 or August 20)
• Don Cherry (November 18, 1936 – October 19)

See also

• 1990s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1995 in music