1983 in jazz
| By location |
|---|
| By genre |
| By topic |
| 1983 in jazz | |
|---|---|
 Dee Bell performing at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall | |
| Decade | 1980s in jazz |
| Music | 1983 in music |
| Standards | List of post-1950 jazz standards |
| See also | 1982 in jazz – 1984 in jazz |
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| +... |
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1983.
Events
March
- 25 – The 10th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 25 – 27).[1]
May
- 18 – 11th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 18 – June 1).[2]
- 20 – 12th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 20 – 23).[3]
June
- 1 – The 4th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (July 1 – 10).[4]
July
- 8
- The 8th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 8 – 10).[5]
- The 17th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 8 – 24).[6]
September
- 16 – The 26th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16 – 18).[7]
Unknown date
- Eliane Elias married Randy Brecker, brother of Michael Brecker.[8]
Album releases
- Ornette Coleman and Prime Time: Opening the Caravan of Dreams
- Borbetomagus: Barbed Wire Maggot
- Anthony Davis: Hemispheres
- Terje Rypdal: Eos
- Don Pullen: Evidence of Things Unseen
- James Newton: Luella
- Marilyn Crispell: Rhythms Hung in Undrawn Sky
- Ganelin Trio: Semplice
- Microscopic Septet: Take the Z Train
- Muhal Richard Abrams: Rejoicing with Light
- Tim Berne: Mutant Variations
- Terence Blanchard & Donald Harrison: New York Second Line
- Steps Ahead: Steps Ahead
- Dollar Brand: Ekaya
- Jamaaladeen Tacuma: Show Stopper
- Pat Metheny: Rejoicing
- Paul Motian: The Story of Maryam
- Joachim Kuhn: I'm Not Dreaming
- Kenny Wheeler: Double, Double You
- Lakshminarayana Subramaniam: Spanish Wave
- Roger Neumann: Introducing Rather Large Band
- Dave Holland: Jumpin' In
- Henry Threadgill: Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket
- George Russell: So What
- Derek Bailey: Epiphany
- Bobby Shew: Breakfast Wine
- Bob Wasserman: Solo
- Joe McPhee: Visitation
- Bobby Watson: Jewel
- Branford Marsalis: Scenes In The City
- Wynton Marsalis: Think of One
- Ronald Shannon Jackson: Barbeque Dog
- Shadowfax: Shadowdance
- Michael Franks: Passionfruit
- John Pizzarelli: I'm Hip (Please Don't Tell My Father)
Deaths
- January
- 13
- Barry Galbraith, American guitarist (born 1919).
- John Ouwerx, Belgian pianist and composer (born 1903).
- 28 – Sweet Emma Barrett, American pianist and singer (born 1897).
- February
- 2 – Moses Allen, American upright bassist (born 1907).
- 12 – Eubie Blake, American composer, lyricist, and pianist (born 1887).
- March
- 14 – Gigi Gryce, American saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, and composer (born 1925).
- 16 – Ernie Royal, American trumpeter (born 1921).
- April
- 1 – Ken Kersey, Canadian pianist (born 1916).
- 7 – Cag Cagnolatti, American trumpeter (born 1911).
- 13 – Dolo Coker, American pianist and composer (born 1927).
- 22 – Earl Hines, American pianist and bandleader (born 1903).
- 27 – Kippie Moeketsi, South-African alto saxophonist (born 1925).
- May
- 6 – Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer (born 1922).
- 25 – Paul Quinichette, American tenor saxophonist (born 1916).
- June
- July
- 1 – Sandy Mosse, American tenor saxophonist (born 1929).
- 5 – Harry James, American trumpeter and band leader (born 1916).
- 8 – Lammar Wright Jr., American trumpeter (born 1924).
- 12 – Chris Wood, English saxophonist and flautist, Traffic (born 1944).
- 15 – Sadik Hakim, American pianist and composer (born 1919).
- 18 – Bob Cornford, British jazz pianist and composer (born 1940).
- August
- September
- 1 – Arthur Herzog Jr., American songwriter and composer (born 1900).
- 15
- Willie Bobo, Puerto Rican-American percussionist (born 1934).
- Johnny Hartman, African-American singer (born 1923).
- 18 – Roy Milton, American singer, drummer, and bandleader (born 1907).
- October
- Wilbert Baranco, American pianist and bandleader (born 1909).
- November
- 8 – James Booker, American keyboarder (born 1939).
- 12 – Preston Jackson, American trombonist (born 1902).
- 22 – Kamil Běhounek, Bohemian-Czech accordionist (born 1916).
- 25 – Waymon Reed, American trumpeter (born 1940).
- December
- 13 – Marshall Brown, American trombonist and multi-instrumentalist (born 1920).
- 16 – Harry Miller, South African upright bassist (born 1941).
- Unknown date
- Pat Smythe, Scottish pianist (born 1923).
Births
- January
- 20 – Eivind Lønning, Norwegian trumpeter.
- February
- 22 – Lars Winther, Danish pianist, composer, producer, and arranger.
- March
- 10 – Lőrinc Barabás, Hungarian trumpeter and composer.
- 31 – Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, American trumpeter.
- April
- 20 – Ryan Blotnick, American guitarist.
- May
- 8 – Nikoletta Szőke, Hungarian singer.
- 26 – Rune Nergaard, Norwegian upright bassist, Bushman's Revenge.
- June
- 17 – Jaimie Branch, American trumpeter and electronica artist.
- 24 – Gard Nilssen, Norwegian drummer, Puma.
- 30 – Espen Berg, Norwegian pianist, arranger, and composer, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra.
- July
- 5 – Sofia Jernberg, Ethiopian-Swedish experimental singer and composer.
- 8 – Jamie Brooks, English pianist, keyboarder, composer, and arranger.
- 13 – Harold Lopez Nussa, Cuban jazz pianist.
- 22 – Andreas Ulvo, Norwegian pianist, organist, keyboarder, and composer, Eple Trio.
- September
- 14 – Amy Winehouse, English singer and songwriter (died 2011).
- 19 – Petter Eldh, Swedish upright bassist and composer.
- 25 – Hayden Powell, English trumpeter and composer.
- 26 – Magnus Hjorth, Swedish pianist and composer.
- October
- 14 – Andreas Stensland Løwe, Norwegian pianist, Splashgirl.
- November
- 10
- Bez Idakula, Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and composer.
- David Virelles, Cuban pianist and composer.[9]
- Svein Magnus Furu, Norwegian saxophonist composer, and music journalist.
- Unknown date
- Emanuele Maniscalco, Italian pianist, drummer, and composer.
- Guro Skumsnes Moe, Norwegian upright bassist and singer.
- Lauren Kinsella, Irish singer and composer.
- Tom Hasslan, Norwegian guitarist.
See also
References
- ^ "Vossajazz". Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ^ "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ^ "Moers Festival 1983". Moers Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ^ "Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 1983". Montreal International Jazz Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ^ "North Sea Jazz Festival 1983". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ^ "Montreux Jazz Festival 1983 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ^ "Monterey Jazz Festival 1983 Poster". EarlNewmanPrints.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ^ "Elias, Eliane". Jazz.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ^ "David Virelles". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
External links
 | This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. |
| General topics | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genres |
| ||||||||||||||||
| Musicians | |||||||||||||||||
| Musicians by genre | |||||||||||||||||
| Standards | |||||||||||||||||
| Discographies | |||||||||||||||||
| Festivals | |||||||||||||||||
| Culture | |||||||||||||||||
| Regional scenes |
| ||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||
| Related | |||||||||||||||||
| Media | |||||||||||||||||