1969 in jazz
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 National Jazz & Blues Festival, Plumpton, August 1969 | |
| Decade | 1960s in jazz |
| Music | 1969 in music |
| Standards | List of post-1950 jazz standards |
| See also | 1968 in jazz – 1970 in jazz |
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1969.
Events
The New England Conservatory becomes the first traditional music conservatory to offer a jazz studies course.[1]
June
- 18
- The 3rd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 18 – 22).[2]
July
- 3 – The 16th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 3 – 6).[3]
- The 1st day featured Sun Ra and Space Arkestra, Bill Evans / Jeremy Steig, and George Benson
- The 2nd day featured Jeff Beck Group, Ten Years After, and Jethro Tull (Recorded)
- The 3rd day featured Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention, John Mayall, and Miles Davis Quintet (Recorded)
- The 4th day featured Sly & The Family Stone, O.C. Smith, and Dave Brubeck.[4]
August
- 18 – The 9th National Jazz and Blues Festival started in Plumpton, East Sussex, England (August 8 – 10).[5]
- 19 – Trumpeter Miles Davis uses a wah-wah pedal on Bitches Brew (August 19 – 21).[6]
September
- 19 – The 12th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 19 – 21).[7]
Album releases
- Bill Evans: Quiet Now
- Don Cherry: Mu
- Pharoah Sanders: Karma
- Miles Davis: In a Silent Way
- Art Ensemble of Chicago: People in Sorrow
- George Russell: Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature
- Art Ensemble of Chicago: Reese and the Smooth Ones
- Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre: Humility in the Light of the Creator
- Charlie Haden: Liberation Music Orchestra
- Dollar Brand: African Piano
- Gunter Hampel: The 8th of July 1969
- Roland Kirk: Rahsaan Rahsaan
- Pharoah Sanders: Jewels of Thought
- Archie Shepp: Yasmina, a Black Woman
- Art Ensemble of Chicago: A Jackson In Your House
- Charles Tolliver: The Ringer
- Joe McPhee: Underground Railroad
- Jan Garbarek: Esoteric Circle
- Ornette Coleman: Crisis
- Pharoah Sanders: Izipho Zam (My Gifts)
- Sunny Murray: Homage to Africa
- Chick Corea: Is
- Dewey Redman: Tarik
- Willem Breuker: Lunchconcert For Three Barrel-organs
- Joe Harriott: Hum-Dono
- Peter Brötzmann: Nipples
- Charles Earland: Black Talk!
- Wolfgang Dauner: Fuer
- Eric Kloss: To Hear Is To See!
- Leon Thomas: Spirits Known and Unknown
- Miroslav Vitous: Mountain in the Clouds
- Tony Williams: Emergency!
- Archie Shepp: Blasé
- Dollar Brand: African Sketchbook
- John McLaughlin: Extrapolation
- Stanley Cowell: Blues for the Viet Cong
- Stanley Cowell: Brilliant Circles
- Wolfgang Dauner: The Oimels
- Horace Tapscott: West Coast Hot
- Liberation Music Orchestra: Song for Che
Deaths
- January
- 4 – Paul Chambers, American bassist (born 1935).
- 19 – Alcide Pavageau, American upright bassist (born 1888).
- February
- 15 – Pee Wee Russell, American clarinetist (born 1906).
- 17 – Paul Barbarin, New Orleans drummer (born 1899).
- March
- 25 – Billy Cotton, English bandleader (born 1899).
- April
- 23 – Krzysztof Komeda, Polish film music composer and jazz pianist (haematoma) (born 1931).
- 24 – René Compère, Belgian trumpeter (born 1906).[8]
- May
- 19 – Coleman Hawkins, American tenor saxophonist (born 1904).
- June
- 1 – Stan Brenders, Belgian jazz pianist and bandleader (born 1904).
- 2 – Albert Stinson, American upright bassist (born 1944).
- 10 – Wilbur Harden, American trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer (born 1924).
- 14
- Roberto Firpo, Argentine tango pianist (born 1884).
- Wynonie Harris, American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer (born 1915).
- July
- 14 – Ernie Farrow, American pianist, bassist, and drummer (born 1928).
- August
- 7 – Russ Morgan, American big band orchestra leader (born 1904).
- 14 – Tony Fruscella, American trumpeter (born 1927).
- September
- 9 – Cedric Haywood, American pianist (born 1914).
- October
- 10 – Manuel Manetta, American multi-instrumentalist (born 1889).
- 14 – William McKinney, American drummer (born 1895).
- 19 – Booker Pittman, American clarinetist (born 1909).
- 22 – Nate Kazebier, American trumpeter (born 1912).
- 29 – Pops Foster, American string bassist, who also played tuba and trumpet (born 1892).
- 30 – Tony Sbarbaro, American drummer (born 1897).
- 31 – Tony Pastor, Italian-American novelty singer and tenor saxophonist (born 1907).
- November
- 2 – Slick Jones, American drummer (born 1907).
- 14 – Johnny Bayersdorffer, New Orleans cornetist and bandleader (born 1899).
- 18 – Ted Heath, English trombonist and big-band leader (born 1902).
- December
- 9 – Bobby Henderson, American pianist and trumpeter (born 1920).
- 16 – Leo Mathisen, Danish pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader (born 1906).
- 26 – Jiří Šlitr, Czech songwriter, pianist, singer, actor, and painter (born 1924).
Births
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- January
- 3 – James Carter, American saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist.
- 24 – Duane Eubanks, American trumeter and flugelhornist.
- February
- 1 – Joshua Redman, American saxophonist.
- 6 – Scott Amendola, American drummer.
- 7 – Chris Minh Doky, Danish bassist.
- 14 – Stefano di Battista, Italian saxophonist.
- 22 – Ståle Storløkken, Norwegian organist and keyboardist.
- March
- 10 – Travis Shook, American pianist and songwriter.
- 13 – Stephen Scott, American pianist.
- 22 – Asaf Sirkis, Israeli drummer, composer, and educator.
- 25 – Marcin Jahr, Polish drummer.
- 29 – Jason Rebello, British pianist, songwriter, and record producer.
- April
- 9 – Giovanni Allevi, Italian pianist and composer.
- 23 – Trude Eick, Norwegian hornist.
- 24 – Rebecca Martin, American singer and songwriter.
- 29 – Thomas Winther Andersen, Norwegian bassist.
- 30 – Michel Delville, Belgian guitarist, writer, and critic.
- May
- 6 – Mathilde Grooss Viddal, Norwegian saxophonist.
- 12 – Erlend Skomsvoll, Norwegian pianist, composer, and orchestra leader, Come Shine.
- 22 – Carl Craig, American producer of techno music.
- 23 – Mindi Abair, American saxophonist, vocalist, and author.
- June
- 2 – Kate Michaels, American singer.
- 11
- Assif Tsahar, Israeli avant-garde tenor saxophonist and bass clarinetist.
- Michael Lington, American saxophonist.
- 22 – Régis Huby, French violinist, composer, and arranger.
- July
- 4 – Carolyn Breuer, German saxophonist.
- 7 – Svein Olav Herstad, Norwegian pianist.
- 27 – Edward Simon, Venezuelan pianist and composer.
- August
- 4 – Dylan Howe, English drummer, bandleader, session musician, and composer, The Blockheads.
- 16 – Kate Higgins, American voice actress, singer, and pianist.
- 25
- Olga Konkova, Russian-Norwegian pianist and composer.
- Øyvind Brække (August 25), Norwegian trombonist.
- 28 – Na Yoon-sun, South Korean singer.
- September
- 14 – Denys Baptiste, British tenor and soprano saxophonist.
- 16
- Ayako Shirasaki, Japanese pianist and composer.
- Roy Paci, Italian trumpeter, singer, composer, and arranger.
- 19
- Cuong Vu, Vietnam-born avant-garde fusion trumpeter.
- Candy Dulfer, Dutch alto saxophonist and singer.
- 26 – Peter Asplund, Swedish trumpeter, singer, and composer.
- October
- 1 – Ori Kaplan, Israeli avant-garde saxophonist.
- 4 – Mat Maneri, American composer, improviser, and jazz violin and viola player
- 7
- Francesco Buzzurro, Italian guitarist and composer.
- Per Mathisen, Norwegian bassist and composer.
- 8 – Gulleiv Wee, Norwegian bassist, The September When.
- 16 – Roy Hargrove, American trumpeter (died 2018).
- 27
- Marek Napiórkowski, Polish guitarist and composer.
- Stéphane Galland, Belgian drummer.
- 31 – Catherine Delaunay, French clarinetist and composer.
- November
- 25 – Kim Ofstad, Norwegian drummer, D'Sound.
- 29 – Fredrik Ljungkvist, Swedish saxophonist and clarinetist, Atomic.
- December
- 6 – Daniel Tinte, Argentinian pianist and composer.
- 19 – Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, Azerbaijani scat singer, pianist and composer.
- 31 – Joyce Cooling, American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.
- Unknown date
- Adrian Fry, British trombonist.
- Alon Yavnai, Israel-born pianist and composer.
- Guillermo Klein, Argentine pianist and composer.
- Lelo Nika, Serbian-born Romanian-Romani accordionist.
- Lucian Ban, Romanian jazz pianist.
- Per "Ruskträsk" Johansson, Swedish saxophonist, flautist, and clarinettist.
- Per «Texas» Johansson, Swedish saxophonist and clarinettist.
- Ricardo Martinez, Venezuelan bass guitarist.
- Thomas Fryland, Danish trumpeter.
See also
References
- ^ "1969". New England Conservatory. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Montreux Jazz Festival 1969 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
- ^ "Newport Jazz Festival 1969 Poster". Fontsinuse.com. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
- ^ "Newport Jazz Festival 1969 Poster". Rirocks.net. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
- ^ "The Ninth National Jazz and Blues Festival". UKRockFestivals.com. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
- ^ Shepherd, John (2003). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World: Performance and Production. Vol. 2. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 175. ISBN 0-8264-6322-3.
- ^ The Monterey Jazz Festival 19769 Poster. Google.no. 17 November 2012. ISBN 9781610586825. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
- ^ "René Compère". OxfordIndex.oup.com. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
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