1977 in jazz
| 1977 in jazz | |
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 Ben Riley Heath Brothers concert Rockefeller Center, NYC June 1977 | |
| Decade | 1970s in jazz |
| Music | 1977 in music |
| Standards | List of post-1950 jazz standards |
| See also | 1976 in jazz – 1978 in jazz |
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1977.
Events
April
- 1 – The 4th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 1 – 3).[1]
May
- 25 – The 5th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 25 – June 8).[2]
- 27 – The 6th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 27 – 30).[3]
June
- 24 – The 24th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (June 24 – July 4).[4]
July
- 1 – The 11th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 1 – 24).[5]
- 15 – The 2nd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 15 – 17).[6]
September
- 16 – The 20th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16 – 18).[7]
Album releases
- Radka Toneff: Fairytales
- George Lewis: Chicago Slow Dance
- Air: Air Time
- George Lewis: Shadowgraph
- Joe McPhee: Graphics
- James Ulmer: Revealing
- Pat Metheny: Watercolors
- John Scofield: East Meets West
- Leroy Jenkins: Solo Concert
- Julius Hemphill: Blue Boye
- Michael Mantler: Movies
- Abdul Wadud: By Myself
- Roscoe Mitchell: Nonaah
- Joanne Brackeen: Tring A Ling
- Art Lande: Desert Marauders
- Chico Freeman: Kings of Mali
- Art Pepper: No Limit
- Arthur Blythe: Metamorphosis
- Collin Walcott: Grazing Dreams
- David Friesen: Waterfall Rainbow
- Dave Holland: Emerald Tears
- Neil Ardley: Kaleidoscope of Rainbows
- Chico Freeman: Chico
- Frank Lowe: Lowe and Behold
- Vinny Golia: Spirits In Fellowship
- Weather Report: Heavy Weather
- Ernie Krivda: Satanic
- Derek Bailey: Company 5
- Chico Freeman: No Time Left
- Paul Motian: Dance
- Hamiet Bluiett: SOS
- Jan Garbarek: Places
- World Saxophone Quartet: Point Of No Return
- John Tchicai: Real
- Julius Hemphill: Raw Materials and Residuals
- George Russell: Vertical Form 6
- Joanne Brackeen: Aft
- Julius Hemphill: Roi Boye and the Gotham Minstrels
- Kenny Wheeler: Deer Wan
- Irene Schweizer: Hexensabbat
- Leroy Jenkins: Lifelong Ambitions
- Globe Unity: Pearls
- Ralph Towner: Sound and Shadows
- Hamiet Bluiett: Birthright
- Jean-Luc Ponty: Enigmatic Ocean
- Muhal Richard Abrams: 1-OQA+19
- Cecil McBee: Music From the Source
- Steve Lacy: Raps
- Woody Shaw: Rosewood
- Gateway Trio: 2
- Louis Hayes: The Real Thing
- McCoy Tyner: Supertrio
- Al Di Meola: Elegant Gypsy
- Michael Urbaniak: Urbaniak
- Keith Jarrett: My Song
- Arthur Blythe: Bush Baby
- Sheila Jordan: Sheila
- Michael Franks: Sleeping Gypsy
- Hugh Masekela: You Told Your Mama Not to Worry
Deaths
- January
- 2 – Erroll Garner (55), American pianist and composer
- March
- 23 – Bennie Green (53), American trombonist
- May
- 30 – Paul Desmond (52), American alto saxophonist and composer
- November
- 19 – Sonny Criss (50), American alto saxophonist
- December
- 5 – Rahsaan Roland Kirk (42), American saxophoneist and multi-instrumentalist
Births
- January
- 10 – Rhian Benson, Ghanaian-British singer and songwriter
- 13 – Elliot Mason, English trombonist
- February
- 10 – Shahin Novrasli, Azerbaijani pianist
- March
- 4 – Jason Marsalis, American drummer
- August
- 27 – Quincy Davis, American drummer
- September
- 17 – Jeff Ballard, American drummer
- 20 – Dan Cray, American pianist
- November
- 3 – Jane Monheit, American singer
See also
References
- ↑ "Vossajazz". Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Moers International New Jazz Festival 1977". Moers Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Newport Jazz Festival 1977 Poster". WolfgangsVault.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Montreux Jazz Festival 1977 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "North Sea Jazz Festival 1977". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Tito Puente & His Orchestra* – Live At The 1977 Monterey Jazz Festival". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
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