2017 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2017.

Events

January

• 12
• The 16th All Ears festival started in Oslo (January 12–15).
• The 3rd annual Tucson Jazz Festival started in Tucson, Arizona (January 12 – 22).
• 20 – The 36th annual Djangofestival started on Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway (January 20 – 21).
• 21 – Hot Club de Norvège headline at the annual Djangofestival at Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway.
• 28 – Nils Petter Molvær is presented as winner of the 2016 Spellemannprisen Jazz award.

February

• 1 – The 6th Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø, Norway (February 1 – 4).
• 2 – The 19th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 2–5).
• 9 – The 12th Ice Music Festival started in Geilo, Norway (February 9 – 11).

March

• 3 – The 13th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 3 – 5).
• 31 – The 18th Cape Town International Jazz Festival started in Cape Town, South Africa (March 31 – April 1).

April

• 7 – The 44th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 7 – 9).
• 30 – The International Jazz Day.

May

• 5 – The Balejazz started in Balestrand (May 5 – 7).
• 9 – The 28th MaiJazz started in Stavanger, Norway (May 9 – 14).
• 10 – The 13th AnJazz, the Hamar Jazz Festival started at Hamar, Norway (May 10 – 14).
• 11 – The 17th Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés started in Paris, France (May 11 – 22).
• 18 – The 6th Torino Jazz Festival started in Turin (May 18–22).
• 26 – The 45th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 26 – June 4).

June

• 1 – Proceedings of the Echo Jazz Awards in Hamburg, Germany.
• 22 – The 27th JazzBaltica started in Schloss Salzau close to Kiel, Germany (June 22–25).
• 23 – The 7th Alfa Jazz Fest started in Lviv, Ukraine (June 23–27).
• 28 – The 28th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 28 – July 10).
• 29
• The 37th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 29 - July 8).
• The 37th Jazz à Vienne started in Vienne, France (June 29 - July 13).
• 30
• The 5th Love Supreme Festival started in Glynde Place, East Sussex (June 30 – July 2).
• The 51st Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 30 – July 15).

July

• 5 – The 53rd Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (July 5 – 8).
• 6
• The 17th Stavernfestivalen started in Stavern, Norway (July 6 – 8).
• The 21st SkÃ¥nevik Bluesfestival started in SkÃ¥nevik, Norway (July 6 – 8).
• 7
• The 39th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 7 – 16).
• The 44th Umbria Jazz Festival started in Perugia, Italy (July 7 – 16).
• The 42nd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 7–9).
• 8 – The 52nd Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 8 – 16).
• 11 – The 41st Jazz de Vitoria started in Gasteiz, Spain (July 11 – 15).
• 15 – The 29th Aarhus Jazz Festival started in Aarhus, Denmark (July 15 – 22).
• 17
• The 70th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 17 – 21).
• The 56th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 17 – 22).
• 26 – The 22nd Canal Street started in Arendal, Norway (July 26 – 29).
• 28 – The 40th Jazz in Marciac started in Marciac, France (July 28 – August 14).

August

• 4 – The 61st Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 4 – 6).
• 8 – The 18th Øyafestivalen started in Oslo, Norway (August 8 – 12).
• 10
• The NiÅ¡ville International Jazz Festival started in NiÅ¡, Serbia (August 10–13).
• The 31st Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 10 – 14).
• 11 – The 33rd Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 11 – 13).
• 12 – The 32nd Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 12 – 19).
• 31 – The 12th Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (August 31 - September 2).

September

• 1 – The 16th Tokyo Jazz Festival, started at North Door in Tokyo, Japan (September 1 – 3).
• 14 – The 4th Everfest, Sonic Transmissions started at North Door in Austin, Texas (September 14 – 16).
• 15 – The 60th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17).

October

• 6 – The 34th Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (October 6 – 15).
• 19 – The 34th DølaJazz started in Lillehammer, Norway (October 19 – 22).
• 25 – The 49th UmeÃ¥ Jazz Festival started in UmeÃ¥, Sweden (October 25 – 29).
• 27 – The 38th Cork Jazz Festival started in Cork, Ireland (October 27 – 30).

November

• 2 – The 53rd Jazz Fest Berlin started in Berlin, Germany (November 2 – 5).
• 10 – The 25th London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 10 – 19).
• 23 – The São Paulo Jazz Festival started in São Paulo, Brazil (November 23 – 26).

December

• 28 – The 25th Umbria Jazz Winter started in Orvieto, Italy (December 28 – January 1).

Albums released

Deaths

January

• 8
• Buddy Bregman, American arranger, producer, and composer (born 1930).
• Rod Mason, British trumpeter (born 1940).
• 10 – Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist (born 1926).
• 14 – John Boudreaux, American drummer (born 1936).
• 15
• Terry Cryer, British jazz and blues photographer (born 1934).
• Thandi Klaasen, South African singer (pancreatic cancer) (born 1931).
• 16 – Charles "Bobo" Shaw, American drummer (born 1947).
• 20 – Chuck Stewart, American photographer (born 1927).
• 22 – Jaki Liebezeit, German drummer (died 1939).
• 28 – Guitar Gable, American singer, guitarist, and songwriter (born 1937).
• 31 – John Wetton, English singer, bassist, and songwriter (cancer) (born 1949).

February

• 5 – David Axelrod, American musician and producer (born 1931).
• 7 – Svend Asmussen, Danish violinist, known as "The Fiddling Viking" (born 1916).
• 12
• Al Jarreau, American singer (born 1940).
• Barbara Carroll, American pianist and singer (born 1925).
• 18 – Clyde Stubblefield, American drummer best known for his work with James Brown (kidney failure) (born 1943).
• 19 – Larry Coryell, American guitarist (born 1943).
• 20 – Nicolai Munch-Hansen, Danish bassist and composer (born 1977).
• 23 – Horace Parlan, American pianist (born 1931).
• 24 – Fumio Karashima, Japanese pianist (born 1948).

March

• 3 – Misha Mengelberg, Dutch pianist and composer (born 1935).
• 8 – Dave Valentin, American flautist (born 1952).
• 13 – Tommy LiPuma, American music producer (born 1936).
• 16 – James Cotton, American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter (born 1935).
• 18 – Chuck Berry, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (born 1926).
• 20
• Buck Hill, American saxophonist (born 1927).
• Tony Terran, American trumpeter and session musician (born 1926).
• 21 – Roy Fisher, British poet and pianist (born 1930).
• 24 – Avo Uvezian, Armenian-American pianist, composer, and cigar manufacturer (born 1926).
• 26 – Jimmy Dotson, American singer, guitarist, and drummer (born 1933).
• 27
• Arthur Blythe, American alto saxophonist and composer (died 1940).
• Clem Curtis, Trinidadian British singer in The Foundations (born 1940).

April

• 1
• Bob Cunningham, American bassist (born 1934).
• Lonnie Brooks, American blues singer and guitarist (born 1933).
• 9
• Knut Borge, Norwegian journalist, entertainer, and jazz enthusiast (born 1949).
• Stan Robinson, English tenor saxophonist (born 1936).
• 11
• J. Geils, American jazz and blues guitarist in The J. Geils Band (born 1946).
• Toby Smith, British keyboardist and songwriter for Jamiroquai (born 1970).
• 15 – Allan Holdsworth, British jazz fusion guitarist in Gong, Soft Machine (born 1946).
• 27 – John Shifflett, American bassist (born 1953).
• 29 – Ian Cruickshank, English guitarist, educator, author and columnist (born 1947).

May

• 1 – Bruce Hampton, American singer and guitarist, Hampton Grease Band (born 1947).
• 3 – Casey Jones, American drummer, singer, and record producer (born 1940).
• 7 – Dave Pell, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (born 1925).
• 12 – Bill Dowdy, American drummer in The Three Sounds (born 1932).
• 14 – Tom McClung, American pianist and composer (born 1957).
• 22 – Mickey Roker, American drummer (born 1932).
• 27 – Gregg Allman, American singer, guitarist, pianist, and songwriter, the Allman Brothers Band (born 1947).
• 31 – Bern Nix, American guitarist (born 1947).

June

• 17 – Thara Memory, American trumpeter (born 1948).
• 18 – Chris Murrell, American singer (born 1956).
• 22 – Jimmy Nalls, American guitarist and singer, Sea Level (born 1951).
• 27 – Geri Allen, American pianist (born 1957).
• 28 – Phil Cohran, American trumpeter (born 1927).

July

• 4 – John Blackwell American drummer, Prince (born 1973).
• 7 – Egil Monn-Iversen, Norwegian composer and pianist (born 1928).
• 12 – Ray Phiri, South African jazz fusion singer and guitarist (born 1947).
• 13 – Egil Kapstad, Norwegian pianist and composer (born 1940).
• 19 – Graham Wood, Australian pianist (born 1971).
• 21 – Errol Dyers, South African guitarist (born 1952).
• 26 – Tom McIntosh, American trombonist and composer (born 1927).
• 30 – Charlie Tagawa, Japanese-American musical entertainer and banjoist (born 1935).
• 31 – Chuck Loeb, American guitarist and composer (born 1955).

August

• 4 – Bruno Canfora, Italian composer, conductor, and music arranger (born 1924).
• 7 – Janet Seidel, Australian singer and pianist (born 1955).
• 16 – Mike Hennessey, English music journalist and pianist (born 1928).
• 19 – Bea Wain, American Big Band-era singer (born 1917).
• 22 – John Abercrombie, American guitarist, composer and bandleader (born 1944).
• 26 – Wilson das Neves, Brazilian bossa nova singer and percussionist (born 1936).
• 29 – Larry Elgart, American jazz bandleader (born 1922).
• 30 – Skip Prokop, Canadian rock and jazz fusion drummer in Lighthouse, The Paupers (born 1943).
• 31 – Janne Carlsson, Swedish drummer and actor (born 1937).

September

• 3 – Walter Becker, American guitarist in Steely Dan, songwriter, and record producer (born 1950).
• 5 – Leo Cuypers, Dutch pianist and composer (born 1947).
• 11 – Frank Capp, American drummer (born 1931).
• 17 – Laudir de Oliveira, Brazilian rock and jazz percussionist in Chicago (born 1940).
• 22 – Mike Carr, English organist, pianist and vibraphonist (born 1937).
• 27 – CeDell Davis, American guitarist and singer (born 1926).

October

• 6 – Lou Gare, English saxophonist (born 1939).
• 8 – Grady Tate, American drummer and singer (born 1932).
• 12 – Andy McGhee, American tenor saxophonist and educator (born 1927).
• 18 – Phil Miller, English guitarist (born 1949).
• 20 – Boris Lindqvist, Swedish singer and musician (born 1940).
• 22 – Atle Hammer, Norwegian trumpeter (born 1932).
• 24 – Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter of French Creole descent (born 1928).
• 27 – Dick Noel, American singer (born 1927).
• 29
• Frank Holder, Guyanese singer and percussionist (born 1925).
• Muhal Richard Abrams, American clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist (born 1930).
• 30 – Theo Bophela, South African band leader, composer, pianist, arranger, and music educator (born 1931).

November

• 7 – Wendell Eugene, American trombonist (born 1923).
• 18 – Ben Riley, American drummer known for playing with Thelonious Monk (born 1933).
• 19 – Della Reese, American singer (born 1931).
• 23
• John Coates Jr., American pianist (born 1938).
• Jon Hendricks, American singer (born 1921).
• 27 – Robert Popwell, American bass guitarist, The Young Rascals and The Crusaders (born 1950).
• 29 – Robert Walker, American guitarist (born 1937).

December

• 2 – Mundell Lowe, American guitarist (born 1922).
• 7 – Sunny Murray, American drummer (born 1936).
• 13 – Willie Pickens, American pianist (born 1931).
• 15 – John Critchinson, English pianist (born 1934).
• 16
• Keely Smith, American singer (born 1928).
• Ralph Carney, American saxophonist and clarinetist, Tin Huey (born 1956).
• 17 – Kevin Mahogany, American vocalist (born 1958).
• 19 – Leo Welch, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter (born 1932).
• 21
• Dominic Frontiere, American composer, arranger, and accordionist (born 1931).
• Halvard Kausland, Norwegian guitarist (born 1945).
• Roswell Rudd, American trombonist (born 1935).
• 28 – Melton Mustafa, American trumpeter and flugelhornist, Count Basie Orchestra (born 1947).

See also

• List of 2017 albums
• List of jazz festivals
• List of years in jazz
• 2010s in jazz
• 2017 in music

References

External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 2017 at All About Jazz