This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2021.
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
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December
Albums
Deaths
- January 6 â Bobby Few, 85, American jazz pianist
- January 17 â Sammy Nestico, 96, American composer and arranger
- January 20 â Keith Nichols, 75, British instrumentalist and bandleader (COVID-19)
- January 23 â Jonas Gwangwa, 83, South African jazz trombonist
- February 9 â Chick Corea, 79, American pianist, composer and bandleader
- February 12 â Milford Graves, 79, American drummer and polymath
- March 2 â Chris Barber, 90, British bandleader and trombonist
- March 7 – Josky Kiambukuta, 72, Congolese singer (TPOK Jazz)
- March 8 РJulien-Fran̤ois Zbinden, 103, Swiss composer and jazz pianist
- March 10 – János Gonda, 89, Hungarian jazz pianist
- March 19 – Cristián Cuturrufo, 48, Chilean jazz trumpeter (COVID-19)
- March 28 – Malcolm Cecil, 84, British jazz bassist and record producer
- April 7 – Sonny Simmons, 87, American jazz saxophonist
- May 8 – Curtis Fuller, 88, American jazz trombonist
- May 15 – Mario Pavone, 80, American jazz bassist, composer and bandleader
- June 21 – Nobuo Hara, 94, Japanese saxophonist
- July 4 – Rick Laird, 80, Irish jazz bassist (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
- July 31 – Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, 93, Polish jazz musician and composer
- August 28 – Francesc Burrull, 86, Spanish musician and composer
- September 16 –George Mraz, 77, Czech-American jazz bassist
- September 28 - Dr. Lonnie Smith, 79, American jazz Hammond B3 organist
- October 18 – Franco Cerri, 95, Italian jazz guitarist.
- November 1 – Pat Martino, 77, American jazz guitarist.
- November 18 - Slide Hampton, 89, American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger.
- December 8 - Barry Harris, 91, American jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator
See also
References