2025 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2025.

Events

• January 29 – February 1 – The Bodø Jazz Open takes place in Norway, featuring Solveig Slettahjell, Arve Henriksen. Rebekka Bakken and others.

Albums

Awards

Grammy Awards

The 67th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 2, 2025 honoring the best recordings, compositions, and artists from September 16, 2023, to August 30, 2024, as chosen by the members of the Recording Academy.

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Radio Airplay Charts

Radio airplay statistics from 2025 collected by JazzWeek

Deaths

• January 12 – Mark Izu, American double bass player and composer, 70
• January 14 – Teddy Osei, Ghanaian saxophone player, drummer and vocalist, leader of Osibisa, 87
• March 4 – Roy Ayers, American jazz-funk vibraphonist, record producer, and composer, 84
• March 8 – Bill Ashton, British saxophonist, band leader and composer, 88
• March 14 – Bruno Romani, Italian saxophonist, flutist and composer, 65
• April 1 – George Freeman, American guitarist, 97
• April 22 – Odd Magne Gridseth, Norwegian bassist, 65
• April 26
• Andy Bey, American singer and pianist, 85
• Rigmor Newman, Swedish-born jazz concert producer and talent manager resident in the USA, 86
• May 12 – Yasunao Tone, Japanese jazz composer, 90
• May 23 – Lillian Boutté, American jazz singer, 75
• May 25 – Joe Ford, American jazz saxophonist, 78
• May 28 – Al Foster, American jazz drummer, 82
• June 13 – Louis Moholo, South African jazz drummer (The Blue Notes, Brotherhood of Breath, Assagai), 85
• June 17 – Charles Burrell, American bassist, 104
• July 22 – Chuck Mangione, American flugelhornist, trumpeter and composer, 84
• July 24 – Cleo Laine, English jazz singer, 97
• August 5 – Nancy King, American jazz singer, 85
• August 6 – Eddie Palmieri, American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader, 88
• August 11 – Sheila Jordan, American jazz singer, 96
• September 13 – Akiko Tsuruga, Japanese jazz organist, 58
• September 26 – Jim McNeely, American jazz pianist and composer, 76
• October 19 – Anthony Jackson, American electric bass player, 73
• October 26 – Jack DeJohnette, American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer, 83

See also

• List of 2025 albums
• List of jazz festivals
• List of years in jazz
• 2025 in music

References

External links