1988 in jazz
| 1988 in jazz | |
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 Don Pullen, Half Moon Bay CA June 13 1988 | |
| Decade | 1980s in jazz |
| Music | 1988 in music |
| Standards | List of post-1950 jazz standards |
| See also | 1987 in jazz – 1989 in jazz |
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|---|---|---|---|
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1988.
Events
March
- 25 – The 15th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 25 – 27).[1]
April
- 6 – Jazz guitarist Larry Carlton is shot in a random gun shooting outside his Los Angeles studios.[2]
May
- 20 – The 17th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 20 – 23).[3]
- 25 – The 16th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 25 – June 8).[4]
June
- 30 – The 22nd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 30 – July 16).[5]
July
- 1 – The 9th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Canada (July 1 – 10).[6]
- 8 – The 13th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 8 – 10).[7]
August
- 19 – The 5th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 19 – 21).[8]
September
- 16 – The 31st Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16 – 18).[9]
Album releases
- Bill Frisell: Before We Were Born
- Henry Threadgill: Rag, Bush and All
- Turtle Island String Quartet: Turtle Island String Quartet
- Lyle Mays: Street Dreams
- Dave Holland: Triplicate
- Jackie McLean: Dynasty
- John Carter: Fields
- Leni Stern: Secrets
- Microscopic Septet: Beauty Based on Science
- Music Revelation Ensemble: Music Revelation Ensemble
- Willem Breuker: Psalm 122
- Steve Turre: Fire and Ice
- Trilok Gurtu: Usfret
- Bobby Previte: Claude's Late Morning
- Bill Frisell: Lookout for Hope
- Misha Mengelberg: Impromptus
- Marcus Roberts: Truth is Spoken Here
- David Ware: Passage to Music
- David Liebman: Trio + One
- Freddie Hubbard: Stardust
- Gary Thomas: Code Violations
- Hilton Ruiz: El Camino
- Phil Woods: Evolution
- Ralph Moore: Rejuvenate
- Matthew Shipp & Rob Brown: Sonic Explorations
Deaths
- March
- 1 – Tommy Potter (69), American upright-bassist.[10]
- 20 – Gil Evans (75), Canadian pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader.[11]
- May
- 13 – Chet Baker (58), American trumpeter and singer.[12]
- 28 – Sy Oliver (77), American trumpeter, singer, composer, arranger and bandleader.[13]
- July
- 2 – Eddie Vinson (70), American alto saxophonist and blues shouter.[14]
- September
- 27 – J. C. Heard (71), American drummer.[15]
Births
- Jan Martin Gismervik, Norwegian drummer
See also
References
- ↑ "Vossajazz". Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
- ↑ Heim, Chris (1989-06-30). "Guitarist Larry Carlton Puts Tragic Shooting Behind Him". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Moers Festival 1988". Moers Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Montreux Jazz Festival 1988 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Timeline". Montreal International Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "North Sea Jazz Festival 1988". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Brecon Jazz Festival 1988". FriendsOfBreconJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "The Monterey Jazz Festival Poster". Etsy.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Tommy Potter". BBC. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ Watrous, Peter (1988-03-22). "Gil Evans, a Key Jazz Composer And Orchestrator, Is Dead at 75". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ Pareles, Jon (1988-05-14). "Chet Baker, Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 59 in a Fall". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Eddie (Cleanhead) Vinson, 70, Alto Saxophonist and Blues Singer". The New York Times. 1988-07-04. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Sy Oliver, 77, a Jazz Composer, Arranger and Band Leader, Dies". The New York Times. 1988-05-28. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "J.C. Heard Dies at 71; Long a Jazz Drummer". The New York Times. 1988-09-30. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
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