1978 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1978.

1978 in jazz
Pharoah Sanders, Reggie Workman, and unidentified drummer, c. 1978
Decade1970s in jazz
Music1978 in music
StandardsList of post-1950 jazz standards
See also1977 in jazz 1979 in jazz
List of years in jazz

Events

Lester Bowie at moers festival 1978.

March

  • 17 – The 5th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 17–19).[1]

May

  • 12 – The 7th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 12–15).[2]
  • 24 – The 6th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 24 – June 7).[3]

July

September

Album releases

Deaths

January
February
March
April
  • 3 – Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, arranger, radio comedian, and actor (born 1903).
May
June
July
August
September
November
December
  • 17Don Ellis, American big-bandleader, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and film composer (born 1934).
  • 29Happy Caldwell, American clarinetist and tenor saxophonist (born 1903).
Unknown date

Births

January
February
  • 9Clarice Assad, Brazilian-American composer, pianist, and singer.
  • 12Masayuki Hiizumi, Japanese keyboardist and producer.
  • 14Cem Tuncer, Turkish guitarist, composer, arranger, and producer.
March
  • 5Søren Kjærgaard, Danish pianist, composer, and bandleader.
  • 18Videlina Mircheva, Bulgarian singer and songwriter.
  • 24Andrew McCormack, British pianist.
April
May
June
  • 10Jukka Eskola, Finnish trumpeter and flugelhornist.
August
June
September
October
November
December
  • 12Lage Lund, Norwegian guitarist.
  • 30
    • Daniel Heløy Davidsen, Danish-Norwegian guitarist.
    • Julie Dahle Aagård, Norwegian vocalist, composer, and band leader.
Unknown date
  • Marc Demuth, Luxembourgian upright bassist, bass guitarist, and composer.
  • Mikkel Ploug, Danish guitarist and composer.
  • Niels Klein, German saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.
  • Robi Botos, Hungarian-Canadian pianist and composer.
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See also

References

  1. "Vossajazz". Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  2. "Moers International New Jazz Festival : 12–15 May 1978". OneFinalNote.com. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  3. "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  4. "Newport Jazz Festival 1978 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  5. "Montreux Jazz Festival 1978 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  6. "North Sea Jazz Festival 1978". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  7. "Jazz in Marciac – Depuis 1978" (PDF). Jazz in Marciac. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  8. "Monterey Jazz Festival 1978 Poster". EarlNewmanPrints.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.


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