2019 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2019.

2019 in jazz
Nitcho Reinhardt 2019 at Cosmopolite, Oslo.
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Events

January

• 10 – The 18th All Ears festival starts in Oslo (January 10 – 12).[1]
• 11 – The 5th annual Tucson Jazz Festival starts in Tucson, Arizona (January 11 – 21).[2]
• 24 – The 38th annual Djangofestival starts on Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway (January 24–26).[3]
• 31
  • The 8th Bodø Jazz Open Vinterjazz starts in Bodø, Norway (January 31 – February 2).[4]
  • The 21st Polarjazz Festival starts in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 31 – February 3).[5]

February

• 14 – The 14th Ice Music Festival starts in Geilo, Norway (February 14–16).[6]
• 26 – English saxophonist Trevor Watts celebrates his 80th birthday.[7]
• 28 – American saxophonist Charles Gayle celebrates his 80th birthday.[7]

March

• 1 – The 15th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival starts in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 1 – 3).[8]
• 6 – The 50th Turku Jazz Festival starts in Åbo, Finland (March 6 – 10).[9]
• 16 – American violinist Jerry Goodman (Mahavishnu Orchestra) celebrates his 70th birthday.
• 22 – The Blue House Youth Jazz Festival starts in Stockholm, Sweden (March 22 – 24).[10]
• 29 – The 20th Cape Town International Jazz Festival starts in Cape Town, South Africa (March 29 – 30).[11]

April

• 12 – The 46th Vossajazz starts in Voss, Norway (April 12 – 14).[12]
• 24 – The 32nd April Jazz Espoo starts (April 25 – 29).[13]
• 26 – The 8th Torino Jazz Festival starts in Turin (April 26 – May 4).[14]
• 30 – The International Jazz Day.[15]

May

• 3 – The Balejazz starts in Balestrand (May 3 – 5).[16]
• 6 – The 30th MaiJazz starts in Stavanger, Norway (May 6 – 12).[17]
• 8 – The 15th AnJazz, the Hamar Jazz Festival starts at Hamar, Norway (May 8 – 12).[18]
• 16 – The 18th Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés starts in Paris, France (May 16 – 27).[19]
• 24 – The 47th Nattjazz starts in Bergen, Norway (May 24 – June 1).[20]

June

• 12 – The Bergenfest starts in Bergen (June 12 – 15).[21]
• 13 – The Norwegian Wood music festival starts in Oslo (June 13 – 15).[22]
• 26 – The Leopolis Jazz Fest (previously Alfa Jazz Fest) opens in Lviv, Ukraine (June 26–30).[23]
• 27 – The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal opens in Montréal, Canada (June 27 - July 6).[24]
• 28
  • The 39th Jazz à Vienne starts in Vienne, France (June 28 - July 13).[25]
  • The 53rd Montreux Jazz Festival starts in Montreux, Switzerland (June 28 - July 13).[26]

July

• 3 – The Kongsberg Jazzfestival opens at Kongsberg consert (August 3 – 6).[27]
• 4 – The 23rd Skånevik Bluesfestival starts in Skånevik, Norway (July 4 – 6).[28]
• 5
  • The Baltic Jazz Festival starts in Dalsbruk (July 5 – 7).[29]
  • The Love Supreme Jazz Festival starts in Lewes, East Sussex (July 5 – 7).[30]
  • The 41st Copenhagen Jazz Festival starts in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 5 – 14).[31]
• 11 – The 18th Stavernfestivalen starts in Stavern (August 11 – 13).[32]
• 12
  • The 44th North Sea Jazz Festival starts in The Hague, Netherlands ( July 12–14).[33]
  • The 54th Pori Jazz Festival starts in Pori, Finland (July 12 – 20).[34]
  • The 46th Umbria Jazz Festival starts in Perugia, Italy (July 12 – 21).[35]
• 13 – The 31st Aarhus Jazz Festival starts in Aarhus, Denmark (July 13 – 20).[36]
• 15 – The Moldejazz starts in Molde (August 15 – 20).[37]
• 16
  • The 72nd Nice Jazz Festival starts in Nice, France (July 16 – 20).[38]
  • The 43rd Jazz de Vitoria starts in Gasteiz, Spain (July 16 – 20).[39]
• 24 – The 24th Canal Street Festival starts in Arendal (July 24 – 27).[40]

August

• 2
  • The 63rd Newport Jazz Festival starts in Newport, Rhode Island (August 2 – 4).[41]
  • The Nišville International Jazz Festival starts in Niš, Serbia (August 2 – 11).[42]
• 6 – The 20th Øyafestivalen starts in Oslo, Norway (August 6 – 10).[43]
• 8 – The 33rd Sildajazz starts in Haugesund, Norway (August 8 – 9).[44]
• 9 – The 35th Brecon Jazz Festival starts in Brecon, Wales (August 9 – 11).[45]
• 11 – The 34th Oslo Jazzfestival starts in Oslo, Norway (August 11 – 17).[46]

September

• 5 – The 14th Punktfestivalen opens in Kristiansand (September 5–7).[47]
• 27 – The 62nd Monterey Jazz Festival starts in Monterey, California (September 27 – 29).[48]

October

• 17 – The 37th DølaJazz starts in Lillehammer (October 17 – 20).[49]
• 24 – The 41st Guinness Cork Jazz Festival starts in Cork City, Ireland (October 24 – 28).[50]
• 31 – The 56th JazzFest Berlin, also known as The Berlin Jazz Festival starts in Berlin (October 31 – November 3).[51]

November

• 3 – American saxophonist and trumpeter Joe McPhee celebrates his 80th birthday.[7]

December

• 25 – American pianist Bob James celebrates his 80th birthday.

Albums released

January

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
11	Heart Songs	Tommy Emmanuel & John Knowles	CGP Sounds/Thirty Tigers		[52]
18	Days on Earth	Mark Lockheart	Edition		[53]
	Juni	Peter Erskine, Palle Danielsson, John Taylor	ECM		[54]
25	The Expanded 1963 New York Studios Sessions	Eric Dolphy - Musical Prophet	Resonance		[55]
	Lines In The Sand	Antonio Sánchez	CAM Jazz		[56]
	Trio Tapestry	Joe Lovano	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[57]

February

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
1	And Then Comes The Nigh	Mats Eilertsen, Harmen Fraanje, Thomas Strønen	ECM		[58]
	Imaginary Friends	Ralph Alessi, Ravi Coltrane, Andy Milne, Drew Gress, Mark Ferber	ECM		[59]
8	Dualistic	Dualistic (Bernt Moen, Fredrik Sahlander, Tobias Solbakk)	Losen		[60]
	Tana	Sverre Gjørvad	Losen		[61]
	Æ	Anton Eger	Edition	Produced by Petter Eldh and Anton Eger, Executive producer Dave Stapleton	[62]
22	Circuits	Chris Potter	Edition		[63]
	Quilter	Thomas T Dahl	Losen	Produced by Thomas T Dahl	[64]

22 February 2019 The Gleaners by Larry Grenadier

March

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
8	Voyage	Daniel Herskedal	Edition	Produced by Daniel Herskedal, Executive producer Dave Stapleton	[65]
22	Sounds Of 3 Edition 2	Per Mathisen feat. Ulf Wakenius and Gary Husband	Losen		[66]
29	Come What May	Joshua Redman	Nonesuch		[67]

April

May

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
24	Northbound	Eivind Austad Trio	Losen		[68]

Deaths

January

• 5 – Alvin Fielder, American drummer (born 1935).[69]
• 9 – Joseph Jarman, American saxophonist, Art Ensemble of Chicago (born 1937).[70]
• 13 – Willie Murphy, American singer and pianist (born 1943).[71]
• 16 – Chris Wilson, Australian singer and guitarist (born 1956).[72]
• 21 – Marcel Azzola, French accordionist (born 1927).[73]
• 23 – Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean guitarist (born 1952).[74]
• 26 – Michel Legrand, French composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist (born 1932).[75]

February

• 15 – Kofi Burbridge, American keyboardist and flautist, Tedeschi Trucks Band (born 1961).[76]
• 16 – Ken Nordine, American spoken word jazz artist (born 1920).[77]
• 17 – Ethel Ennis, American singer and pianist (born 1932).[78]

December

• 7 – Joe McQueen, American saxophonist (born 1919).[79]

See also

• List of 2019 albums
• List of jazz festivals
• List of years in jazz
• 2010s in jazz
• 2019 in music

References

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2. "WORLD-CLASS JAZZ IN TUCSON, JANUARY 11-21, 2018". TucsonJazzFestival.org. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
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71. Riemenschneider, Chris (2019-01-13). "'Heart and soul of Minneapolis music scene' Willie Murphy dies at 75". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
72. Carmody, Broede (2019-01-17). "'Magnificent Australian': Chris Wilson dies after cancer diagnosis". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
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77. O'Donnell, Maureen (2019-02-17). "Ken Nordine dies at 98; radio announcer & influential "Word Jazz" artist". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
78. Rasmussen, Frederick N. (2019-02-18). "Ethel Ennis, Baltimore's 'First Lady of Jazz,' dies at 86". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
79. Ogden jazz legend Joe McQueen dies at the age of 100

External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 2019 at All About Jazz