1998 in jazz
| 1998 in jazz | |
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 Fred Frith performing at the Moers Jazz Festival, June 1998 | |
| Decade | 1990s in jazz |
| Music | 1998 in music |
| Standards | List of post-1950 jazz standards |
| See also | 1997 in jazz – 1999 in jazz |
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|---|---|---|---|
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1998.
Events
January
- 29 – The very first Polarjazz started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 29 – 31).[1]
April
- 3 – The 25th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 3 – 5).[2]
May
- 20 – The 26th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 20 – 31).[3]
June
- 2 – The 27th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 2 – 5).[4]
July
- 1 – The 19th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Canada (July 1 – 12).[5]
- 2 – The 8th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (July 2 – 10).[6]
- 3 – The 32nd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 3 – 18).[7]
- 10
- The 23rd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 10 – 12).[8]
- The 33rd Pori Jazz started in Pori, Finland (July 10 – 19).[9]
August
- 7 – The 15th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 7 – 9).[10]
September
- 18 – The 41st Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 18 – 20).[11]
Album releases
- Dave Douglas: Convergence
- Paul Plimley: Sensology
- Vandermark 5: Target Dr Flag
- Zeena Parkins: Pan-Acousticon
- Evan Parker: Drawn Inward
- Dave Holland: Points of View
- Roy Campbell: Ancestral Homeland
Deaths
- Alvin Tyler, saxophonist and arranger
- Andrzej Trzaskowski,
- Anselmo Sacasas, Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger
- Attila Zoller, guitarist
- Barrett Deems, drummer
- Benny Green, British saxophonist
- Benny Waters, saxophonist and clarinetist
- Beryl Bryden, singer
- Betty Carter, singer
- Blue Lu Barker, singer
- Bob Haggart, double-bass player, composer and arranger
- Bob Hames, guitarist
- Bobby Bryant, trumpeter and flugelhorn player
- Carl Barriteau, clarinetist
- Dave Schildkraut, alto saxophonist
- David Earle Johnson,
- Denis Charles, drummer
- Dick Grove,
- Dorothy Donegan, pianist
- Dorothy Sloop, pianist
- Egil Johansen, Norwegian-Swedish drummer
- Frank Sinatra, singer and actor
- George Kelly, tenor saxophonist, vocalist and arranger
- George Van Eps, guitarist
- Glenn Spearman, tenor saxophonist
- Guy Lafitte, tenor saxophonist
- Harry Lookofsky, violinist
- Helen Ward, singer
- Jimmy Butts, double-bassist
- Jimmy Henderson, trombonist and bandleader
- Jimmy Skidmore, tenor saxophonist
- Joe Dixon, reed player
- Kenny Kirkland, pianist/keyboardist
- Marzette Watts, tenor and soprano saxophonist
- Mel Powell, pianist, composer and educator
- Milton Adolphus, pianist and composer
- Milton Banana, drummer
- Nat Gonella, trumpeter, bandleader and vocalist
- Orlando DiGirolamo, accordionist, pianist and composer
- Raymond Premru, trombonist and composer
- Red Richards, pianist
- Robert Normann, guitarist
- Sherwood Johnson,
- Spencer Clark, bass saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist
- Syd Lawrence, bandleader
- Tal Farlow, guitarist
- Ted Dunbar, guitarist, composer and educator
- Thomas Chapin, composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist
- Tim Maia,
- Tom Cora, cellist and composer
- Tommy Pederson, trombonist and composer
- Walter Bishop, Jr., pianist
See also
References
- ↑ "Polarjazz". VisitSvalbard.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Vossajazz - Historie" (in Norwegian). Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ↑ "Moers Festival 1998". Moers Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Festival International de Jazz de Montréal". Montreal International Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Jazz Fest Wien Festival History". Jazz Fest Wien. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Montreux Jazz Festival 1998 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "North Sea Jazz Festival 1998". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "History of Pori Jazz". Pori Jazz. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Brecon Jazz Programme 1998". FriendsOfBreconJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Metheny making most of Monterey". CNN. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
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