Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

1961 in jazz

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Remove ads

This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1961.

Quick facts Decade, Music ...
Remove ads

Events

June

August

November

Unknown dates

Remove ads

Album releases

Remove ads

Standards

Deaths

February
  • 4Alphonse Picou, American clarinetist and composer (born 1878).
  • 7Noah Lewis, American harmonica player (born 1891).
  • 22Nick LaRocca, New Orleans cornetist and trumpeter (born 1889).
March
April
  • 29Miff Mole, American trombonist and bandleader (born 1898).
July
August
October
Unknown date
Remove ads

Births

January
February
  • 5Clark Tracey, British drummer, band leader, and composer.
  • 9Steve Wilson, American saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist.
  • 10Paolo Fresu, Italian trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger.
  • 12Knut Reiersrud, Norwegian guitarist.
  • 21Mike Nielsen, Irish guitarist, composer, and educator.
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Unknown date
Remove ads

Awards

Music criticism

See also

References

Bibliography

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads