1976 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1976.

1976 in jazz
Wallace Davenport at the 1976 North Sea Jazz Festival
Decade	1970s in jazz
Music	1976 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1975 in jazz – 1977 in jazz

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Events

April

• 9 – The 3rd Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 9 – 11).^[1]

May

• 19 – The 4th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 19 – June 2).^[2]

June

• 4 – The 5th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 4 – 7).^[3]
• 25
  • The 23rd Newport Jazz Festival started in New York, New York (June 25 – July 5).^[4]
  • The 10th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 25 – July 11).^[5]

July

• 16 – The very first North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 16 – 18).^[6]

September

• 17 – The 19th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 17 – 19).^[7]

Album releases

• Keith Jarrett: The Survivors' Suite
• George Lewis: Solo Trombone Record
• Air: Air Raid
• David Murray: Flowers for Albert
• Derek Bailey: Company 1
• Jan Garbarek: Dis
• Irene Schweizer: Wilde Señoritas
• Toshiko Akiyoshi: Road Time
• Albert Mangelsdorff: Tromboneliness
• Leo Smith: Song of Humanity
• Tony Coe: Zeitgeist
• Ornette Coleman: Dancing in Your Head
• Jaco Pastorius: Jaco Pastorius
• Martial Solal: Movability
• George Finola: New Orleans After Hours
• Hamiet Bluiett: Endangered Species
• Art Lande: Rubisa Patrol
• Return to Forever: Romantic Warrior
• George Adams: Suite For Swingers
• Jean-Luc Ponty: Imaginary Voyage
• David Friesen: Star Dance
• Dexter Gordon: Biting the Apple
• Joachim Kuhn: Springfever
• Eberhard Weber: The Following Morning
• Lew Tabackin: Dual Nature
• Chico Freeman: Morning Prayer
• Weather Report: Black Market
• Charles Tyler: Saga of the Outlaws
• Al Di Meola: Land of The Midnight Sun
• Woody Shaw: Little Red's Fantasy
• Stanley Clarke: School Days
• Yosuke Yamashita: Banslikana
• Ran Blake: Wende
• Guenter Christmann: Solomusiken Fuer Posaune und Kontrabasse
• Egberto Gismondi: Dança Das Cabeças
• Michael Franks: The Art of Tea
• Hugh Masekela: Colonial Man
• Hugh Masekela: Melody Maker
• Ryo Fukui: Scenery
• Pat Metheny: Bright Size Life

Deaths

January

• 14 – Juan d'Arienzo, Argentine tango violinist, band leader, and composer (born 1900).
• 24 – Gösta Theselius, Swedish arranger, composer, film scorer, pianist, and saxophonist (born 1922).
• 28 – Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist and singer (born 1913).

February

• 5 – Rudy Pompilli, American tenor saxophonist, Bill Haley and His Comets (born 1924).
• 6 – Vince Guaraldi, American pianist (born 1928).
• 12 – Skip Martin, American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and music arranger (born 1916).

March

• 14 – Junior Collins, American French horn player (born 1927).
• 18 – Jim McCartney, English trumpeter and pianist (born 1902).
• 19 – Paul Kossoff, English guitarist (cerebral and pulmonary oedema), Free (born 1950).
• 26 – Duster Bennett, British singer and guitarist (car accident), Fleetwood Mac (born 1946).

May

• 14 – Keith Relf, English singer (cardiac arrest due to electrocution), The Yardbirds (born 1940).
• 17 – Lars Gullin, Swedish saxophonist (born 1928).
• 29 – Willie Maiden, American saxophonist and arranger (born 1928).
• 30 – Rube Bloom, Jewish-American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, singer, and author (born 1902).

April

• 7 – Jimmy Garrison, American upright bassist (born 1934).
• 12 – Ted Buckner, American saxophonist (born 1913).

June

• 7 – Bobby Hackett, American trumpeter, cornetist, and guitarist (born 1915).

July

• 10 – Mike Pratt, English actor, musician, songwriter, and screenwriter (born 1931).
• 12 – Buddy Featherstonhaugh, English saxophonist (born 1909).

September

• 8 – August Agbola O'Browne, Nigerian-Polish drummer (born 1895).

October

• 3
  • Victoria Spivey, American singer and songwriter (born 1906).
  • Herb Flemming, American trombonist and vocalist (born 1898).
• 11 – Connee Boswell, American singer (born 1907).

December

• 4 – Tommy Bolin, American guitarist (drug-induced suffocation), Deep Purple (born 1951).
• 28 – Freddie King, American guitarist and singer (born 1934).

Births

Tia Fuller 2011.

January

• 10 – Freddy Wike, Norwegian drummer.
• 23 – Harmen Fraanje, Dutch pianist and composer.

February

• 11 – Gretchen Parlato, American singer.
• 20 – Ben Wendel, Canadian-American saxophonist, composer, bassoonist, and pianist, Kneebody.
• 22 – Julia Biel, British singer, songwriter, pianist, and multi-instrumentalist.^[8]
• 26 – Karl Strømme, Norwegian trumpeter.

March

• 1 – Andreas Mjøs, Norwegian vibraphonist, percussionist, guitarist, record producer, and composer, Jaga Jazzist.
• 10 – Ane Brun, singer and songwriter.
• 16 – Erlend Jentoft, Norwegian saxophonist and composer.
• 27 – Tia Fuller, American saxophonist, composer, and educator.

April

• 10 – Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (died 2006).
• 17 – Kjetil Steensnæs, Norwegian guitarist.
• 30 – Radek Nowicki, Polish saxophonist.

May

• 10 – Torbjörn Zetterberg, Swedish upright bassist and composer.
• 20 – Ferenc Nemeth, Hungarian drummer and composer.

June

• 3
  • Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen, Norwegian singer, songwriter, cabaret artist.
  • Roger Arntzen, Norwegian upright bassist, In The Country.
• 6 – Emilie-Claire Barlow, Canadian singer and voice actress.
• 10 – Kinan Azmeh, Syrian clarinetist.
• 17 – Kjetil Møster, Norwegian reedist and composer, The Core and Ultralyd.
• 21 – Jarle Bernhoft, Norwegian singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and lyricist.

July

• 7
  • Erja Lyytinen, Finnish guitarist and singer-songwriter.
  • Orlando le Fleming, English upright bassist, composer and former cricketer, OWL Trio.

August

• 6 – Jonas Westergaard, Danish upright bassist.

September

• 4 – Alex Pangman, Canadian singer.
• 15 – Femi Temowo, Nigerian-born British jazz guitarist, musical director, producer and broadcaster.

October

• 1 – Ivar Grydeland, Norwegian guitarist and composer.
• 7 – Pekka Kuusisto, Finnish violinist.
• 19 – Jostein Gulbrandsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer.
• 28 – Emma Salokoski, Finnish singer, composer, and writer.

November

• 8 – Eric Harland, American drummer.

December

• 6 – Ole Børud, Norwegian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
• 7 – Kresten Osgood, Danish drummer.
• 17 – Andreas Schaerer, Swiss vocalist and composer.
• 30 – Miguel Zenón, Puerto Rican alto saxophonist, composer, band leader, music producer, and educator.

Unknown date

• Daniel Fredriksson, Swedish drummer.
• Jakob Høyer, Danish drummer.
• Tamar Halperin, Israeli harpsichordist, pianist, and musicologist.
• Yasuyuki "Yaz" Takagi, Japanese saxophonist.

See also

• Jazz portal

• 1970s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1976 in music