1990 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1990.

1990 in jazz
Jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater in 1990 at Deauville, Normandy, France
Decade	1990s in jazz
Music	1990 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1989 in jazz – 1991 in jazz

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Events

April

• 6 – The 17th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 6 – 8).^[1]

May

• 23 – The 18th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 3).^[2]

June

• 1 – The 19th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 1 – 4).^[3]

June

• 1 – The 13th Atlanta Jazz Festival started in Atlanta, Georgia (June 1 – 3, July 6 – 8, August 3 – 5).^[4]

July

• 7 – 24th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Switzerland (July 7 – 22).^[5]
• 12 – The 15th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague (July 12 – 15).^[6]

August

• 17 – The 7th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 17 – 19).^[7]

September

• 21 – The 33rd Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 21 – 23).^[8]

Unknown date

• Eliane Elias and Randy Brecker were divorced.^[9]

Album releases

• Ben Sidran: Cool Paradise
• Bill Frisell: Is That You?
• Bobby Previte: Empty Suits
• Butch Morris: Dust To Dust
• Charlie Haden: Dream Keeper
• Danny Gottlieb: Brooklyn Blues
• David Liebman: The Tree
• David Ware: Great Bliss
• Don Pullen: Random Thoughts
• Egberto Gismondi: Infancia
• Elements: Spirit River
• Eric Reed: Soldier's Hymn
• Eliane Elias: Eliane Elias Plays Jobim
• Franz Koglmann: The Use of Memory
• Geri Allen: The Nurturer
• Gerry Hemingway: Down To The Wire
• Gerry Hemingway: Special Detail
• Hank Roberts: Birds Of Prey
• ICP Orchestra: Bospaadje Konijnehol II
• Jazz Passengers: Implement Yourself
• John Pizzarelli: My Blue Heaven
• John Zorn: Naked City
• Keith Tippett: The Journey
• Kenny Wheeler: Music for Large & Small Ensembles
• Kenny Wheeler: Widow in the Window
• Marilyn Crispell: Overlapping Hands: Eight Segments
• Mark Helias: Attack the Future
• Marty Ehrlich: Emergency Peace
• Matthew Shipp: Circular Temple
• Michael Formanek: Wide Open Spaces
• Michael Franks: Blue Pacific
• Muhal Richard Abrams: Blu Blu Blu
• Music Revelation Ensemble: Elec Jazz
• Myra Melford: Jump
• Philip Catherine: I Remember You
• Phil Woods: All Bird's Children
• Ray Anderson: What Because
• Terence Blanchard: Terence Blanchard
• Tom Harrell: Form
• Yellowjackets: Green House

Deaths

Pearl Bailey in “St. Louis Woman”, 1946

January

• 3 – Peter van Steeden, Dutch-American composer (born 1904).
• 8 – Georgie Auld, Canadian tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader (born 1919).
• 9 – Buschi Niebergall, German free jazz musician (born 1938).

February

• 2 – Mel Lewis, American drummer and bandleader (born 1929).
• 4 – Fritz Schulz-Reichel, German pianist (born 1912).
• 5 – King Perry, American saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, and bandleader (born 1914).
• 21 – John Madrid, American trumpeter (born 1948).
• 27 – Arthur Österwall, Swedish band leader, composer, vocalist, and upright bassist (born 1910).
• 28 – Russell Jacquet, American trumpeter (born 1917).

March

• 12 – Harry South, English pianist, composer, and arranger (born 1929).
• 17 – Jack Noren, American drummer and vocalist (born 1929).
• 23 – Al Sears, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader (born 1910).

April

• 3 – Sarah Vaughan, American singer (born 1924).
• 5 – Louis Nelson, American trombonist (born 1902).
• 25 – Dexter Gordon, American tenor saxophonist (born 1923).

May

• 4 – Emily Remler, American guitarist (born 1957).
• 7 – Elizete Cardoso, Argentine singer and actress (born 1920).
• 16 – Sammy Davis Jr., American singer and entertainer (born 1925).
• 17 – Frank Wright, American tenor saxophonist (born 1935).
• 18
  • Eje Thelin, Swedish trombonist (born 1938).
  • Sing Miller, American pianist (born 1914).
• 26 – Chris McGregor, South African pianist, bandleader, and composer (born 1936).

June

• 2 – Walter Davis Jr., American pianist (born 1932).
• 7 – Lou Blackburn, American trombonist (born 1922).
• 10 – Hubert Rostaing, Algierian-French clarinetist and tenor saxophonist (born 1918).
• 11 – Clyde McCoy, American trumpeter (born 1903).
• 21 – June Christy, American singer (born 1925).
• 28 – Howard Roberts, American guitarist (born 1929).
• 30 – Dudu Pukwana, South African saxophonist, composer, and pianist (born 1938).

July

• 21 – Joe Turner, American pianist (born 1907).
• 31 – Lowell Davidson, American pianist (born 1941).

August

• 12 – Harry Leahey, American guitarist (born 1935).
• 14 – Chester Zardis, American upright bassist (born 1900).
• 17 – Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (born 1918).

September

• 3 – Betty Glamann, American jazz harpist (born 1923).
• 23 – George Desmond Hodnett, Irish composer, piano, trumpet, and zither player (born 1918).
• 29 – Freddie Kohlman, American drummer, vocalist, and bandleader (born 1918).

October

• 1 – Phil Napoleon, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1901).
• 5 – Sam Taylor, American tenor saxophonist (born 1916).
• 6 – Asser Fagerström, Finnish pianist, composer, and actor ((born 1912).
• 16 – Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader, The Jazz Messengers (born 1919).
• 25 – Major Holley, American upright bassist (born 1914).
• 27 – Xavier Cugat, bandleader (born 1900).

November

• 4 – William Leavitt, American guitarist and arranger (born 1925).
• 16 – Lee Castle, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1915).
• 26
  • Dave Wilkins, Barbadian trumpeter (born 1914).
  • Rita Ora, British singer-songwriter and actor.

December

• 5 – Bill Hardman, American trumpeter and flugelhornist (born 1933).
• 18 – Bernard Addison, American guitarist (born 1905).

Unknown date

• Francis Coppieters, Belgian pianist (born 1930).

Births

January

• 17 – Diknu Schneeberger, Austrian guitarist.

February

• 13 – Jonathan Chua, Singaporean drummer.

March

• 27 – Kimbra Lee Johnson, New Zealand singer and actress.

April

• 20 – Sebastian Nordström, Swedish bassist.

July

• 11 – Ole Mofjell, Norwegian drummer.
• 23 – Torgeir Standal, Norwegian guitarist.

August

• 15 – Benjamin Kheng, Singaporean guitarist/pianist/composer and brony.

September

• 15 – Laura Jurd, British trumpet and synthesizer player.

October

• 25
  • Austin Peralta, American pianist. At age 15, a featured performer at the 2006 Tokyo Jazz Festival (died 2012).^[10]
  • Marthe Wang, Norwegian singer and songwriter.

November

• 27 – Mette Henriette, Norwegian saxophonist, improviser, and autodidact composer.

December

• 20 – Corrie Dick, Scottish drummer, percussionist, vocalist, and composer.
• 25 – Sandra Riley Tang, Singaporean female double-bassist.

Unknown date

• Alper Tuzcu, Turkish singer, composer, and music producer.
• Charlotte Dos Santos, Norwegian vocalist, composer, and arranger.
• Martin Masakowski, American bassist.

See also

• 1990s portal
• Jazz portal

• 1990s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1990 in music