1996 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1996.

1996 in jazz
Original Brass Band, New Orleans Jazz Fest, 1996
Decade	1990s in jazz
Music	1996 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1995 in jazz – 1997 in jazz

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Events

Al Jarreau at the 1996 Moldejazz in Norway. (Photo by Stig Ove Voll)

March

• 29 – The 23rd Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 29 – 31).^[1]

May

• 22 – The 24th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 22 – June 2).^[2]
• 24 – The 25th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 24 – 27).^[3]

June

• 27 – The 17th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Canada (June 27 – July 7).^[4]
• 28 – The 6th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (June 28 – July 13).^[5]

July

• 5 – The 30th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Switzerland (July 5 – 20).^[6]
• 12
  • The 21st North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 12 – 14).^[7]
  • The 31st Pori Jazz Festival started in Finland (July 12 – 21).^[8]
• 15 – The 37th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 15 – 20).^[9]
• 18 – The 49th Nice Jazz Festival started in France (July 18 – 20).^[10]
• 21 – The 31st San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 22 – 27).^[11]

August

• 9 – The 13th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 9 – 11).^[12]

September

• 19 – The 39th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 19 – 21).^[13]

Album releases

Month	Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
January	1	Moving In	Chris Potter	Concord		[14]
	8	Notes of Life	Hugh Masekela	Columbia		[15]
October	15	Shack-man	Medeski Martin & Wood	Rykodisc		[16][17]
August
September	20	Freedom in the Groove	Joshua Redman	Warner Bros.		[18]
	30	Wisdom of Uncertainty	David S. Ware	AUM Fidelity		[19][20]

• Matthew Shipp: By the Law of Music
• Guillermo Gregorio: Approximately
• Ivo Perelman: Seeds, Visions and Counterpoint
• Michael Formanek: Nature of the Beast
• David S. Ware: Wisdom of Uncertainty
• Maria Schneider: Coming About
• Zeena Parkins: Mouth=Maul=Betrayer
• Kenny Wheeler: Siren's Song
• Gerry Hemingway: Perfect World
• Ivo Perelman: Sound Hierarchy
• Bob Neill: Triptycal
• Branford Marsalis: The Dark Keys
• Henry Threadgill: Where's Your Cup?
• Evan Parker: Toward the Margins
• Pat Metheny Group: Quartet
• John Scofield: Quiet
• Fred Anderson: Birdhouse
• David S. Ware: Oblations and Blessings
• David S. Ware: DAO
• David S. Ware: Godspelized
• William Parker: Compassion Seizes Bed-Stuy
• Eliane Elias: The Three Americas
• Charlie Haden: Now Is the Hour

Deaths

January

• 2 – Viatcheslav Nazarov, American trombonist, pianist and vocalist (born 1952).
• 5 – Gus Bivona, American reedist (born 1915).
• 11 – Ike Isaacs, Burmese-English guitarist (born 1919).
• 13 – Morty Corb, American upright bassist (born 1917).
• 20 – Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist, and clarinetist (born 1927).
• 28 – Pauline Braddy, African-American drummer, International Sweethearts of Rhythm (born 1922).
• 29 – Ray Leatherwood, American upright bassist (born 1914).

February

• 7 – Tiny Winters, English bassist and vocalist (born 1909).
• 8 – Mercer Ellington, American trumpeter, composer, and arranger (born 1919).
• 12 – Alan Dawson, American drummer (born 1929).

March

• 5 – Herb Hall, American clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1907).
• 27 – Howard Wyeth, American drummer and pianist

May

• 1 – Billy Byers, American trombonist and arranger (born 1927).
• 25 – Barney Wilen, American saxophonist and composer (born 1937).
• 27 – Pud Brown, American reedist (born 1917).
• 28 – Jimmy Rowles, American pianist, vocalist, and composer (born 1918).

June

• 1 – Don Grolnick, American pianist and composer (born 1947).
• 6 – Norma Teagarden, American pianist (born 1911).
• 10 – Frankie Sakai, Japanese comedian, actor, and musician (born 1929).
• 15 – Ella Fitzgerald, American vocalist (born 1917).
• 16 – Gil Cuppini, Italian drummer and bandleader (born 1924).

July

• 3 – Pim Jacobs, American trumpeter (born 1934).
• 17 – Amancio D'Silva, Indian guitarist and composer (born 1936).

August

• 6 – Bobby Enriquez, Filipino pianist (born 1943).^[21]
• 24 – Carlos Vidal Bolado, American conga drum musician (born 1914).
• 25 – Fred Adison, French vocalist, drummer, and bandleader (born 1908).
• 31 – Milt Larkin, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1910).

September

• 20 – Paul Weston, American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor (born 1912).

October

• 11 – Johnny Costa, American pianist (born 1922).

November

• 2 – Eva Cassidy, American vocalist and guitarist (born 1963).
• 4 – Ray Linn, American trumpeter (born 1920).
• 5 – Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (born 1934).
• 7
  • Carmell Jones, American trumpet player (born 1936).
  • Kid Sheik, American trumpeter (born 1908).
• 12 – Alan Littlejohn, American trumpeter, flugelhornist, and bandleader (born 1928).
• 13 – Bill Doggett, American pianist and organist (born 1916).
• 23 – Art Porter Jr., American saxophonist (born 1961).

December

• 19 – Bobby Cole, American singer and pianist (born 1932).
• 23 – Ronnie Scott, English tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner (born 1927).
• 26 – Oscar Valdambrini, Italian jazz trumpeter (born 1924).

Births

February

• 2 – Dionne Bromfield, English singer and songwriter.
• 4 – Connie Han, American pianist and composer.

September

• 8 – Alexander Bone, English saxophonist, pianist, producer, and composer.

See also

• 1990s portal
• Jazz portal

• 1990s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1996 in music