2005 in jazz

Events

January

• 27 – The 8th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard.

  February

• 13 – The 47th Annual Grammy Awards
• * Ray Charles & Norah Jones in the categories Record of the Year and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for the song "Here We Go Again"
• * Ray Charles & Various Artists in the category Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for Genius Loves Company
• * The Maria Schneider Orchestra in the category Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for Concert in the Garden
• * Bill Frisell in the category Best Contemporary Jazz Album for Unspeakable
• * Herbie Hancock in the category Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for the album Speak Like a Child
• * McCoy Tyner with Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride and Lewis Nash in the category Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group for Illuminations
• * Nancy Wilson in the category Best Jazz Vocal Album for R.S.V.P.
• * Charlie Haden in the category Best Latin Jazz Album for Land of the Sun

  March

• 3 – The very first Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• 18
• * The 32nd Vossajazz started at Voss, Norway.
• * Berit Opheim was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2005.
• 19 – Jan Gunnar Hoff performs the commissioned work Free flow songs for Vossajazz 2005.

  April

May

• 13 – The 34th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany.
• 25 – The 33rd Nattjazz 2005 started in Bergen, Norway.

  June

• 23 – The very first Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway.
• 28 – The 17th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria.
• 30 – The 26th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

  July

• 1
• * The 27th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• * The 39th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland.
• 6 – The 41st Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway.
• 8 – The 30th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands.
• 16 – The 40th Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland.
• 18 – The 45th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway with Arild Andersen as artist in residence.
• 19 – The 22nd Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden.
• 20 – The 58th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France.
• 22 – The 40th San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain.

  August

• 10 – The 19th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway.
• 12
• * The 51st Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island.
• * The 22nd Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales.
• 15 – The 20th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway.
• 23 – The hurricane Katrina destroys the "Cradle of Jazz", New Orleans.

  September

• 16 – The 48th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California.

  October

November

• 11 – The 14th London Jazz Festival started in London, England.

  December

Album released

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December

Deaths

• 4 — Humphrey Carpenter, English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster.

• 8 — Jimmy Smith, American jazz organist.
• 15 – Bill Potts, American pianist and arranger.
• 20 – Pam Bricker, American singer and professor of music.

• 8 — Larry Bunker, American drummer.

• 7 — José Melis, Cuban-American bandleader and television personality.
• 14
• * Andrew Bisset, Australian author, music educator, and singer.
• * Benny Bailey, American bebop and hard-bop trumpeter.
• 19
• * Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist .
• * Stan Levey, American drummer.
• 22 – Arnie Lawrence, American saxophonist.
• 23 – Jimmy Woode, American upright bassist.
• 28 – Percy Heath, American upright bassist.
• 29 – Dianne Brooks, American singer.

• 12 – Monica Zetterlund, Swedish singer and actress.
• 13 – Victor Sproles, American bassist.
• 29 – Oscar Brown, American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, civil rights activist, and actor.

• 15 – Per Henrik Wallin, Swedish pianist and composer.
• 16 – Billy Bauer, American cool jazz guitarist.
• 18
• * Chris Griffin, American trumpeter
• * Basil Kirchin, English drummer and composer.
• 29 – Mikkel Flagstad, Norwegian saxophonist.

• 2 — Tom Talbert, American jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
• 4 — John Stubblefield, American saxophonist, flautist, and oboist.
• 16 – Blue Barron, American orchestra leader.
• 23 – Ted Greene, American fingerstyle jazz guitarist, columnist, and session musician.
• 25 – Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonists and composer.
• 27 – Dom Um Romão, Brazilian drummer and percussionist.
• 29 – Al McKibbon, American jazz double bassist.
• 30 – Lucky Thompson, American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist.

• 6 — Keter Betts, American upright bassist.
• 12
• * Charlie Norman, Swedish pianist and entertainer.
• * Francy Boland, Belgian composer and pianist.
• 15 – Earl Zindars, American composer, Bill Evans.
• 23 – Glenn Corneille, Dutch pianist.

• 11 – Al Casey, American guitarist, Fats Waller's band.
• 17 – Jack Lesberg, American upright bassist.
• 25 – Georges Arvanitas, French pianist and organist.

• 3 — Alfredo Rodríguez, Cuban pianist.
• 14 – Oleg Lundstrem, Soviet and Russian composer and conductor, Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra.
• 16 – Elmer Dresslar Jr., American voice actor and singer.
• 20 – Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist.

• 13 – Harry Gold, British saxophonist and bandleader.
• 15 – Roy Brooks, American drummer.
• 19 – Bob Enevoldsen, American tenor saxophonist and valve trombonist.

• 5 — Harry Pepl, Austrian guitarist.
• 19 – Billy Amstell, British reedist.
• 25 – Derek Bailey, English guitarist.
• 26 – Bill DeArango, American guitarist.