2006 in jazz

Events

January

• 13 – The very first Ice Music Festival Festival started in Geilo, Norway.
• 26 – The 9th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard.

  February

March

• 3 – The 2nd Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia.

  April

• 7
• * The 33rd Vossajazz started at Voss, Norway.
• * Yngve Moe was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2006.
• 8 – Trygve Seim performs the commissioned work Reiser for Vossajazz 2006.

  May

• 23 – The 34th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway.

  June

• 2 – The 35th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany.
• 29
• * The 27th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• * The 18th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria.
• 30 – The 40th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland.

  July

• 5 – The 42nd Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway.
• 7 – The 28th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 14 – The 31st North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands.
• 15 – The 41st Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland.
• 17 – The 46th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway.
• 18 – The 23rd Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden.
• 19 – The 59th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France.
• 21 – The 41st San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain.

  August

• 9 – The 20th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway.
• 12
• * The 52nd Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island.
• 11 – The 23rd Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales.
• 13 – The 21st Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway.
• 24 – The 2nd Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway.

  September

• 15 – The 49th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California.

  October

November

• 10 – The 15th London Jazz Festival started in London, England.

  December

Album released

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Deaths

• 2 — Michael S. Smith, American drummer and percussionist.
• 5 — John Guerin, American percussionist.
• 6 — Lou Rawls, American singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer.
• 12 – Takehiro Honda, Japanese pianist.
• 22 – Sherman Ferguson, American drummer.

• 3 — Romano Mussolini, Italian pianist.
• 7 — Jack Montrose, American tenor saxophonist.
• 8
• * Elton Dean, English saxophonist.
• * Richard Dunbar, American player of the French horn.
• 14 – Putte Wickman, Swedish clarinetist.
• 17 – Ray Barretto, American percussionist.
• 28 – Irv Kluger, American jazz drummer.

• 7 — Ken Sykora, English guitarist and radio presenter.
• 8 — Raphe Malik, American trumpeter.
• 17 – Narvin Kimball, American musician.
• 28 – Don Alias, American percussionist.
• 30 – Jackie McLean, American alto saxophonist.

• 18 – John Burch, English pianist, composer, and bandleader.

• 1 — Rauno Lehtinen, Finnish conductor and composer.
• 7 — Joan C. Edwards, American singer.
• 10 – John Hicks, American pianist.
• 19 – Charles Turner, American trumpeter.
• 20 – Tommy Watt, Scottish jazz bandleader.

• 6 — Hilton Ruiz, Puerto Rican-American pianist.
• 14 – Roland Alexander, American saxophonist.
• 16 – Vlasta Průchová, Czech singer.
• 30 – Ross Tompkins, American pianist.

• 5 – Don Lusher, English trombonist.
• 11 – Bill Miller, American pianist.
• 16 – Malachi Thompson, American trumpeter.
• 17 – John G. Blowers Jr., American drummer.
• 31 – Rufus Harley, American bagpiper.

• 8 — Duke Jordan, American pianist.
• 9 — Miguel "Angá" Díaz, Cuban percussionist.
• 23 – Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpeter and bandleader.
• 28
• * Pip Pyle, English-born drummer.
• * Shungo Sawada, Japanese guitarist.

• 2 — Dewey Redman, American saxophonist and bandleader.
• 3 — Ian Hamer, British trumpeter.
• 23
• * Etta Baker, American guitarist and singer.
• * Aladár Pege, Hungarian upright bassist.
• 25 – Steve Marcus, American saxophonist.

• 6 — Claude Luter, French clarinetist and soprano saxophonist.
• 10 – Ed Summerlin, American composer, arranger, saxophonist, and music educator.
• 25 – Walt Harper, American pianist.

• 1 — Charles W. LaRue, American trombonist.
• 7 — Sonny Cohn, American trumpeter.
• 17 – Ruth Brown, American singer-songwriter and actress.
• 19 – Art Murphy, American pianist and composer.
• 23 – Anita O'Day, Canadian pianist.
• 24 – Walter Booker, American upright bassist.
• 25 – Bobby Byrne, American bandleader, trombonist, and music executive.
• 27 – Don Butterfield, American tubist.

• 4 – Dave Black, American drummer.
• 7 — Jay McShann, American pianist and bandleader.
• 8 — Martha Tilton, American singer.
• 12
• * Kenny Davern, American clarinetist.
• * Oscar Klein, Austrian trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist.
• 14 – Sivuca, Brazilian accordionist and guitarist.
• 18 – Pupo De Luca, Italian actor and musician.
• 20 – Mick Mulligan, English trumpeter and bandleader.
• 23 – Timothy J. Tobias, American composer and pianist.
• 24 – Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian composer and guitarist.
• 27 – Jean-Pierre Gebler, Belgian saxophonist.

• Barry Buckley, Australian upright bassist.

  Births

• 10 – Angelina Jordan, Norwegian singer.