2017 in jazz

Events

January

• 12
• * The 16th All Ears festival started in Oslo.
• * The 3rd annual Tucson Jazz Festival started in Tucson, Arizona.
• 20 – The 36th annual Djangofestival started on Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway.
• 21 – Hot Club de Norvège headline at the annual Djangofestival at Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway.
• 28 – Nils Petter Molvær is presented as winner of the 2016 Spellemannprisen Jazz award.

  February

• 1 – The 6th Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø, Norway.
• 2 – The 19th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard .
• 9 – The 12th Ice Music Festival started in Geilo, Norway.

  March

• 3 – The 13th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• 31 – The 18th Cape Town International Jazz Festival started in Cape Town, South Africa.

  April

• 7 – The 44th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway.
• 30 – The International Jazz Day.

  May

• 5 – The Balejazz started in Balestrand.
• 9 – The 28th MaiJazz started in Stavanger, Norway.
• 10 – The 13th AnJazz, the Hamar Jazz Festival started at Hamar, Norway.
• 11 – The 17th Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés started in Paris, France.
• 18 – The 6th Torino Jazz Festival started in Turin.
• 26 – The 45th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway.

  June

• 1 – Proceedings of the ECHO Jazz Awards in Hamburg, Germany.
• 22 – The 27th JazzBaltica started in Schloss Salzau close to Kiel, Germany.
• 23 – The 7th Alfa Jazz Fest started in Lviv, Ukraine.
• 28 – The 28th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria.
• 29
• * The 37th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• * The 37th Jazz à Vienne started in Vienne, France.
• 30
• * The 5th Love Supreme Festival started in Glynde Place, East Sussex.
• * The 51st Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland.

  July

• 5 – The 53rd Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway.
• 6
• * The 17th Stavernfestivalen started in Stavern, Norway.
• * The 21st Skånevik Bluesfestival started in Skånevik, Norway.
• 7
• * The 39th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• * The 44th Umbria Jazz Festival started in Perugia, Italy.
• * The 42nd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands.
• 8 – The 52nd Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland.
• 11 – The 41st Jazz de Vitoria started in Gasteiz, Spain.
• 15 – The 29th Aarhus Jazz Festival started in Aarhus, Denmark.
• 17
• * The 70th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France.
• * The 56th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway.
• 26 – The 22nd Canal Street started in Arendal, Norway.
• 28 – The 40th Jazz in Marciac started in Marciac, France.

  August

• 4 – The 61st Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island.
• 8 – The 18th Øyafestivalen started in Oslo, Norway.
• 10
• * The Nišville International Jazz Festival started in Niš, Serbia.
• * The 31st Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway.
• 11 – The 33rd Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales.
• 12 – The 32nd Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway.
• 31 – The 12th Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway.

  September

• 1 – The 16th Tokyo Jazz Festival, started at North Door in Tokyo, Japan.
• 14 – The 4th Everfest, Sonic Transmissions started at North Door in Austin, Texas.
• 15 – The 60th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California.

  October

• 6 – The 34th Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden.
• 19 – The 34th DølaJazz started in Lillehammer, Norway.
• 25 – The 49th Umeå Jazz Festival started in Umeå, Sweden.
• 27 – The 38th Cork Jazz Festival started in Cork, Ireland.

  November

• 2 – The 53rd Jazz Fest Berlin started in Berlin, Germany.
• 10 – The 25th London Jazz Festival started in London, England.
• 23 – The São Paulo Jazz Festival started in São Paulo, Brazil.

  December

• 28 – The 25th Umbria Jazz Winter started in Orvieto, Italy.

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Deaths

January

• 8
• * Buddy Bregman, American arranger, producer, and composer.
• * Rod Mason, British trumpeter.
• 10 – Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist.
• 14 – John Boudreaux, American drummer.
• 15
• * Terry Cryer, British jazz and blues photographer.
• * Thandi Klaasen, South African singer .
• 16 – Charles "Bobo" Shaw, American drummer.
• 20 – Chuck Stewart, American photographer.
• 22 – Jaki Liebezeit, German drummer.
• 28 – Guitar Gable, American singer, guitarist, and songwriter.
• 31 – John Wetton, English singer, bassist, and songwriter .

  February

• 5 – David Axelrod, American musician and producer.
• 7 – Svend Asmussen, Danish violinist, known as "The Fiddling Viking".
• 12
• * Al Jarreau, American singer.
• * Barbara Carroll, American pianist and singer.
• 18 – Clyde Stubblefield, American drummer best known for his work with James Brown .
• 19 – Larry Coryell, American guitarist.
• 20 – Nicolai Munch-Hansen, Danish bassist and composer.
• 23 – Horace Parlan, American pianist.
• 24 – Fumio Karashima, Japanese pianist.

  March

• 3 – Misha Mengelberg, Dutch pianist and composer.
• 8 – Dave Valentin, American flautist.
• 13 – Tommy LiPuma, American music producer.
• 16 – James Cotton, American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter.
• 18 – Chuck Berry, American guitarist, singer and songwriter.
• 20
• * Buck Hill, American saxophonist.
• * Tony Terran, American trumpeter and session musician.
• 21 – Roy Fisher, British poet and pianist.
• 24 – Avo Uvezian, Armenian-American pianist, composer, and cigar manufacturer.
• 26 – Jimmy Dotson, American singer, guitarist, and drummer.
• 27
• * Arthur Blythe, American alto saxophonist and composer.
• * Clem Curtis, Trinidadian British singer in The Foundations.

  April

• 1
• * Bob Cunningham, American bassist.
• * Lonnie Brooks, American blues singer and guitarist.
• 9
• * Knut Borge, Norwegian journalist, entertainer, and jazz enthusiast.
• * Stan Robinson, English tenor saxophonist.
• 11
• * J. Geils, American jazz and blues guitarist in The J. Geils Band.
• * Toby Smith, British keyboardist and songwriter for Jamiroquai.
• 15 – Allan Holdsworth, British jazz fusion guitarist in Gong, Soft Machine.
• 27 – John Shifflett, American bassist.
• 29 – Ian Cruickshank, English guitarist, educator, author and columnist.

  May

• 1 – Bruce Hampton, American singer and guitarist, Hampton Grease Band.
• 3 – Casey Jones, American drummer, singer, and record producer.
• 7 – Dave Pell, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader.
• 12 – Bill Dowdy, American drummer in The Three Sounds.
• 14 – Tom McClung, American pianist and composer.
• 22 – Mickey Roker, American drummer.
• 27 – Gregg Allman, American singer, guitarist, pianist, and songwriter, the Allman Brothers Band.
• 31 – Bern Nix, American guitarist.

  June

• 17 – Thara Memory, American trumpeter.
• 18 – Chris Murrell, American singer.
• 22 – Jimmy Nalls, American guitarist and singer, Sea Level.
• 27 – Geri Allen, American pianist.
• 28 – Phil Cohran, American trumpeter.

  July

• 4 – John Blackwell American drummer, Prince.
• 7 – Egil Monn-Iversen, Norwegian composer and pianist.
• 12 – Ray Phiri, South African jazz fusion singer and guitarist.
• 13 – Egil Kapstad, Norwegian pianist and composer.
• 19 – Graham Wood, Australian pianist.
• 21 – Errol Dyers, South African guitarist.
• 26 – Tom McIntosh, American trombonist and composer.
• 30 – Charlie Tagawa, Japanese-American musical entertainer and banjoist.
• 31 – Chuck Loeb, American guitarist and composer.

  August

• 4 – Bruno Canfora, Italian composer, conductor, and music arranger.
• 7 – Janet Seidel, Australian singer and pianist.
• 16 – Mike Hennessey, English music journalist and pianist.
• 19 – Bea Wain, American Big Band-era singer.
• 22 – John Abercrombie, American guitarist, composer and bandleader.
• 26 – Wilson das Neves, Brazilian bossa nova singer and percussionist.
• 29 – Larry Elgart, American jazz bandleader.
• 30 – Skip Prokop, Canadian rock and jazz fusion drummer in Lighthouse, The Paupers.
• 31 – Janne Carlsson, Swedish drummer and actor.

  September

• 3 – Walter Becker, American guitarist in Steely Dan, songwriter, and record producer.
• 5 – Leo Cuypers, Dutch pianist and composer.
• 11 – Frank Capp, American drummer.
• 17 – Laudir de Oliveira, Brazilian rock and jazz percussionist in Chicago.
• 22 – Mike Carr, English organist, pianist and vibraphonist.
• 27 – CeDell Davis, American guitarist and singer.

  October

• 6 – Lou Gare, English saxophonist.
• 8 – Grady Tate, American drummer and singer.
• 12 – Andy McGhee, American tenor saxophonist and educator.
• 18 – Phil Miller, English guitarist.
• 20 – Boris Lindqvist, Swedish singer and musician.
• 22 – Atle Hammer, Norwegian trumpeter.
• 24 – Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter of French Creole descent.
• 27 – Dick Noel, American singer.
• 29
• * Frank Holder, Guyanese singer and percussionist.
• * Muhal Richard Abrams, American clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist.
• 30 – Theo Bophela, South African band leader, composer, pianist, arranger, and music educator.

  November

• 7 – Wendell Eugene, American trombonist.
• 18 – Ben Riley, American drummer known for playing with Thelonious Monk.
• 19 – Della Reese, American singer.
• 23
• * John Coates Jr., American pianist.
• * Jon Hendricks, American singer.
• 27 – Robert Popwell, American bass guitarist, The Young Rascals and The Crusaders.
• 29 – Robert Walker, American guitarist.

  December

• 2 – Mundell Lowe, American guitarist.
• 7 – Sunny Murray, American drummer.
• 13 – Willie Pickens, American pianist.
• 15 – John Critchinson, English pianist.
• 16
• * Keely Smith, American singer.
• * Ralph Carney, American saxophonist and clarinetist, Tin Huey.
• 17 – Kevin Mahogany, American vocalist.
• 19 – Leo Welch, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
• 21
• * Dominic Frontiere, American composer, arranger, and accordionist.
• * Halvard Kausland, Norwegian guitarist.
• * Roswell Rudd, American trombonist.
• 28 – Melton Mustafa, American trumpeter and flugelhornist, Count Basie Orchestra.