1965 In Jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1965.

Events

July

* 1 – The 12th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 1 – 4).

Unknown dates

* Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club opens in larger premises at 47 Frith Street, in London's Soho district.
* Carla Bley divorced Paul Bley.

Album releases

* Andrew Hill: ''Compulsion''
*Archie Shepp: '' Fire Music''
*Ben Webster: '' Stormy Weather''
*Bobby Hutcherson: ''Components''
*Bobby Hutcherson: ''Dialogue''
* Don Cherry: '' Complete Communion''
*Eddie Palmieri: ''Mozambique''
* Frank Wright: '' Frank Wright Trio''
* Gabor Szabo: ''Gypsy''
* George Finola: ''Jazz Of The Chosen Few''
*Herbie Hancock: '' Maiden Voyage''
*Horace Silver: '' The Cape Verdean Blues''
*Horace Silver: '' Song for My Father''
*John Coltrane: ''A Love Supreme''
*John Coltrane: '' The John Coltrane Quartet Plays''
*Lee Morgan: ''Cornbread''
*Lee Morgan: '' The Gigolo''
*Marion Brown: '' Marion Brown Quartet''
* Milford Graves:'' Percussion Ensemble''
*Wes Montgomery:'' Bumpin'''
* New York Art Quartet: '' Mohawk''
*Ornette Coleman: '' Chappaqua Suite''
* Patty Waters: '' Sings''
*Prince Lasha: '' Inside Story''
*Roland Kirk: '' Rip, Rig and Panic''
*Roswell Rudd: ''Roswell Rudd''
* Sam Rivers: '' Contours''
*Sun Ra: '' The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two''
*Sun Ra: '' The Magic City''
*Vince Guaraldi: ''A Charlie Brown Christmas''
*Wayne Shorter: '' The All Seeing Eye''
*Wayne Shorter: '' Soothsayer''

Standards

Deaths

; January
* 29 – Jack Hylton, English pianist, composer, band leader, and impresario (born 1892).

; February
* 12 – Bonnie Wetzel, American upright bassist (born 1926).
* 15 – Nat King Cole, American pianist and singer (born 1919).

; March
* 8 – Tadd Dameron, American composer, arranger, and pianist (born 1917).

; May
* 1 – Spike Jones, American musician and bandleader (born 1911).
* 14 – Joe Sanders, American pianist, singer, and bandleader (born 1896).
* 24 – Denzil Best, American percussionist and composer (born 1917).

; June
* 25 – Keg Purnell, American drummer (born 1915).

; July
* 1 – Claude Thornhill, American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (born 1909).
* 4 – Valdemar Eiberg, Danish musician and orchestra leader (born 1892).
* 8 – Willie Dennis, American trombonist (born 1926).
* 14 – Spencer Williams, African-American pianist, singer, and composer (born 1889).

; August
* 10 – Freddie Slack, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1910).

; September
* 15 – Steve Brown, American upright bassist (born 1896).

; October
* 10 – Gerorge Tucker, American upright bassist (born 1927).
* 27 – Edythe Wright, American singer (born 1914).
* 28 – Earl Bostic, American alto saxophonist (born 1913).

; November
* 6 – Clarence Williams, American pianist, vocalist, and composer (born 1898).
* 14 – Buster Harding, Canadian-born American pianist (born 1912).
* 18 – Lou Black, American banjo player (born 1901).
* 21 – Cecil Brower, American violinist (perforated ulcer) (born 1914).
* Warren Tartaglia, American saxophonist (born 1944).

; December
* 2 – Hank D'Amico, American clarinetist (born 1915).
* 11 – Dave Barbour, American guitarist (born 1912).
* 20 – Charlie Burse, American ukulele, banjo, and guitar player (born 1901).
* 26 – Peter Packay, Belgian trumpeter, arranger, and composer (born 1904).

Births

; January
* 1 – Miki Higashino, Japanese pianist and video game composer.
* 3 – Sheila Majid, Malaysian singer.
* 19 – Antonio Faraò, Italian pianist.

; February
* 13 – Ole Mathisen, Norwegian saxophonist.
* 24 – Tone Åse, Norwegian singer.
* 27 – Joey Calderazzo, American pianist.

; March
* 2 – Wolfgang Muthspiel, Austrian guitarist and record label owner.
* 8 – Karin Mensah, Cape Verdean singer.
* 12 – Liv Stoveland, Norwegian singer.
* 22 – David Linx, Belgian singer and songwriter.
* 24 – Patrick Scales, British-German bass guitarist.

; April
* 7 – Sylvain Luc, French guitarist.
* 10 – Omar Sosa, Cuban composer, bandleader, and pianist.
* 20 – Darko Jurković, Croatian guitarist and composer.
* 29 – Rain Sultanov, Azerbaijani saxophonist.

; May
* 3 – Magnus Öström, Swedish drummer, Esbjörn Svensson Trio or e.s.t.
* 10 – Philip Harper, American trumpeter.
* 16 – Javon Jackson, American tenor saxophonist.

; June
* 3
** Derrick Gardner, American trumpeter.
** Mirko Fait, Italian saxophonist and composer.
* 9 – Helge Sunde, Norwegian trombonist and multi-instrumentalist.
* 27 – Magnus Broo, Swedish trumpeter, Atomic.

; July
* 5 – Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli pianist.
* 16 – Odd André Elveland, Norwegian saxophonist.
* 19 – Evelyn Glennie, Scottish percussionist.
* 28 – Delfeayo Marsalis, American trombonist and record producer.

; August
* 4 – Terri Lyne Carrington, American drummer, composer, singer, record producer, and entrepreneur.
* 6 – Ravi Coltrane, American saxophonist.
* 21 – Leon Parker, American percussionist and composer.
* 29 – Mark d'Inverno, British pianist, composer, and computer scientist.

; September
* 5 – Björn Meyer, Swedish bassist and composer.
* 11 – Jesse Davis, American saxophonist.
* 24 – Njål Ølnes, Norwegian saxophonist.
* 28 – Hans Ulrik, Danish saxophonist, and composer.

; October
* 9 – Geir Lysne, Norwegian saxophonist and orchestra leader.
* 12 – Luis Bonilla, American trombonist, producer, composer and educator.
* 18 – Curtis Stigers, American vocalist, saxophonist, guitarist, and songwriter.

; November
* 2 – Andrew D'Angelo, American saxophonist.
* 10 – Mark Turner, American saxophonist.
* 21 – Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter.

; December
* 5 – Hildegunn Øiseth, Norwegian trumpeter and hornist.
* 7 – Wolfgang Haffner, German drummer.
* 29 – Danilo Perez, Panamanian pianist and composer.
* 30 – Ron Affif, American guitarist.

; Unknown date
* Arturo Tappin, Barbadian saxophonist and composer.
* Bradley Joseph, American pianist.
* Helge Andreas Norbakken, Norwegian percussionist.
* Kostas Theodorou, Greek upright bassist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.

See also

* 1960s in jazz
* List of years in jazz
* 1965 in music

References

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External links

History Of Jazz Timeline: 1965
at All About Jazz

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