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in the year 2024.

Events

January

* January 27 – Domi and JD Beck tour in

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

February

* February 4 – The 2024 Grammy awards occur. **A new category, "Best Alternative Jazz Album" is added. The first winner is

Meshell Ndegeocello Meshell Ndegeocello ( ; born Michelle Lynn Johnson on August 29, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and bassist. She has gone by the name Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur which is used as a writing credit on some of her mid-career work. ...

for her 2023 album '' The Omnichord Real Book'' **"Best Jazz Instrumental Album" is awarded to

Billy Childs William Edward Childs (born March 8, 1957) is an American composer, jazz pianist, arranger and conductor from Los Angeles, California, United States. Early life When he was 16, Childs attended the Community School of the Performing Arts sponsored ...

for his 2023 album ''The Winds of Change'' **"Best Latin Jazz Album" is awarded to Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo for their 2023 album ''El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2'' **"Best Vocal Jazz Album" is awarded to Nicole Zuraitis for her 2023 album ''How Love Begins,'' **"Best Traditional Pop Vocal album is awarded to Laufey for her 2023 album “Bewitched,” **"Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album" is awarded to the Count Basie Orchestra for their 2023 album ''Basie Swings The Blues'' **"Best Jazz Performance" is awarded to

Samara Joy Samara Joy McLendon (born November 11, 1999) is an American jazz singer. She released her self-titled debut album in 2021 and was subsequently named Best New Artist by ''JazzTimes''. Her second album, '' Linger Awhile'' (2022), reached number o ...

for her song ''Tight''

April

May

June

July

* July 9 –

Kamasi Washington Kamasi Tii Washington (born February 18, 1981) is an American arranger, composer and jazz saxophonist. Archived July 9, 2015. He is a founding member of the jazz collective West Coast Get Down. Career Washington was born in 1981 and raise ...

starts his first ever UK tour, at a bar in

Herne Hill Herne Hill () is a district in South London, approximately four miles from Charing Cross and bordered by Brixton, Camberwell, Dulwich, and Tulse Hill. It sits to the north and east of Brockwell Park and straddles the boundary between the London ...

, UK

August

September

October

*October 11–20 – Headliners at the

Stockholm Jazz Festival Stockholm Jazz Festival is an annual music festival that was established in 1980 in Stockholm, Sweden, originally called the Stockholm Jazz and Blues Festival. A portion of the first festival was broadcast on Swedish television. Overview Claim ...

include

Bill Frisell William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist. He first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts, notably as a participant ...

Julius Rodriguez Julius Rodriguez, also known as "Orange Julius", is an American pianist, drummer and composer. In 2021, Rodriguez signed with Verve Records. Biography Early life Rodriguez grew up in White Plains, New York and is of Haitian descent. He bega ...

Sona Jobarteh Sona Jobarteh (born 1983) is a Gambian multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer. She is from one of the five principal kora-playing griot families of West Africa, and is the first female professional kora player to come from a griot family. ...

Gogo Penguin GoGo Penguin are an English band from Manchester, consisting of pianist Chris Illingworth, bassist Nick Blacka, and drummer Jon Scott. They formed in 2012 and, as of , they have released seven studio albums, two EPs, and three live albums. ...

and

The Headhunters The Headhunters was an American jazz fusion band formed by Herbie Hancock in 1973. The group fused jazz, funk, and rock music. History and band name Hancock had grown dissatisfied with his prior band, Mwandishi, and wanted to make a band with ...

Albums

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Deaths

*January 25 – Bruno Amstad, Swiss jazz singer, 59 (cancer) *January 26 **

Dean Brown Dean Craig Brown, AO (born 5 April 1943) is a politician who served as the Premier of South Australia between 14 December 1993 and 28 November 1996, and also served as 10th Deputy Premier of South Australia between 22 October 2001 and 5 ...

, American jazz fusion guitarist and session musician, 68 (cancer) ** Michel Hausser, French jazz vibraphonist, 96 *January 29 –

Tony Cedras Tony Cedras ( – 29 January 2024) was a South African accordion, harmonium, keyboard and guitar player. He was born in Elsie's River, Cape Province, Union of South Africa in about 1952. He performed or recorded, most often on accordion, with vari ...

, South African jazz musician, 71 *March 3 – Eleanor Collins, 104, Canadian jazz singer and TV host *April 5 –

Phil Nimmons Phillip Rista Nimmons (June 3, 1923 – April 5, 2024) was a Canadian jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and educator. Nimmons played "free jazz" and mainstream styles, and other genres including classical music. He composed more than 400 ...

, Canadian jazz clarinetist, 100 *April 7 – Joe Viera, German saxophonist and festival founder, 91 *May 7 –

Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski (27 March 1936 – 7 May 2024) was a Polish jazz musician, composer and arranger. He played the tenor and baritone saxophones. Wróblewski began his musical career in 1956 at the first Sopot Jazz Festival in Krzysztof ...

, Polish jazz musician, composer and arranger, 88 *June 9 –

Alex Riel Alex Riel (13 September 1940 – 9 June 2024) was a Danish jazz and rock drummer.''Jeg skal sgu sidde ved trommerne'' Af Bine Madsen. Dagbladenes Bureau, 9 February 2010. Same interview in Flensborg Avis, 17 February 2010, Side 18''Alex Riel ...

, Danish jazz and rock drummer, 83 *August 3 –

Shaun Martin Shaun Martin (August 23, 1978 – August 3, 2024) was an American composer, arranger, record producer, and multi-instrumental musician. Martin was a member of the jazz fusion band Snarky Puppy, as well as music director for Gospel music star Kirk ...

, American jazz keyboardist from

Snarky Puppy Snarky Puppy is an American jazz fusion band led by bassist Michael League. Founded in 2004, Snarky Puppy combines a variety of jazz idioms, rock, world music, and funk and has won five Grammy Awards. Although the band has worked with vocalis ...

, 45 *August 23 –

Russell Malone Russell Lamar Malone (November 8, 1963 – August 23, 2024) was an American jazz guitarist. He began working with Jimmy Smith in 1988 and went on to work with Harry Connick Jr. and Diana Krall throughout the 1990s. Biography Malone was born in ...

, American jazz guitarist, 60 *November 12 –

Roy Haynes Roy Owen Haynes (March 13, 1925 – November 12, 2024) was an American jazz drummer. In the 1950s, he was given the nickname "Snap Crackle" for his distinctive snare drum sound and musical vocabulary. He is among the most recorded drummers in ja ...

, American jazz drummer, 99

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