1999 in jazz
| 1999 in jazz | |
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 Luigi Waites plays the vibraphone during a tribute to Duke Ellington, July 29, 1999 | |
| Decade | 1990s in jazz |
| Music | 1999 in music |
| Standards | List of post-1950 jazz standards |
| See also | 1998 in jazz – 2000 in jazz |
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1999.
Events
January
- 29 – The 2nd Polarjazz started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 29 – 31).[1]
March
- 26 – The 26th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 26 – 28).[2]
May
- 13 – The 27th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 13 – 29).[3]
- 21 – The 28th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 21 – 24).[4]
June
- 30 – The 35th Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (June 30 - July 3).[5]
July
- 1 – The 20th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Canada (July 1 – 11).[6]
- 2 – The 9th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (July 2 – 10).[7]
- 3 – The 33rd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 3 – 18).[8]
- 10
- The 24th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague (July 10 – 12).[9]
- The 34th Pori Jazz started in Pori, Finland (July 10 – 19).[10]
- 11 – The 52nd Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 11 – 18).[11]
- 12 – The 39th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 12 – 17).[12]
- 21 – The 34th San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 22 – 27).[13]
August
- 9 – The 14th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 9 - 15).[5]
- 11 – The 13th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 11 – 15).[5]
- 13 – The 16th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 13 – 15).[14]
September
- 17 – The 42nd Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 17 – 19).[15]
Unknown date
- "Don't Know Why" by Jesse Harris appears on his 1999 album, Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos.
- The Magic City Jazz Orchestra (MCJO) American jazz ensemble is founded.
- The Pulitzer Prize Board bestows a special posthumous honor on Duke Ellington.
- WEAA is named 1999 Jazz Station of the Year by Gavin magazine.
- Atomic, Norwegian / Swedish jazz band formed.
- Radioactive Sago Project, a Filipino jazz rock band formed in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
- III Records, a record label based in Japan is founded.
- Zoe Rahman, British jazz composer and pianist, won the "Perrier Young Jazz Musician of the Year" Award.
Album releases
July
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | The Art of the Song | Charlie Haden | Polygram Records | Produced by Charlie Haden, Ruth Cameron | [16] |
With Wikipedia articles
- 1999 Remixes, the third compilation album released by British acid jazz band Jamiroquai
- April Kisses, by Bucky Pizzarelli
- Contemporary Jazz, by the Branford Marsalis Quartet
- Continuance, by jazz fusion band Greetings From Mercury, recorded live at Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium
- Live at the Floating Jazz Festival, from the 1997 jazz festival of the same name by violinist Johnny Frigo and his quartet.
- Peculiar Situation, a smooth jazz studio album by Earl Klugh
- Synergy, studio album by jazz-fusion group Dave Weckl Band
- Time's Mirror, big band album by jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger, Tom Harrell
- Without Kuryokhin, American jazz multi-instrumentalist Kenny Millions and Japanese experimental musician Otomo Yoshihide.
- Barefoot on the Beach, by American smooth jazz vocalist Michael Franks.
Other
- Jane Ira Bloom: The Red Quartets
- Steve Coleman: The Sonic Language of Myth - Believing Learning Knowing
- Marty Ehrlich: Malinke's Dance
- Bill Dixon: Papyrus I
- Guillermo Gregorio: Red Cubed
- Paul Dunmall: Bebop Starburst
- Matthew Shipp: Expansion Power Release
- Misha Mengelberg: Solo
- Marilyn Crispell: Red
- Marilyn Crispell: Blue
- Evan Parker: After Appleby
- Joshua Redman: Beyond
- Maybe Monday: Saturn's Finger
- Terence Blanchard: Wandering Moon
- Richard Lee Johnson: Fingertip Ship (Metro Blue)
Deaths
Jazz singer Joe Williams
- Al Hirt, American trumpeter and bandleader
- Andy Simpkins, American jazz bassist
- Anna Mae Winburn, African-American vocalist and jazz bandleader
- Arnold Fishkind, American jazz bassist
- Art Farmer, American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player
- Bobby Troup, American pianist and songwriter
- Candy Candido, American bassist and vocalist
- Charles Earland, American jazz composer, organist and saxophonist in the soul jazz idiom
- Charles Rogers,
- Charlie Byrd, American guitarist
- Clifford Jarvis, American hard bop and free jazz drummer
- Curtis Mayfield, American singer and songwriter
- Edward Vesala, Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer
- Ernie Wilkins, American tenor saxophonist
- Freddy Randall, English jazz trumpeter and bandleader
- Gar Samuelson, American drummer
- Grover Washington, Jr., American saxophonist
- Helen Forrest, jazz vocalist
- Henry Nemo,
- Herman Foster, American pianist
- Horace Tapscott, American jazz pianist and composer
- Jaki Byard, American jazz pianist and composer who also played trumpet and saxophone
- Jimmy Roberts, American singer
- Joe Williams, American jazz vocalist
- John Benson Brooks, American jazz pianist, songwriter, arranger and composer
- John Roache, pianist and composer of Ragtime
- Julius Wechter, American vibraphonist and composer
- Kenny Baker, English player of trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn, and a composer
- LaMont Johnson, American jazz pianist who played in the hard bop and post-bop genres
- Lauderic Caton, Trinidadian guitarist
- Leon Thomas, American avant-garde jazz singer
- Leroy Vinnegar, American jazz bassist
- Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpet player and composer
- Manfredo Fest, Brazilian pianist and keyboardist
- Mel Tormé, American singer
- Melba Liston, American jazz musician (trombone, compositions, musical arrangements)
- Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist
- Moondog,
- Red Norvo, one of jazz's early vibraphonists
- Richard B. Boone, American jazz musician, trombonist and vocalist
- Rick Fay, American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
- Rosy McHargue, American clarinetist
- Sam Ranelli, American drummer
- Spiegle Willcox, jazz trombonist
- Sal Salvador, bebop jazz guitarist and a prominent music educator
- Sweets Edison, American trumpeter
- Teddy McRae, American jazz tenor saxophonist and arranger
- Terry Rosen, American guitarist, concert promoter and radio DJ
- Tony Crombie, English jazz drummer, pianist, bandleader and composer
- Trudy Desmond, Canadian jazz singer
- Walt Levinsky, American big band and orchestral player, composer, arranger and band leader
- Warren Covington, American jazz trombonist
- Wyatt Ruther, American jazz double-bassist
- Yehudi Menuhin, Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor
See also
References
- ↑ "Polarjazz". VisitSvalbard.com. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
- ↑ "Vossajazz - Historie" (in Norwegian). Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
- ↑ "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
- ↑ "Moers Festival 1999". Moers Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
- 1 2 3 "Her er festivalene" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ↑ "Festival International de Jazz de Montréal". Montreal International Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
- ↑ "Jazz Fest Wien Festival History". Jazz Fest Wien. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Montreux Jazz Festival 1999 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "North Sea Jazz Festival 1993". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "History of Pori Jazz". Pori Jazz. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Nice Jazz Festival 2000 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
- ↑ "Molde International Jazz Festival". Europeana.eu. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ↑ "San Sebastian's Jazz Festival poster 1999". Pinterest.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
- ↑ "Brecon Jazz Programme 1999". FriendsOfBreconJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
- ↑ "Monterey Jazz Festival 1999 Poster". Kerouac.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ↑ Sharpe, John (1999-12-01). "Charlie Haden: The Art Of The Song". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
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