2012 in jazz

2012 in jazz
Carla Bley, Moers Festival 2012.
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2012.

Steve Swallow
at the Moers Festival 2012.

Events

Andy Sheppard
at the Moers Festival 2012.

Evan Parker
at the Moers Festival 2012.

Mick Barr
at the Moers Festival 2012.

January

• 25 – The very first Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø, Norway (January 25–28).^[1]

February

• 3
  • April 30 is designated as International Jazz Day to celebrate Jazz music as a rich cultural heritage, a product of cultural collaboration and a universal language of tolerance and freedom, unanimously by the United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO).^[2]
  • The 14th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 1 - 5).^[3]
• 7 – The 7th Ice Music Festival started in Geilo, Norway (February 7 – 10).^[4]

March

• 2 – The 8th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 2 - 4).^[5]
• 30 – The 39th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 30 - April 2).^[6]
• 31
  • Sigrid Moldestad was avwarded Vossajazzprisen 2012.^[7]
  • Karl Seglem performs the commissioned work Som Spor at Vossajazz.^[8]

April

• 25 – The 18th SoddJazz started in Inderøy, Norway (April 25–29).^[9]
• 30 – The International Jazz Day.^[10]

May

• 5 – The Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick Quintet was recipient of the 2012 BMW Welt Jazz Award in Germany.^[11]
• 23 – The 40th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 2)^[12]
• 25 – The 41st Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 25 – 28).^[13]

June

• 17 – The 24th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 17 – July 9).^[14]
• 28 – The 32nd Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Canada (June 28 - July 7).^[15]
• 29 – The 46th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 29 – July 14).^[16]

July

• 4 – The 48th Kongsberg Jazzfestival started at Kongsberg, Norway (July 4–7).^[17]
• 6
  • The 37th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, The Netherlands (July 6 – 8).^[18]
  • The 34th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 6 – 15).^[19]
• 7 – Ola Kvernberg was recipient of the Kongsberg Jazz Award (DNB.prisen) 2012 at the Kongsberg Jazzfestival.^[20]
• 8 – The 65th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 8 – 12).^[21]
• 14 – The 47th Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 14 – 21).^[22]
• 16 – The 52nd Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway with Jon Balke as artist in residence (July 16–21).^[23]
• 17
  • Mopti was awarded the JazzIntro 2012 at Moldejazz.^[24]
  • Anja Eline Skybakmoen was awarded the Jazztalent 2012 at Moldejazz.^[24]
  • Albatrosh was awarded the JazZtipendiat 2012 at Moldejazz.^[24]
• 19 – The 47th San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 19 – 23).^[25]

August

• 3 – The 56th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 3 – 5).^[26]
• 8 – The 26th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 8–12).^[27]
• 10
  • Marte Eberson was awarded the Sildajazzprisen 2012.^[28]
  • The 28th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 10 – 12).^[29]
• 13
  • The 27th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 13–18).^[30]
  • Bugge Wesseltoft was recipient of the Ella-prisen 2012 at the Oslo Jazzfestival.^[30]

September

• 3 – The 8th Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (September 3 – 5).^[31]
• 16 – The 55th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16 – 18).^[32]

October

• 1 – The 29th Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Sweden (October 1 – 7).^[33]

November

• 9 – 21st London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 9 – 18).^[34]

Album released

January

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
27	The Well	Tord Gustavsen Quartet	ECM Records		[35]
	Klangkammer 1	Stian Omenås	NorCD		[36]

May

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
8	Reminder	Pixel	Cuneiform Records		[37]

June

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
12	Unity Band	Pat Metheny	Nonesuch Records		[38]

September

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
1	Barxeta	Acuña • Hoff • Mathisen	Losen Records		[39]

October

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
16	Now Here This	John McLaughlin and The 4th Dimension	Abstract Logix		[40]

November

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
12	Dream Logic	Eivind Aarset	ECM Records	Produced by Jan Bang	[41]

Unknown date

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A

• Andrea Kvintett by Andrea Kvintett.^[42]

B

• Mari Kvien Brunvoll by Mari Kvien Brunvoll.^[43]

W

• Spinnaker by Winther - Storm.^[44]

Deaths

January

• 4 – Totti Bergh (76), Norwegian saxophonist.^[45]
• 20 – John Levy (99), American upright-bassist.^[46]
• 26 – Clare Fischer (83), American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader.^[47]

February

• 22 – Eivin One Pedersen (55), Norwegian accordionist and pianist.^[48]
• 25 – Red Holloway (84), American tenor saxophonist.^[49]

March

• 1 – Lucio Dalla (68), Italian singer, clarinetist and actor.^[50]
• 3 – Frank Marocco (81), American piano-accordionist, arranger and composer.^[51]
• 12 – Joe Morello (82), American drummer.^[52]

May

• 10 - Bernardo Sassetti (41), Portuguese pianist and composer
• 30 – Pete Cosey (68), American guitarist.^[53]

August

• 11 – Von Freeman (88), American saxophonist.^[54]

October

• 8 – John Tchicai (76), Danish saxophonist and composer.^[55]

November

• 15 – Frode Thingnæs (72), Norwegian jazz trombonist and bandleader (complications from a heart attack).^[56]

Desember

• 5 – Dave Brubeck (91), American jazz pianist and composer.^[57]

See also

• List of albums released in 2012
• List of years in jazz
• 2010s in jazz
• 2012 in music

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