1975 in jazz

1975 in jazz
Decade1970s in jazz
Music1975 in music
StandardsList of post-1950 jazz standards
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1975.

Events

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March

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May

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June

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July

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September

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Album releases

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Deaths

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Earl Washington, jazz pianist "THE GHOST"
January
February
March
  • 4Cornel Chiriac, Romanian radio producer, record producer, and drummer (born 1941).
  • 15Sandy Brown, Scottish clarinetist and band leader (born 1929).
  • 16T-Bone Walker, American guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (born 1910).
  • 27Pete Clarke, British saxophonist and clarinetist (died 1975).
April
  • 12Josephine Baker, French singer, entertainer, activist, and Resistance agent (born 1906).
May
June
July
August
October
  • 28Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (born 1932).
November
  • 14Artemi Ayvazyan, Soviet-Armenian composer, conductor, and founder of the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra (born 1902).
December
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Births

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Mats Eilertsen at the 2017 Jazz på Jølst.
Helge Lien at Victoria, Oslo Jazzfestival 2017.
Gisle Torvik at the 2014 Vossajazz.
Matana Roberts 2007.
January
February
March
April
May
June
  • 2Gisle Torvik, Norwegian guitarist, composer, and band leader.
  • 16Jannike Kruse, Norwegian singer, artist and actor.
July
August
October
November
December
Unknown date
  • Jacob Anderskov, Danish pianist, composer and bandleader.
  • Lionel Friedli, Swiss percussionist.
  • Marcin Wasilewski, Polish pianist and composer.
  • Matana Roberts, American sound experimentalist, visual artist, jazz saxophonist and clarinetist, and composer.
  • Niki King, Scottish singer.
  • Paul Harrison, English pianist, keyboarder, organist, and composer.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Vossajazz". Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  2. ^ "Moers International New Jazz Festival 1975". Moers Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  3. ^ "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  4. ^ "Newport Jazz Festival 1975 Poster". WolfgangsVault.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  5. ^ "Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  6. ^ "The Monterey Jazz Festival 1975 Poster". EarlNewmanPrints.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
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