1964 in jazz

1964 in jazz
Luther Tucker, December 12, at the 1964 Fountain blues Festival San Jose Ca,
Decade	1960s in jazz
Music	1964 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1963 in jazz – 1965 in jazz

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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1964.

Events

July

• 2 – The 11th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 2 – 5). ^[1]

Album releases

• Albert Ayler: Witches and Devils
• John Coltrane: Crescent
• Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch!
• Guenter Hampel: Heartplants
• Herbie Hancock: Empyrean Isles
• Joe Henderson: "Our Thing (album)"
• Andrew Hill: Judgment!
• Andrew Hill: Black Fire
• Freddie Hubbard
  • Breaking Point
  • "Doin' the Thang!"
  • "The Body & the Soul"
• Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder
• Lee Morgan: Search For The New Land
• New York Art Quartet: New York Art Quartet
• Duke Pearson: Wahoo!
• Oscar Peterson
  • Canadiana Suite
  • "The Oscar Peterson Trio Plays"
  • Trio Plus One
  • "We Get Requests"
• André Previn: My Fair Lady
• Shirley Scott: Blue Flames
• Tony Scott: Music for Zen Meditation
• Wayne Shorter: JuJu
• Ben Webster: See You at the Fair
• Tony Williams: Life Time
• Larry Young: Into Somethin'
• Denny Zeitlin
  • Carnival
  • Cathexis

Standards

See also: List of post-1950 jazz standards

Deaths

January

• 4 – Artie Bernstein, American upright bassist (born 1909).
• 5 – Cecil Scott, American clarinetist, tenor saxophonist, and bandleader (born 1905).
• 9 – Big Boy Goudie, American saxophonist (born 1899).
• 15 – Jack Teagarden, American trombonist and singer (born 1905).

February

• 9 – Willie Bryant, American bandleader, vocalist, and disc jockey (born 1908).

May

• 1 – Håkan von Eichwald, Finnish-Swedish bandleader and conductor (born 1908).
• 7 – Joe Maini, American alto saxophonist (born 1930).

June

• 29 – Eric Dolphy, American alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist (born 1928).

July

• 10 – Joe Haymes, American drummer, pianist, bandleader, and arranger (born 1907).

October

• 7 – Nick Travis, American trumpeter (born 1925).
• 8 – Conrad Gozzo, American trumpeter (born 1922).
• 15 – Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (born 1891).

November

• 5 – Buddy Cole, American pianist and orchestra leader (born 1916).
• 19 – Vi Burnside, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1915).
• 30 – Don Redman, American arranger, bandleader, saxophonist, and clarinetist (born 1900).

December

• 11 – Sam Cooke, American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur (born 1931).
• 14 – Francisco Canaro, Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader (born 1888).
• 28 – Dave Bowman, American pianist (born 1914).

Births

January

• 18 – Andy Panayi, British saxophonist and flautist.
• 27 – Trond Sverre Hansen, Norwegian drummer.

February

• 1 – Bugge Wesseltoft, Norwegian pianist and keyboardist.
• 9 – Liane Carroll, English vocalist, pianist, and keyboardist.
• 20 – Iain Ballamy, British composer, and soprano, alto and tenor saxophonist.
• 29 – Martin France, English drummer.

March

• 10 – Neneh Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter.
• 13 – Reidar Skår, Norwegian keyboardist, composer, and music producer.
• 18 – Courtney Pine, British saxophonist.
• 30 – Tracy Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

April

• 13 – Tetuzi Akiyama, Japanese guitarist, violinist, and instrument-maker.
• 16 – Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist, e.s.t (died 2008). ^[2]
• 22 – Johannes Eick, Norwegian bassist.
• 26 – Rebecka Törnqvist, Swedish singer.

May

• 4 – Terje Isungset, Norwegian drummer and percussionist.
• 13 – Harald Devold, Norwegian saxophonist (died 2016).
• 31 – Carl Petter Opsahl, Norwegian saxophonist, clarinetist, and journalist.

June

• 8 – Fabrizio Cassol, Belgian saxophonist.
• 9 – Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass guitarist (died 2009).
• 10 – Jimmy Chamberlin, American drummer, The Smashing Pumpkins.
• 11 – Antti Sarpila, Finnish clarinetist.
• 13 – Helge Lilletvedt, Norwegian pianist.
• 21 – Philippe Aerts, Belgian upright bassist.
• 28 – Steve Williamson, English saxophonist and composer.

July

• 13 – Brent Fischer, American bass guitarist and percussionist.
• 15 – Tobias Delius, English tenor saxophonist and clarinetist.

August

• 10 – Kåre Kolve, Norwegian saxophonist.
• 13 – Werner Neumann, German guitarist.
• 21 – Jorge Rossy, Spanish drummer, pianist and vibraphonist.
• 28 – Peter Washington, American upright bassist.

September

• 1 – Dave O'Higgins, English saxophonist and composer.
• 9 – Cæcilie Norby, Danish singer.
• 11 – Victor Wooten, American bassist.
• 16 – Phillip Bent, English flautist.
• 23 – Yutaka Shiina, Japanese pianist and composer.
• 25 – Barbara Dennerlein, German organist.

October

• 4 – Robert Hurst, American bassist.
• 27 – Scotty Barnhart, American trumpeter, Count Basie Orchestra.
• 29 – Mats Gustafsson, Swedish saxophonist.

November

• 16 – Diana Krall, Canadian pianist and singer.
• 19 – Vincent Herring, American saxophonist and flautist.
• 28 – Jesse Cook, Canadian guitarist.

December

• 5 – Arve Furset, Norwegian pianist and keyboardist.
• 12 – Mark Mondesir, English drummer.
• 29 – Ramón Valle, Cuban pianist and composer.

Unknown date

• Benita Haastrup, Danish drummer, percussionist, educator, and composer.
• Dennis Rollins, English trombonist and bandleader.

See also

• 1960s portal
• Jazz portal

• 1960s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1964 in music

References

1. "Newport Jazz Festival 1964 Poster". GottaHaveRockAndRoll.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
2. John Fordham (17 June 2023). "Esbjörn Svensson". Guardian. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

Bibliography

• The New Real Book, Volume I. Sher Music. 1988. ISBN   0-9614701-4-3.
• The New Real Book, Volume II. Sher Music. 1991. ISBN   0-9614701-7-8.
• The New Real Book, Volume III. Sher Music. 1995. ISBN   1-883217-30-X.
• The Real Book, Volume I (6th ed.). Hal Leonard. 2004. ISBN   0-634-06038-4.
• The Real Book, Volume II (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2007. ISBN   978-1-4234-2452-9.
• The Real Book, Volume III (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN   0-634-06136-4.
• The Real Jazz Book. Warner Bros. ISBN   978-91-85041-36-7.
• The Real Vocal Book, Volume I. Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN   0-634-06080-5.

External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 1964 at All About Jazz