1988 in jazz

1988 in jazz
Don Pullen, Half Moon Bay CA June 13, 1988
Decade	1980s in jazz
Music	1988 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1987 in jazz – 1989 in jazz

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1988.

Events

March

• 25 – The 15th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 25 – 27). ^[1]

April

• 6 – Jazz guitarist Larry Carlton is shot in a random gun shooting outside his Los Angeles studios. ^[2]

May

• 20 – The 17th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 20 – 23). ^[3]
• 25 – The 16th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 25 – June 8). ^[4]

June

• 30 – The 22nd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 30 – July 16). ^[5]

July

• 1 – The 9th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (July 1 – 10). ^[6]
• 8 – The 13th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 8 – 10). ^[7]

August

• 19 – The 5th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 19 – 21). ^[8]

September

• 16 – The 31st Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16 – 18). ^[9]

Album releases

• Bill Frisell: Before We Were Born
• Henry Threadgill: Rag, Bush and All
• Turtle Island String Quartet: Turtle Island String Quartet
• Lyle Mays: Street Dreams
• Dave Holland: Triplicate
• Jackie McLean: Dynasty
• John Carter: Fields
• Leni Stern: Secrets
• Microscopic Septet: Beauty Based on Science
• Music Revelation Ensemble: Music Revelation Ensemble
• Willem Breuker: Psalm 122
• Steve Turre: Fire and Ice
• Trilok Gurtu: Usfret
• Bobby Previte: Claude's Late Morning
• Bill Frisell: Lookout for Hope
• Misha Mengelberg: Impromptus
• Marcus Roberts: Truth is Spoken Here
• David Ware: Passage to Music
• David Liebman: Trio + One
• Freddie Hubbard: Stardust
• Gary Thomas: Code Violations
• Hilton Ruiz: El Camino
• Phil Woods: Evolution
• Ralph Moore: Rejuvenate
• Matthew Shipp & Rob Brown: Sonic Explorations

Deaths

January

• 8 – Ray Bauduc, American drummer (born 1906).

February

• 24 – Miff Görling, Swedish bandleader, trombonist, arranger, and composer (born 1909).

March

• 1 – Tommy Potter, American upright-bassist (born 1918). ^[10]
• 8 – Ken Colyer, English trumpeter and cornetist (born 1928).
• 20 – Gil Evans, Canadian pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader (born 1912). ^[11]

April

• 3 – Kai Ewans, Danish reedist (born 1906).
• 15 – Eliza Doolittle, British singer-songwriter.
• 19 – Ed Burke, American violinist and trombonist (born 1909).

May

• 13 – Chet Baker, American trumpeter and singer (born 1929). ^[12]
• 28 – Sy Oliver, American trumpeter, singer, composer, arranger and bandleader (born 1910). ^[13]

July

• 2 – Eddie Vinson, American alto saxophonist and blues shouter (born 1917). ^[14]

August

• 15 – Bill Beason, American drummer (born 1908).
• 27 – Irene Higginbotham, African American songwriter and concert pianist (born 1918). ^[15]

September

• 5 – Lawrence Brown, American trombonist (born 1907).
• 27 – J. C. Heard, American drummer (born 1917). ^[16]

October

• 8 – Edward Inge, American arranger and reedist (born 1906).

November

• 30
  • Charlie Rouse, American hard bop tenor saxophonist and flautist (born 1924).
  • Pannonica de Koenigswarter, British-born jazz patron and writer (born 1913).

December

• 8
  • Gene Quill, American alto saxophonist (born 1927).
  • Thore Swanerud, Swedish pianist, vibraphonist, arranger, conductor, and composer (born 1919).

Unknown date

• Barney Josephson, founder of Café Society in Greenwich Village (born 1902).

Births

January

• 28 – Casimir Liberski, Belgian pianist and keyboarder.

February

• 5 – Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson, Norwegian upright bassist.
• 26 – Christian Meaas Svendsen, Norwegian upright bassist.

April

• 1 – Sam Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean saxophonist and guitarist (died 2010).
• 22 – Nitcho Reinhardt, French guitarist.

May

• 29 – Kelly Sweet, American singer and songwriter.

May

• 2 – Guilherme Rodrigues, Portuguese composer, improviser, and sound artist.
• 7 – David Aleksander Sjølie, Norwegian guitarist.
• 17 – Brittany Anjou, American pianist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.

July

• 31 – Andreas Wildhagen, Norwegian drummer.

August

• 17 – Natalie Sandtorv, Norwegian singer, percussionist, and electronica artist.
• 28 – Kjetil Jerve, Norwegian pianist and composer.

September

• 1 – Martina Bárta, Czech singer and French hornist.

October

• 19 – Pasquale Grasso, Italian guitarist.

November

• 25 – Victoria Hart, California-born English singer.
• 27 – Sandra Nankoma, Ugandan singer, songwriter and actress.

December

• 3 – Melissa Aldana, Chilean tenor saxophonist.
• 23 – Thomai Apergi, Greek singer and guitarist.

Unknown date

• Jan Martin Gismervik, Norwegian drummer, Monkey Plot.
• Simon Gore, Welch guitarist, keyboarder, composer, and audio/visual artist.

See also

• 1980s portal
• Jazz portal

• 1980s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1988 in music

References

1. "Vossajazz". Vossajazz . Retrieved 2016-04-29.
2. Heim, Chris (1989-06-30). "Guitarist Larry Carlton Puts Tragic Shooting Behind Him". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 2016-04-22.
3. "Moers Festival 1988". Moers Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
4. "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
5. "Montreux Jazz Festival 1988 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
6. "Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Timeline". Montreal International Jazz Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
7. "North Sea Jazz Festival 1988". North Sea Jazz Festival . Retrieved 2016-04-30.
8. "Brecon Jazz Festival 1988". FriendsOfBreconJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.^{[ dead link ]}
9. "The Monterey Jazz Festival Poster". Etsy.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
10. "Tommy Potter". BBC . Retrieved 2016-04-30.
11. Watrous, Peter (1988-03-22). "Gil Evans, a Key Jazz Composer And Orchestrator, Is Dead at 75". The New York Times . Retrieved 2016-04-30.
12. Pareles, Jon (1988-05-14). "Chet Baker, Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 59 in a Fall". The New York Times . Retrieved 2016-04-30.
13. "Eddie (Cleanhead) Vinson, 70, Alto Saxophonist and Blues Singer". The New York Times . 1988-07-04. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
14. "Eddie (Cleanhead) Vinson, 70, Alto Saxophonist and Blues Singer". The New York Times . 1988-05-28. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
15. "Irene Higginbotham". RadioSwissJazz.ch. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
16. "J.C. Heard Dies at 71; Long a Jazz Drummer". The New York Times . 1988-09-30. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 1988 at All About Jazz