2008 in jazz

2008 in jazz
Avishai Cohen at Moers Festival 2008.
Decade	2000s in jazz
Music	2008 in music
Standards	List of jazz standards
See also	2007 in jazz – 2009 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 2008.

Events

Barre Phillipsat the 2008 Moers Festival.

January

• 30 – The 11th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 30 – February 2). ^[1]

February

• 21 – The 3rd Ice Music Festival Festival started in Geilo, Norway (February 21–24). ^[2]

March

• 7 – The 4th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 7–9). ^[3]
• 11 – Jazz musician and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton announces his retirement from presenting BBC Radio 2's jazz programme after forty years. ^[4]
• 14
  • The 35th Vossajazz started at Voss, Norway (March 14–16). ^[5]
  • Mads Berven was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2008. ^[6]
• 19 – Tord Gustavsen performs the commissioned work Restar av lukke – bitar av tru for Vossajazz 2008. ^[7]
• 31 – theJazz radio station stops broadcasting. ^[8]

April

• 18
  • The International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) ceased daily operations and filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the United States Federal Bankruptcy Law, ending 40 years of service. ^[9]
• 24 – The 14th SoddJazz started in Inderøy, Norway (April 24–28). ^[10]

May

• 9 – The 37th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 9 – 12). ^[11]
• 21 – The 36th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 21 – 31). ^[12]

June

• 26 – The 28th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 26 - July 6). ^[13]
• 27 – The 20th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 27 – July 17). ^[14]
• 29
  • The first annual International Jazz Awards, a global 2 hour television special celebrating over 100 years of Jazz music, took place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. ^[15]

Norwegian/Swedish free jazz trio The Thing plays with Ken Vandermark at Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Norway 2008. From the left is Mats Gustafsson (Sweden), Paal Nilssen-Love (Norway), Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Norway), and Ken Vandermark (Sweden).

July

• 2 – The 44th Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (July 2 – 5). ^[16]
• 4
  • The 30th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 4 – 13). ^[17]
  • The 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 4 – 19). ^[18]
• 11 – The 33rd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 11 – 13). ^[19]
• 14
  • The 48th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 14 – 19). ^[20]
  • The 43rd Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 14 – 20). ^[21]
• 16 – The 25th Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (July 16 – 19). ^[22]
• 19 – The 61st Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 19 – 25). ^[23]
• 22 – The 43rd San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 22 – 27). ^[24]

August

• 6 – The 22nd Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 6 – 10). ^[25]
• 8
  • The 52ndd Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 8 – 10). ^[26]
  • The 24th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 8 – 10). ^[27]
• 11 – The 23rd Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 11 – 16). ^[28]

September

• 4 – The 4th Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (September 4 – 6). ^[29]
• 19 – The 51st Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 19 – 21). ^[30]

November

• 14 – The 17th London Jazz Festival started in England (November 14 – 23). ^[31]

Album released

January

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
15	Something for You: Eliane Elias Sings & Plays Bill Evans	Eliane Elias	Blue Note	Produced byEliane Elias, Marc Johnson, Steve Rodby	[32]

April

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
15	Life in Leipzig	Ketil Bjørnstad	ECM Records	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[33]

May

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
13	Tokyo Day Trip	Pat Metheny with Christian McBride and Antonio Sanchez	Nonesuch Records	Live EP produced by Pat Metheny and Steve Rodby	[34]
20	Floating Point	John McLaughlin	Abstract Logix		[35]

June

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
24	Bossa Nova Stories	Eliane Elias	Blue Note	Produced by Eliane Elias, Steve Rodby	[36]

September

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
2	A Kiss to Build a Dream On	Jessica Molaskey	Arbors		[37]
8	Suite for the Seven Mountains	Marius Neset's People Are Machines	Edition Records	Produced by Marius Neset & Anton Eger	[38]

October

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
13	Norwegian Song 2	Dag Arnesen Trio	Resonant Music		[39]

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Aaron Parks	Invisible Cinema	88	5 reviews	[40]
2	Esbjorn Svensson Trio	Leucocyte	83	5 reviews	[41]
3	Mathias Eick	The Door	81	5 reviews	[42]
4	Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis	Two Men With The Blues	80	19 reviews	[43]
5	Cassandra Wilson	Loverly	79	12 reviews	[44]

Deaths

January

• 4
  • Irene Reid, American singer (born 1930).
  • Keith Smith, English trumpeter (born 1940).
• 11
  • Pete Candoli, American trumpeter (prostate cancer) (born 1923). ^[45]
  • Steve Harris, English drummer and composer (born 1948).
• 20 – Tommy McQuater, British trumpeter (born 1914). ^[46]
• 30
  • Bill Saragih, Indonesian musician (born 1933).
  • Miles Kington, British journalist and upright bassist, Instant Sunshine (born 1941).

February

• 3 – Jackie Orszaczky, Hungarian bass guitarist and composer (born 1948). ^[47]
• 4 – Chris Anderson, American pianist (born 1926).
• 12 – John Brunious, American trumpeter and the bandleader, Preservation Hall Jazz Band (born 1940).
• 13 – Henri Salvador, French Caribbean comedian and singer (born 1917).
• 14 – Gene Allen, American jazz reedist (born 1928).
• 19 – Teo Macero, American saxophonist, record producer and composer (born 1925). ^[48]

March

• 2 – Jeff Healey, Canadian singer and guitarist (born 1966). ^[49]
• 10 – Dennis Irwin, American upright bassist (born 1951).
• 16 – Pete Chilver, British guitarist and hotelier (born 1924).
• 19 – Eivind Solberg, Norwegian trumpeter (born 1933). ^[50]
• 21 – Patti Bown, American jazz pianist, composer, and singer (born 1931).
• 22 – Israel López Valdés or better known as Cachao, Cuban upright bassist and composer (born 1918). ^[51]
• 24 – Chalmers Alford, American guitarist (born 1955).
• 29 – Allan Ganley, British drummer (born 1931). ^[52]

April

• 7 – Phil Urso, American jazz tenor saxophonist and composer (born 1925).
• 12 – Bobby Tucker, American pianist and arranger (born 1923).
• 15 – Dick Charlesworth, English clarinettist, saxophonist, and bandleader (born 1932).
• 24 – Jimmy Giuffre, American musician (pneumonia) (born 1921). ^[53]
• 25 – Humphrey Lyttelton, British jazz musician (born 1921). ^[54]
• 27 – Hal Stein, American saxophonist (born 1928).

May

• 6 – Franz Jackson, American saxophonist (born 1912). ^[55]
• 10 – Mario Schiano, Italian alto and soprano saxophonist (born 1933).
• 15
  • Bob Florence, American pianist (born 1932). ^[56]
  • Walt Dickerson, American vibraphonist (born 1928).
• 24 – Jimmy McGriff, (multiple sclerosis), American organist (born 1936). ^[57]
• 28 – Danny Moss, British jazz saxophonist (born 1927). ^[58]
• 30
  • Campbell Burnap, British trombonist and broadcaster (cancer) (born 1939). ^[59]
  • Nat Temple, British big band leader (born 1913). ^[60]

June

• 4 – Bill Finegan, American pianist and arranger (born 1917). ^[61]
• 14 – Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist (Scuba diving accident) (born 1964). ^[62]
• 28 – Ronnie Mathews, American pianist (born 1935).

July

• 3
  • Harald Heide-Steen Jr., (lung cancer), Norwegian actor, comedian and jazz singer (born 1939). ^[63]
  • Salah Ragab, Egyptian drummer and called the founder Egyptian jazz (born 1936).
• 6 – Bobby Durham, American drummer (born 1937). ^[64]
• 13 – Gerald Wiggins, American pianist (born 1922). ^[65]
• 22 – Joe Beck, American guitarist (lung cancer) (born 1945). ^[66]
• 25
  • Hiram Bullock, American fusion guitarist (throat cancer) (born 1955). ^[67]
  • Johnny Griffin, American saxophonist (heart attack) (born 1928). ^[68]
• 31
  • Lee Young, American drummer and singer (born 1914). ^[69]
  • Yusuf Salim, American jazz pianist and composer (born 1929).

August

• 15 – Jerry Wexler, American music journalist and music producer (born 1917).
• 19 – LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist (Dave Matthews Band) (born 1961). ^[70]
• 23 – Jimmy Cleveland, American trombonist (born 1926).

September

• 2 – Arne Domnérus, Swedish saxophonist (born 1924). ^[71]
• 3
  • Géo Voumard, Swiss jazz pianist and composer (born 1920).
  • Pierre Van Dormael, Belgian musician and composer (born 1952).
• 8 – Bheki Mseleku, South African musician (piano, saxophone, guitar) and composer (diabetes-related) (born 1955). ^[72]
• 15 – Richard Wright, English keyboardist, composer, singer and songwriter (born 1943). ^[73]
• 16 – Jim Aton, American bassist (born 1925). ^[74]
• 19
  • Dick Sudhalter, American trumpeter and critic (born 1938). ^[75]
  • Earl Palmer, American rock-and-roll and rhythm-and-blues drummer (born 1924).
• 22 – Connie Haines, American singer (born 1921).
• 30 – Henry Adler, American drummer and percussionist (born 1915).

October

• 4 – Alfred Gallodoro, American musician (born 1913). ^[76]
• 11 – Neal Hefti, American trumpeter and composer (born 1922). ^[77]
• 18 – Dave McKenna, American pianist (born 1930). ^[78]
• 24 – Merl Saunders, American multi-genre musician who played piano and keyboards (born 1934). ^[79]
• 26 – Marc Moulin, Belgian musician and journalist (born 1942).
• 27 – Ray Ellis, American record producer, arranger, and conductor (born 1923).

November

• 1 – Jimmy Carl Black, American drummer and singer of The Mothers of Invention (born 1938). ^[80]
• 9 – Miriam Makeba, nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer and civil rights activist (born 1932). ^[81]
• 16 – Tony Reedus, American drummer (born 1959).
• 27 – Pekka Pohjola, Finnish multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer (born 1952).

December

• 3 – Derek Wadsworth, English trombonist, composer, and arranger (born 1939).
• 5 – Anca Parghel, Romanian jazz singer, composer, arranger, pianist, and choir conductor (born 1957).
• 7 – Jimmy Gourley, American guitarist (born 1926).
• 12 – Prince Lasha, American alto saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist (born 1929).
• 19
  • Kenny Cox, American pianist (born 1940).
  • Page Cavanaugh, American pianist, vocalist, and arranger (born 1922).
  • Verne Byers, American bandleader, bassist, and concert promoter (born 1918).
• 22 – Guy Warren, Ghanaian singer-songwriter (born 1923).
• 23 – Monty Waters, American saxophonist, flautist, and singer (born 1938).
• 25 – Eartha Kitt, American singer, actress, dancer, activist, and comedian (born 1927).
• 29 – Freddie Hubbard, American trumpeter (born 1938). ^[82]

Unknown date

• Byrdie Green, American singer (born 1936).

See also

• Jazz portal

• List of 2008 albums
• List of years in jazz
• 2000s in jazz
• 2008 in music

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External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 2008 at All About Jazz