2019 in jazz

2019 in jazz
Kamasi Washington at Zelt-Musik-Festival 2019 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Decade	2010s in jazz
Music	2019 in music
Standards	List of jazz standards
See also	2018 in jazz – 2020 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 2019.

Events

The Comet is Coming performing at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival

Nitcho Reinhardt 2019 at Cosmopolite, Oslo.

January

• 10 – The 18th All Ears festival starts in Oslo (January 10 – 12). ^[1]
• 11 – The 5th annual Tucson Jazz Festival starts in Tucson, Arizona (January 11 – 21). ^[2]
• 24 – The 38th annual Djangofestival starts on Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway (January 24–26). ^[3]
• 31
  • The 8th Bodø Jazz Open Vinterjazz starts in Bodø, Norway (January 31 – February 2). ^[4]
  • The 21st Polarjazz Festival starts in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 31 – February 3). ^[5]

February

• 14 – The 14th Ice Music Festival starts in Geilo, Norway (February 14–16). ^[6]
• 26 – English saxophonist Trevor Watts celebrates his 80th birthday. ^[7]
• 28 – American saxophonist Charles Gayle celebrates his 80th birthday. ^[7]

March

• 1 – The 15th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival starts in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 1 – 3). ^[8]
• 6 – The 50th Turku Jazz Festival starts in Åbo, Finland (March 6 – 10). ^[9]
• 16 – American violinist Jerry Goodman (Mahavishnu Orchestra) celebrates his 70th birthday.
• 22 – The Blue House Youth Jazz Festival starts in Stockholm, Sweden (March 22 – 24). ^[10]
• 29 – The 20th Cape Town International Jazz Festival starts in Cape Town, South Africa (March 29 – 30). ^[11]

April

• 12 – The 46th Vossajazz starts in Voss, Norway (April 12 – 14). ^[12]
• 24 – The 32nd April Jazz Espoo starts (April 25 – 29). ^[13]
• 26 – The 8th Torino Jazz Festival starts in Turin (April 26 – May 4). ^[14]
• 30 – The International Jazz Day. ^[15]

May

• 3 – The Balejazz starts in Balestrand (May 3 – 5). ^[16]
• 6 – The 30th MaiJazz starts in Stavanger, Norway (May 6 – 12). ^[17]
• 8 – The 15th AnJazz, the Hamar Jazz Festival starts at Hamar, Norway (May 8 – 12). ^[18]
• 16 – The 18th Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés starts in Paris, France (May 16 – 27). ^[19]
• 24 – The 47th Nattjazz starts in Bergen, Norway (May 24 – June 1). ^[20]

June

• 12 – The Bergenfest starts in Bergen (June 12 – 15). ^[21]
• 13 – The Norwegian Wood music festival starts in Oslo (June 13 – 15). ^[22]
• 26 – The Leopolis Jazz Fest (previously Alfa Jazz Fest) opens in Lviv, Ukraine (June 26–30). ^[23]
• 27 – The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal opens in Montréal, Canada (June 27 - July 6). ^[24]
• 28
  • The 39th Jazz à Vienne starts in Vienne, France (June 28 - July 13). ^[25]
  • The 53rd Montreux Jazz Festival starts in Montreux, Switzerland (June 28 - July 13). ^[26]

July

• 3 – The Kongsberg Jazzfestival opens at Kongsberg consert (August 3 – 6). ^[27]
• 4 – The 23rd Skånevik Bluesfestival starts in Skånevik, Norway (July 4 – 6). ^[28]
• 5
  • The Baltic Jazz Festival starts in Dalsbruk (July 5 – 7). ^[29]
  • The Love Supreme Jazz Festival starts in Lewes, East Sussex (July 5 – 7). ^[30]
  • The 41st Copenhagen Jazz Festival starts in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 5 – 14). ^[31]
• 11 – The 18th Stavernfestivalen starts in Stavern (August 11 – 13). ^[32]
• 12
  • The 44th North Sea Jazz Festival starts in The Hague, Netherlands ( July 12–14). ^[33]
  • The 54th Pori Jazz Festival starts in Pori, Finland (July 12 – 20). ^[34]
  • The 46th Umbria Jazz Festival starts in Perugia, Italy (July 12 – 21). ^[35]
• 13 – The 31st Aarhus Jazz Festival starts in Aarhus, Denmark (July 13 – 20). ^[36]
• 15 – The Moldejazz starts in Molde (August 15 – 20). ^[37]
• 16
  • The 72nd Nice Jazz Festival starts in Nice, France (July 16 – 20). ^[38]
  • The 43rd Jazz de Vitoria starts in Gasteiz, Spain (July 16 – 20). ^[39]
• 24 – The 24th Canal Street Festival starts in Arendal (July 24 – 27). ^[40]

August

• 2
  • The 63rd Newport Jazz Festival starts in Newport, Rhode Island (August 2 – 4). ^[41]
  • The Nišville International Jazz Festival starts in Niš, Serbia (August 2 – 11). ^[42]
• 6 – The 20th Øyafestivalen starts in Oslo, Norway (August 6 – 10). ^[43]
• 8 – The 33rd Sildajazz starts in Haugesund, Norway (August 8 – 9). ^[44]
• 9 – The 35th Brecon Jazz Festival starts in Brecon, Wales (August 9 – 11). ^[45]
• 11 – The 34th Oslo Jazzfestival starts in Oslo, Norway (August 11 – 17). ^[46]

September

• 5 – The 14th Punktfestivalen opens in Kristiansand (September 5–7). ^[47]
• 27 – The 62nd Monterey Jazz Festival starts in Monterey, California (September 27 – 29). ^[48]

October

• 17 – The 37th DølaJazz starts in Lillehammer (October 17 – 20). ^[49]
• 24 – The 41st Guinness Cork Jazz Festival starts in Cork City, Ireland (October 24 – 28). ^[50]
• 31 – The 56th JazzFest Berlin, also known as The Berlin Jazz Festival starts in Berlin (October 31 – November 3). ^[51]

November

• 3 – American saxophonist and trumpeter Joe McPhee celebrates his 80th birthday. ^[7]

December

• 25 – American pianist Bob James celebrates his 80th birthday.

Albums released

Month	Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
January	11	Heart Songs	Tommy Emmanuel & John Knowles	CGP Sounds/Thirty Tigers		[52]
	18	Days on Earth	Mark Lockheart	Edition		[53]
		Juni	Peter Erskine, Palle Danielsson, John Taylor	ECM		[54]
	25	The Expanded 1963 New York Studios Sessions	Eric Dolphy - Musical Prophet	Resonance		[55]
		Lines In The Sand	Antonio Sánchez	CAM Jazz		[56]
		Trio Tapestry	Joe Lovano	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[57]
February	1	And Then Comes The Nigh	Mats Eilertsen, Harmen Fraanje, Thomas Strønen			[58]
		Imaginary Friends	Ralph Alessi, Ravi Coltrane, Andy Milne, Drew Gress, Mark Ferber			[59]
	8	Dualistic	Dualistic (Bernt Moen, Fredrik Sahlander, Tobias Solbakk)	Losen		[60]
		Tana	Sverre Gjørvad			[61]
		Æ	Anton Eger	Edition	Produced by Petter Eldh and Anton Eger, Executive producer Dave Stapleton	[62]
	22	Circuits	Chris Potter			[63]
		Quilter	Thomas T Dahl	Losen	Produced by Thomas T Dahl	[64]
		The Gleaners	Larry Grenadier	ECM
March	8	Voyage	Daniel Herskedal	Edition	Produced by Daniel Herskedal, Executive producer Dave Stapleton	[65]
	15	Immigrance	Snarky Puppy	GroundUP		[66]
	22	Sounds Of 3 Edition 2	Per Mathisen feat. Ulf Wakenius and Gary Husband	Losen		[67]
	29	Come What May	Joshua Redman	Nonesuch		[68]
May	17	Finding Gabriel	Brad Mehldau Trio		Won Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album [69]	[70]
	24	Northbound	Eivind Austad Trio	Losen		[71]
August	23	Love & Liberation	Jazzmeia Horn	Concord	Nominated for Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album [72]	[73]
	30	Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera	Miguel Zenón		Nominated for Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album [74]	[75]
October	4	Spectrum	Hiromi Uehara	Telarc		[76]
	11	Good Hope	Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Zakir Hussain	Edition		[77]
	24	Polyhymnia	Yazz Ahmed	Ropeadope Records		[78]

Deaths

January

• 5 – Alvin Fielder, American drummer (born 1935). ^[79]
• 9 – Joseph Jarman, American saxophonist, Art Ensemble of Chicago (born 1937). ^[80]
• 13 – Willie Murphy, American singer and pianist (born 1943). ^[81]
• 16 – Chris Wilson, Australian singer and guitarist (born 1956). ^[82]
• 21 – Marcel Azzola, French accordionist (born 1927). ^[83]
• 23 – Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean guitarist (born 1952). ^[84]
• 26 – Michel Legrand, French composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist (born 1932). ^[85]

February

• 15 – Kofi Burbridge, American keyboardist and flautist, Tedeschi Trucks Band (born 1961). ^[86]
• 16 – Ken Nordine, American spoken word jazz artist (born 1920). ^[87]
• 17 – Ethel Ennis, American singer and pianist (born 1932). ^[88]
• 28 - Ed Bickert, Canadian jazz guitarist ^[89]

March

• 5 – Jacques Loussier, French jazz pianist and film score composer (born 1934) ^[90]

December

• 7 – Joe McQueen, American saxophonist (born 1919). ^[91]

See also

• Jazz portal

• List of 2019 albums
• List of jazz festivals
• List of years in jazz
• 2010s in jazz
• 2019 in music

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External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 2019 at All About Jazz