2025 in jazz

2025 in jazz
Decade	2020s in jazz
Music	2025 in music
Standards	List of jazz standards
See also	2024 in jazz – 2026 in jazz

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2025.

Events

• January 29 – February 1 – The Bodø Jazz Open takes place in Norway, featuring Solveig Slettahjell, Arve Henriksen. Rebekka Bakken and others. ^[1]

Albums

Month	Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
May	30	Brad Turner	It's All So	Cellar Music		[2]
June	13	Mary Halvorson	About Ghosts	Nonesuch Records		[3]
	14	Daniel Carter	Stream of a Dream	577 Records	Featuring Matthew Putman and Federico Ughi	[4]
August	22	Caity Gyorgy and Mark Limacher	Caity Gyorgy with Strings: Arranged and Conducted by Mark Limacher			[5]
	29	Brad Mehldau	Ride into the Sun	Nonesuch Records	Featuring the music of Elliott Smith. Features Daniel Rossen and Chris Thile.	[6]
September	19	Cécile McLorin Salvant	Oh Snap	Nonesuch Records		[7]
October	3	Bill Coon	Standard Elegance	Cellar Music		[8]

Deaths

• January 12 – Mark Izu, American double bass player and composer, 70 ^[9]
• January 14 – Teddy Osei, Ghanaian saxophone player, drummer and vocalist, leader of Osibisa, 87 ^[10]
• March 4 – Roy Ayers, American jazz-funk vibraphonist, record producer, and composer, 84 ^[11]
• March 8 – Bill Ashton, British saxophonist, band leader and composer, 88 ^[12]
• March 14 – Bruno Romani, Italian saxophonist, flutist and composer, 65 ^[13]
• April 1 – George Freeman, American guitarist, 97 ^[14]
• April 22 – Odd Magne Gridseth, Norwegian bassist, 65 ^[15]
• April 26 – Andy Bey, American singer and pianist, 85 ^[16]
• May 12 – Yasunao Tone, Japanese jazz composer, 90 ^[17]
• May 23 – Lillian Boutté, American jazz singer, 75 ^[18]
• May 25 – Joe Ford, American jazz saxophonist, 78 ^[19]
• May 28 – Al Foster, American jazz drummer, 82 ^[20]
• June 13 – Louis Moholo, South African jazz drummer (The Blue Notes, Brotherhood of Breath, Assagai), 85 ^[21]
• June 17 – Charles Burrell, American bassist, 104 ^[22]
• July 22 – Chuck Mangione, American flugelhornist, trumpeter and composer, 84 ^[23]
• July 24 – Cleo Laine, English jazz singer, 97 ^[24]
• August 5 – Nancy King, American jazz singer, 85 ^[25]
• August 6 – Eddie Palmieri, American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader, 88 ^[26]
• August 11 – Sheila Jordan, American jazz singer, 96 ^[27]
• September 13 – Akiko Tsuruga, Japanese jazz organist, 58 ^[28]

See also

• List of 2025 albums
• List of jazz festivals
• List of years in jazz
• 2025 in music

References

1. "Program 2025". Bodo Jazz Open. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
2. "It's All So, by Brad Turner Trio Plus One". Brad Turner. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
3. "About Ghosts | Nonesuch Records - MP3 Downloads, Free Streaming Music, Lyrics". Nonesuch Records Official Website. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
4. "Stream of a Dream". All About Jazz. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
5. "Caity Gyorgy with Strings: Arranged and Conducted by Mark Limacher, by Caity Gyorgy, Mark Limacher". Caity Gyorgy. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
6. "Ride into the Sun | Nonesuch Records - MP3 Downloads, Free Streaming Music, Lyrics". Nonesuch Records Official Website. 2025-05-07. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
7. "Oh Snap, by Cecile McLorin Salvant". Cecile McLorin Salvant. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
8. "Bill Coon: Standard Elegance". Rhythm Changes. 2025-10-01. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
9. Tomo, Hirai (January 16, 2025). "Mark Izu, pioneer of Asian American Jazz Movement, passes at 70". Nichi Bei News. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
10. Mark Wilberforce (16 January 2025). "Ghanaian music legend who founded Afro-rock band Osibisa dies". BBC News. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
11. Horowitz, Steven J. (March 5, 2025). "Roy Ayers, 'Everybody Loves the Sunshine' Musician and 'Coffy' Composer, Dies at 84". Variety . Retrieved March 6, 2025.
12. Scotney, Sebastian (March 10, 2025). "Bill Ashton OBE (1936-2025) – A Tribute". UK Jazz News. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
13. "Addio a Bruno Romani, icona jazz internazionale". UdineToday (in Italian). 16 March 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
14. Edgar, Hannah (2025-04-01). "George Freeman, a trailblazing jazz guitarist who enjoyed a late-career renaissance, dies at 97". Chicago Tribune .
15. Memorial page for Odd Magne Gridseth. hovdengravferdsbyra.vareminnesider.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 May 2025.
16. Enright, Ed (April 29, 2025). "Vocalist Andy Bey Dies at 85". Downbeat.com. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
17. Greenberger, Alex (May 14, 2025). "Yasunao Tone, Fluxus Artist Who Turned Sound Visual, Dies at 90". ARTnews . Retrieved May 14, 2025.
18. "Beloved New Orleans singer Lillian Boutte has died". WGNO . May 23, 2025. Retrieved May 26, 2025.
19. Tait Manning: "The musicians’ musician: Celebrating the life and legacy of Joe Ford". capitalbop.com, 24 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
20. "In Memoriam: Al Foster, 1943–2025". Downbeat. May 29, 2025. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
21. "Louis Moholo-Moholo, legendary drummer, dies aged 85". Timeslive. 2025-06-13.
22. Roberts, Michael (2025-06-17). "Remembering Charles Burrell, Legendary Bassist in Colorado Music Hall of Fame". Westword.
23. "Jazz Legend Chuck Mangione, Known for 'Feels So Good,' Dies at 84". The Hollywood Reporter . 24 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
24. "Cleo Laine, Regarded as Britain's Greatest Jazz Voice, Dies at 97". The Hollywood Reporter . 25 July 2025.
25. "'There will never be another Nancy King': Community mourns beloved jazz singer". kgw.com. 6 August 2025.
26. Trelles, Luis (August 6, 2025). "Eddie Palmieri, a trailblazer in Latin music, has died at age 88". NPR.
27. Flanagan, Andrew (August 12, 2025). "Sheila Jordan, Legendary Jazz Singer, Dies at 96". Variety.
28. Chinen, Nate (2025-09-16). "Akiko Tsuruga, organist with a firm foothold in soul-jazz, is dead at 58". WRTI. Retrieved 2025-10-04.

External links

• Jazz portal