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Last updated October 29, 2021

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1968.

Events

June

12 – The 2nd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 12 – 18).^[1]
30 – The 15th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (June 30 – July 3).^[2]

Unknown date

The English avant-rock ensemble Henry Cow was founded at Cambridge University.

Album releases

Deaths

February

5 – Luckey Roberts, American composer and stride pianistr (born 1887).
15 – Little Walter, American singer and harmonica player (born 1930).
27 – Frankie Lymon, American singer (heroin overdose) (born 1942).

March

5 – Monk Hazel, American drummer (born 1903).

June

15 – Wes Montgomery, American guitarist (born 1923).
26 – Ziggy Elman, American trumpeter (born 1914).

October

18 – Jack Bland, American banjoist and guitarist (born 1899).

November

9 – Jan Johansson, Swedish pianist (born 1931).
23 – Reinhold Svensson, Swedish pianist, Hammond organist, and composer (born 1919).

December

31 – George Lewis, American clarinetist (born 1900).

Unknown date

Eyvin Andersen, Danish organist, violinist, and composer (born 1914).^[3]
Jay Wilbur, British bandleader (born 1898).

Births

January

19 – Jørn Øien, Norwegian pianist.
21 – Frank Kvinge, Norwegian guitarist.

February

4 – Tim Lefebvre, American bass guitarist.
18 – Jukka Perko, Finnish saxophonist.
19 – Stochelo Rosenberg, Dutch guitarist.
22 – Rodney Whitaker, American upright bassist.

March

1 – Per Oddvar Johansen, Norwegian drummer.
2 – Rune Brøndbo, Norwegian keyboardist and guitarist.
6 – Jakob Dinesen, Danish saxophonist.
21 – Vincent Courtois, French cellist.
22 – Arve Henriksen, Norwegian trumpeter and multiinstrumentalist.
24 – Sherman Irby, American alto saxophonist.

April

30 – Russ Nolan, American saxophonist.

May

1 – D'arcy Wretzky American bassist, The Smashing Pumpkins.
9 – Anthony Wilson, American guitarist.
19 – Kyle Eastwood, American bassist.

June

6 – Alan Licht, American guitarist, composer, and journalist, Run On.
19 – John Hollenbeck, American drummer and composer, The Claudia Quintet.

July

10 – David Gald, Norwegian guitarist.
16 – Finn Guttormsen, Norwegian bassist.
17 – Julia Hülsmann, German pianist and composer.

August

4 – Eric Alexander, American saxophonist.
18 – Ernie Hammes, Luxembourgian trumpeter, arranger, composer, and big band director.
20 – Frode Barth, Norwegian guitarist.
28 – Larry Goldings, American pianist, organist, and composer.
30 – Vahagn Hayrapetyan, Armenian pianist, singer, and composer.

September

9 – David Sánchez, Puerto Rican tenor saxophonist.
30 – Antonio Hart, American alto saxophonist.

November

14 – Ken Ford, American violinist.
30 – Sylvie Courvoisier, Swiss composer, pianist, and improviser.

December

7 – Noël Akchoté, French guitarist.
16 – Lalah Hathaway, American singer.

Unknown date

Jean David Blanc, French film producer, writer, and jazz musician.

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In the 2000s in jazz, well-established jazz musicians, such as Dave Brubeck, Wynton Marsalis, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Jessica Williams, Michael Franks and George Benson, continued to perform and record. In the 1990s and 2000s, a number of young musicians emerged, including US pianists Brad Mehldau, Jason Moran and Vijay Iyer, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, vibraphonist Stefon Harris, trumpeters Roy Hargrove and Terence Blanchard, saxophonists Chris Potter and Joshua Redman, and bassist Christian McBride.

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References

↑ "Montreux Jazz Festival 1968 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
↑ "Newport Jazz Festival 1968 Poster". Rirocks.net. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
↑ "Eyvin Andersen (1914-1968)". Klassika.info. Retrieved 2017-11-02.

External links

History Of Jazz Timeline: 1968 at All About Jazz

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[1] "Montreux Jazz Festival 1968 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-05-03.

[2] "Newport Jazz Festival 1968 Poster". Rirocks.net. Retrieved 2016-05-03.

[3] "Eyvin Andersen (1914-1968)". Klassika.info. Retrieved 2017-11-02.

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