2013 in jazz

2013 in jazz
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2013.

Jannike Kruse, live 2013.

Events

January

• 23 – The 2nd Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø, Norway (January 23 – 27). ^[1]
• 24 – The 8th Ice Music Festival started in Geilo, Norway (January 24 – 27). ^[2]
• 31 – The 15th Polarjazz Festival 2013 started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 31 – February 7). ^[3]

March

• 1 – The 9th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 1 – 3). ^[4]
• 22 – The 40th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 22 – 24). ^[5]
• 23
  • Tore Brunborg was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2013 as well as the Buddyprisen 2012 at Vossajazz. ^[6]
  • Stian Carstensen performed the commissioned work Flipp for Vossajazz 2013. ^[7]

April

• 24 – The 19th SoddJazz 2013 started in Inderøy, Norway (April 24 – 28). ^[8]
• 26 – The 2nd Torino Jazz Festival started in Turin (April 26 – May 1). ^[9]
• 30 – The International Jazz Day. ^[10]

May

• 17 – The 42nd Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 17 – 20). ^[11]
• 23 – The 41st Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 1) ^[12]

June

• 17 – The 25th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 17 – July 10). ^[13]
• 28 – The 33rd Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 28 – July 7). ^[14]

July

• 3 – The 49th Kongsberg Jazzfestival started at Kongsberg, Norway (July 3 – 6). ^[15]
• 5 – The 47th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 5 – July 20). ^[16]
• 8 – The 66th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 8 – 12). ^[17]
• 12
  • The 38th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 12 – 14). ^[18]
  • The 35th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 12 – 14). ^[19]
  • The 48th Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 12 – 21). ^[20]
• 15 – The 53rd Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway with Jason Moran as artist in residence (July 15 – 20). ^[21]

August

• 3 – The 57th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 3 – 5). ^[22]
• 7 – The 27th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 7 – 11). ^[23]
• 9 – The 29th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 9 – 11). ^[24]
• 12 – The 28th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 12 – 17). ^[25]
• 13 – Erlend Skomsvoll was recipient of the Ella-prisen 2013 at the Oslo Jazzfestival. ^[26]

September

• 6 – The 9th Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (September 6 – 8). ^[27]
• 19 – The 56th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 19 – 21). ^[28]

October

• 14 – The 30th Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (October 14 – 20). ^[29]
• 24 – Eliane Elias, Marc Johnson and Mauricio Zottarelli live at USF Verftet, Bergen, Norway. ^[30]

November

• 15 – The 22nd London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 15 – 24). ^[31]

December

• Sons of Kemet wins Best Jazz Act in the 2013 MOBO Awards. ^[32]

Albums

April

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
4	There's A Hole In The Mountain	Atomic	Losen Records		[33]
12	La Notte	Ketil Bjørnstad	ECM Records	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[34]
	Still Life with Eggplant	Motorpsycho and Reine Fiske	Rune Grammofon	Produced by Bent Sæther	[35]
	Map Of The World – Music For Guitar	Gjermund Titlestad	Ponca Jazz Records		[36]
26	Guided Tour	The New Gary Burton Quartet	Mack Avenue	Produced by Gary Burton	[37]

May

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
31	The Sleep Of Reason	Arne Jansen	ACT Music	Produced by Arne Jansen, Axel Reinemer	[38]

June

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
3	Seven Hills	Alexi Tuomarila Trio	Edition	Produced by Alexi Tuomarila Trio	[39]
14	Melodic Warrior	Terje Rypdal with The Hilliard Ensemble	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[40]
25	OWL Trio	Lage Lund, Orlando le Fleming, Will Vinson	Losen		[41]

July

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
2	Überjam Deux	John Scofield	EmArcy Records		[42]

August

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
5	Sun Pictures	Linda Oh	Greenleaf Music		[43]
27	The Orchestrion Project	Pat Metheny	Nonesuch Records		[44]

September

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
9	Burn	Sons of Kemet	Naim Records		[45]

October

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
1	Places of Worship	Arve Henriksen	Rune Grammofon		[46]
8	We Are All Small Pixels	Pixel	Cuneiform Records		[47]
18	NyeSongar.no	Karl Seglem	NorCD		[48]
25	New Circle	Geir Lysne	ACT Music		[49]

November

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
13	Beyond The Double Bass	Renaud Garcia-Fons	Enja Records		[50]
29	Dagane	Daniel Herskedal	NorCD		[51]

Deaths

January

• 10 – Claude Nobs, Swiss founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival (born 1936). ^[52]
• 28 – Brian Brown, Australian musician and educator (born 1933).
• 29 – Butch Morris, American cornetist, composer, and conductor (born 1947).

February

• 1 – Rudolf Dašek, Czech guitarist (born 1933).
• 4
  • Donald Byrd, American trumpeter (born 1932). ^[53]
  • Pat Halcox, English trumpeter (born 1930).
• 23 – Sonny Russo, American trombonist (born 1929).
• 25 – Stewart "Dirk" Fischer, American composer, trumpeter, and valve trombonist (born 1924).
• 28 – Armando Trovajoli, Italian film composer and pianist (born 1917). ^[54]

March

• 5 – Melvin Rhyne, American organist (born 1936).
• 6 – Alvin Lee, English singer and guitarist (born 1944). ^[55]
• 7 – Kenny Ball, English trumpeter, bandleader, and vocalist (born 1930).
• 15 – Terry Lightfoot, British clarinettist and bandleader (born 1935).
• 22 – Bebo Valdés, Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer, and arranger (born 1918).
• 29 – Enzo Jannacci, Italian singer-songwriter, pianist, actor, and stand-up comedian (born 1935).
• 30 – Phil Ramone, South African-born American recording engineer, record producer, violinist and composer (born 1934). ^[56]

April

• 2 – Linda Vogt, Australian flautist (born 1922).
• 5 – Terry Devon, British singer (born 1922).
• 6 – Don Shirley, American-Jamaican pianist and composer (born 1927).
• 11 – Don Blackman, American jazz-funk pianist, singer, and songwriter (born 1953).
• 17 – Yngve Moe, Norwegian bass guitarist (fell in coma, after drowning in Tenerife, Spain), Dance with a Stranger (born 1957). ^[57]
• 18 – Tom Parker, British pianist (born 1944).

May

• 24 – Ed Shaughnessy, American drummer (born 1929). ^[58]

June

• 4 – Ben Tucker, American upright-bassist (murder) (born 1930). ^[59]
• 8 – Mulgrew Miller, American pianist, composer, and educator (born 1955). ^[60]
• 11 – Johnny Smith, American cool jazz and mainstream jazz guitarist (born 1922).
• 13 – Sam Most, American jazz flautist, clarinetist and tenor saxophonist (born 1930).
• 26 – Henrik Otto Donner, Finnish composer and trumpeter (born 1939).
• 29 – Paul Smith, American jazz pianist (born 1922).

July

• 1 – Rolf Graf, Norwegian bass guitarist in the band Lava (cancer) (born 1960). ^[61]
• 2 – Bengt Hallberg, Swedish pianist, composer, and arranger (born 1932).
• 18 – Carline Ray, American singer, pianist, and guitarist, International Sweethearts of Rhythm (born 1925).
• 25 – Steve Berrios, American drummer and percussionist (born 1945).
• 28 – Rita Reys, Duch singer (died 1924).

August

• 5 – George Duke, American keyboardist and composer (born 1946). ^[62]
• 15 – Jane Harvey, American singer (born 1925). ^[63]
• 18 – Rolv Wesenlund, Norwegian comedian, singer, clarinetist, and saxophonist (died 1936).
• 19
  • Cedar Walton, American pianist (died 1934).
  • Donna Hightower, American singer (born 1926). ^[64]
• 20
  • Marian McPartland, English-American pianist (born 1918). ^[65]
  • Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African vocalist and composer (born 1936).

September

• 7 - Lee Tanner, American Jazz photographer, 82 ^{[66] [67]}
• 16 – Jimmy Ponder, American guitarist (born 1946). ^[68]
• 17 – Bernie McGann, Australian alto saxophonist (born 1937).
• 18 – Lindsay Cooper, English bassoon and oboe player, composer, and political activist (born 1951).
• 23
  • Gia Maione, American singer (born 1941).
  • Paul Kuhn, German pianist, singer, and band leader (born 1928).

October

• 5 – Butch Warren, American upright bassist (born 1939).
• 13 – Tommy Whittle, British saxophonist (born 1926).
• 15
  • Donald Bailey, American drummer (born 1933).
  • Gloria Lynne, American singer (born 1929).
• 19 – Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer (born 1940). ^[69]
• 30 – Frank Wess, American saxophonist and flautist (born 1922).

November

• 9 – Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, American tenor saxophonist (born 1936).
• 25 – Chico Hamilton, American drummer (born 1921). ^[70]

December

• 6 – Stan Tracey, British pianist and composer (born 1926). ^[71]
• 10 – Jim Hall, American guitarist (born 1930). ^[72]
• 19 – Herb Geller, American saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1928).
• 21 – Trigger Alpert, American bassist (born 1916).
• 23 – Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist and composer (born 1920). ^[73]
• 25 – Kaj Backlund, Finnish trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (born 1945).
• 28 – Dwayne Burno, American upright bassist (born 1970).
• 29 – Red Balaban, American tubist and sousaphonist (born 1929).
• 31 – Al Porcino, American trumpeter (born 1925).

See also

• Jazz portal

• List of 2013 albums
• List of years in jazz
• 2010s in jazz
• 2013 in music

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External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 2013 at All About Jazz