2014 in jazz

Events

January

• 16 – The 9th Ice Music Festival started in Geilo, Norway.
• 22 – The 3rd Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø, Norway.

  February

• 5 – The 16th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard .
• 28 – The 10th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia.

  March

April

• 11 – The 41st Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway.
• 12
• * Sigbjørn Apeland was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2014.
• * Mats Eilertsen performed the commissioned work Rubicon for Vossajazz 2014.
• 23 – The 20th SoddJazz started in Inderøy, Norway.
• 25 – The 3rd Torino Jazz Festival started in Turin.
• 30 – The International Jazz Day.

  May

• 22 – The 42nd Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway

  June

• 26
• * The 34th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• * The 26th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria.

  July

• 2 – The 50th Kongsberg Jazzfestival started at Kongsberg, Norway.
• 4
• * The 36th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• * The 48th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland.
• 5 – Mathias Eick was recipient of the Kongsberg Jazz Award or DNB.prisen 2014 at the Kongsberg Jazzfestival.
• 8 – The 67th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France.
• 10 – The 14th Stavernfestivalen started in Stavern, Norway.
• 11 – The 39th North Sea Jazz Festival started in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
• 12
• * The 26th Aarhus Jazz Festival started in Aarhus, Denmark.
• * The 49th Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland.
• 14 – The 54th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway with Sidsel Endresen as artist in residence.
• 15 – Monkey Plot was awarded the JazzIntro 2014 at Moldejazz.
• 22 – The 19th Canal Street started in Arendal, Norway.

  August

• 3 – The 58th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island.
• 6 – The 28th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway.
• 7 – The 30th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales.
• 11 – The 29th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway.
• 12 – Odd André Elveland was recipient of the Ella-prisen 2014 at the Oslo Jazzfestival.

  September

• 4 – The 10th Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway.
• 19 – The 57th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California.

  October

• 10 – The 31st Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden.

  November

• 14 – The 23rd London Jazz Festival started in London, England.

  December

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Unknown date

• Switch by Nils Petter Molvær.

  Deaths

January

• 1 – Sam Ulano, American drummer.
• 9
• * Amiri Baraka, African-American writer and music critic.
• * Roy Campbell Jr., American trumpeter.
• 13 – Ronny Jordan, British guitarist.
• 15 – Aage Teigen, Norwegian trombonist.
• 18 – Billie Rogers, American trumpeter and singer.
• 23 – Riz Ortolani, Italian film composer.
• 25 – Arthur Doyle, American saxophonist, flutist, zanzithophonist, and vocalist.
• 27 – Pete Seeger, American guitarist.

  February

• 11 – Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress.
• 24 – Franny Beecher, American guitarist.
• 25 – Paco de Lucía, Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer and producer.

  March

• 13 – Al Harewood, American drummer.

  April

• 1 – King Fleming, American pianist and bandleader.
• 5
• * Alan Davie, Scottish tenor saxophonist and painter.
• * Wayne Henderson, American soul jazz and hard bop trombonist and record producer.
• 12 – Fred Ho, American baritone saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.
• 14 – Armando Peraza, Cuban percussionist, Santana.
• 23 – Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, flautist, and oboist.
• 24 – Konstantin Orbelyan, Armenian pianist, composer, and head of the State Estrada Orchestra of Armenia.

  May

• 4 – Earl Gill, Irish trumpeter and bandleader.
• 8 – Jair Rodrigues, Brazilian musician and singer.
• 9
• * Frank Strazzeri, American pianist.
• * Joe Wilder, American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.
• 25
• * Edmund Percey, English architect and pianist.
• * Herb Jeffries, American singer and actor.

  June

• 5 – Aaron Sachs, American saxophonist and clarinetist.
• 12 – Jimmy Scott, American vocalist.
• 18 – Horace Silver, American pianist.
• 29 – Paul Horn, American jazz flautist and saxophonist.

  July

• 5 – Kathy Stobart, English saxophonist.
• 7 – Frankie Dunlop, American jazz drummer.
• 11 – Charlie Haden, American upright-bassist.
• 19 – Lionel Ferbos, American trumpeter.
• 29
• * Giorgio Gaslini, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor.
• * Idris Muhammad, American drummer.

  August

• 3 – Kenny Drew Jr., American pianist.
• 15 – John Blake Jr., American violinist.
• 22 – John Ore, American bassist.
• 24 – Fred Sturm, American composer, arranger, and teacher.
• 27 – Roy Crimmins, English trombonist, composer, and arranger.
• 28 – Alan Lawrence Turnbull, Australian drummer.

  September

• 8 – Gerald Wilson, American trumpeter.
• 12 – Joe Sample, American pianist.
• 15 – Jackie Cain, American singer.
• 18 – Kenny Wheeler, Canadian composer, trumpeter, and flugelhorn player.
• 28 – Petr Skoumal, Czech pianist and composer.
• 30 – Sheila Tracy, British broadcaster, writer, trombonist, and singer.

  October

• 10 – Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist, composer and orchestra leader.
• 11
• * Brian Lemon, British pianist.
• * Mats Rondin, Swedish cellist and conductor.
• 16 – Tim Hauser, American singer.
• 24 – Vic Ash, English saxophonist and clarinetist.
• 25 – Jack Bruce, Scottish bassist, composer and orchestra leader.
• 31 – Renato Sellani, Italian pianist and composer.

  November

• 2 – Acker Bilk, English clarinettist and vocalist.
• 12 – Carlos Emilio Morales, Cuban guitarist.
• 20 – Joe Bonner, American pianist.

  December

• 2 – Chris White, American upright bassist.
• 20 – Ronnie Bedford, American drummer and professor.
• 24 – Buddy DeFranco, American clarinetist.
• 26 – Al Belletto, American saxophonist and clarinetist.
• 30 – Jim Galloway, Scottish-Canadian clarinetist and saxophonist.