1976 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1976.

1976 in jazz
Wallace Davenport at the 1976 North Sea Jazz Festival
Decade1970s in jazz
Music1976 in music
StandardsList of post-1950 jazz standards
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Events

April

May

June

July

September

Album releases

Deaths

January
  • 14Juan d'Arienzo, Argentine tango violinist, band leader, and composer (born 1900).
  • 24Gösta Theselius, Swedish arranger, composer, film scorer, pianist, and saxophonist (born 1922).
  • 28Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist and singer (born 1913).
February
March
May
April
June
July
September
October
December

Births

January
February
March
  • 1Andreas Mjøs, Norwegian vibraphonist, percussionist, guitarist, record producer, and composer, Jaga Jazzist.
  • 10Ane Brun, singer and songwriter.
  • 16 – Erlend Jentoft, Norwegian saxophonist and composer.
  • 27Tia Fuller, American saxophonist, composer, and educator.
April
May
June
July
August
  • 6 – Jonas Westergaard, Danish upright bassist.
September
  • 4Alex Pangman, Canadian singer.
  • 15Femi Temowo, Nigerian-born British jazz guitarist, musical director, producer and broadcaster.
October
November
December
  • 6Ole Børud, Norwegian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
  • 7 – Kresten Osgood, Danish drummer.
  • 17Andreas Schaerer, Swiss vocalist and composer.
  • 30Miguel Zenón, Puerto Rican alto saxophonist, composer, band leader, music producer, and educator.
Unknown date
  • Daniel Fredriksson, Swedish drummer.
  • Jakob Høyer, Danish drummer.
  • Tamar Halperin, Israeli harpsichordist, pianist, and musicologist.
  • Yasuyuki "Yaz" Takagi, Japanese saxophonist.

See also

References

  1. "Vossajazz". Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  2. "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  3. "Moers International New Jazz Festival 1976". Moers Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  4. "Newport Jazz Festival 1976 Poster". WolfgangsVault.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  5. "Montreux Jazz Festival 1976 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  6. "North Sea Jazz Festival 1976". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  7. "The Monterey Jazz Festival Collection". Collections.Stanford.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  8. Kellman, Andy. "Julia Biel". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2018-04-13.


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