This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1964. Events July 2 – The 11th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 2 – 5). Album releases Albert Ayler: Witches and Devils John Coltrane: Crescent Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch! Guenter Hampel: Heartplants Herbie Hancock: Empyrean Isles Joe Henderson: "Our Thing (album)" Andrew Hill: Judgement! Andrew Hill: Black Fire Freddie Hubbard Breaking Point "Doin' the Thang!" "The Body & the Soul" Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder Lee Morgan: Search For The New Land New York Art Quartet: New York Art Quartet Duke Pearson: Wahoo! Oscar Peterson Canadiana Suite "The Oscar Peterson Trio Plays" Trio Plus One "We Get Requests" André Previn: My Fair Lady Shirley Scott: Blue Flames Tony Scott: Music for Zen Meditation Wayne Shorter: JuJu Ben Webster: See You at the Fair Tony Williams: Life Time Larry Young: Into Somethin' Denny Zeitlin Carnival Cathexis Standards Deaths January 4 – Artie Bernstein, American upright bassist (born 1909). 5 – Cecil Scott, American clarinetist, tenor saxophonist, and bandleader (born 1905). 9 – Big Boy Goudie, American saxophonist (born 1899). 15 – Jack Teagarden, American trombonist and singer (born 1905). February 9 – Willie Bryant, American bandleader, vocalist, and disc jockey (born 1908). May 1 – Håkan von Eichwald, Finnish-Swedish bandleader and conductor (born 1908). 7 – Joe Maini, American alto saxophonist (born 1930). June 29 – Eric Dolphy, American alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist (born 1928). July 10 – Joe Haymes, American drummer, pianist, bandleader, and arranger (born 1907). October 7 – Nick Travis, American trumpeter (born 1925). 8 – Conrad Gozzo, American trumpeter (born 1922). 15 – Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (born 1891). November 5 – Buddy Cole, American pianist and orchestra leader (born 1916). 19 – Vi Burnside, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1915). 30 – Don Redman, American arranger, bandleader, saxophonist, and clarinetist (born 1900). December 11 – Sam Cooke, American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur (born 1931). 14 – Francisco Canaro, Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader (born 1888). 28 – Dave Bowman, American pianist (born 1914). Births January 18 – Andy Panayi, British saxophonist and flautist. 27 – Trond Sverre Hansen, Norwegian drummer. February 1 – Bugge Wesseltoft, Norwegian pianist and keyboardist. 9 – Liane Carroll, English vocalist, pianist, and keyboardist. 20 – Iain Ballamy, British composer, and soprano, alto and tenor saxophonist. 29 – Martin France, English drummer.