This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1978. Events March 17 – The 5th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 17–19). May 12 – The 7th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 12–15). 24 – The 6th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 24 – June 7). July 1 – The 25th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 1–3). 7 – The 12th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 7–23). 14 – The 3rd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 14–16). 28 – The very first Jazz in Marciac started in Marciac, France (July 28 – August 17). September 15 – The 21st Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17). Album releases Chick Corea: The Mad Hatter Chick Corea: Secret Agent Chick Corea: Friends Air: Open Air Suit Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela: Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela: Main Event Live Fred Anderson: Another Place Art Ensemble of Chicago: Nice Guys Kenny Barron: Innocence Carla Bley: Musique Mecanique Arthur Blythe: Bush Baby Arthur Blythe: Lenox Avenue Breakdown Lester Bowie: African Children Anthony Braxton: For Four Orchestras Andrew Cyrille: Metamusicians' Stomp Anthony Davis: Of Blues and Dream Al Di Meola: Casino Joe Farrell: Night Dancing Michael Franks: Burchfield Nines Chico Freeman: The Outside Within Ganelin Trio: Concerto Grosso Egberto Gismondi: Solo Guenter Hampel: Freedom Of The Universe Guenter Hampel: Oasis Gerry Hemingway: Kwambe Ernie Krivda: The Alchemist Leroy Jenkins: The Legend of Ai Glatson Quincy Jones: Sounds...and Stuff Like That!! John Klemmer: Arabesque Oliver Lake: Life Dance of Is George Lewis: The Imaginary Suite David Liebman: Pendulum Chuck Mangione: Feels So Good John McLaughlin: Electric Guitarist Misha Mengelberg: Pech Onderweg Pat Metheny: Pat Metheny Group Roscoe Mitchell: LRG-Maze-S II Examples John Oswald: Improvised Evan Parker: Monoceros Marvin Peterson: The Light Jean-Luc Ponty: Cosmic Messenger Don Pullen: Warriors Dewey Redman: Soundsigns Sam Rivers: Waves Max Roach & Anthony Braxton: Birth and Rebirth Rova Saxophone Quartet: Cinema Rovate Leo Smith: Mass on the World Peter Sprague: Dance of the Universe Spyro Gyra: Spyro Gyra Sun Ra: Lanquidity Cecil Taylor: 3 Phasis Cecil Taylor: Cecil Taylor Unit Ralph Towner: Batik James Blood Ulmer: Tales of Captain Black Weather Report: Mr. Gone Paul Winter: Common Ground World Saxophone Quartet: Steppin' with the World Saxophone Quartet Deaths January 23 – Terry Kath, American