This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1966. Events January 14 – The Jazz Crusaders record Live at the Lighthouse '66 at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California (January 14 – 16). July 1 – The 13th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 1 – 4). Album releases Alex Schlippenbach: Globe Unity Archie Shepp: Mama Too Tight Bill Evans: Bill Evans at Town Hall Bobby Hutcherson: Happenings Bobby Hutcherson: Stick-Up! Cecil Taylor: Unit Structures Cecil Taylor: Conquistador! Charles Lloyd: Dream Weaver Charles Tyler: Charles Tyler Ensemble Chick Corea: Tones For Joan's Bones Denny Zeitlin: Zeitgeist Dewey Redman: Look for the Black Star Don Cherry: Symphony For Improvisers Duke Ellington: The Far East Suite Guenter Hampel: Assemblage Hank Mobley: Straight No Filter Horace Silver: The Jody Grind Hugh Masekela: Grrr Hugh Masekela: The Americanization of Ooga Booga Hugh Masekela: The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela Jaki Byard: Sunshine of My Soul Joe Harriott: Indo-Jazz Suite Joe Harriott: Indo-Jazz Fusions John Coltrane: Ascension John Coltrane: Meditations Joseph Jarman: Song For Larry Young: Of Love And Peace Lee Morgan: Delightfulee Patty Waters: College Tour Roscoe Mitchell: Sound Sonny Simmons: Music from the Spheres Steve Lacy: Sortie Steve Lacy: The Forest And The Zoo Sun Ra: Strange Strings Sunny Murray: Sunny Murray Quintet Wayne Shorter: Adam's Apple Wayne Shorter: Speak No Evil Standards Deaths February 10 – Osie Johnson, American drummer, arranger, and singer (born 1923). 23 – Billy Kyle, American pianist (born 1914). March 28 – Kid Howard, American trumpeter (born 1908). May 11 – Isaiah Morgan, American trumpeter (born 1897). 30 – Thelma Terry, American bandleader and upright bassist (born 1901). June 17 – Johnny St. Cyr, American banjoist and guitarist (born 1890). July 31 – Bud Powell, American pianist (born 1924). August 2 – Boyd Raeburn, American bandleader and bass saxophonist (heart attack) (born 1913). 17 – Rolf Billberg, Swedish alto saxophonist (born 1930). September 2 – Darnell Howard, American clarinetist and violinist (born 1895). 28 – Lucky Millinder, African-American bandleader (born 1910). October 3 – Dave Lambert, American lyricist and singer (born 1917). 7 – Smiley Lewis, American singer and guitarist (born 1913). 10 – Colette Bonheur, Canadian singer (born 1927). 15 – Lee Blair, American banjoist and guitarist (born 1903). 29 – Wellman Braud, American upright bassist (born 1891). November 8 – Shorty Baker, American trumpeter (born 1914). December 17 – Sylvia