This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1972. Events April 21 Grant Green records Live at the Lighthouse at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California. June 10 – The very first Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 10 – 11). 16 – The 6th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 16 – August 20). 29 – The 19th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (June 29 – July 8). September 15 – The 15th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17). Album releases Neil Ardley: Symphony of Amaranths Gato Barbieri: Bolivia (album) Paul Bley: Open, to Love Anthony Braxton Donna Lee Saxophone Improvisations Town Hall 1972 Gary Burton: Alone at Last Ornette Coleman: Skies of America Chick Corea: Return To Forever Miles Davis: On The Corner Bill Evans: Living Time (with George Russell) Gunter Hampel Angel (Gunter Hampel album) Broadway Familie (album) Waltz For 11 Universes In A Corridor Herbie Hancock: Crossings (album) Julius Hemphill: Dogon AD Joe Henderson: Black Is The Color Keith Jarrett Expectations (Keith Jarrett album) Facing You Eric Kloss: One, Two, Free David Liebman: Open Sky (album) London Jazz Composers Orchestra: Ode (album) Albert Mangelsdorff: Trombirds Nucleus: Belladonna (album) Oregon: Music Of Another Present Era Annette Peacock: I'm the One Jean-Luc Ponty: Sonata Erotica John Surman: Westering Home McCoy Tyner Echoes of a Friend Sahara (album) Weather Report: I Sing the Body Electric Randy Weston: Blue Moses Stanley CowellIllusion Suite Stanley ClarkeChildren of Forever Gary BartzJuju Street Songs Airto MoreiraFree Charles EarlandCharles III Stanley TurrentineCherry Bucky PizzarelliGreen Guitar Blues Deaths January 27 – Mahalia Jackson, American singer (born 1911). February 19 – Lee Morgan, American trumpeter, shot dead (born 1938). March 13 – Clancy Hayes, American vocalist, banjoist and guitarist (born 1908). 27 – Sharkey Bonano, American trumpeter, band leader, and vocalist (born 1904). April 3 – Ferde Grofé, American composer, arranger, and pianist (born 1892). May 5 – Reverend Gary Davis, American singer, banjoist, guitarist, and harmonica player (born 1896). June 8 – Jimmy Rushing, American blues shouter, balladeer, singer, and pianist (born 1901). July 3 – Marty Flax, American saxophonist (born 1924). 10 – Lovie Austin, 84, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1887). August 5 – Mezz Mezzrow, American clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1899). 9 – André Ekyan, French reedist (born 1907). 20 – Mike Bryan, American guitarist (born