This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1962. Events May 29 – The 4th Annual Grammy Awards were held at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Best Jazz Performance – Soloist or Small Group (Instrumental) André Previn for André Previn Plays Harold Arlen Best Jazz Performance – Large Group (Instrumental) Stan Kenton for Kenton's West Side Story Best Original Jazz Composition Galt MacDermot (composer) for "African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderley July 6 – The 7th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 6 – 8). Unknown dates Several recordings are made at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California: Curtis Amy, Tippin' on Through; The Jazz Crusaders, The Jazz Crusaders at the Lighthouse. Album releases Art Blakey and The Afro-Drum Ensemble: The African Beat Bill Evans and Jim Hall: Undercurrent Dexter Gordon: Go Freddie Hubbard: Ready for Freddie Milt Jackson "Big Bags "Bags Meets Wes!" (With Wes Montgomery) "Invitation" "Statements" Stan Kenton Adventures In Jazz Adventures in Time Sophisticated Approach Jackie McLean Bluesnik A Fickle Sonance Hugh Masekela: Trumpet Africaine Charles Mingus Epitaph Tijuana Moods Modern Jazz QuartetThe Comedy"Lonely Woman" Wes Montgomery: Full HouseOscar PetersonAffinityBursting Out with the All-Star Big Band! West Side Story André Previn and Doris Day: DuetSonny Rollins: The Bridge George Russell: The Stratus Seekers Cecil Taylor: Nefertiti Jimmy Woods: Awakening!!'' Standards Deaths January 17 – Claude Jones, American trombonist (born 1901). February 5 – Doug Watkins, American upright bassist (born 1934). 11 – Leo Parker, American baritone saxophonist (born 1925). March 24 – Jean Goldkette, American pianist and bandleader (born 1893). April 13 – John Graas, American French horn player, composer, and arranger (born 1917). 25 – Eddie South, American jazz violinist (born 1904). May 8 – Donald Lambert, American stride pianist (born 1904). July 12 – Roger Wolfe Kahn, American musician, composer, and bandleader (born 1907). 28 – Eddie Costa, American pianist (born 1930). August 11 – Israel Crosby, American upright bassist (born 1919). December 13 – Harry Barris, American singer, composer, and pianist (born 1905). Births January 7 – Tor Haugerud, Norwegian drummer, Transjoik. 11 – Steve Oliver, American guitarist. 22 – Jimmy Herring, American guitarist. February 2 – Tapani Rinne, Finnish saxophonist, composer and record producer. 4 – Jude Abbott, English vocalist and trumpeter. 25 – Snorre Bjerck, Norwegian percussionist. 28 – Caroline Henderson, Danish–Swedish singer. March 13 – Terence Blanchard, American trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and