This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1977. Events April 1 – The 4th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 1 – 3). May 25 – The 5th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 25 – June 8). 27 – The 6th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 27 – 30). June 24 – The 24th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (June 24 – July 4). July 1 – The 11th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 1 – 24). 15 – The 2nd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 15 – 17). September 16 – The 20th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16 – 18). Album releases Muhal Richard Abrams: 1-OQA+19 Air: Air Time Neil Ardley: Kaleidoscope of Rainbows Derek Bailey: Company 5 Arthur Blythe: Metamorphosis Hamiet Bluiett: Birthright Hamiet Bluiett: SOS Joanne Brackeen: AFT Joanne Brackeen: Tring-a-Ling Al Di Meola: Elegant Gypsy Michael Franks: Sleeping Gypsy Chico Freeman: Chico Chico Freeman: Kings of Mali Chico Freeman: No Time Left David Friesen: Waterfall Rainbow Jan Garbarek: Places Gateway Trio: 2 Vinny Golia: Spirits In Fellowship Globe Unity: Pearls Louis Hayes: The Real Thing Julius Hemphill: Blue Boye Julius Hemphill: Raw Materials and Residuals Julius Hemphill: Roi Boye and the Gotham Minstrels Dave Holland: Emerald Tears Keith Jarrett: My Song Leroy Jenkins: Lifelong Ambitions Leroy Jenkins: Solo Concert Sheila Jordan: Sheila Ernie Krivda: Satanic Steve Lacy: Raps Art Lande: Desert Marauders George Lewis: Chicago Slow Dance George Lewis: Shadowgraph Frank Lowe: Lowe and Behold Michael Mantler: Movies Chuck Mangione: Feels So Good Hugh Masekela: You Told Your Mama Not to Worry Cecil McBee: Music from the Source Joe McPhee: Graphics Pat Metheny: Watercolors Roscoe Mitchell: Nonaah Paul Motian: Dance Art Pepper: No Limit Jean-Luc Ponty: Enigmatic Ocean George Russell: Vertical Form 6 Irene Schweizer: Hexensabbat John Scofield: East Meets West Woody Shaw: Rosewood John Tchicai: Real Radka Toneff: Fairytales Ralph Towner: Sound and Shadows McCoy Tyner: Supertrios James Ulmer: Revealing Michael Urbaniak: Urbaniak Abdul Wadud: By Myself Collin Walcott: Grazing Dreams Weather Report: Heavy Weather Kenny Wheeler: Deer Wan World Saxophone Quartet: Point Of No Return Tommy Turk: The-Truth!!! Deaths January 2 – Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (born 1923). 22 – Maysa Matarazzo, Brazilian singer, composer, and actress (born 1936). February 9 – Buddy Johnson, American pianist and bandleader (born 1915).