1998 in jazz
Introduction This is a timeline documenting events of '''Jazz in the year 1998'''.
Events ===January===* '''29''' – The very first Polarjazz started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 29 – 31).===April===* '''3''' – The 25th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 3 – 5).===May===* '''20''' – The 26th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 20 – 31).===June===* '''2''' – The 27th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 2 – 5).===July===* '''1''' – The 19th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (July 1 – 12). * '''2''' – The 8th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (July 2 – 10). * '''3''' – The 32nd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 3 – 18). * '''10'''** The 23rd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 10 – 12). ** The 33rd Pori Jazz started in Pori, Finland (July 10 – 19).===August===* '''7''' – The 15th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 7 – 9).===September===* '''18''' – The 41st Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 18 – 20).
Album releases *Dave Douglas: ''Convergence''*Paul Plimley: ''Sensology''*Vandermark 5: ''Target Dr Flag''*Zeena Parkins: ''Pan-Acousticon''*Evan Parker: ''Drawn Inward''*Dave Holland: ''Points of View''*Roy Campbell: ''Ancestral Homeland''*Hugh Masekela: ''Black to the Future''
Deaths ; January* '''1''' – Dave Schildkraut, American alto saxophonist (born 1925). * '''8''' – Jimmy Butts, American upright bassist (born 1917). * '''16''' – Tommy Pederson, American trombonist and composer (born 1920). * '''22''' – Anselmo Sacasas, Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer, and arranger (born 1912). * '''24''' – Walter Bishop Jr., American pianist (born 1927). * '''25''' – Attila Zoller, American guitarist (born 1927). * '''26''' – Orlando DiGirolamo, American accordionist, pianist, and composer (born 1924). ; February* '''5''' – Nick Webb, English guitarist and composer, Acoustic Alchemy (born 1954). * '''13''' – Thomas Chapin, American composer, saxophonist, and multi-instrumentalist (born 1957). ; March* '''2''' – Marzette Watts, American tenor and soprano saxophonist (born 1938). * '''12''' – Red Richards, American pianist (born 1912). * '''15''' – Tim Maia, Brazilian musician, songwriter and businessman (born 1942). * '''22''' – George Howard, American saxophonist (born 1956). * '''24''' – Denis Charles, American drummer (born 1933). * '''27''' – Jimmy Campbell, American drummer (born 1928). ; April* '''3''' – Alvin Tyler, American saxophonist and arranger (born 1925). * '''9''' – Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (born 1953). * '''21''' – Helen Ward, American singer (born 1913). * '''24''' – Mel Powell, American pianist, composer and educator (born 1923). ; May* '''5''' – Syd Lawrence, British trumpeter and bandleader (born 1923). * '''7''' – Blue Lu Barker, American singer (born 1913). * '''8''' – Raymond Premru, American trombonist and composer (born 1934). * '''14''' – Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (born 1915). * '''19''' – Dorothy Donegan, American pianist (born 1922). * '''22''' – Milton Banana, American drummer (born 1935). * '''24''' – George Kelly, American tenor saxophonist, vocalist and arranger (born 1915). * '''27''' – Spencer Clark, American bass saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist (born 1908). * '''28''' – Joe Dixon, American reedist (born 1917). * '''29''' – Ted Dunbar, American guitarist, composer and educator  (born 1937). ; June* '''8''' – Harry Lookofsky, American violinist (born 1913). * '''10'''** Bobby Bryant, American trumpeter and flugelhorn player (born 1934). ** Jimmy Henderson, American trombonist and bandleader (born 1921). * '''20''' – Robert Normann, Norwegian guitarist (born 1916). * '''22''' – Benny Green, British saxophonist (born 1927). ; July* '''2''' – Errol Parker, French-Algerian pianist ( (born 1925). * '''11''' – Guy Lafitte, American tenor saxophonist (born 1927). * '''14''' – Beryl Bryden, English singer (born 1920). * '''25''' – Tal Farlow, American guitarist (born 1921). * '''28''' – Dorothy Sloop, American pianist (born 1913). ; August* '''6''' – Nat Gonella, American trumpeter, bandleader and vocalist (born 1908). * '''11''' – Benny Waters, American saxophonist and clarinetist (born 1902). * '''16''' – Milton Adolphus, American pianist and composer (born 1913). * '''22''' – Jimmy Skidmore, English tenor saxophonist (born 1916). * '''24''' – Carl Barriteau, Trinidadian clarinetist (born 1914). ; September* '''6''' – Bob Hames, American guitarist (born 1920). * '''15''' – Barrett Deems, American drummer (born 1914). * '''16''' – Andrzej Trzaskowski, Polish composer, pianist, and musicologist (born 1933). * '''26''' – Betty Carter, American singer, composer, and bandleader (born 1929). ; October* '''8''' – Glenn Spearman, American tenor saxophonist (born 1947). * '''31''' – Sherwood Johnson, American jazz patron and the founder in 1954 of Shakey's Pizza (born 1925). ; November* '''12''' – Kenny Kirkland, American pianist and keyboardist (born 1955). * '''20''' – Roland Alphonso, Jamaican tenor saxophonist, The Skatalites (born 1931). * '''29''' – George Van Eps, American guitarist (born 1913). ; December* '''2''' – Bob Haggart, American upright bassist, composer and arranger (born 1914). * '''4''' – Egil Johansen, Norwegian-Swedish drummer (born 1934). * '''26''' – Dick Grove, American pianist and composer (born 1927). ; Unknown date* David Earle Johnson, American percussionist, a composer and a music producer (born unknown date).
Births ; Unknown date* Sasha Berliner, American vibraphonist, percussionist, composer, producer, and band leader.
See also *1990s in jazz* List of years in jazz*1998 in music
References
External links *  History Of Jazz Timeline: 1998 at All About Jazz