1976 in jazz
Introduction This is a timeline documenting events of '''Jazz in the year 1976'''.
Events ===April===* '''9''' – The 3rd Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 9 – 11).===May===* '''19''' – The 4th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 19 – June 2).===June===* '''4''' – The 5th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 4 – 7). * '''25'''** The 23rd Newport Jazz Festival started in New York, New York (June 25 – July 5). ** The 10th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 25 – July 11).===July===* '''16''' – The very first North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 16 – 18).===September===* '''17''' – The 19th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 17 – 19).
Album releases *Keith Jarrett: ''The Survivors' Suite''*George Lewis: ''Solo Trombone Record''*Air: ''Air Raid''*David Murray: ''Flowers for Albert''*Derek Bailey: ''Company 1''*Jan Garbarek: ''Dis''*Irene Schweizer: ''Wilde Señoritas''*Toshiko Akiyoshi: ''Road Time''*Albert Mangelsdorff: ''Tromboneliness''*Leo Smith: ''Song of Humanity''*Tony Coe: ''Zeitgeist''*Ornette Coleman: ''Dancing in Your Head''*Jaco Pastorius: ''Jaco Pastorius''*Martial Solal: ''Movability''*George Finola: ''New Orleans After Hours''*Hamiet Bluiett: ''Endangered Species''*Art Lande: ''Rubisa Patrol''*Return to Forever: ''Romantic Warrior''*George Adams: ''Suite For Swingers''*Jean-Luc Ponty: ''Imaginary Voyage''*David Friesen: ''Star Dance''*Dexter Gordon: ''Biting the Apple''*Joachim Kuhn: ''Springfever''*Eberhard Weber: ''The Following Morning''*Lew Tabackin: ''Dual Nature''*Chico Freeman: ''Morning Prayer''*Weather Report: ''Black Market''*Charles Tyler: ''Saga of the Outlaws''*Al Di Meola: ''Land of The Midnight Sun''*Woody Shaw: ''Little Red's Fantasy''*Stanley Clarke: ''School Days''*Yosuke Yamashita: ''Banslikana''*Ran Blake: ''Wende''*Guenter Christmann: ''Solomusiken Fuer Posaune und Kontrabasse''*Egberto Gismondi: ''Dança Das Cabeças'' *Michael Franks: ''The Art of Tea''*Hugh Masekela: ''Colonial Man''*Hugh Masekela: ''Melody Maker''*Ryo Fukui: ''Scenery''
Deaths ; January* '''14''' – Juan d'Arienzo, Argentine tango violinist, band leader, and composer (born 1900). * '''24''' – Gösta Theselius, Swedish arranger, composer, film scorer, pianist, and saxophonist (born 1922). * '''28''' – Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist and singer (born 1913). ; February* '''5''' – Rudy Pompilli, American tenor saxophonist, Bill Haley and His Comets (born 1924). * '''6''' – Vince Guaraldi, American pianist (born 1928). * '''12''' – Skip Martin, American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and music arranger (born 1916). ; March* '''14''' – Junior Collins, American French horn player (born 1927). * '''18''' – Jim McCartney, English trumpeter and pianist (born 1902). * '''19''' – Paul Kossoff, English guitarist (cerebral and pulmonary oedema), Free (born 1950). * '''26''' – Duster Bennett, British singer and guitarist (car accident), Fleetwood Mac (born 1946). ; May* '''14''' – Keith Relf, English singer (cardiac arrest due to electrocution), The Yardbirds (born 1940). * '''17''' – Lars Gullin, Swedish saxophonist (born 1928). * '''29''' – Willie Maiden, American saxophonist and arranger (born 1928). * '''30''' – Rube Bloom, Jewish-American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, singer, and author (born 1902). ; April* '''7''' – Jimmy Garrison, American upright bassist (born 1934). * '''12''' – Ted Buckner, American saxophonist (born 1913). ; June* '''7''' – Bobby Hackett, American trumpeter, cornetist, and guitarist (born 1915). ; July* '''10''' – Mike Pratt, English actor, musician, songwriter, and screenwriter (born 1931). * '''12''' – Buddy Featherstonhaugh, English saxophonist (born 1909). ; September* '''8''' – August Agbola O'Browne, Nigerian-Polish drummer (born 1895). ; October * '''3'''** Victoria Spivey, American singer and songwriter (born 1906). ** Herb Flemming, American trombonist and vocalist (born 1898). * '''11''' – Connee Boswell, American singer (born 1907). ; December* '''4''' – Tommy Bolin, American guitarist (drug-induced suffocation), Deep Purple (born 1951). * '''28''' – Freddie King, American guitarist and singer (born 1934).
Births Tia Fuller 2011.; January* '''10''' – Freddy Wike, Norwegian drummer. * '''23''' – Harmen Fraanje, Dutch pianist and composer. ; February* '''11''' – Gretchen Parlato, American singer. * '''20''' – Ben Wendel, Canadian-American saxophonist, composer, bassoonist, and pianist, Kneebody. * '''22''' – Julia Biel, British singer, songwriter, pianist, and multi-instrumentalist. * '''26''' – Karl Strømme, Norwegian trumpeter. ; March* '''1''' – Andreas Mjøs, Norwegian vibraphonist, percussionist, guitarist, record producer, and composer, Jaga Jazzist. * '''10''' – Ane Brun, singer and songwriter. * '''16''' – Erlend Jentoft, Norwegian saxophonist and composer. * '''27''' – Tia Fuller, American saxophonist, composer, and educator. ; April* '''10''' – Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (died 2006). * '''17''' – Kjetil Steensnæs, Norwegian guitarist. * '''30''' – Radek Nowicki, Polish saxophonist. ; May* '''10''' – Torbjörn Zetterberg, Swedish upright bassist and composer. * '''20''' – Ferenc Nemeth, Hungarian drummer and composer. ; June* '''3'''** Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen, Norwegian singer, songwriter, cabaret artist. ** Roger Arntzen, Norwegian upright bassist, In The Country. * '''6''' – Emilie-Claire Barlow, Canadian singer and voice actress. * '''10''' – Kinan Azmeh, Syrian clarinetist. * '''17''' – Kjetil Møster, Norwegian reedist and composer, The Core and Ultralyd. * '''21''' – Jarle Bernhoft, Norwegian singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and lyricist. ; July* '''7'''** Erja Lyytinen, Finnish guitarist and singer-songwriter. ** Orlando le Fleming, English upright bassist, composer and former cricketer, OWL Trio. ; August* '''6''' – Jonas Westergaard, Danish upright bassist. ; September* '''4''' – Alex Pangman, Canadian singer. * '''15''' – Femi Temowo, Nigerian-born British jazz guitarist, musical director, producer and broadcaster. ; October* '''1''' – Ivar Grydeland, Norwegian guitarist and composer. * '''7''' – Pekka Kuusisto, Finnish violinist. * '''19''' – Jostein Gulbrandsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer. * '''28''' – Emma Salokoski, Finnish singer, composer, and writer. ; November* '''8''' – Eric Harland, American drummer. ; December* '''6''' – Ole Børud, Norwegian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. * '''7''' – Kresten Osgood, Danish drummer. * '''17''' – Andreas Schaerer, Swiss vocalist and composer. * '''30''' – Miguel Zenón, Puerto Rican alto saxophonist, composer, band leader, music producer, and educator. ; Unknown date* Daniel Fredriksson, Swedish drummer. * Jakob Høyer, Danish drummer. * Tamar Halperin, Israeli harpsichordist, pianist, and musicologist. * Yasuyuki "Yaz" Takagi, Japanese saxophonist.
See also * 1970s in jazz* List of years in jazz* 1976 in music
References
External links *  History Of Jazz Timeline: 1976 at All About Jazz