1964 in jazz
Introduction This is a timeline documenting events of '''Jazz in the year 1964'''.
Events ===July===* '''2''' – The 11th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 2 – 5).
Album releases *Albert Ayler: ''Witches and Devils''*John Coltrane: ''Crescent''*Eric Dolphy: ''Out to Lunch! ''*Guenter Hampel: ''Heartplants''*Herbie Hancock: ''Empyrean Isles''*Joe Henderson: "Our Thing (album)"*Andrew Hill: ''Judgment! ''*Andrew Hill: ''Black Fire''*Freddie Hubbard**''Breaking Point''**"Doin' the Thang! "**"The Body & the Soul"*Lee Morgan: ''The Sidewinder''*Lee Morgan: ''Search For The New Land''*New York Art Quartet: ''New York Art Quartet''*Duke Pearson: ''Wahoo! ''*Oscar Peterson**''Canadiana Suite''**"The Oscar Peterson Trio Plays"**''Trio Plus One''**"We Get Requests"*André Previn: ''My Fair Lady''*Shirley Scott: ''Blue Flames''*Tony Scott: ''Music for Zen Meditation''*Wayne Shorter: ''JuJu''*Ben Webster: ''See You at the Fair''*Tony Williams: ''Life Time''*Larry Young: ''Into Somethin'''*Denny Zeitlin**''Carnival''**''Cathexis''
Standards
Deaths ; January* '''4''' – Artie Bernstein, American upright bassist (born 1909). * '''5''' – Cecil Scott, American clarinetist, tenor saxophonist, and bandleader (born 1905). * '''9''' – Big Boy Goudie, American saxophonist (born 1899). * '''15''' – Jack Teagarden, American trombonist and singer (born 1905). ; February* '''9''' – Willie Bryant, American bandleader, vocalist, and disc jockey (born 1908). ; May* '''1''' – Håkan von Eichwald, Finnish-Swedish bandleader and conductor (born 1908). * '''7''' – Joe Maini, American alto saxophonist (born 1930). ; June* '''29''' – Eric Dolphy, American alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist (born 1928). ; July* '''10''' – Joe Haymes, American drummer, pianist, bandleader, and arranger (born 1907). ; October* '''7''' – Nick Travis, American trumpeter (born 1925). * '''8''' – Conrad Gozzo, American trumpeter (born 1922). * '''15''' – Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (born 1891). ; November* '''5''' – Buddy Cole, American pianist and orchestra leader (born 1916). * '''19''' – Vi Burnside, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1915). * ''' 30''' – Don Redman, American arranger, bandleader, saxophonist, and clarinetist (born 1900). ; December* '''11''' – Sam Cooke, American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur (born 1931). * '''14''' – Francisco Canaro, Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader (born 1888). * '''28''' – Dave Bowman, American pianist (born 1914).
Births ; January* '''18''' – Andy Panayi, British saxophonist and flautist. * '''27''' – Trond Sverre Hansen, Norwegian drummer. ; February* '''1''' – Bugge Wesseltoft, Norwegian pianist and keyboardist. * '''9''' – Liane Carroll, English vocalist, pianist, and keyboardist. * '''20''' – Iain Ballamy, British composer, and soprano, alto and tenor saxophonist. * '''29''' – Martin France, English drummer. ; March* '''10''' – Neneh Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter. * '''13''' – Reidar Skår, Norwegian keyboardist, composer, and music producer. * '''18''' – Courtney Pine, British saxophonist. * '''30''' – Tracy Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist. ; April* '''13''' – Tetuzi Akiyama, Japanese guitarist, violinist, and instrument-maker. * '''16''' – Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist, e.s.t (died 2008). * '''22''' – Johannes Eick, Norwegian bassist. * '''26''' – Rebecka Törnqvist, Swedish singer. ; May* '''4''' – Terje Isungset, Norwegian drummer and percussionist. * '''13''' – Harald Devold, Norwegian saxophonist (died 2016). * '''31''' – Carl Petter Opsahl, Norwegian saxophonist, clarinetist, and journalist. ; June* '''8''' – Fabrizio Cassol, Belgian saxophonist. * '''9''' – Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass guitarist (died 2009). * '''10''' – Jimmy Chamberlin, American drummer, The Smashing Pumpkins. * '''11''' – Antti Sarpila, Finnish clarinetist. * '''13''' – Helge Lilletvedt, Norwegian pianist. * '''21''' – Philippe Aerts, Belgian upright bassist. * '''28''' – Steve Williamson, English saxophonist and composer. ; July* '''13''' – Brent Fischer, American bass guitarist and percussionist. * '''15''' – Tobias Delius, English tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. ; August* '''10''' – Kåre Kolve, Norwegian saxophonist. * '''13''' – Werner Neumann, German guitarist. * '''21''' – Jorge Rossy, Spanish drummer, pianist and vibraphonist. * '''28''' – Peter Washington, American upright bassist. ; September* '''1''' – Dave O'Higgins, English saxophonist and composer. * '''9''' – Cæcilie Norby, Danish singer. * '''11''' – Victor Wooten, American bassist. * '''16''' – Phillip Bent, English flautist. * '''23''' – Yutaka Shiina, Japanese pianist and composer. * '''25''' – Barbara Dennerlein, German organist. ; October* '''4''' – Robert Hurst, American bassist. * '''27''' – Scotty Barnhart, American trumpeter, Count Basie Orchestra. * '''29''' – Mats Gustafsson, Swedish saxophonist. ; November* '''16''' – Diana Krall, Canadian pianist and singer. * '''19''' – Vincent Herring, American saxophonist and flautist. * '''28''' – Jesse Cook, Canadian guitarist. ; December* '''5''' – Arve Furset, Norwegian pianist and keyboardist. * '''12''' – Mark Mondesir, English drummer. * '''29''' – Ramón Valle, Cuban pianist and composer. ; Unknown date* Benita Haastrup, Danish drummer, percussionist, educator, and composer. * Dennis Rollins, English trombonist and bandleader.
See also * 1960s in jazz* List of years in jazz* 1964 in music
References
Bibliography ********
External links *  History Of Jazz Timeline: 1964 at All About Jazz