1963 in jazz
Introduction This is a timeline documenting events of '''Jazz in the year 1963'''.
Events ===May===* '''15''' – The 5th Annual Grammy Awards were held in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. ** Ella Fitzgerald awarded Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female for ''Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson''**Stan Getz awarded Best Jazz Performance – Soloist Or Small Group (Instrumental) for "Desafinado"**Stan Kenton awarded Best Jazz Performance – Large Group (Instrumental) for ''Adventures In Jazz''**Vince Guaraldi awarded Best Original Jazz Composition for the composition "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio===July===* '''4''' – The 10th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 4 – 7).
Album releases *Chris Barber: "Chris Barber at the BBC" with Joe Harriott and Ottilie Patterson*Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers**''Caravan''**''Buhaina's Delight''**''Ugetsu''*Kenny Burrell: ''Midnight Blue''*Betty Carter: '''Round Midnight''*Miles Davis: ''Seven Steps to Heaven''*Eric Dolphy: ''Iron Man'' (recorded, released 1968)*Duke Ellington**''Money Jungle'' with Charles Mingus and Max Roach **''My People''**''The Symphonic Ellington''*Bill Evans: ''Conversations with Myself''*Joe Harriott: ''Movement''*Joe Henderson: ''Page One''*Sheila Jordan: ''Portrait of Sheila''*Stan Kenton: ''Artistry in Bossa Nova''*Charles Mingus: ''The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady''*Hank Mobley: ''No Room for Squares''*Thelonious Monk: ''Criss Cross''*Thelonious Monk: ''Monk's Dream''*Prince Lasha Quintet Featuring Sonny Simmons: ''The Cry! ''*Sun Ra: ''Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy'' (recorded, released 1967)*Sonny Rollins: ''Our Man in Jazz''*Nina Simone: ''Nina Simone Sings Ellington''*Stanley Turrentine: ''Soul Shoutin'''*Kai Winding: ''Solo: Kai Winding''
Standards
Deaths ; January* '''13''' – Sonny Clark, American pianist (born 1931). * '''16''' – Ike Quebec, American tenor saxophonist (born 1918). ; February* '''6''' – Specs Wright, American drummer (born 1927). * '''14''' – Castor McCord, American saxophonist (born 1907). * '''16''' – Jimmy Reynolds, American pianist (born 1904). * '''20''' – Addison Farmer, American bassist (born 1928). * '''23''' – June Clark, American trumpeter and cornetist (born 1900). * '''28''' – Bobby Jaspar, Belgian saxophonist, flautist, and composer (born 1926). ; March* '''10''' – Irving Aaronson, American pianist and big band leader (born 1895). * '''17''' – Lizzie Miles, Creole blues singer (born 1895). ; April* '''3''' – Gene Sedric, American clarinetist and tenor saxophonist (born 1907). * '''9''' – Eddie Edwards, American trombonist (born 1891). * '''11''' – Arvid Gram Paulsen, Norwegian saxophonist and trumpeter (born 1922). * '''12''' – Herbie Nichols, American pianist and composer (born 1919). ; May* '''24''' – Elmore James, American guitarist (born 1918). ; June* '''3''' – Skinnay Ennis, American bandleader and singer (born 1907). * '''12''' – Bob Scobey, American trumpeter (born 1916). ; July* '''25''' – John Adriano Acea, American jazz pianist (born 1917). * '''31''' – Curtis Counce, American upright bassist (born 1926). ; August* '''23''' – Glen Gray, American saxophonist, Casa Loma Orchestra (born 1906). ; September* '''20''' – Pete Brown, American alto saxophonist and bandleader (born 1906). * Sam Allen, American pianist (born 1909). ; November* '''4''' – Joe Gordon, American trumpeter (born 1928). * '''29''' – Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban composer, pianist and bandleader (born 1895). ; December* '''14'''** Dinah Washington, American singer (born 1924). ** Lodewijk Parisius "Kid Dynamite", Surinamese-Dutch tenor saxophonist (born 1911). * '''22''' – Roy Palmer, American trombonist (born 1892). * Unknown date* Jon Ballantyne, Canadian pianist and composer. * Naftule Brandwein, Jewish clarinetist and influential klezmer musician (born 1884).
Births ; January* '''7''' – Christine Tobin, Irish vocalist and composer. * '''17''' – Cyrus Chestnut, American pianist, songwriter and producer. ; February* '''2'''** Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (died 1996). ** Vigleik Storaas, Norwegian pianist. * '''5''' – Jacqui Dankworth, British singer. ; March* '''5''' – Ralph Alessi, American trumpeters and composer. * '''18''' – Yoko Kanno, Japanese composer, arranger, keyboarder, pianist, and accordionist. * '''23''' – Nelson Faria, Brazilian guitarist. * '''24'''** Dave Douglas, American trumpeter and composer. ** Eric Vloeimans, Dutch trumpeter. * '''30''' – Ximo Tebar, Spanish guitarist and composer. ; April* '''1''' – Antoine Roney, American saxophonist. * '''4''' – Benny Green, American pianist. * '''7''' – Fredrik Lundin, Danish saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. * '''8''' – Tine Asmundsen, Norwegian upright bassist. * '''17''' – Peter Havlicek, Austrian kontragitarrist (viennese harp-guitar), guitarist, composer, and vocalist. * '''24''' – Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Cuban drummer and percussionist. ; May* '''2''' – Eric Person, American saxophonist. * '''4''' – Gerald Cleaver, American drummer. * '''9''' – Ron Miles, American trumpeter, cornetist, and composer. * '''4''' – Jack Cooper, American composer, arranger, multireedist, and music educator. * '''16''' – Nikki Iles, English composer, pianist and accordion player. * '''27''' – Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Afro-Cuban composer and pianist. * '''28''' – Marc Antoine, French guitarist. ; June* '''9''' – Gilad Atzmon, British saxophonist and writer. * '''20''' – Jeff Beal, American trumpeter, flugelhornist, keyboarder, and composer. * '''28''' – Tierney Sutton, American singer. ; July* '''5''' – Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor. * '''23''' – Renato Borghetti, Brazilian folk musician and composer. ; August* '''7''' – Marcus Roberts, American pianist. * '''10''' – Christine Ott, French composer, pianist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist. * '''12'''** Karen Briggs, African-American violinist. ** Nigel Mooney, Irish singer, guitarist, and songwriter. * '''23''' – Stephanie Biddle, Canadian musician. * '''31''' – Baard Slagsvold, Norwegian singer and multi-instrumentalist. ; September* '''2''' – Sherrie Maricle, American drummer. * '''6''' – Thulla Christina Wamberg, Danish singer. ; October* '''3''' – Niels Lan Doky, Danish pianist and record producer. ; November* '''1''' – Martin Pizzarelli, American upright bassist. * '''2''' – Jens Johansson, Swedish pianist and keyboarder. * '''8''' – Russell Malone, American guitarist. * '''16''' – Steve Argüelles, English drummer. * '''20''' – Don Braden, American tenor saxophonist. * '''24'''** Scott Colley, American upright bassist and composer. ** Yoron Israel, American drummer. * '''25'''** Anders Widmark, Swedish pianist and composer. ** Holly Cole, Canadian singer. ; December* '''10''' – Ole Amund Gjersvik, Norwegian upright bassist. * '''14''' – Dalia Faitelson, Israeli composer, vocalist, guitarist, and DJ DaFa. * '''29''' – Dave McKean, English photographer, graphic designer, filmmaker, and pianist. ; Unknown date* Bill Wells, Scottish bassist, pianist, guitarist, and composer. * Don Paterson, Scottish poet, writer, and musician. * Gianni Lenoci, Italian pianist and composer. * Torcuato Mariano, Argentinian-born American guitarist.
See also * 1960s in jazz* List of years in jazz* 1963 in music
References
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External links *  History Of Jazz Timeline: 1963 at All About Jazz