1965 in jazz
Introduction This is a timeline documenting events of '''Jazz in the year 1965'''.
Events ===July===* '''1''' – The 12th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 1 – 4).===Unknown dates===* Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club opens in larger premises at 47 Frith Street, in London's Soho district. * Carla Bley divorced Paul Bley.
Album releases *Andrew Hill: ''Compulsion''*Archie Shepp: ''Fire Music''*Ben Webster: ''Stormy Weather'' *Bobby Hutcherson: ''Components''*Bobby Hutcherson: ''Dialogue''*Don Cherry: ''Complete Communion''*Eddie Palmieri: ''Mozambique''*Frank Wright: ''Frank Wright Trio''*Gabor Szabo: ''Gypsy''*George Finola: ''Jazz Of The Chosen Few''*Herbie Hancock: ''Maiden Voyage''*Horace Silver: ''The Cape Verdean Blues''*Horace Silver: ''Song for My Father''*John Coltrane: ''A Love Supreme''*John Coltrane: ''The John Coltrane Quartet Plays''*Lee Morgan: ''Cornbread'' *Lee Morgan: ''The Gigolo''*Marion Brown: ''Marion Brown Quartet''*Milford Graves:'' Percussion Ensemble''*Wes Montgomery:'' Bumpin'''*New York Art Quartet: ''Mohawk''*Ornette Coleman: ''Chappaqua Suite''*Patty Waters: ''Sings''*Prince Lasha: ''Inside Story'' *Roland Kirk: ''Rip, Rig and Panic''*Roswell Rudd: ''Roswell Rudd''*Sam Rivers: ''Contours''*Sun Ra: ''The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two''*Sun Ra: ''The Magic City''*Vince Guaraldi: ''A Charlie Brown Christmas''*Wayne Shorter: ''The All Seeing Eye''*Wayne Shorter: ''Soothsayer''
Standards
Deaths ; January* '''29''' – Jack Hylton, English pianist, composer, band leader, and impresario (born 1892). ; February* '''12''' – Bonnie Wetzel, American upright bassist (born 1926). * '''15''' – Nat King Cole, American pianist and singer (born 1919). ; March* '''8''' – Tadd Dameron, American composer, arranger, and pianist (born 1917). ; May* '''1''' – Spike Jones, American musician and bandleader (born 1911). * '''14''' – Joe Sanders, American pianist, singer, and bandleader (born 1896). * '''24''' – Denzil Best, American percussionist and composer (born 1917). ; June* '''25''' – Keg Purnell, American drummer (born 1915). ; July* '''1''' – Claude Thornhill, American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (born 1909). * '''4''' – Valdemar Eiberg, Danish musician and orchestra leader (born 1892). * '''8''' – Willie Dennis, American trombonist (born 1926). * '''14''' – Spencer Williams, African-American pianist, singer, and composer (born 1889). ; August* '''10''' – Freddie Slack, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1910). ; September* '''15''' – Steve Brown, American upright bassist (born 1896). ; October* '''10''' – Gerorge Tucker, American upright bassist (born 1927). * '''27''' – Edythe Wright, American singer (born 1914). * '''28''' – Earl Bostic, American alto saxophonist (born 1913). ; November* '''6''' – Clarence Williams, American pianist, vocalist, and composer (born 1898). * '''14''' – Buster Harding, Canadian-born American pianist (born 1912). * '''18''' – Lou Black, American banjo player (born 1901). * '''21''' – Cecil Brower, American violinist (perforated ulcer) (born 1914). * Warren Tartaglia, American saxophonist (born 1944). ; December* '''2''' – Hank D'Amico, American clarinetist (born 1915). * '''11''' – Dave Barbour, American guitarist (born 1912). * '''20''' – Charlie Burse, American  ukulele, banjo, and guitar player (born 1901). * '''26''' – Peter Packay, Belgian trumpeter, arranger, and composer (born 1904).
Births ; January* '''1''' – Miki Higashino, Japanese pianist and video game composer. * '''3''' – Sheila Majid, Malaysian singer. * '''19''' – Antonio Faraò, Italian pianist. ; February* '''13''' – Ole Mathisen, Norwegian saxophonist. * '''24''' – Tone Åse, Norwegian singer. * '''27''' – Joey Calderazzo, American pianist. ; March* '''2''' – Wolfgang Muthspiel, Austrian guitarist and record label owner. * '''8''' – Karin Mensah, Cape Verdean singer. * '''12''' – Liv Stoveland, Norwegian singer. * '''22''' – David Linx, Belgian singer and songwriter. * '''24''' – Patrick Scales, British-German bass guitarist. ; April* '''7''' – Sylvain Luc, French guitarist. * '''10''' – Omar Sosa, Cuban composer, bandleader, and pianist. * '''20''' – Darko Jurković, Croatian guitarist and composer. * '''29''' – Rain Sultanov, Azerbaijani saxophonist. ; May* '''3''' – Magnus Öström, Swedish drummer, Esbjörn Svensson Trio or e.s.t. * '''10''' – Philip Harper, American trumpeter. * '''16''' – Javon Jackson, American tenor saxophonist. ; June* '''3'''** Derrick Gardner, American trumpeter. ** Mirko Fait, Italian saxophonist and composer. * '''9''' – Helge Sunde, Norwegian trombonist and multi-instrumentalist. * '''27''' – Magnus Broo, Swedish trumpeter, Atomic. ; July* '''5''' – Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli pianist. * '''16''' – Odd André Elveland, Norwegian saxophonist. * '''19''' – Evelyn Glennie, Scottish percussionist. * '''28''' – Delfeayo Marsalis, American trombonist and record producer. ; August* '''4''' – Terri Lyne Carrington, American drummer, composer, singer, record producer, and entrepreneur. * '''6''' – Ravi Coltrane, American saxophonist. * '''21''' – Leon Parker, American percussionist and composer. * '''29''' – Mark d'Inverno, British pianist, composer, and computer scientist. ; September* '''5''' – Björn Meyer, Swedish bassist and composer. * '''11''' – Jesse Davis, American saxophonist. * '''24''' – Njål Ølnes, Norwegian saxophonist. * '''28''' – Hans Ulrik, Danish saxophonist, and composer. ; October* '''9''' – Geir Lysne, Norwegian saxophonist and orchestra leader. * '''12''' – Luis Bonilla, American trombonist, producer, composer and educator. * '''18''' – Curtis Stigers, American vocalist, saxophonist, guitarist, and songwriter. ; November* '''2''' – Andrew D'Angelo, American saxophonist. * '''10''' – Mark Turner, American saxophonist. * '''21''' – Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter. ; December* '''5''' – Hildegunn Øiseth, Norwegian trumpeter and hornist. * '''7''' – Wolfgang Haffner, German drummer. * '''29''' – Danilo Perez, Panamanian pianist and composer. * '''30''' – Ron Affif, American guitarist. ; Unknown date* Arturo Tappin, Barbadian saxophonist and composer. * Bradley Joseph, American pianist. * Helge Andreas Norbakken, Norwegian percussionist. * Kostas Theodorou, Greek upright bassist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.
See also * 1960s in jazz* List of years in jazz* 1965 in music
References
Bibliography ********
External links *  History Of Jazz Timeline: 1965 at All About Jazz