1999 in jazz
Introduction This is a timeline documenting events of '''Jazz in the year 1999'''.
Events ===January======March===* '''26''' – The 26th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 26 – 28).===May===* '''13''' – The 27th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 13 – 29). * '''21''' – The 28th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 21 – 24).===June===* '''30''' – The 35th Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (June 30 – July 3).===July===* '''1''' – The 20th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (July 1 – 11). * '''2''' – The 9th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (July 2 – 10). * '''3''' – The 33rd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 3 – 18). * '''10'''** The 24th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague (July 10 – 12). ** The 34th Pori Jazz started in Pori, Finland (July 10 – 19). * '''11''' – The 52nd Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 11 – 18). * '''12''' – The 39th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 12 – 17). * '''21''' – The 34th San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 22 – 27).===August===* '''9''' – The 14th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 9 – 15). * '''11''' – The 13th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 11 – 15). * '''13''' – The 16th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 13 – 15).===September===* '''17''' – The 42nd Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 17 – 19).===Unknown date===*"Don't Know Why" by Jesse Harris appears on his 1999 album, ''Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos''. *The Magic City Jazz Orchestra (MCJO) American jazz ensemble is founded. *The Pulitzer Prize Board bestows a special posthumous honor on Duke Ellington. *WEAA is named 1999 Jazz Station of the Year by ''Gavin'' magazine. *Atomic, Norwegian / Swedish jazz band formed. *Radioactive Sago Project, a Filipino jazz rock band formed in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. *III Records, a record label based in Japan is founded. *Zoe Rahman, British jazz composer and pianist, won the "Perrier Young Jazz Musician of the Year" Award.
Album releases ===July===DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.27 ''The Art of the Song'' Charlie Haden Polygram Records Produced by Charlie Haden, Ruth Cameron===With Wikipedia articles===* ''1999 Remixes'', the third compilation album released by British acid jazz band Jamiroquai* ''April Kisses'', by Bucky Pizzarelli* ''Contemporary Jazz'', by the Branford Marsalis Quartet* ''Continuance'', by jazz fusion band Greetings From Mercury, recorded live at Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium* ''Live at the Floating Jazz Festival'', from the 1997 jazz festival of the same name by violinist Johnny Frigo and his quartet. * ''Peculiar Situation'', a smooth jazz studio album by Earl Klugh* ''Synergy'', studio album by jazz-fusion group Dave Weckl Band* ''Time's Mirror'', big band album by jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger, Tom Harrell* ''Without Kuryokhin'', American jazz multi-instrumentalist Kenny Millions and Japanese experimental musician Otomo Yoshihide. * ''Barefoot on the Beach'', by American smooth jazz vocalist Michael Franks.===Other===*Jane Ira Bloom: ''The Red Quartets''*Steve Coleman: ''The Sonic Language of Myth – Believing Learning Knowing''*Marty Ehrlich: ''Malinke's Dance''*Bill Dixon: ''Papyrus I''*Guillermo Gregorio: ''Red Cubed''*Paul Dunmall: ''Bebop Starburst''*Matthew Shipp: ''Expansion, Power, Release''*Misha Mengelberg: ''Solo''*Marilyn Crispell: ''⋅Red''*Marilyn Crispell: ''Blue''*Evan Parker: ''After Appleby''*Joshua Redman: ''Beyond''*Maybe Monday: ''Saturn's Finger''*Richard Lee Johnson: ''Fingertip Ship'' (Metro Blue)
Deaths Art FarmerJoe WilliamsWyatt Ruther; January* '''6''' – Michel Petrucciani, French pianist and composer (born 1962). * '''7''' – Fred Hopkins, American upright bassist (born 1947). ; February* '''1''' – Julius Wechter, American vibraphonist and composer (born 1935). * '''5''' – Colin Purbrook, English pianist, upright bassist, and trumpeter (born 1936). * '''6''' – Jimmy Roberts, American singer (born 1923). * '''8''' – Richard B. Boone, American jazz musician, trombonist, and vocalist (born 1930). * '''7''' – Bobby Troup, American pianist and songwriter (born 1918). * '''11''' – Jaki Byard, American jazz pianist and composer who also played trumpet and saxophone (born 1922). * '''16''' – Betty Roché, American singer (born 1918). * '''19'''** Lauderic Caton, Trinidadian guitarist (born 1910). ** Trudy Desmond, Canadian singer (born 1945). * '''27''' – Horace Tapscott, American pianist and composer (born 1934). ; March* '''3''' – John Roache, American pianist and composer of Ragtime (born 1940). * '''4''' – Teddy McRae, American tenor saxophonist and arranger (born 1908). * '''12''' – Yehudi Menuhin, Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor (born 1916). * '''22''' – Rick Fay, American clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1926). * '''29''' – Joe Williams, American vocalist (born 1918). ; April* '''1''' – Jesse Stone, American pianist and songwriter (born 1901). * '''3''' – Herman Foster, American pianist (born 1928). * '''6''' – Red Norvo, American vibraphonist (born 1908). * '''21''' – Charles Rogers, American film actor and musician (born 1904). * '''23''' – Melba Liston, American trombonist, composer, and musical arranger (born 1926). * '''27''' – Al Hirt, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1922). ; May* '''8''' – Leon Thomas, American avant-garde jazz singer (born 1937). * '''18''' – Freddy Randall, English jazz trumpeter and bandleader (born 1921). * '''19''' – Candy Candido, American bassist and vocalist (born 1913). ;June* '''2''' – Andy Simpkins, American bassist (born 1932). * '''5'''** Ernie Wilkins, American tenor saxophonist (born 1922). ** Mel Tormé, American singer (born 1925). * '''8''' – Rosy McHargue, American clarinetist (born 1902). * '''15''' – Fausto Papetti, Italian alto saxophonist (born 1923). ; July* '''9''' – Talib Dawud, American trumpeter (born 1923). * '''11''' – Helen Forrest, American singer (born 1917). * '''22''' – Gar Samuelson, American drummer (born 1958). * '''27''' – Sweets Edison, American trumpeter (born 1915). ; August* '''3''' – Leroy Vinnegar, American bassist (born 1928). * '''24''' – Warren Covington, American trombonist (born 1921). * '''25''' – Spiegle Willcox, American trombonist (born 1903). ; September* '''6''' – Arnold Fishkind, American bassist (born 1919). * '''8''' – Moondog, American musician, composer, theoretician, poet and inventor (born 1916). * '''30''' – Anna Mae Winburn, African-American vocalist and bandleader (born 1913). ; October* '''2''' – Sal Salvador, American bebop jazz guitarist and a prominent music educator (born 1925). * '''4''' – Art Farmer, American trumpeter and flugelhorn player (born 1928). * '''8''' – Manfredo Fest, Brazilian pianist and keyboardist (born 1936). * '''9''' – Milt Jackson, American vibraphonist (born 1923). * '''18''' – Tony Crombie, English jazz drummer, pianist, bandleader, and composer (born 1925). * '''21''' – LaMont Johnson, American pianist who played in the hard bop and post-bop genres (born 1941). * '''31''' – Wyatt Ruther, American upright bassist (born 1923). ; November* '''8''' – Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (born 1941). * '''13'''** John Benson Brooks, American jazz pianist, songwriter, arranger, and composer (born 1917). ** Donald Mills, American singer, The Mills Brothers (born 1915). * '''26'''** Clifford Jarvis, American hard bop and free jazz drummer (born 1941). ** Henry Nemo, American musician, songwriter, and actor (born 1909). * '''30''' – Don "Sugarcane" Harris, American violinist (born 1938). ; December* '''2''' – Charlie Byrd, American guitarist (born 1925). * '''4''' – Edward Vesala, Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer (born 1945). * '''7''' – Kenny Baker, English trumpeter, cornetist, flugelhornist, and composer (born 1921). * '''11''' – Charles Earland, American jazz composer, organist and saxophonist in the soul jazz idiom (born 1941). * '''14''' – Walt Levinsky, American big band and orchestral player, composer, arranger, and band leader (born 1929). * '''17''' – Grover Washington Jr., American saxophonist (born 1943). * '''26''' – Curtis Mayfield, American singer and songwriter (born 1942). * '''28''' – Terry Rosen, American guitarist, concert promoter and radio DJ (born 1939). * '''30''' – Sam Ranelli, American drummer (born 1920).
Births ; October* '''3''' – Tom Ibarra, French guitarist and composer.
See also *1990s in jazz* List of years in jazz*1999 in music
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