1960 in jazz
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1960.
Events
October
June
Album releases
Deaths
- Arv Garrison, guitarist
- Beverly Kenney, singer
- Bill Johnson, alto saxophonist, clarinetist and arranger
- Isidore Barbarin, cornet and alto horn player
- Jimmy Bertrand, drummer
- June Cole, bassist, tubist, and singer
- Lawrence Duhé, clarinetist and bandleader
- Lee Collins, trumpeter
- Mátyás Seiber, composer
- Oscar Pettiford, double bassist, cellist and composer
Births
- Adrián Iaies, pianist and composer
- Alan Thomson, bassist and vocalist
- Alec Dankworth, bassist and composer
- Angélique Kidjo, singer-songwriter
- Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist
- Brian Bromberg, bassist and producer
- Brian Kelly, composer and pianist
- Chad Wackerman, drummer
- Chano Domínguez, pianist
- Chris Standring, guitarist
- Daryl Hayott, drummer, bassist, percussionist, keyboardist and trumpeter
- Dave Weckl,
- Django Bates, British composer, multi-instrumentalist and band leader
- Donald Harrison,
- Eldad Tarmu, vibraphonist and composer
- Eliane Elias, pianist and vocalist
- Erik Truffaz, trumpeter
- Fred Thelonious Baker, guitarist and bass guitarist
- Fritz Renold, saxophonist, composer, bandleader, festival director
- Graham Haynes,
- Greg Osby, saxophonist
- Henrik Bolberg Pedersen, Danish trumpeter and flugelhorn player
- Jean-Paul Bourelly, guitarist
- Jean Toussaint, tenor saxophonist
- Jeff "Tain" Watts, drummer
- Jens Winther, trumpeter, composer, arranger and bandleader
- Jeremy Monteiro, pianist, singer, composer
- Jimmy Bosch, trombonist
- John Altenburgh, pianist, composer and arranger
- John Beasley (musician),
- John Pizzarelli, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter
- Ken Schaphorst, composer, performer and educator
- Kenny Garrett, saxophonist and flautist
- Koji Kondo,
- Lee Tomboulian, pianist
- Leila Pinheiro, singer, pianist
- Liu Yuan,
- Lloyd Swanton, Australian double-bassist/bass guitarist and composer
- Lonnie Plaxico, African-American bassist
- Maria Pia De Vito, Italian singer, composer and arranger
- María Rivas, singer
- Maria Schneider, arranger, composer and big-band leader
- Mark Ledford, trumpet player, vocalist and guitarist
- Marla Glen, singer
- Matthew Shipp, pianist, composer and bandleader
- Michel Massot, Belgian tuba and trombone payer
- Mike Fahn, trombonist
- Muriel Anderson, composer, guitarist and harp-guitarist
- Mário Laginha, Portuguese piano player and composer
- Nelson Rangell,
- Nils Petter Molvær, Norwegian trumpeter, composer and producer
- Orphy Robinson, British vibraphonist and multi-instrumentalist
- Paul Taylor, saxophonist
- Peter Apfelbaum, pianist, tenor saxophonist, drummer and composer
- Pharez Whitted, trumpeter
- Povl Erik Carstensen, double-bassist
- Rolf Graf, Norwegian bassist
- Sebi Tramontana, trombonist
- Sergio Cammariere, Italian singer-songwriter
- Steve Waterman, trumpeter and composer
- Stig Hvalryg, Norwegian bassist
- Terje Gewelt, Norwegian bassist
- Tom Kennedy, bass player
- Tore Brunborg, Norwegian saxophonist
- Valarie Pettiford, actress, dancer, and jazz singer
- Wallace Roney, trumpeter
- Wilhelm Schröter, composer and pianist
- Zachary Breaux, guitarist
See also
References
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