1966 in jazz

1966 in jazz
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, New Orleans, Louisiana. Visible are Jim Robinson, trombone; De De Pierce, trumpet; Willie Humphrey, clarinet.
Decade	1960s in jazz
Music	1966 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1965 in jazz – 1967 in jazz

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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1966.

Events

January

• 14 – The Jazz Crusaders record Live at the Lighthouse '66 at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California (January 14 – 16).^[1]

July

• 1 – The 13th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 1 – 4).^[2]

Album releases

• Cecil Taylor: Unit Structures
• Roscoe Mitchell: Sound
• Don Cherry: Symphony For Improvisers
• Cecil Taylor: Conquistador!
• Alex Schlippenbach: Globe Unity
• Archie Shepp: Mama Too Tight
• Steve Lacy: The Forest And The Zoo
• Joe Harriott: Indo-Jazz Suite
• Steve Lacy: Sortie
• Duke Ellington: The Far East Suite
• Chick Corea: Tones For Joan's Bones
• Sun Ra: Strange Strings
• Patty Waters: College Tour
• Joseph Jarman: Song For
• Guenter Hampel: Assemblage
• Joe Harriott: Indo-Jazz Fusions
• Bobby Hutcherson: Happenings
• Wayne Shorter: Adam's Apple
• Bobby Hutcherson: Stick-Up!
• Charles Lloyd: Dream Weaver
• Charles Tyler: Charles Tyler Ensemble
• Denny Zeitlin: Zeitgeist
• Jaki Byard: Sunshine of My Soul
• Horace Silver: The Jody Grind
• Larry Young: Of Love And Peace
• Lee Morgan: Delightfulee
• Sonny Simmons: Music from the Spheres
• Dewey Redman: Look for the Black Star
• Sunny Murray: Sunny Murray Quintet
• Hugh Masekela: Grrr
• Hugh Masekela: The Americanization of Ooga Booga
• Hugh Masekela: The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela

Standards

Deaths

• Bud Powell (September 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966)
• Dave Lambert (June 19, 1917 – October 3, 1966)
• Billy Kyle (July 14, 1914 – February 23, 1966)

Births

• Kristin Sevaldsen, Norwegian saxophonist (January 10)
• Nils-Olav Johansen, Norwegian guitarist (April 12)
• Karen Mantler, American musician (piano, organ, chromatic harmonica), singer and composer (April 25)
• Silje Nergaard, Norwegian singer (June 19)
• Regina Carter, American violinist (August 6)
• Torstein Ellingsen, Norwegian drummer (August 7)
• Siri Gellein, Norwegian singer (October 1)
• Øystein B. Blix, Norwegian trombonist (November 5)
• Jarle Vespestad, Norwegian drummer

See also

• 1960s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1966 in music

References

1. Yanow, Scott. "The Jazz Crusaders - Live at the Lighthouse '66". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
2. "Newport Jazz Festival 1966 Poster". Rirocks.net. Retrieved 2016-05-03.

Bibliography

• The New Real Book, Volume I. Sher Music. 1988. ISBN 0-9614701-4-3.
• The New Real Book, Volume II. Sher Music. 1991. ISBN 0-9614701-7-8.
• The New Real Book, Volume III. Sher Music. 1995. ISBN 1-883217-30-X.
• The Real Book, Volume I (6th ed.). Hal Leonard. 2004. ISBN 0-634-06038-4.
• The Real Book, Volume II (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2007. ISBN 1-4234-2452-2.
• The Real Book, Volume III (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN 0-634-06136-4.
• The Real Jazz Book. Warner Bros. ISBN 978-91-85041-36-7.
• The Real Vocal Book, Volume I. Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN 0-634-06080-5.