1973 in jazz
| 1973 in jazz | |
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 Art Blakey touring in 1973 as part of the "Giants of Jazz" bill in the Musikhalle, Hamburg | |
| Decade | 1970s in jazz |
| Music | 1973 in music |
| Standards | List of post-1950 jazz standards |
| See also | 1972 in jazz – 1974 in jazz |
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1973.
Events
May
- 23 – The very first Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 6).[1]
June
- 9 – The 2nd Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 9 – 11).[2]
- 29
- The 20th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (June 29 – July 8).[3]
- The 7th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 29 – July 15).[4]
September
- 21 – The 16th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 21 – 23).[5]
Album releases
- Sam Rivers: Streams
- Roland Kirk: Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle
- Dollar Brand: Sangoma
- Art Ensemble of Chicago: Fanfare For The Warriors
- Don Cherry: Relativity Suite
- Cecil Taylor: Spring of Two Blue J's
- Keith Jarrett: Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne
- McCoy Tyner: Enlightenment
- Carla Bley: Tropic Appetites
- Dollar Brand: African Space Program
- Marion Brown: Geechee Recollections
- Herbie Hancock: Sextant
- Frank Wright: Church Number Nine
- Gato Barbieri: Chapter One: Latin America
- Frank Lowe: Black Beings
- Ralph Towner: Diary
- Dewey Redman: The Ear of the Behearer
- Eberhard Weber: The Colours of Chloë
- Roswell Rudd: Numatik Swing Band
- Oregon: Distant Hills
- Dollar Brand: African Portraits
- Weather Report: Sweetnighter
- David Liebman: Lookout Farm
- Oscar Peterson: The Trio
- Cecil Taylor: Solo
- John Surman: Morning Glory
- Betty Carter: Album
- Mal Waldron: Up Popped the Devil
- Michael Mantler: No Answer
- Billy Cobham: Spectrum
- Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters
- Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Mouthpiece
- Charles Earland: Leaving This Planet
- Flora Purim: Butterfly Dreams
- Herbie Hancock: Thrust
- Billy Cobham: Crosswinds
- Michael Franks: Michael Franks
Deaths
- January
- 2 – Joe Harriott (44), Jamaican saxophonist and composer
- 23 – Kid Ory (86), American
- March
- 2 – Spanky DeBrest (35), American upright-bassist
- April
- 18 – Willie "The Lion" Smith (79), American pianist
- June
- 8 – Tubby Hayes (38), English saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist
- August
- 4 – Eddie Condon (67), American banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader
- September
- 20 – Ben Webster (64), American tenor saxophonist
- October
- 16 – Gene Krupa (64), American drummer, band leader, actor, and composer
- 21 – Bill Harris (54), American trombonist
Births
- April
- 17 – Moses Taiwa Molelekwa, South African pianist
- 30 – Frédéric Yonnet, French harmonica player
- May
- 23 – Nikki Yeoh, British pianist and composer
See also
References
- ↑ "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Moers International New Jazz Festival 1973". Moers Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Newport Jazz Festival 1973 Poster". WolfgangsVault.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Montreux Jazz Festival 1973 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "The Monterey Jazz Festival 1974 Collections". Collections.Stanford.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
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