2021 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2021.
| 2021 in jazz | |
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 Maria Schneider, whose album Data Lords was voted best of 2020 by critics in January 2021 | |
| Decade | 2020s in jazz |
| Music | 2021 in music |
| Standards | List of jazz standards |
| See also | 2020 in jazz – 2022 in jazz |
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Events
- January 14 – The 2020 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll rates Maria Schneider's Data Lords as the best album of 2020.[1]
- July 30-August 1 – The Newport Jazz Festival takes place in the US state of Rhode Island. Performers include Gerald Clayton, Charles Lloyd, Mavis Staples, Trombone Shorty, Kamasi Washington and Brandee Younger.[2]
Albums
- Jihye Lee Orchestra – Daring Mind (Motema, March 26)[3]
- Tony Malaby – The Cave of Winds (Pyroclastic, September 14)[4]
- Pat Metheny – Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) (BMG Modern Recordings, September 10)[5]
Deaths
- January 6 – Bobby Few, 85, American jazz pianist[6]
- January 17 – Sammy Nestico, 96, American composer and arranger[7]
- January 20 – Keith Nichols, 75, British instrumentalist and bandleader (COVID-19)[8]
- January 23 – Jonas Gwangwa, 83, South African jazz trombonist[9]
- February 9 – Chick Corea, 79, American pianist, composer and bandleader[10]
- February 12 – Milford Graves, 79, American drummer and polymath[11]
- March 2 – Chris Barber, 90, British bandleader and trombonist[12]
- March 7 – Josky Kiambukuta, 72, Congolese singer (TPOK Jazz)[13]
- March 8 – Julien-François Zbinden, 103, Swiss composer and jazz pianist[14]
- March 10 – János Gonda, 89, Hungarian jazz pianist[15]
- March 19 – Cristián Cuturrufo, 48, Chilean jazz trumpeter (COVID-19)[16]
- March 28 – Malcolm Cecil, 84, British jazz bassist and record producer[17]
- April 7 – Sonny Simmons, 87, American jazz saxophonist[18]
- May 8 – Curtis Fuller, 88, American jazz trombonist[19]
- May 15 – Mario Pavone, 80, American jazz bassist, composer and bandleader[20]
- June 21 – Nobuo Hara, 94, Japanese saxophonist[21]
- July 4 – Rick Laird, 80, Irish jazz bassist (Mahavishnu Orchestra)[22]
- July 31 – Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, 93, Polish jazz musician and composer[23]
- August 28 – Francesc Burrull, 86, Spanish musician and composer[24]
- September 16 –George Mraz, 77, Czech-American jazz bassist[25]
- September 28 - Dr. Lonnie Smith, 79, American jazz Hammond B3 organist
- October 18 – Franco Cerri, 95, Italian jazz guitarist.[26]
- November 1 – Pat Martino, 77, American jazz guitarist.[27]
- November 18 - Slide Hampton, 89, American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger.
See also
References
- Francis Davis. "The 2020 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll". NPR. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- Paul Robicheau (August 3, 2021). "Concert Review: Newport Jazz Festival 2021 — A Musical Affirmation". The Arts Fuse. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- Morgan Enos (April 12, 2021). "Jihye Lee: Daring to Lead". Jazz Times. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- Mike Shanley (December 31, 2021). "Tony Malaby's Sabino: The Cave of Winds (Pyroclastic)". Jazz Times. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- John Fordham (December 19, 2021). "The 10 best jazz albums of 2021". The Guardian. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- Denis, Jacques (7 January 2021). "Mort de Bobby Few, pianiste sans chapelle". Libération (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- admin (January 17, 2021). "American Composer and Arranger Sammy Nestico has Passed Away". Talk Zone. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
- Bebco, Joe. "British Bandleader Keith Nichols has died. – The Syncopated Times". syncopatedtimes.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- "Legendary South African musician Jonas Gwangwa, 83, dies". News 24. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- Shteamer, Hank (February 11, 2021). "Chick Corea, Jazz Pianist Who Expanded the Possibilities of the Genre, Dead at 79". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- Bruce, Jasper. "Influential jazz drummer Milford Graves has passed away at 79". NME. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- "Chris Barber, one of the greatest figures in the history of British jazz – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- "Veteran Congolese singer Josky Kiambukuta dies in Kinshasa". The East African. 8 March 2021.
- "Le compositeur romand Julien-François Zbinden est mort à 103 ans". rts.ch (in French). 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- Pál Tamás. "Meghalt Gonda János dzsesszzenész". Telex (in Hungarian). Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- Warner, Amelia (19 March 2021). "Trumpeter Cristián Cuturrufo Dies, Victim Of COVID-19". Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- "Malcolm Cecil, influential producer and Stevie Wonder collaborator, has died". NME. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- "Sonny Simmons 1933–2021". jazztimes.com. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- "Curtis Fuller, Leading Trombonist Of Jazz's Detroit Wave, Dies At 88". krvs.org. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- Hardman, Ray (16 May 2021). "Jazz Legend, Connecticut Native Mario Pavone Dies at 80". NPR. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ジャズのサックス奏者・原信夫さん死去、９４歳…「シャープス＆フラッツ」リーダー (in Japanese)
- Hopkins, Scott (5 July 2021). "Rick Laird, Bassist for Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dead at 80". Music Fest News. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- "Polish jazz pioneer passes away aged 93". Poland In. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- Jurado, Miquel (August 28, 2021). "Muere a los 86 años Francesc Burrull, el hombre que moldeó la 'Nova Cançó'". EL PAÍS (in Spanish).
- "George Mraz,consummate jazz bassist, dies at 77". New York Times. 25 September 2021.
- "È morto Franco Cerri, grande chitarrista del jazz italiano". La Repubblica (in Italian). 18 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- "Pat Martino, Jazz Guitarist Who Overcame Amnesia, Dies at 77". Ny Times. 1 November 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-11-02.
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