1964 In Jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1964.

Events

July

* 2 – The 11th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 2 – 5).

Album releases

*Albert Ayler: '' Witches and Devils''
*John Coltrane: ''Crescent''
*Eric Dolphy: ''Out to Lunch!''
* Guenter Hampel: '' Heartplants''
*Herbie Hancock: ''Empyrean Isles''
*Joe Henderson: "Our Thing (album)"
* Andrew Hill: '' Judgement!''
* Andrew Hill: '' Black Fire''
*Freddie Hubbard
**'' Breaking Point''
**"Doin' the Thang!"
**"The Body & the Soul"
*Lee Morgan: ''The Sidewinder''
*Lee Morgan: ''Search For The New Land''
*New York Art Quartet: ''New York Art Quartet''
*Duke Pearson: ''Wahoo!''
*Oscar Peterson
**'' Canadiana Suite''
**" The Oscar Peterson Trio Plays"
**''Trio Plus One''
**"We Get Requests"
*André Previn: ''My Fair Lady''
*Shirley Scott: ''Blue Flames''
*Tony Scott: ''Music for Zen Meditation''
*Wayne Shorter: '' JuJu''
*Ben Webster: '' See You at the Fair''
* Tony Williams: '' Life Time''
* Larry Young: ''Into Somethin'''
*Denny Zeitlin
**''Carnival''
**''Cathexis''

Standards

Deaths

; January
* 4 – Artie Bernstein, American upright bassist (born 1909).
* 5 – Cecil Scott, American clarinetist, tenor saxophonist, and bandleader (born 1905).
* 9 – Big Boy Goudie, American saxophonist (born 1899).
* 15 – Jack Teagarden, American trombonist and singer (born 1905).

; February
* 9 – Willie Bryant, American bandleader, vocalist, and disc jockey (born 1908).

; May
* 1 – Håkan von Eichwald, Finnish-Swedish bandleader and conductor (born 1908).
* 7 – Joe Maini, American alto saxophonist (born 1930).

; June
* 29 – Eric Dolphy, American alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist (born 1928).

; July
* 10 – Joe Haymes, American drummer, pianist, bandleader, and arranger (born 1907).

; October
* 7 – Nick Travis, American trumpeter (born 1925).
* 8 – Conrad Gozzo, American trumpeter (born 1922).
* 15 – Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (born 1891).

; November
* 5 – Buddy Cole, American pianist and orchestra leader (born 1916).
* 19 – Vi Burnside, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1915).
* 30 – Don Redman, American arranger, bandleader, saxophonist, and clarinetist (born 1900).

; December
* 11 – Sam Cooke, American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur (born 1931).
* 14 – Francisco Canaro, Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader (born 1888).
* 28 – Dave Bowman, American pianist (born 1914).

Births

; January
* 18 – Andy Panayi, British saxophonist and flautist.
* 27 – Trond Sverre Hansen, Norwegian drummer.

; February
* 1 – Bugge Wesseltoft, Norwegian pianist and keyboardist.
* 9 – Liane Carroll, English vocalist, pianist, and keyboardist.
* 20 – Iain Ballamy, British composer, and soprano, alto and tenor saxophonist.
* 29 – Martin France, English drummer.

; March
* 10 – Neneh Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter.
* 13 – Reidar Skår, Norwegian keyboardist, composer, and music producer.
* 18 – Courtney Pine, British saxophonist.
* 30 – Tracy Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

; April
* 13 – Tetuzi Akiyama, Japanese guitarist, violinist, and instrument-maker.
* 16 – Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist, e.s.t (died 2008).
* 22 – Johannes Eick, Norwegian bassist.
* 26 – Rebecka Törnqvist, Swedish singer.

; May
* 4 – Terje Isungset, Norwegian drummer and percussionist.
* 13 – Harald Devold, Norwegian saxophonist (died 2016).
* 31 – Carl Petter Opsahl, Norwegian saxophonist, clarinetist, and journalist.

; June
* 8 – Fabrizio Cassol, Belgian saxophonist.
* 9 – Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass guitarist (died 2009).
* 10 – Jimmy Chamberlin, American drummer, The Smashing Pumpkins.
* 11 – Antti Sarpila, Finnish clarinetist.
* 13 – Helge Lilletvedt, Norwegian pianist.
* 21 – Philippe Aerts, Belgian upright bassist.
* 28 – Steve Williamson, English saxophonist and composer.

; July
* 13 – Brent Fischer, American bass guitarist and percussionist.
* 15 – Tobias Delius, English tenor saxophonist and clarinetist.

; August
* 10 – Kåre Kolve, Norwegian saxophonist.
* 13 – Werner Neumann, German guitarist.
* 28 – Peter Washington, American upright bassist.

; September
* 1 – Dave O'Higgins, English saxophonist and composer.
* 9 – Cæcilie Norby, Danish singer.
* 11 – Victor Wooten, American bassist.
* 16 – Phillip Bent, English flautist.
* 23 – Yutaka Shiina, Japanese pianist and composer.
* 25 – Barbara Dennerlein, German organist.

; October
* 4 – Robert Hurst, American bassist.
* 27 – Scotty Barnhart, American trumpeter, Count Basie Orchestra.
* 29 – Mats Gustafsson, Swedish saxophonist.

; November
* 16 – Diana Krall, Canadian pianist and singer.
* 19 – Vincent Herring, American saxophonist and flautist.
* 28 – Jesse Cook, Canadian guitarist.

; December
* 5 – Arve Furset, Norwegian pianist and keyboardist.
* 12 – Mark Mondesir, English drummer.
* 29 – Ramón Valle, Cuban pianist and composer.

; Unknown date
* Benita Haastrup, Danish drummer, percussionist, educator, and composer.
* Dennis Rollins, English trombonist and bandleader.

See also

* 1960s in jazz
* List of years in jazz
* 1964 in music

References

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External links

History Of Jazz Timeline: 1964
at All About Jazz

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