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Jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

in the year 1975.

Events

March

* 21 – The 2nd

Vossajazz Vossajazz or Vossa Jazz (established 19 December 1973) is an international jazz festival in Voss, Norway, which takes place annually during the week before Easter, and which also includes concerts throughout the year. The festival has been led by ...

started in

Voss, Norway Voss () is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, Opphe ...

(March 21 – 23).

May

* 16 – The 4th Moers Festival started in

Moers, Germany Moers (; older form: ''Mörs''; archaic Dutch: ''Murse'', ''Murs'' or ''Meurs'') is a German city on the western bank of the Rhine, close to Duisburg. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel. History Known earliest from 1186, the county of Moe ...

(May 16 – 19). * 21 – The 3rd

Nattjazz Bergen International Jazz Festival or Nattjazz, is one of the largest jazz festivals of Norway. The festival has a musical profile with an emphasis on ethnic and contemporary jazz. It is held annually in late May, coinciding with Festspillene ...

started in

Bergen, Norway Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, secon ...

(May 21 – June 4).

June

* 27 – The 22nd Newport Jazz Festival started in

Newport, Rhode Island Newport is an American seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island. It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, Providence, south of Fall River, Massachusetts, south of Boston, ...

(June 27 – July 6).

July

* 3 – The 9th

Montreux Jazz Festival The Montreux Jazz Festival (formerly Festival de Jazz Montreux and Festival International de Jazz Montreux) is a music festival in Switzerland, held annually in early July in Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline. It is the second-largest annual ...

started in

Montreux, Switzerland Montreux (, , ; frp, Montrolx) is a Swiss municipality and town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps. It belongs to the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, and has a population of approxima ...

(July 3 – 20).

September

* 19 – The 18th

Monterey Jazz Festival The Monterey Jazz Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Monterey, California, United States. It debuted on October 3, 1958, championed by Dave Brubeck and co-founded by jazz and popular music critic Ralph J. Gleason and jaz ...

started in

Monterey, California Monterey (; es, Monterrey; Ohlone: ) is a city located in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, it functioned as the capital of Alta California under bo ...

(September 19 – 21).

Album releases

Keith Jarrett Keith Jarrett (born May 8, 1945) is an American jazz and classical music pianist and composer. Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey and later moved on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s, he has also been a ...

: '' The Köln Concert'' *

Revolutionary Ensemble The Revolutionary Ensemble was a free jazz trio consisting of violinist Leroy Jenkins (1932–2007), bassist Sirone (Norris Jones, 1940–2009) and percussionist/pianist Jerome Cooper (1946–2015). The group was active from 1970–1977, and reuni ...

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Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of music ...

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'' * Evan Parker: ''

Saxophone Solos ''Saxophone Solos'' is a solo soprano saxophone album by Evan Parker. Three of the tracks were recorded live on June 17, 1975, at the Unity Theatre in London, and the remaining music was recorded on September 9, 1975 at the FMP Studio in Berlin. ...

'' * Leroy Jenkins: ''

For Players Only ''For Players Only'' is a live album by violinist and composer Leroy Jenkins, his first as a leader. It was recorded in January 1975 at Wollman Auditorium, Columbia University in New York City, and was released by JCOA Records later that year. On ...

'' *Air: ''Air Song'' *

Oliver Lake Oliver Lake (born September 14, 1942) is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, poet, and visual artist. He is known mainly for alto saxophone, but he also performs on soprano and flute. During the 1960s, Lake worked with the Black Art ...

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Heavy Spirits ''Heavy Spirits'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist Oliver Lake, which was recorded in 1975 and released on the Arista Freedom label. The album features Lake playing in different settings: three quintet tracks with Olu Dara on trumpet, Don ...

'' * Kenny Wheeler: ''

Gnu High ''Gnu High'' is an LP by Canadian trumpeter Kenny Wheeler featuring Keith Jarrett, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM Records, ECM label in 1976. Reception The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos calls th ...

'' *Om: ''Kirikuki'' *

Terje Rypdal Terje Rypdal (born 23 August 1947) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. He has been an important member in the Norwegian jazz community, and has also given show concerts with guitarists Ronni Le Tekrø and Mads Eriksen as "N3". Career Rypdal ...

: ''Odyssey'' * Steve Lacy: ''Dreams'' * Anthony Braxton: ''Five Pieces'' * Don Pullen: ''Solo Piano Album'' * Dexter Gordon: ''

Bouncin' with Dex ''Bouncin' with Dex'' is an album led by saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded in 1975 and released on the Danish SteepleChase Records, SteepleChase label.

'' * Michael Mantler: ''Michael Mantler – Carla Bley'' * Sonny Sharrock: ''Paradise'' * Dudu Pukwana: ''Diamond Express'' *

George Finola George A. Finola (5 October 1945 – 1 December 2000) was an American jazz cornetist. Biography Finola played professionally in New Orleans, playing gigs and advancing jazz scholarships most of his life and was an attraction. He founded t ...

: ''No Words, Just George'' *

Kenny Barron Kenny Barron (born June 9, 1943) is an American jazz pianist, who has appeared on hundreds of recordings as leader and sideman and is considered one of the most influential mainstream jazz pianists since the bebop era. Biography Born in Philadel ...

: ''Lucifer'' *

Frank Lowe Frank Lowe (June 24, 1943 – September 19, 2003) was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer. Biography Born and brought up in Memphis, Tennessee, Lowe took up the tenor saxophone at the age of 12. As an adult he moved to San Fra ...

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The Flam ''The Flam'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist Frank Lowe recorded in 1975 for the Italian Black Saint label.

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John Surman John Douglas Surman (born 30 August 1944) is an English jazz saxophone, bass clarinet, and synthesizer player, and composer of free jazz and modal jazz, often using themes from folk music. He has composed and performed music for dance performanc ...

: ''S.O.S.'' *Don Pullen: ''

Healing Force ''Healing Force'' is an album by American jazz pianist Don Pullen recorded in 1976 for the Italian Black Saint label.Julius Hemphill Julius Arthur Hemphill (January 24, 1938 – April 2, 1995) was a jazz composer and saxophone player. He performed mainly on alto saxophone, less often on soprano and tenor saxophones and flute. Biography Hemphill was born in Fort Worth, Texas, ...

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Coon Bid'ness ''Coon Bid'ness'' is an album released by Julius Hemphill in 1975 on Arista featuring performances by Hemphill, Baikida Carroll, Abdul Wadud, Phillip Wilson, Arthur Blythe, Barry Altschul and Daniel Zebulon. The final track, "The Hard Blues," w ...

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Gateway Trio Gateway was an American jazz trio formed in 1975. The members were guitarist John Abercrombie, bassist Dave Holland, and drummer Jack DeJohnette. The group has also joined Collin Walcott on his debut album ''Cloud Dance'' (ECM 1062) recorded in 19 ...

: ''Gateway'' *

Collin Walcott Collin Walcott (April 24, 1945 – November 8, 1984) was an American musician who worked in jazz and world music. Early life Walcott was born in New York City, United States. He studied violin and tympani in his youth, and was a percussion stud ...

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Cloud Dance ''Cloud Dance'' is the debut album by American sitarist and composer Collin Walcott, released in 1975 on the ECM label.Don Moye: ''Sun Percussion'' *

Martial Solal Martial Solal (born August 23, 1927) is a French jazz pianist and composer. Biography Solal was born in Algiers, French Algeria, to Algerian Jewish parents. He was persuaded to study clarinet, saxophone, and piano by his mother, who was an opera ...

: ''Nothing But Piano'' * Eberhard Weber: ''

Yellow Fields ''Yellow Fields'' is an album by German double bassist and composer Eberhard Weber recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label.

'' *Don Pullen: ''

Five to Go ''Five to Go'' is an album by American jazz pianist Don Pullen recorded in Rome in 1975 and released on the Horo label. Reception The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 3 stars stating "The two side-long pieces here, which appea ...

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Charles Tolliver Charles Tolliver (born 1942) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and co-founder of Strata East Records. Biography Tolliver was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1942 and moved with his family to New York City when he was 10. During his chi ...

: ''Impact'' * Lol Coxhill: ''Welfare State'' * David Liebman: '' Forgotten Fantasies'' *

Joe McPhee Joe McPhee (born November 3, 1939) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist born in Miami, Florida, a player of tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, the trumpet, flugelhorn and valve trombone. McPhee grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York, and is ...

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The Willisau Concert ''The Willisau Concert'' is a live album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1975 it was the second album released on the Swiss HatHut label.

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Yōsuke Yamashita is a Japanese jazz pianist, composer and writer. His piano style is influenced by free jazz, modal jazz and soul jazz. Since the late 1980s, Yamashita's main performing group has consisted of Cecil McBee (bass), Pheeroan akLaff (drums), and oft ...

: ''Chiasma'' * Michael Mantler: ''The Hapless Child'' *

Dollar Brand Abdullah Ibrahim (born Adolph Johannes Brand on 9 October 1934 and formerly known as Dollar Brand) is a South African pianist and composer. His music reflects many of the musical influences of his childhood in the multicultural port areas of Cap ...

: ''Soweto'' *Don Pullen: ''

Capricorn Rising ''Capricorn Rising'' is an album by American jazz pianist Don Pullen featuring saxophonist Sam Rivers recorded in 1975 for the Italian Black Saint label.

'' * Stanley Clarke: ''

Journey to Love ''Journey to Love'' is the third solo album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke. Track listing All tracks composed by Stanley Clarke; except where indicated #"Silly Putty" * (4:52) #"Journey to Love" (4:52) #"Hello Jeff" (5:16) #"Song to Jo ...

'' * Enrico Rava: ''

The Pilgrim and the Stars ''The Pilgrim and the Stars'' is an album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM Records, ECM label.

'' *

The Manhattan Transfer The Manhattan Transfer is a Grammy award–winning vocal group founded in 1969 that has explored a cappella, vocalese, swing, standards, Brazilian jazz, rhythm and blues, and pop music. There have been two editions of the Manhattan Transfer, ...

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Deaths

; January * 3 – René Thomas, Belgian guitarist (born

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 * ...

). ; February * 5 – Åke Persson, Swedish trombonist (born

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

). ; March * 4 –

Cornel Chiriac Cornel Chiriac (May 8, 1941 March 4, 1975) was a Romanian journalist, radio producer, record producer and jazz drummer. Early life Chiriac was born on May 8, 1941, in , a village in Bessarabia, Soviet Union (previously in Cetatea Albă County, Kin ...

, Romanian radio producer, record producer, and drummer (born

1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...

). * 15 – Sandy Brown, Scottish clarinetist and band leader (born

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

). * 16 –

T-Bone Walker Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (May 28, 1910 – March 16, 1975) was an American blues musician, composer, songwriter and bandleader, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues, West Coast blues, and electric blues sounds. In 2018 ''Roll ...

, American guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (born

1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...

). * 27 – Pete Clarke, British saxophonist and clarinetist (died 1975). ; April * 12 –

Josephine Baker Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald; naturalised French Joséphine Baker; 3 June 1906 – 12 April 1975) was an American-born French dancer, singer and actress. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in her adopted Fran ...

, French singer, entertainer, activist, and Resistance agent (born

1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...

). ; May * 11 – Benny Harris, American trumpeter and composer (born

1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...

). * 13 –

Tubby Hall Alfred "Tubby" Hall (October 12, 1895 – May 13, 1945) was an American jazz drummer. Hall was born in Sellers, Louisiana; his family moved to New Orleans in his childhood. His younger brother Minor "Ram" Hall also became a professional drummer ...

, American drummer (born 1895). ; June * 18 – Earl Washington, American pianist (born

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

). ; July * 14 –

Zutty Singleton Arthur James "Zutty" Singleton (May 14, 1898 – July 14, 1975) was an American jazz drummer. Career Singleton was born in Bunkie, Louisiana, United States, and raised in New Orleans. According to his ''Jazz Profiles'' biography, his unusual ...

, American drummer (born 1898). * 16 – Pippo Starnazza, Italian singer and actor (born

1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Januar ...

). * 21 –

Theodore Carpenter Theodore "Wingie" Carpenter (April 15, 1898 – July 21, 1975) was a jazz trumpet player, singer, and band leader active from the 1920s through the 1960s.John Chilton: ''Who's Who of Jazz, Storyville to Swing Street'', Chilton Book Co., Phil ...

, American trumpet player, singer, and band leader (born 1898). ; August * 8 –

Cannonball Adderley Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. Adderley is perhaps best remembered for the 1966 soul jazz single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", whi ...

, American alto saxophonist (born

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

). ; October * 28 – Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (born

). ; November * 14 –

Artemi Ayvazyan Artemi (Harutyun) Ayvazyan ( hy, Արտեմի Այվազյան, russian: Артемий Айвазян; June 26, 1902 – November 14, 1975) was a Soviet Armenian composer, conductor, founder of the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra, and People' ...

, Soviet-Armenian composer, conductor, and founder of the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra (born

1902 Events January * January 1 ** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's f ...

). ; December * 11 –

Lee Wiley Lee Wiley (October 9, 1908 – December 11, 1975) was an American jazz singer during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Biography Wiley was born in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma. At fifteen, she left home to pursue a singing career, singing on New York ...

, American singer (born

1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...

). * 14 – Mongezi Feza, South African trumpeter and flautist (born

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...

). * 17 ** Fess Williams, American clarinetist and alto saxophonist (born 1894). **

Stan Wrightsman Stanley Aubrey Wrightsman (June 15, 1910 – December 17, 1975) was an American jazz pianist. Biography Wrightsman, whose father was a musician, began playing professionally in a Gulfport, Mississippi hotel, and in territory bands in Oklahoma. In ...

, American pianist (born

). ; Unknown date *

Trevor Koehler Trevor Koehler (1935-1975) was an American saxophonist. His mother was a First Chair Violinist for the Regina Philharmonic at Regina, Saskatchewan. His biological father was a concert pianist. He began his career as a professional musician as a t ...

, American saxophonist (born

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

Births

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; January * 17 – Squarepusher or Tom Jenkinson, English electronic musician and composer. * 18 – Géraldine Laurent, French alto saxophonist. * 21 – Jason Moran, American pianist and composer. ; February * 7 –

Kellylee Evans Kellylee Evans (born 7 February 1975) is a Canadian jazz and soul music vocalist. Early life Educated at Carleton University (1993–2000), it was there that Evans discovered jazz when she "got lost in the elevators of the Loeb Building and foun ...

, Canadian singer. ; March * 4 –

Mats Eilertsen Mats Eilertsen (born 4 March 1975) is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer. He is known for recording with numerous bands, including the Maria Kannegaard Trio, Ola Kvernberg, Nils Økland, Eldbjørg Raknes, Anders Aarum Trio, Eirik Hegdal, Sve ...

, Norwegian upright bassist and composer,

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and

Dingobats Dingobats (established in 1995) is a Norwegian Jazz band, composed of students from Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium. The band leader, saxophonist, composer and music arranger Eirik Hegdal, is also known for his cooperation with Tron ...

. * 9 –

Øyvind Storesund Øyvind Storesund (born 9 March 1975 in Bø i Telemark, Norway) is a Norwegian Rock and jazz musician (upright bass) known from playing in the Norwegian bands Cloroform and Kaizers Orchestra. Career Storesund replaced the former bassist Jon Sj ...

, Norwegian upright bassist,

Cloroform Cloroform is a Norwegian alternative rock band that formed in 1998 in Stavanger. They started out as an acoustic jazz trio, but soon went on to sound more like a rock band. In the later years they have experimented with noise and avant-garde re ...

and

Kaizers Orchestra Kaizers Orchestra is a Norwegian alternative rock band formed on 1 January 2000. They are notable for being among the first non-black metal Norwegian artists singing in their native language to become popular beyond Scandinavia. In 2012, the gr ...

. * 10 – Håvard Wiik, Norwegian pianist and composer, Atomic. * 14 –

Gianluca Petrella Gianluca Petrella is an Italian jazz trombonist. In 2001 he won Italy's Django d'Or Award as well as Musica Jazz's annual critics poll as Best Young Talent. In 2006 and 2007 he was featured in ''Down Beat'' magazine, winning their award for "Bes ...

, Italian trombonist. * 17 – Jairzinho Oliveira, Brazilian singer, songwriter, and composer. * 18 –

Sondre Meisfjord Sondre Meisfjord (born 18 March 1975 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian folk and jazz musician (double bass and cello), and composer, raised in Frei, Nordmøre, known from bands like Come Shine, Flukt, Gjermund Larsen Trio. Career Meisfjord a ...

, Norwegian bassist, cellist, and composer,

Come Shine Come Shine is a Norwegian jazz band, established 2001 in Trondheim. Biography Their eponymously titled debut album was released in 2001 on Curling Legs, and was followed by a later studio album, ''Do Do That Voodoo'', and a live album, ''Come Sh ...

. * 22 – Steinar Raknes, Norwegian upright bassist,

Urban Connection Urban Connection is a Norwegian jazz trio who have released three albums. For their first album in 2001, they received a Spellemannprisen. In 1998, they were awarded the title of "Young Jazz Musicians of the Year" at Norway’s Molde Internation ...

and The Core. * 25 –

David Braid David Braid (born 25 March 1975 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian composer and pianist specializing in jazz. Biography Canadian composer and jazz pianist, David Braid, is "considered one of his country's true renaissance men when it comes to m ...

, Canadian pianist and composer. * 27 – Katja Toivola, Finnish trombonist. * 28 –

Orrin Evans Orrin Evans (born 28 March 1975) is an American jazz pianist. Evans was born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised in Philadelphia.Lutz, Phillip. "Orrin Evans The Instigator." ''Downbeat'' 81.11 (2014): 42-45. Print. He attended Rutgers University ...

, American pianist. ; April * 12 –

Lars Andreas Haug Lars Andreas Haug (born 12 April 1975) is a Norwegian jazz musician (tuba), known from a variety of jazz groups and recordings. Career Haug was born in Frogner, Akershus. He obtained his Examen artium from the Music program at Rud High School ...

, Norwegian tubist. * 13 –

Jan Harbeck Jan Harbeck (born 13 April 1975 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Danish jazz musician (saxophones, flaute, clarinet) and composer. Biography Harbeck attended the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg to study music and later went on to further stud ...

, Danish saxophonist and composer. * 23 ** Helge Lien, Norwegian pianist, composer, and band leader. **

Rolf-Erik Nystrøm Rolf-Erik Nystrøm (born 23 April 1975) is a Norwegian saxophonist and composer in the field of contemporary music. Career Nystrøm has a diploma of music from the Norwegian Academy of Music and is now a lecturer in the art of improvisation b ...

, Norwegian saxophonist and composer. * 27 **

Fabrizio Sotti Fabrizio Sotti (born April 27, 1975, Padova, Italy) is a guitarist, composer, producer and songwriter. In addition to jazz, Sotti plays in the styles of bebop, jazz fusion, soul, hip hop, R&B and pop. He has worked with the likes of Al Foster, R ...

, Italian guitarist, composer, songwriter, and producer. **

Jozef Dumoulin Jozef Dumoulin (born 27 April 1975) is a Belgian jazz musician and composer. He plays Fender Rhodes, keyboards and piano. Early life Dumoulin was born in Ingelmunster, in rural Belgium. He became interested in jazz in his late teens, by hearing ...

, Belgian keyboarder and composer. ; May * 1 –

Aslak Hartberg Aslak Rakli Hartberg alias Alis (born 1 May 1975 in Oslo, Norway), is a Norwegian rapper and bass player, and was the leading figure in the Norwegian hip hop band Klovner i Kamp. He is the brother of cartoonist Flu Hartberg. Education Hartbe ...

, Norwegian rapper and bassist. * 7 –

Gunhild Carling Gunhild Carling (born 7 May 1975) is a Swedish jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist. She is well known for playing trombone. Career Carling became known for her performance at Allsång på Skansen on 20 July 2010. The same year, she became a ...

, Swedish trombonist and multi-instrumentalist. * 15 –

Frode Haltli Frode Haltli (born 15 May 1975 in Levanger), is a Norwegian accordion player. Biography Haltli started to play the accordion at the age of seven and over the following few years he won several national competitions and scholarships and was awa ...

, Norwegian accordionist. ; June * 2 –

Gisle Torvik Gisle Torvik (born 2 June 1975) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) from Tørvikbygd in Hardanger. Career Torvik was born in Bergen, and spent three years studying music at the Nordic Institute of Stage and Studio (Oslo, 1995–98) with a ma ...

, Norwegian guitarist, composer, and band leader. * 16 –

Jannike Kruse Jannike Kruse Jåtog (born 16 June 1975) is a Norwegians, Norwegian singer, artist and actor. Daughter of Professor and composer Bjørn Kruse, Bjørn Howard Kruse and Professor and author Gro Shetelig, sister of Anine Kruse, Anine and Benedikte ...

, Norwegian singer, artist and actor. ; July * 11 –

Chris Gall Chris Gall (born 11 July 1975 in Bad Aibling, Germany) is a German jazz pianist and composer. Biography Gall studied classical piano at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA. In 1998 he finished jazz studies there. He released the album ...

, German pianist and composer. * 22 – Erik Johannessen, Norwegian trombonist and composer,

Jaga Jazzist Jaga Jazzist (also known as Jaga) is a Norwegian experimental jazz band, that rose to prominence when the BBC named their second album, ''A Livingroom Hush'' (Smalltown Supersound/Ninja Tune), the best jazz album of 2002. (in Norwegian) Biograph ...

and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. * 23 – Céline Bonacina, French saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. ; August * 1 – Håkon Mjåset Johansen, Norwegian drummer and composer, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. * 22 –

Taylor Ho Bynum Taylor Ho Bynum (born 1975) is a musician, composer, educator and writer. His main instrument is the cornet, but he also plays numerous similar instruments, including flugelhorn and trumpet. Early life Bynum was born in BaltimoreWilmoth, Charli" ...

, American cornetist, flugelhornist, trumpeter, composer, educator, and writer. * 24 – Michael Magalon, Belgian bassist, guitarist, and composer. ; October * 2 –

Kåre Opheim Kåre Opheim (born 2 October 1975 in Voss, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (drums), known from a series of albums and bands like Real Ones. Opheim is an important partner in the "UNGjaJazzja" at Vossajazz. He is part of the Mads Berven Trio wi ...

, Norwegian drumMer, Real Ones. * 12 –

Espen Aalberg Espen Aalberg is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums) known for his contributions in several orchestras like The Core, Shagma, Kwaz, Håvard Lund Quartet and musicians like Jonas Kullhammar, Håvard Wiik and Torbjörn Zetterberg. He also contrib ...

, Norwegian drummer. * 26 –

Ole Marius Sandberg Ole Marius Sandberg (born 26 October 1975) is a Norwegian jazz bassist who has collaborated with Erlend Skomsvoll, Odd Børretzen, Jan Eggum, Herborg Kråkevik, Christina Bjordal, and Nathalie Nordnes. Career Sandberg started his formal music ...

, Norwegian bassist. ; November * 26 –

Arne Jansen Arne Jansen (born 26 November 1975) is a German jazz guitarist. Biography As a teenager Jansen picked up the guitar, inspired by Jimi Hendrix and the Dire Straits. The great storytellers of pop, such as Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell also belonge ...

, German guitarist, composer, and band leader. * 27 –

Frode Nymo Frode Nymo (born 27 November 1975), is a Norwegian jazz musician ( alto Saxophone), and older brother of the tenor sax. player Atle Nymo. Career Nymo was born in Egersund and brought up in Valnesfjord, near Fauske. Early in his career, he ...

, Norwegian jazz musician (alto Saxophonist), Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and

. ; December * 5 –

Søren Bebe Søren (, ) or Sören (, ) is a Scandinavian given name that is sometimes Anglicized as Soren. The name is derived from that of the 4th-century Christian saint Severin of Cologne,Portal Rheinische Geschichte"Severin (circa 330-400), Heiliger und B ...

, Danish pianist and composer. ; Unknown date *

Jacob Anderskov Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Jacob in Islam, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel (name), Israel, is regarded as a Patriarchs (Bible), patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religi ...

, Danish pianist, composer and bandleader. *

Lionel Friedli Lionel Friedli (born 1975 in Moutier) is a Swiss people, Swiss jazz percussionist. References

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, Swiss percussionist. *

Marcin Wasilewski Marcin Ryszard Wasilewski (; born 9 June 1980) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He is best known for winning Premier League with Leicester City FC and getting injured after a horrible challenge by Axel Wits ...

, Polish pianist and composer. *

Matana Roberts Matana Roberts (born 1975) is an American sound experimentalist, visual artist, jazz saxophonist and clarinetist, composer and improviser based in New York City. They have previously been an active member of the Association for the Advancement of ...

, American sound experimentalist, visual artist, jazz saxophonist and clarinetist, and composer. *

Niki King Niki King is a Scottish singer and songwriter. Her accolades include winning the UK Perrier Jazz Vocalist Award, The Scottish Style Award and The Spirit Of Scotland Music Medal. Currently King is in the studio her sixth studio album, due for rel ...

, Scottish singer. * Paul Harrison, English pianist, keyboarder, organist, and composer.

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