1994 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1994.
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![]() Ornette Coleman, 1994  | |
| Decade | 1990s in jazz | 
| Music | 1994 in music | 
| Standards | List of post-1950 jazz standards | 
| See also | 1993 in jazz – 1995 in jazz | 
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Events
    
    March
    
- 25 – The 21st Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 25 – 27).[1]
 
May
    
- 20 – The 23rd Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 20 – 23).[2]
 - 26 – The 22nd Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 26 – June 5).[3]
 
July
    
- 1
- The 17th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 1–10).[4]
 - The 4th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (July 1–15).[5]
 - The 15th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (July 1–16).[6]
 - The 28th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 1–16).[7]
 
 - 8 – The 19th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague (July 8–10).[8]
 - 16 – The 29th Pori Jazz started in Pori, Finland (July 16–24).[9]
 - 18 – The 35th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 18–23).[10]
 
August
    
- 12 – The 11th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 12–14).[11]
 
September
    
- 16 – The 37th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16–18).[12]
 
Album releases
    
- Myra Melford: Even the Sounds Shine
 - Toshiko Akiyoshi: Desert Lady
 - Matthew Shipp: Critical Mass
 - Pat Metheny: Zero Tolerance for Silence
 - Henry Threadgill: Carry the Day
 - Ken Vandermark: Solid Action
 - Steve Coleman: Def Trance Beat
 - Chick Corea: Expressions
 - Misha Mengelberg: Mix
 - Bobby Previte: Slay the Suitors
 - Joshua Redman: MoodSwing
 - Franklin Kiermyer: Solomon's Daughter
 - Mark Helias: Loopin' the Cool
 - Jessica Williams: Momentum
 - Fred Anderson: Vintage Duets
 - David S. Ware: Earthquation
 - Eliane Elias: Solos and Duets
 - Hugh Masekela: Hope
 - Ray Anderson, Han Bennink and Christy Doran: Azurety
 - John Surman Quartet: Stranger Than Fiction
 - Wallace Roney: Mistérios
 - Peter Erskine: Time Being
 - Louis Sclavis and Dominique Pifarély: Acoustic Quartet
 - Edward Vesala with Sound & Fury: Nordic Gallery
 - Red Sun and SamulNori: Then Comes The White Tiger
 - Krakatau: Matinale
 - John Abercrombie Trio: Speak of the Devil
 - Trevor Watts and the Moire Music Ensemble: A Wider Embrace
 - Jan Garbarek with Anouar Brahem and Ustad Shaukat Hussain: Madar
 - Don Cherry with Bobo Stenson and Lennart Åberg: Dona Nostra
 - Vincent Herring: The Days of Wine and Roses
 - Michel Camilo: One More Once
 - Marilyn Crispell: Stellar Pulsations / Three Composers
 - Karl Berger: Conversations
 - Charlie Haden's Quartet West: Always Say Goodbye
 - European Music Orchestra: Guest
 
Deaths
    
- January
 
- 1 – James Clay, American tenor saxophonist and flutist (born 1935).
 - 30 – Tiny Davis, American trumpeter and vocalist (born 1909).
 
- February
 
- 8 – Raymond Scott, American composer, band leader, pianist, and electronic instrument inventor (born 1908).
 
- March
 
- 9 – Maurice Purtill or Moe Purtill, American drummer, Glenn Miller Orchestra (born 1916).
 - 13 – Danny Barker, American guitarist, banjoist, vocalist, and author (born 1909).
 - 19 – Rafig Babayev, Azerbaijani musician and composer (born 1937).
 - 24 – Tommy Benford, American drummer (born 1905).
 
- April
 
- 2 – Rowland Greenberg, Norwegian trumpeter (born 1920).
 - 6 – Dick Cary, American trumpeter, composer, and arranger (born 1916).
 - 16 – Ralph Ellison, American novelist and literary critic (born 1913).
 - 22 – Jack Bentley, English trombonist, journalist, and scriptwriter (born 1913).
 
- May
 
- 23 – Joe Pass, American guitarist of Sicilian descent (born 1929).
 - 25 – Eric Gale, American guitarist (born 1938).
 - 26
- Gil Fuller, American composer and arranger (born 1920).
 - Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist (born 1940).
 
 - 27 – Red Rodney, American trumpeter (born 1927).
 - 29 – Oliver Jackson, American drummer (born 1933).
 - 30 – Jean Omer, Belgian reedist and bandleader (born 1912).
 
- June
 
- 7 – Willie Humphrey, American clarinetist (born 1900).[13]
 - 14
- Henry Mancini, American composer, conductor, and arranger (born 1924).
 - Lionel Grigson, British pianist, cornettist, trumpeter, and composer (born 1942).
 
 - 21 – Dennis Berry, English saxophonist, composer, arranger, and producer (born 1921).
 
- July
 
- 11 – Lex Humphries, American drummer (born 1936).
 
- August
 
- 6 – Jacques Pelzer, Belgian alto saxophonist and flautist (born 1924).[14]
 - 12 – Gene Cherico, American upright bassist (born 1935).
 - 18 – Charles Redland, Swedish saxophonist, bandleader, and composer (born 1911).
 
- September
 
- 5 – Billy Usselton, American jazz reed player (born 1926).
 - 6 – Max Kaminsky, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1908).[15]
 - 13 – John Stevens, English drummer, Spontaneous Music Ensemble (born 1940).
 - 16 – Bernie Leighton, American pianist (born 1921).
 - 20 – Jimmy Hamilton, American clarinetist, tenor saxophonist, and composer (born 1917).
 - 22
- Bob Lively, American saxophonist (born 1923).
 - Leonard Feather, British pianist, composer, and producer (born 1914).
 
 - 29 – David van Kriedt, American composer, saxophonist, and music teacher (born 1922).
 
- October
 
- 3 – Scoville Browne, American reedist (born 1909).
 - 4 – Danny Gatton, American guitarist (born 1945).
 - 5 – Nini Rosso, Italian jazz trumpeter and composer (born 1926).
 - 8 – John Neely, American tenor saxophonist and arranger (born 1930).
 - 21
- Lanny Steele, American pianist and composer (born 1933).
 - Thore Ehrling, Swedish trumpeter, composer, and bandleader (born 1912).
 
 
- November
 
- 4 – Jack Sharpe, English saxophonist and bandleader (born 1930).
 - 7 – Shorty Rogers, American trumpeter and flugelhornist (born 1924).
 - 10 – Carmen McRae, American singer, composer, pianist, and actress (born 1922).
 - 18 – Cab Calloway, American singer and bandleader (born 1907).
 - 28 – Al Levitt, American drummer (born 1932).
 - 30 – Connie Kay, American drummer (born 1927).
 
- December
 
- 8 – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian composer, pianist, songwriter, arranger, and singer (born 1927).
 - 14 – Mary Ann McCall, American singer (born 1919).
 - 19
- Bill Douglass, American drummer (born 1923).
 - Noel Pointer, American jazz violinist and record producer (born 1954).
 
 
Births
    
- February
 
- 8 – Nikki Yanofsky, Canadian singer.
 
- March
 
- 23 – Gentle Bones, Singaporean singer and composer.
 
- April
 
- 9 – Jo David Meyer Lysne, Norwegian guitarist and composer.
 
- May
 
- 3 – Signe Førre, Norwegian singer, upright bassist, and composer.
 
- Unknown date
 
- Amalie Holt Kleive, Norwegian singer and composer.
 - Billie Black, British singer.
 - Veronica Swift, American singer.
 
References
    
- "Vossajazz – Historie" (in Norwegian). Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
 - "Moers Festival 1993". Moers Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
 - "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
 - "1994 Copenhagen Jazz Festival – Original Vintage Poster". Copenhagen Jazz Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
 - "Jazz Fest Wien Festival History". Jazz Fest Wien. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
 - "Festival International de Jazz de Montréal". Montreal International Jazz Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
 - "Montreux Jazz Festival 1994 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
 - "North Sea Jazz Festival 1993". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
 - "History of Pori Jazz". Pori Jazz. Archived from the original on 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
 - "Molde International Jazz Festival Norway: July 16–24 1994". Catawiki.com. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
 - "Brecon Jazz Programme 1994". FriendsOfBreconJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
 - "50 Years of Monterey Jazz Festival Posters". EarlNewmanPrints.com. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
 - "Willie Humphrey". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
 - Pernet, Robert (2003). "Jacques Pelzer". OxfordIndex.oup.com. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J350200. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
 - Yanow, Scott. "Jonah Jones". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
 
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