1998 in jazz
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 Fred Frith performing at the Moers Jazz Festival, June 1998 | |
| Decade | 1990s in jazz |
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1998.
January
- 29 – The very first Polarjazz started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 29 – 31).[1]
April
- 3 – The 25th Vossajazz started in Vossavangen, Norway (April 3 – 5).[2]
May
June
- 2 – The 27th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 2 – 5).[4]
July
- 1 – The 19th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (July 1 – 12).[5]
- 2 – The 8th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (July 2 – 10).[6]
- 3 – The 32nd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 3 – 18).[7]
- 10
- The 23rd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 10 – 12).[8]
- The 33rd Pori Jazz started in Pori, Finland (July 10 – 19).[9]
August
- 7 – The 15th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 7 – 9).[10]
September
- 18 – The 41st Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 18 – 20).[11]
Album releases
Deaths
- January
- 1 – Dave Schildkraut, American alto saxophonist (born 1925).
- 8 – Jimmy Butts, American upright bassist (born 1917).
- 16 – Tommy Pederson, American trombonist and composer (born 1920).
- 22 – Anselmo Sacasas, Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer, and arranger (born 1912).
- 24 – Walter Bishop Jr., American pianist (born 1927).
- 25 – Attila Zoller, American guitarist (born 1927).
- 26 – Orlando DiGirolamo, American accordionist, pianist, and composer (born 1924).
- February
- 5 – Nick Webb, English guitarist and composer, Acoustic Alchemy (born 1954).
- 13 – Thomas Chapin, American composer, saxophonist, and multi-instrumentalist (born 1957).
- March
- 2 – Marzette Watts, American tenor and soprano saxophonist (born 1938).
- 12 – Red Richards, American pianist (born 1912).
- 15 – Tim Maia, Brazilian musician, songwriter and businessman (born 1942).
- 22 – George Howard, American saxophonist (born 1956).
- 24 – Denis Charles, American drummer (born 1933).
- 27 – Jimmy Campbell, American drummer (born 1928).
- April
- 3 – Alvin Tyler, American saxophonist and arranger (born 1925).
- 9 – Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (born 1953).
- 21 – Helen Ward, American singer (born 1913).
- 24 – Mel Powell, American pianist, composer and educator (born 1923).
- May
- 5 – Syd Lawrence, British trumpeter and bandleader (born 1923).
- 7 – Blue Lu Barker, American singer (born 1913).
- 8 – Raymond Premru, American trombonist and composer (born 1934).
- 14 – Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (born 1915).
- 19 – Dorothy Donegan, American pianist (born 1922).
- 22 – Milton Banana, American drummer (born 1935).
- 24 – George Kelly, American tenor saxophonist, vocalist and arranger (born 1915).
- 27 – Spencer Clark, American bass saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist (born 1908).
- 28 – Joe Dixon, American reedist (born 1917).
- 29 – Ted Dunbar, American guitarist, composer and educator (born 1937).
- June
- 8 – Harry Lookofsky, American violinist (born 1913).
- 10
- Bobby Bryant, American trumpeter and flugelhorn player (born 1934).
- Jimmy Henderson, American trombonist and bandleader (born 1921).
- 20 – Robert Normann, Norwegian guitarist (born 1916).
- 22 – Benny Green, British saxophonist (born 1927).
- July
- 2 – Errol Parker, French-Algerian pianist ( (born 1925).
- 11 – Guy Lafitte, American tenor saxophonist (born 1927).
- 14 – Beryl Bryden, English singer (born 1920).
- 25 – Tal Farlow, American guitarist (born 1921).
- 28 – Dorothy Sloop, American pianist (born 1913).
- August
- 6 – Nat Gonella, American trumpeter, bandleader and vocalist (born 1908).
- 11 – Benny Waters, American saxophonist and clarinetist (born 1902).
- 16 – Milton Adolphus, American pianist and composer (born 1913).
- 22 – Jimmy Skidmore, English tenor saxophonist (born 1916).
- 24 – Carl Barriteau, Trinidadian clarinetist (born 1914).
- September
- 6 – Bob Hames, American guitarist (born 1920).
- 15 – Barrett Deems, American drummer (born 1914).
- 16 – Andrzej Trzaskowski, Polish composer, pianist, and musicologist (born 1933).
- 26 – Betty Carter, American singer, composer, and bandleader (born 1929).
- October
- 8 – Glenn Spearman, American tenor saxophonist (born 1947).
- 31 – Sherwood Johnson, American jazz patron and the founder in 1954 of Shakey's Pizza (born 1925).
- November
- 12 – Kenny Kirkland, American pianist and keyboardist (born 1955).
- 20 – Roland Alphonso, Jamaican tenor saxophonist, The Skatalites (born 1931).
- 29 – George Van Eps, American guitarist (born 1913).
- December
- 2 – Bob Haggart, American upright bassist, composer and arranger (born 1914).
- 4 – Egil Johansen, Norwegian-Swedish drummer (born 1934).
- 26 – Dick Grove, American pianist and composer (born 1927).
- Unknown date
- David Earle Johnson, American percussionist, a composer and a music producer (born unknown date).
Births
- Unknown date
- Sasha Berliner, American vibraphonist, percussionist, composer, producer, and band leader.
