2008 in jazz
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2008.
January
- 30 – The 11th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 30 – February 2).[1]
February
- 21 – The 3rd Ice Music Festival Festival started in Geilo, Norway (February 21–24).[2]
March
- 7 – The 4th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 7–9).[3]
- 11 – Jazz musician and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton announces his retirement from presenting BBC Radio 2's jazz programme after forty years.[4]
- 14
- The 35th Vossajazz started at Voss, Norway (March 14–16).[5]
- Mads Berven was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2008.[6]
- 19 – Tord Gustavsen performs the commissioned work Restar av lukke – bitar av tru for Vossajazz 2008.[7]
- 31 – theJazz radio station stops broadcasting.[8]
April
- 18
- The International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) ceased daily operations and filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the United States Federal Bankruptcy Law, ending 40 years of service.[9]
- 24 – The 14th SoddJazz started in Inderøy, Norway (April 24–28).[10]
May
- 9 – The 37th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 9 – 12).[11]
- 21 – The 36th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 21 – 31).[12]
June
- 26 – The 28th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 26 - July 6).[13]
- 27 – The 20th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 27 – July 17).[14]
- 29
- The first annual International Jazz Awards, a global 2 hour television special celebrating over 100 years of Jazz music, took place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.[15]
July
- 2 – The 44th Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (July 2 – 5).[16]
- 4
- The 30th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 4 – 13).[17]
- The 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 4 – 19).[18]
- 11 – The 33rd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 11 – 13).[19]
- 14
- The 48th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 14 – 19).[20]
- The 43rd Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 14 – 20).[21]
- 16 – The 25th Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (July 16 – 19).[22]
- 19 – The 61st Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 19 – 25).[23]
- 22 – The 43rd San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 22 – 27).[24]
August
- 6 – The 22nd Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 6 – 10).[25]
- 8
- The 52ndd Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 8 – 10).[26]
- The 24th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 8 – 10).[27]
- 11 – The 23rd Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 11 – 16).[28]
September
- 4 – The 4th Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (September 4 – 6).[29]
- 19 – The 51st Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 19 – 21).[30]
October
November
- 14 – The 17th London Jazz Festival started in England (November 14 – 23).[31]
December
Album released
January
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Something for You: Eliane Elias Sings & Plays Bill Evans | Eliane Elias | Blue Note | Produced byEliane Elias, Marc Johnson, Steve Rodby | [32] |
February
March
April
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Life in Leipzig | Ketil Bjørnstad | ECM Records | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [33] |
May
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Tokyo Day Trip | Pat Metheny with Christian McBride and Antonio Sanchez | Nonesuch Records | Live EP produced by Pat Metheny and Steve Rodby | [34] |
| 20 | Floating Point | John McLaughlin | Abstract Logix | [35] |
June
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Bossa Nova Stories | Eliane Elias | Blue Note | Produced by Eliane Elias, Steve Rodby | [36] |
July
August
September
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | A Kiss to Build a Dream On | Jessica Molaskey | Arbors | [37] | |
| 8 | Suite for the Seven Mountains | Marius Neset's People Are Machines | Edition Records | Produced by Marius Neset & Anton Eger | [38] |
October
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Norwegian Song 2 | Dag Arnesen Trio | Resonant Music | [39] |
November
December
All critically reviewed albums ranked
Metacritic
| Number | Artist | Album | Average score | Number of reviews | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Parks | Invisible Cinema | 88 | 5 reviews | [40] |
| 2 | Esbjorn Svensson Trio | Leucocyte | 83 | 5 reviews | [41] |
| 3 | Mathias Eick | The Door | 81 | 5 reviews | [42] |
| 4 | Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis | Two Men With The Blues | 80 | 19 reviews | [43] |
| 5 | Cassandra Wilson | Loverly | 79 | 12 reviews | [44] |
Deaths
- January
- 4
- Irene Reid, American singer (born 1930).
- Keith Smith, English trumpeter (born 1940).
- 11
- Pete Candoli, American trumpeter (prostate cancer) (born 1923).[45]
- Steve Harris, English drummer and composer (born 1948).
- 20 – Tommy McQuater, British trumpeter (born 1914).[46]
- 30
- Bill Saragih, Indonesian musician (born 1933).
- Miles Kington, British journalist and upright bassist, Instant Sunshine (born 1941).
- February
- 3 – Jackie Orszaczky, Hungarian bass guitarist and composer (born 1948).[47]
- 4 – Chris Anderson, American pianist (born 1926).
- 12 – John Brunious, American trumpeter and the bandleader, Preservation Hall Jazz Band (born 1940).
- 13 – Henri Salvador, French Caribbean comedian and singer (born 1917).
- 14 – Gene Allen, American jazz reedist (born 1928).
- 19 – Teo Macero, American saxophonist, record producer and composer (born 1925).[48]
- March
- 2 – Jeff Healey, Canadian singer and guitarist (born 1966).[49]
- 10 – Dennis Irwin, American upright bassist (born 1951).
- 16 – Pete Chilver, British guitarist and hotelier (born 1924).
- 19 – Eivind Solberg, Norwegian trumpeter (born 1933).[50]
- 21 – Patti Bown, American jazz pianist, composer, and singer (born 1931).
- 22 – Israel López Valdés or better known as Cachao, Cuban upright bassist and composer (born 1918).[51]
- 24 – Chalmers Alford, American guitarist (born 1955).
- 29 – Allan Ganley, British drummer (born 1931).[52]
- April
- 7 – Phil Urso, American jazz tenor saxophonist and composer (born 1925).
- 12 – Bobby Tucker, American pianist and arranger (born 1923).
- 15 – Dick Charlesworth, English clarinettist, saxophonist, and bandleader (born 1932).
- 24 – Jimmy Giuffre, American musician (pneumonia) (born 1921).[53]
- 25 – Humphrey Lyttelton, British jazz musician (born 1921).[54]
- 27 – Hal Stein, American saxophonist (born 1928).
- May
- 6 – Franz Jackson, American saxophonist (born 1912).[55]
- 10 – Mario Schiano, Italian alto and soprano saxophonist (born 1933).
- 15
- Bob Florence, American pianist (born 1932).[56]
- Walt Dickerson, American vibraphonist (born 1928).
- 24 – Jimmy McGriff, (multiple sclerosis), American organist (born 1936).[57]
- 28 – Danny Moss, British jazz saxophonist (born 1927).[58]
- 30
- Campbell Burnap, British trombonist and broadcaster (cancer) (born 1939).[59]
- Nat Temple, British big band leader (born 1913).[60]
- June
- 4 – Bill Finegan, American pianist and arranger (born 1917).[61]
- 14 – Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist (Scuba diving accident) (born 1964).[62]
- 28 – Ronnie Mathews, American pianist (born 1935).
- July
- 3
- Harald Heide-Steen Jr., (lung cancer), Norwegian actor, comedian and jazz singer (born 1939).[63]
- Salah Ragab, Egyptian drummer and called the founder Egyptian jazz (born 1936).
- 6 – Bobby Durham, American drummer (born 1937).[64]
- 13 – Gerald Wiggins, American pianist (born 1922).[65]
- 22 – Joe Beck, American guitarist (lung cancer) (born 1945).[66]
- 25
- Hiram Bullock, American fusion guitarist (throat cancer) (born 1955).[67]
- Johnny Griffin, American saxophonist (heart attack) (born 1928).[68]
- 31
- Lee Young, American drummer and singer (born 1914).[69]
- Yusuf Salim, American jazz pianist and composer (born 1929).
- August
- 15 – Jerry Wexler, American music journalist and music producer (born 1917).
- 19 – LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist (Dave Matthews Band) (born 1961).[70]
- 23 – Jimmy Cleveland, American trombonist (born 1926).
- September
- 2 – Arne Domnérus, Swedish saxophonist (born 1924).[71]
- 3
- Géo Voumard, Swiss jazz pianist and composer (born 1920).
- Pierre Van Dormael, Belgian musician and composer (born 1952).
- 8 – Bheki Mseleku, South African musician (piano, saxophone, guitar) and composer (diabetes-related) (born 1955).[72]
- 15 – Richard Wright, English keyboardist, composer, singer and songwriter (born 1943).[73]
- 16 – Jim Aton, American bassist (born 1925).[74]
- 19
- Dick Sudhalter, American trumpeter and critic (born 1938).[75]
- Earl Palmer, American rock-and-roll and rhythm-and-blues drummer (born 1924).
- 22 – Connie Haines, American singer (born 1921).
- 30 – Henry Adler, American drummer and percussionist (born 1915).
- October
- 4 – Alfred Gallodoro, American musician (born 1913).[76]
- 11 – Neal Hefti, American trumpeter and composer (born 1922).[77]
- 18 – Dave McKenna, American pianist (born 1930).[78]
- 24 – Merl Saunders, American multi-genre musician who played piano and keyboards (born 1934).[79]
- 26 – Marc Moulin, Belgian musician and journalist (born 1942).
- 27 – Ray Ellis, American record producer, arranger, and conductor (born 1923).
- November
- 1 – Jimmy Carl Black, American drummer and singer of The Mothers of Invention (born 1938).[80]
- 9 – Miriam Makeba, nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer and civil rights activist (born 1932).[81]
- 16 – Tony Reedus, American drummer (born 1959).
- 27 – Pekka Pohjola, Finnish multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer (born 1952).
- December
- 3 – Derek Wadsworth, English trombonist, composer, and arranger (born 1939).
- 5 – Anca Parghel, Romanian jazz singer, composer, arranger, pianist, and choir conductor (born 1957).
- 7 – Jimmy Gourley, American guitarist (born 1926).
- 12 – Prince Lasha, American alto saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist (born 1929).
- 19
- Kenny Cox, American pianist (born 1940).
- Page Cavanaugh, American pianist, vocalist, and arranger (born 1922).
- Verne Byers, American bandleader, bassist, and concert promoter (born 1918).
- 22 – Guy Warren, Ghanaian singer-songwriter (born 1923).
- 23 – Monty Waters, American saxophonist, flautist, and singer (born 1938).
- 25 – Eartha Kitt, American singer, actress, dancer, activist, and comedian (born 1927).
- 29 – Freddie Hubbard, American trumpeter (born 1938).[82]
- Unknown date
- Byrdie Green, American singer (born 1936).
