2015 in jazz
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This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2015.
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- 21 – The 4th Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø, Norway (January 21 – 24).[1]
- 23 – The 34th annual Djangofestival started on Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway (January 23 – 24).[2]
February
- 5
- The 17th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 5 – 8).[3]
- The 10th Ice Music Festival started in Geilo, Norway (February 5 – 8).[4]
March
- 6 – The 11th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 6 – 8).[5]
- 27 – The 42nd Vossajazz started in Voss Municipality, Norway (March 27 – 29).[6]
- 28
- Thea Hjelmeland was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2015 for the album Solar Plexus.[7]
- Live Maria Roggen performs the commissioned work Apukaluptein at Vossajazz.[8]
April
- 2 - GoGo Penguin signs with Blue Note Records[9]
- 23 – The 21st SoddJazz started in Inderøy, Norway (April 23 – 27).[10]
- 30 – The International Jazz Day.[11]
May
- 5 – The 27th MaiJazz started in Stavanger, Norway (May 5 – 10).[12][13]
- 6 – The 11th AnJazz started in Hamar, Norway (May 6 – 9).[14]
- 7
- Julie Dahle Aagård played at Uhørt in Oslo, Norway.
- Lisa Ekdahl play at Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway.
- Bergen Big Band with Gabriel Fliflet and Ole Hamre played at Sardinen USF in Bergen, Norway.
- The 37th Trondheim Jazz Festival started in Trondheim, Norway (May 7 – 10).[15]
- 8
- Per Mathisen Trio played at Draaben Bar in Sandefjord, Norway.
- Hanna Paulsberg Concept / Soil Collectors / MOPO played at Victoria - Nasjonal Jazzscene Oslo, Norway.
- 10 – Kampenjazz: Anja Eline Skybakmoen played at Cafeteatret Oslo, Norway.
- 15 – Per Mathisen Trio played at Victoria - National Jazz Scene in Oslo, Norway.[16]
- 16 – Farmers Market played at Victoria - National Jazz Scene in Oslo, Norway.[17]
- 22
- The 44th Moers Festival starts in Moers, Germany (May 22 – 25)[18]
- Eivind Opsvik Overseas played at Victoria - National Jazz Scene in Oslo, Norway.[19]
- 23 – Beady Belle played at Victoria - National Jazz Scene in Oslo, Norway.[20]
- 28
- The 4th Torino Jazz Festival started in Turin (May 28 - June 2).[21]
- The 43rd Nattjazz 2015 started in Bergen, Norway (May 28 – June 6)[22]
- Bergen Big Band was the very first recipients of Olav Dale's Memorial Award at the opening of Nattjazz 2015.[23][24]
June
- 17 – The 27th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 26 – July 11).[25]
- 26 – The 35th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 26 – July 5).[26]
July
- 1
- The 51st Kongsberg Jazzfestival started at Kongsberg, Norway (July 1 – 4).[27]
- Ellen Andrea Wang was recipient of the Kongsberg Jazz Award or DNB.prisen 2015 at the Kongsberg Jazzfestival.[28]
- 2
- The 15th Stavernfestivalen started in Stavern, Norway (July 2 – 4).[29]
- The 25th JazzBaltica starts in Schloss Salzau close to Kiel, Germany (July 2 – 5).[30]
- 3
- The 37th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 3 – 12).[31]
- The 49th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 3 – 18).[32]
- 7 – The 68th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 7 – 12).[33]
- 10 – The 40th North Sea Jazz Festival started in Rotterdam, Netherlands (July 10 – 12).[34]
- 11
- The 27th Aarhus Jazz Festival started in Aarhus, Denmark (July 11 – 18).[35]
- The 50th Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 11 – 19).[36]
- 13 – The 55th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway with Mats Gustafsson as artist in residence (July 13 – 18).[37]
- 16 – Jan Ole Otnæs received the 2015 Molderosen at Moldejazz.[38]
- 22 – The 20th Canal Street started in Arendal, Norway (July 22 – 25).[39]
- 31 – The 59th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 31 – August 2).[40]
August
- 5 – The 29th Sildajazz 2015 started in Haugesund, Norway (August 5 – 9).[41]
- 6 – The 21st Hemnesjazz 2015 started in Hemnesberget, Norway (August 6 – 9).[42]
- 8 – The 4th Kids in Jazz 2015 festival started in Oslo, Norway as part of the Oslo Jazzfestival (August 8 – 12).[43]
- 10 – The 30th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 10 – 15).[44]
- 11 – The 17th Øyafestivalen started in Oslo, Norway (August 11 – 15).[45]
- 12 – Anneli Drecker played at Øyafestivalen.[46]
September
- 3 – The 11th Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (September 3 – 5).[47]
- 18 – The 58th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 18 – 20).[48]
October
- 9 – The 32nd Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (October 9 – 18).[49]
- 10 - Miles Ahead, a documentary about the life of Miles Davis releases[50]
November
- 13 – The 24th London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 13 – 22).[51]
December
- 29 – The 10th RIBBEjazz started in Lillestrøm, Norway.[52]
Albums released
| Month | Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13 | Songs For Quintet | Kenny Wheeler | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher, Steve Lake. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios. | [53] |
| 16 | Break Stuff | Vijay Iyer Trio | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [54] | ||
| Imaginary Cities | Chris Potter Underground Orchestra | [55] | ||||
| Made in Chicago | Jack DeJohnette | Produced by Dave Love, Jack DeJohnette | ||||
| 22 | Encore | Eberhard Weber | Live recordings 1990–2007 | |||
| 20 | Meditation | Terje Isungset | All Ice | |||
| 21 | Nangijala | Andreas Loven | Losen | [56] | ||
| 30 | Pinball | Marius Neset | ACT | Produced by Marius Neset and Anton Eger | [57] | |
| Bits & Pieces | Mopti feat. Bendik Baksaas | Jazzland | Produced by Bendik Baksaas, Christian M. Svendsen, Aleksander Sjølie, Harald Lassen | [58] | ||
| February | 3 | Wallflower | Diana Krall | Verve Records | Produced by David Foster | [59] |
| 6 | Gefion | Jakob Bro | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | ||
| The Half-finished Heaven | Sinikka Langeland | |||||
| 16 | Ten Love Songs | Susanne Sundfør | Warner | [60] | ||
| 20 | It´s OK To Play | Øystein Blix | Losen | [61] | ||
| Phoenix | Cyminology | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | |||
| 27 | Midwest | Mathias Eick | ||||
| Bird Calls | Rudresh Mahanthappa | ACT | Produced by Rudresh K. Mahanthappa | [62] | ||
| March | 6 | A Clear Midnight (Kurt Weill And America) | Julia Hülsmann Quartet with Theo Bleckmann | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | |
| Trees Of Light | Anders Jormin / Lena Willemark / Karin Nakagawa | [63] | ||||
| 17 | Time Within Itself | Michael Waldrop Big Band / Jack Cooper / Jimi Tunnell | Origin | Produced by Michael Waldrop | ||
| 20 | Grieg, Tveitt & I | Dag Arnesen | Coco & Co | |||
| In Maggiore | Paolo Fresu / Daniele di Bonaventura | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | |||
| This Is The Day | Giovanni Guidi Trio | |||||
| 22 | Hit The Wall! | Mats Gustafsson together with Thurston Moore | Smalltown Superjazzz | |||
| 23 | Lucidity | Atomic | Jazzland | Produced by Atomic, co-producer Sten Nilsen | [64] | |
| 24 | Duets | Stanley Jordan, Kevin Eubanks | Mack Avenue | [65] | ||
| 27 | Kjølvatn | Nils Økland Band including Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, Sigbjørn Apeland and Mats Eilertsen | ECM | [66] | ||
| Slow Eastbound Train | Daniel Herskedal | Edition | Produced by Erik Johannessen | [67] | ||
| Young At Heart | Ida Sand | ACT | Produced by Nils Landgren, executive producer Siggi Loch | [68] | ||
| April | 7 | Vol. 3 | Team Hegdal | Particular Recordings | ||
| 17 | Dallëndyshe | Elina Duni Quartet | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | ||
| Én | Duplex | NorCD | [69] | |||
| En Konsert For Folk Flest | Motorpsycho + Ståle Storløkken | Rune Grammofon | [70] | |||
| Surrounded By Sea | Andy Sheppard Quartet | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [71] | ||
| You've Been Watching Me | Tim Berne's Snakeoil | [72] | ||||
| 24 | Rocks & Straws | Anneli Drecker, lyrics based on poems by Arvid Hanssen | Rune Grammofon | [73] | ||
| Slow Snow | Tore Brunborg | ACT | Produced by Tore Brunborg | [74] | ||
| May | 1 | Terje Isungset & Stian Westerhus | Terje Isungset, Stian Westerhus | All Ice | ||
| 4 | Only Sky | David Torn | ECM | Produced by David Torn | ||
| 5 | The Epic | Kamasi Washington | Brainfeeder | [75] | ||
| 8 | Barber / Bartók / Jarrett | Keith Jarrett | ECM | [76] | ||
| Creation | [77] | |||||
| Now This | Gary Peacock Trio | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [78] | |||
| 9 | Ospitalita Generosa | Per Mathiesen Trio | Alessa | [79] | ||
| 15 | The Goldilocks Zone | Olga Konkova Trio | Losen | [80] | ||
| 19 | Firehouse | Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity including with Petter Eldh and André Roligheten | Clean Feed | [81] | ||
| 22 | Imágenes (Music For Piano) | Dino Saluzzi - Horacio Lavandera | ECM | |||
| 26 | The Bad Plus Joshua Redman | The Bad Plus and Joshua Redman | Nonesuch Records | [82] | ||
| 29 | Jazzpaña | Gerardo Núñez live with Ulf Wakenius | ACT | Recording producer Christoph Terbuyken | [83] | |
| June | 1 | Starfire | Jaga Jazzist | Ninja Tune | [84] | |
| 3 | Weathering | Kvien & Sommer | Full Of Nothing | |||
| 5 | Rainy Omen | Finland (Morten Qvenild, Ivar Grydeland, Jo Berger Myhre, Pål Hausken) | Hubro | [85] | ||
| 12 | Amores Pasados | John Potter | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | ||
| 16 | Space Time Continuum | Aaron Diehl | Mack Avenue | Produced by Maria Ehreneich | [86] | |
| 26 | Nomad Songs | Stephan Micus | ECM | |||
| July | 21 | Bugge & Friends | Bugge Wesseltoft | Jazzland | ||
| 24 | Tears Of The World | Knut Reiersrud & Mighty Sam McClain | ACT | Produced by Knut Reiersrud and Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen | [87] | |
| August | 11 | Individuals Facing the Terror of Cosmic Loneliness | Stein Urheim and Mari Kvien Brunvoll | Jazzland | [88] | |
| 21 | Silver Mountain | Elephant9 | Rune Grammofon | [89] | ||
| Vårres Egen Lille Krig | Vidar Vang | VV Records | [90] | |||
| 28 | Bridges | Adam Baldych & Helge Lien Trio | ACT | Mixed and mastered by Klaus Scheuermann | [91] | |
| Just The Two Of Us | Cæcilie Norby and Lars Danielsson | [92] | ||||
| In The Morning (Music Of Alec Wilder) | Stefano Battaglia Trio | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher, Torino Jazz Festival | |||
| Time Before And Time After | Dominique Pifarély | Produced by Manfred Eicher | ||||
| Wild Dance | Enrico Rava Quartet with Gianluca Petrella | |||||
| September | 2 | Buoyancy | Nils Petter Molvær | Okeh Records | Produced by Jo Berger Myhre, Nils Petter Molvær | |
| Bushman's Fire | Bushman's Revenge | Rune Grammofon | [93] | |||
| Jazz, Fritt Etter Hukommelsen | Bushman's Revenge | Rune Grammofon | [94] | |||
| 4 | For One to Love | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Mack Avenue | Produced by Al Pryor | [95] | |
| Luys i Luso | Tigran Hamasyan with Yerevan State Choir conducted by Harutyun Topikyan | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [96] | ||
| Personal Piano | Morten Qvenild | Hubro | [97] | |||
| 6 | Ville Ord | Frida Ånnevik | Grappa | Recipient of the Spellemannprisen lyricist award | [98] | |
| 11 | Hommage À Eberhard Weber | Pat Metheny, Jan Garbarek, Gary Burton, Scott Colley, Danny Gottlieb, Paul McCandless, Michael Gibbs, Helge Sunde, and SWR Big Band | ECM | |||
| When You Cut Into The Present | Møster! | Hubro | [99] | |||
| 16 | Sunrain | Haakon Graf Trio, including Erik Smith and Per Mathisen | Losen Records | Produces by Graf, Smith, and Mathisen | [100] | |
| 18 | Echo | Anja Eline Skybakmoen | Triogram | [101] | ||
| Megalodon | Megalodon Collective including with Henrik Lødøen | Gigafon | [102] | |||
| Waldemar 4 | Trygve Waldemar Fiske | Gigafon | [103] | |||
| 25 | Circadian Rhythm And Blues | Hayden Powell | Periskop Records | |||
| Mønster | Espen Berg Trio | Atterklang | Produced by Espen Berg Trio. AKLANG314 | [104] | ||
| Past Present | John Scofield | Impulse! | [105] | |||
| The String Project | Philip Catherine live in Brussels | ACT | Produced by Philip Catherine | [106] | ||
| October | 2 | Return to the Fire | Tim Garland | Edition | [107] | |
| Chiaroscuro | Giya Kancheli | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | |||
| Time Is A Blind Guide | Thomas Strønen | Produced by Sun Chung, Thomas Strønen | ||||
| 8 | JazzBukkBox a box with three albums: Lærad The Tree, Live in Germany and WorldJazz | Karl Seglem | NorCD | [108] | ||
| 9 | Band Of Gold | Band Of Gold including Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen and Nina Elisabeth Mortvedt | Jansen Plateproduksjon | [109] | ||
| Nachtfahrten | Michael Wollny | ACT | Produced by Siggi Loch | [110] | ||
| 12 | Golden Years | Pixel | Cuneiform | [111] | ||
| 30 | Mette Henriette | Mette Henriette | ECM | [112] | ||
| Winter Light | Scott DuBois | ACT | Produced by Scott DuBois | [113] | ||
| 31 | Cubistic Boogie | David Arthur Skinner | Losen | Produced by David Arthur Skinner, executive producer Odd Gjelsnes | [114] | |
| November | 6 | This Is Not A Miracle | Food | ECM | ||
| 12 | Aimless Mary | Needlepoint | BJK Music | [115] | ||
| 20 | Pieces Of Solitude | Natalie Sandtorv | Va Fongool | |||
| Trail of Souls | Solveig Slettahjell with Knut Reiersrud and In The Country | ACT | [116] | |||
| 27 | The Day I Had Everything | Malija including Mark Lockheart, Liam Noble, and Jasper Høiby | Edition | [117] | ||
| Just The Two Of Us | Cæcilie Norby with Lars Danielsson | ACT | Produced by Cæcilie Norby & Lars Danielsson, executive producer Siggi Loch | [118] | ||
| Time Is Coming | Hildegunn Øiseth | Losen | [119] | |||
| December | 1 | Before the Storm | Nakama | Nakama Records | Produced by Nakama & Christian Obermayer | [120] |
| 5 | Love Swings | Ike Moriz | Mosquito Records London Pty Ltd. | Recorded at Paris Studios, Cape Town | [121] |
