2016 in jazz

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2016 in jazz
Angelo Debarre Quartet performs at Cosmopolite venue in Oslo, Norway
during the Django festival 2016.
Decade2010s in jazz
Music2016 in music
StandardsList of jazz standards
See also2015 in jazz – 2017 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting jazz events in the year 2016.

Kamasi Washington performing at the 2016 Coachella event
GoGo Penguin performing at a concert in Vienna, Austria
Abdullah Ibrahim at the Oslo Jazzfestival
Tord Gustavsen with Simin Tander 2016 at Cosmopolite, Oslo, Norway
Tomasz Stanko 2016 at Cosmopolite, Oslo, Norway
Allan Harris 2016 at Cosmopolite, Oslo, Norway
Knut Reiersrud Band 2016 at Cosmopolite, Oslo, Norway
Natalie Sandtorv
at the 2016 Moers Festival

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

  • 24-26 - The Joy of Jazz Festival, one of the premiere Jazz festivals in South Africa, occurs[3]

October

November

December

Albums

Month Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
January 8 Blackstar David Bowie ISO, Columbia, RCA, Sony Music Produced by David Bowie, Tony Visconti [4]
Kindred Spirits Live at Chan's Greg Abate and Phil Woods Whaling City Sound [5]
15 Amorphae Ben Monder, Pete Rende, Andrew Cyrille, Paul Motian ECM Produced by Sun Chung [6]
I Long To See You Charles Lloyd & The Marvels Blue Note [7]
19 Quiver Ralph Alessi, Gary Versace, Drew Gress, Nasheet Waits ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher [8]
21 The Boop-A-Doo Cherry Poppin' Daddies Space Age Bachelor Pad Records Produced by Steve Perry [8]
22 Klangkammer 2 Stian Omenås NorCD Executive producer Karl Seglem
29 Groove Travels Gerard Presencer Edition [9]
Into The Silence Avishai Cohen ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher
What Was Said Tord Gustavsen, Simin Tander, Jarle Vespestad [10]
Momento Ayumi Tanaka Trio AMP Records
When You Wish Upon a Star Bill Frisell Okeh Produced by Lee Townsend
February 1 Forms & Poses Christian Meaas Svendsen Nakama Produced by Christian Meaas Svendsen [11]
Lars Danielsson Songbook Lars Danielsson ACT [12]
5 Kuria Suite Knut Kristiansen and Bergen Big Band Grappa [13]
11 District Six Andreas Loven Losen [14]
12 The Distance Michael Formanek and Ensemble Kolossus ECM
Warp Jon Balke Produced by Jon Balke and Manfred Eicher [15]
Dream Keeper André Fernandes Edition [16]
The Theory Of Joy Ian Shaw Jazz Village [17]
14 Story Of I Myrna Tomtom & Braza [18]
16 Mare Nostrum II Jan Lundgren ACT Produced by René Hess / HR Music, executive producer Siggi Loch [19]
19 Birdwatching Anat Fort Trio with Gianluigi Trovesi ECM [20]
Quiver Ralph Alessi Produced by Manfred Eicher
26 Eastern Smiles Hanna Paulsberg Concept Odin
In The End His Voice Will Be The Sound Of Paper Trondheim Jazz Orchestra with Kim Myhr and Jenny Hval Hubro Produced by Kim Myhr
Klangspuren Michael Wollny Trio ACT Executive producer Siggi Loch (CD) [21]
March 3 Kanestrøm Frode Alnæs Øra Fonogram [22]
4 Continuum Nik Bärtsch's Mobile ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher
Emily's D+Evolution Esperanza Spalding Concord Produced by Esperanza Spalding and Tony Visconti [23]
11 Arclight Julian Lage Mack Avenue Produced by Jesse Harris [24]
A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke Vijay Iyer / Wadada Leo Smith ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher
Ferenc Snétberger in Concert Ferenc Snétberger
Culturen Skadedyr Hubro International release in May 2016 [25]
18 Beauty & Truth Joachim Kühn ACT Produced by Joachim Kühn, executive producer Siggi Loch [26]
Crystal Rain Céline Bonacina Crystal Quartet Cristal Records
25 Full Circle Brian Bromberg Artistry Music [27]
Let's Dance Per Oddvar Johansen Edition [28]
30 The Dance Upon My Grave COKKO (Marte Eberson, Natalie Sandtorv, Ole Mofjell) Playdate Records
April 1 Alba Markus Stockhausen / Florian Weber ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher
Black Ice Wolfert Brederode Trio
Black Orpheus Masabumi Kikuchi
3 Tocororo Alfredo Rodriguez Mack Avenue [29]
7 Debonaire Ike Moriz Mosquito Records London Pty Ltd. Recorded at Paris Studios, Cape Town [30]
8 Parallax Phronesis Edition Records Produced by Phronesis
15 Live at Montreux 1993 Al Jarreau Eagle Rock Records [31]
Thick as Thieves Mongrel – Thomas Litleskare, Ayumi Tanaka, Stian Andersen, Tore Flatjord Losen Records [32]
22 Cohearence Yellowjackets Mack Avenue Produced by Bob Mintzer, Dane Alderson, Maria Ehrenreich, Russell Ferrante, William Kennedy, Yellowjackets
Triangle Susanna SusannaSonata [33]
29 Amputation Stian Westerhus House of Mythology
Culcha Vulcha Snarky Puppy Ropeadope Records [34]
Held Jason Rebello Edition Records Produced by Dave Stapleton & Jason Rebello [35]
Sun Blowing Danielsson Neset Lund ACT Music Produced by Morten Lund & Lars Danielsson, executive producer Siggi Loch [36]
The Ystad Concert - A Tribute To Jan Johansson Jan Lundgren ACT Music Produced by Jan Lundgren, executive producer Siggi Loch [37]
May 6 Andando el Tiempo Carla Bley / Andy Sheppard / Steve Swallow ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher [38]
In Movement Jack DeJohnette / Ravi Coltrane / Matthew Garrison
Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny Cuong Vu Trio meets Pat Metheny Nonesuch Records Produced by Cuong Vu [39]
One Tim Garland Edition Records Produced by Tim Garland [40]
The Unity Sessions Pat Metheny Nonesuch Records Produced by Pat Metheny [41]
20 La Mascarade Rolf Lislevand ECM Records Produced by Manfred Eicher [42]
26 Vyamanikal Kit Downes & Tom Challenger Slip Records [43]
27 Everything's Beautiful Miles Davis & Robert Glasper Columbia, Blue Note Produced Robert Glasper,
associate producer Rashad Ringo Smith		 [44]
Invisible Man Jukka Perko Avara ACT Music Produced by Siggi Loch
Logos Gerardo Nunez, Ulf Wakenius & Cepillo Produced by Gerardo Núñez, executive producer Siggi Loch
Solitary Moon Liv Stoveland Ponca Jazz Records [45]
Stranger Things Have Happened Clare Maguire Virgin Records Produced by Clare Maguire [46][47]
June 3 Blues and Ballads Brad Mehldau Trio Nonesuch Records Produced by Brad Mehldau [48]
Upward Spiral Branford Marsalis Quartet & Kurt Elling Sony Music Entertainment Nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards[49] [50]
10 Convergence Warren Wolf Mack Avenue Records [51]
Short Stories Dominick Farinacci [52]
Wolf Valley Eyolf Dale Edition Records [53]
24 Arclight Julian Lage Mack Avenue Produced by Jesse Harris [54]
The Way We Play Marquis Hill Concord Jazz [55]
July 1 Freetown Sound Blood Orange Domino Produced by Dev Hynes [56]
9 Sounds of 3 Per Mathisen Trio (including
Frode Alnæs and Gergő Borlai)		 Losen Records [57]
22 Everybody Has A Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth Charlie Hunter GroundUP [58]
29 Rubicon Mats Eilertsen ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher [59]
Unstatic Manu Katche Anteprima Productions [60]
August 5 Apokaluptein Live Maria Roggen Kirkelig Kulturverksted Produced by Live Maria Roggen
19 Femte Isglem NorCD Produced by Karl Seglem
Norwegian Caravan Come Shine - Kringkastingsorkesteret Lawo Classics Produced by Erlend Skomsvoll, Vegard Landaas
Presents MONK'estra, Volume 1 John Beasley Mack Avenue Records [61]
26 How Long Is Now? Rantala Danielsson Erskine ACT Music Produced by Siggi Loch [62]
Into The Mystic David Helbock [63]
Snowmelt Marius Neset Produces by Marius Neset with Anton Eger [64]
It's Hard The Bad Plus Okeh Records [65]
Air Frode Haltli with the Trondheim Soloists and Arditti Quartet ECM Records [66]
Rumi Songs Trygve Seim Produced by Manfred Eicher [67]
September 2 Buoyancy Nils Petter Molvær Okeh Records Produced by Jo Berger Myhre, Nils Petter Molvær
Ida Lupino Giovanni Guidi / Gianluca Petrella / Louis Sclavis / Gerald Cleaver ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher
Jazz, Fritt Etter Hukommelsen Bushman's Revenge Rune Grammofon [68]
Salmeklang Gjermund Larsen Trio Heilo Recipient of the composer Spellemannprisen [69][70]
The Good Life Till Brönner Sony Masterworks
9 Atmosphères Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, and Jan Bang ECM Records [71]
Changing Tides Lukas Zabulionis Curling Legs
Cosmic Adventure Scott Tixier Sunnyside Records Produced by Corelli Savarez, Donald Brown, François Zalacain, Schertler Group
Grand White Silk Torun Eriksen Jazzland Recordings Produced by Kjetil Dalland, Torun Eriksen
Nearness Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau Nonesuch Records
The Deer’s Cry Vox Clamantis – compositions by Arvo Pärt ECM Records [72]
16 Sunrain Haakon Graf Trio, including Erik Smith and Per Mathisen Losen Records Produces by Graf, Smith, and Mathisen [73]
Together, As One Dinosaur Edition Records [74]
20 Diwan Of Beauty And Odd Dhafer Youssef Okeh Records
23 Bloom Kim Myhr Hubro
Country For Old Men John Scofield Impulse Records Produced by John Scofield [75]
Streams Jakob Bro ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher
The Art of Elegance Kristin Chenoweth Concord Records Produced by Steve Tyrell [76][77]
The Declaration of Musical Independence Andrew Cyrille Quartet ECM Records Produced by Sun Chung [78]
30 It's Another Wor d Sigrun Tara Øverland with Picidae NorCD [79]
Somewhere In Between Bugge Wesseltoft Jazzland Recordings
October 7 Day Breaks Norah Jones Blue Note Produced by Eli Wolf, Norah Jones, Sarah Oda [80][81]
Kurzsam And Fulger Christian Wallumrød Ensemble Hubro Music [82]
The Monash Sessions Kate Ceberano Jazzhead, MGM Distribution Produced by James Mustafa [83][84]
10 Tandem Michael Wollny & Vincent Peirani ACT Music Produced by Siggi Loch [85]
14 Aziza Aziza (Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, Eric Harland) Dare2 Records Produced by Dave Holland, executive producer Louise Holland [86]
Beyond Now Donny McCaslin Motéma Music
Nine Firmaments Arne Jansen Trio Traumton Records Produced by Arne Jansen
Rainbow Session Harald Lassen Hagen Recordings Produced by Harald Lassen [87]
21 Her Bor Frida Ånnevik Grappa Music GRLP4529 [88]
On Behalf Of Nature Meredith Monk Ensemble ECM Records Produced by Manfred Eicher [89]
28 Christmas With My Friends V Nils Landgren ACT Music [90]
EST Symphony EST Symphony [91]
Rising Grace Wolfgang Muthspiel with Ambrose Akinmusire, Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, and Brian Blade ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher [92]
31 No Right No Left Andreas Wildhagen Nakama Records Produced by Andreas Wildhagen [93]
November 4 A Multitude of Angels Keith Jarrett ECM Records 4xCD from solo concerts in Italy in October 1996 [94]
Black Focus Yussef Kamaal Brownswood Recordings [95]
11 December Songs Olga Konkova and
Jens Thoresen		 Losen Records [96]
StaiStua Ulvo / Hole / Haltli NorCD Produced by Andreas Ulvo, Musikk I Hedmark
The Mechanical Fair Ola Kvernberg Olsen Records 2xLP produced by Todd Terje [97]
12 Stories Jan Gunnar Hoff 2L Solo piano [98]
14 XXX Scorch Trio (Raoul Björkenheim, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Frank Rosaly) Rune Grammofon 4xLP [98]
17 My Head Is Listening Motif Clean Feed Produced by Motif
18 David Eleni Karaindrou ECM Records Produced Manfred Eicher [99]
The Fifth Century Gavin Bryars ECM Records [100]
19 3 Pianos Tanaka/Lindvall/Wallumrød Nakama Records Produced by Ayumi Tanaka, Johan Lindvall, Christian Wallumrød [101]
22 Midt På Natta Operasjon Hegge Particular Recordings P!8
25 The Space Between Stuart McCallum & Mike Walker Edition Records Produced by Stuart McCallum [102]
December 2 Antenna David Virelles ECM Records [103]
New Direction Herlin Riley Mack Avenue Records [104]
12 Most Intimate Nakama Nakama Records Produced by Christian Meaas Svendsen [105]
16 New York City Magic Per Mathisen, Utsi Zimring, and David Kikoski Alessa Records [106]
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 Tony Bennett Columbia [107]

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