1972 in jazz explained

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1972.

Events

April

• 21
  • Grant Green records Live at the Lighthouse at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California.

June

• 10 – The very first Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 10 – 11).^[1]
• 16 – The 6th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 16 – August 20).^[2]
• 29 – The 19th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (June 29 – July 8).^[3]

September

• 15 – The 15th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17).^[4]

Album releases

• Neil Ardley

Symphony of Amaranths

• Gato Barbieri

Bolivia (album)

• Paul Bley

Open, to Love

• Anthony Braxton
  • Donna Lee
  • Saxophone Improvisations
  • Town Hall 1972
• Gary Burton

Alone at Last

• Ornette Coleman

Skies of America

• Chick Corea

Return To Forever

• Miles Davis

On The Corner

• Bill Evans

Living Time (with George Russell)

• Gunter Hampel
  • Angel (Gunter Hampel album)
  • Broadway
  • Familie (album)
  • Waltz For 11 Universes In A Corridor
• Herbie Hancock

Crossings (album)

• Julius Hemphill

Dogon AD

• Joe Henderson

Black Is The Color

• Keith Jarrett
  • Expectations (Keith Jarrett album)
  • Facing You
• Eric Kloss

One, Two, Free

• David Liebman

Open Sky (album)

• London Jazz Composers Orchestra

Ode (album)

• Albert Mangelsdorff

Trombirds

• Nucleus

Belladonna (album)

• Oregon

Music Of Another Present Era

• Annette Peacock

I'm the One

• Jean-Luc Ponty

Sonata Erotica

• John Surman

Westering Home

• McCoy Tyner
  • Echoes of a Friend
  • Sahara (album)
• Weather Report

I Sing the Body Electric

• Randy Weston

Blue Moses

• Stanley CowellIllusion Suite
• Stanley ClarkeChildren of Forever
• Gary BartzJuju Street Songs
• Airto MoreiraFree
• Charles EarlandCharles III
• Stanley TurrentineCherry
• Bucky PizzarelliGreen Guitar Blues

Deaths

January

• 27 – Mahalia Jackson, American singer (born 1911).

February

• 19 – Lee Morgan, American trumpeter, shot dead (born 1938).

March

• 13 – Clancy Hayes, American vocalist, banjoist and guitarist (born 1908).
• 27 – Sharkey Bonano, American trumpeter, band leader, and vocalist (born 1904).

April

• 3 – Ferde Grofé, American composer, arranger, and pianist (born 1892).

May

• 5 – Reverend Gary Davis, American singer, banjoist, guitarist, and harmonica player (born 1896).

June

• 8 – Jimmy Rushing, American blues shouter, balladeer, singer, and pianist (born 1901).

July

• 3 – Marty Flax, American saxophonist (born 1924).
• 10 – Lovie Austin, 84, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1887).

August

• 5 – Mezz Mezzrow, American clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1899).
• 9 – André Ekyan, French reedist (born 1907).
• 20 – Mike Bryan, American guitarist (born 1916).
• 24 – Don Byas, American tenor saxophonist (born 1912).
• 31
  • Hideo Shiraki, Japanese drummer and bandleader (born 1933).
  • Dalva de Oliveira, Brazilian singer (internal bleeding) (born 1917).

October

• 13 – Phil Seamen, English drummer (born 1926).
• 25 – Cal Massey, American trumpeter and composer (born 1928).

November

• 24 – Hall Overton, American composer and pianist (born 1920).

December

• 3 – Bill Johnson, African-American upright bassist (born 1872).
• 5 – Kenny Dorham, American trumpeter, singer, and composer (born 1924).
• 25 – Dud Bascomb, American trumpeter (born 1916).
• 29 – Hayes Alvis, American upright bassist and tubist (born 1907).

Births

January

• 6 – Mina Agossi, French singer-songwriter.

February

• 1 – Siri Gjære, Norwegian singer.
• 14 – Daniela Schaechter, Italian singer and pianist.

March

• 7 – Katrine Madsen, Danish singer.
• 12 – Lisa Werlinder, Swedish actress and singer.
• 14 – Noriko Ueda, Japanese upright bassist, pianist, singer, composer, and arranger.^[5]
• 21 – Jesse van Ruller, Dutch guitarist and composer.
• 25 – Mimi Jones, American bassist, vocalist, composer, bandleader, and label director.^[6]

April

• 9 – Christos Rafalides, Greek vibraphonist, composer, and educator.
• 15 – Christer Fredriksen, Norwegian guitarist.
• 16 – Øyvind Nypan, Norwegian guitarist.

May

• 31 – Christian McBride, American bassist.

July

• 1 – Alex Machacek, Austrian guitarist.
• 4 – Ketil Gutvik, Norwegian guitarist.
• 29 – Roger Johansen, Norwegian drummer.

August

• 13 – Oscar Peñas, Catalan-American guitarist and composer.
• 21 – Nino Katamadze, Georgian singer.

September

• 12 – Gerard Presencer, English trumpeter.
• 27 – Lindha Kallerdahl, Swedish singer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.

October

• 2 – John Daversa, American trumpeter and composer.
• 11 – Federico Ughi, Italian drummer and composer.
• 12 – Eugene Ball, Australian composer and trumpeter.
• 22 – Doug Wamble, American guitarist and vocalist.

November

• 5 – Neil Cowley, English pianist.

December

• 2 – Pasquale Stafano, Italian pianist, composer, and arranger.
• 5 – Stefano Bollani, Italian composer, pianist, and singer.
• 7 – Thomas Strønen, Norwegian drummer.
• 28 – Terreon Gully, American drummer.

Unknown date

• Anders Christensen, Danish upright bassist.
• Ari Poutiainen, Finnish violinist, violist, composer, and researcher.
• Jay Soto, American guitarist.
• Meriç Yurdatapan, Turkish singer.
• Morten Lund, Danish drummer.

See also

• 1970s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1972 in music

External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 1972 at All About Jazz

Notes and References

1. Web site: Moers International New Jazz Festival 1972 . . 2016-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160314024317/http://www.moers-festival.de/archive-2012.html?L=1 . 2016-03-14 . dead .
2. Web site: Montreux Jazz Festival 1972 Setlists . Setlist.fm . 2016-04-30.
3. Web site: Newport Jazz Festival 1972 Poster . Ebay.com . 2016-04-30.
4. Web site: The Monterey Jazz Festival 1972 Poster . EarlNewmanPrints.com . 2016-04-30.
5. Web site: Noriko Ueda . . 2018-03-29.
6. Web site: Full bio - Mimi Jones . MimiJonesMusic.com . 2018-03-28.