1991 in jazz explained

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1991.

Events

March

• 22 – The 18th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 22 – 24).^[1]

May

• 17 – The 20th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 17 – 20).^[2]
• 22 – The 19th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 22 – June 2).^[3]

July

• 2 – 25th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Switzerland (July 2 – 21).^[4]
• 11 – The 16th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague (July 11 – 14).^[5]

August

• 16 – The 8th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 16 – 18).^[6]

September

• 20 – The 34th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 20 – 22).^[7]

Unknown date

• Carla Bley divorced Michael Mantler.^[8]
• Carla Bley was married to Steve Swallow.^[9]

Album releases

• Steve Lacy

Remains

• Wayne Horvitz

Bring Your Camera

• John Butcher

Thirteen Friendly Numbers

• Guy Klucevsek

Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse

• Michael Formanek

Extended Animation

• Randy Weston

Spirits Of Our Ancestors

• Bill Frisell

Where in the World?

• Don Byron

Tuskegee Experiments

• Marilyn Crispell

Images

• Chick Corea Elektric Band

Beyond the Mask

• Bobby Previte

Weather Clear, Track Fast

• Music Revelation Ensemble: After Dark
• Sonny Sharrock

Ask the Ages

• Steve Coleman

Black Science

• Joe Lovano

From the Soul

• David Sanborn

Another Hand

• Don Pullen

Kele Mou Bana

• Terje Rypdal

Q.E.D.

• Jackie McLean

Rites of Passage

• Joanne Brackeen

Is It Really True

• John Scofield

Meant to Be

• John Patitucci

Heart of the Bass

• Julius Hemphill

Fat Man and the Hard Blues

• London Jazz Composers' Orchestra

Theoria

• Wynton Marsalis

Blue Interlude

• Marty Ehrlich

Side by Side

• Tim Berne

Can't Put My Finger On It

• Joanne Brackeen: Where Legends Dwell
• Joey Baron

Tongue in Groove

• Max Roach

To the Max

• Robert Dick

Venturi Shadows

• Freddie Hubbard

Temptation

• Fred Hersh

Forward Motion

• Steve Swallow

Swallow

• Marcus Roberts

As Serenity Approaches

• Steve Turre

Right There

• Trilok Gurtu

Living Magic

• Branford Marsalis

The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born

• Christy Doran

What a Band

• Yellowjackets

Politics

• David S. Ware

Great Bliss, Vol. 1

• David S. Ware

Great Bliss, Vol. 2

• Eliane Elias

A Long Story

Deaths

January

• 4
  • Eddie Barefield, American saxophonist, clarinetist, and arranger (born 19091).
  • Leo Wright, American alto saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist (born 1933).
• 10 – Bob Wallis, British trumpeter (born 1934).
• 14 – Miles Copeland Jr., American musician (born 1916).

February

• 26 – Slim Gaillard, American singer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist, vibraphonist, and tenor saxophonist (born 1916).

March

• 3 – Sal Nistico, American tenor saxophonist (born 1938).^[10]
• 15 – Bud Freeman, American tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer (born 1906).
• 20 – Billy Butler, American guitarist (born 1924).
• 25 – Rusty Bryant, American tenor and alto saxophonist (born 1929).
• 31 – John Carter, American clarinetist, saxophonist, and flautist (born 1929).

April

• 1
  • Bjarne Nerem, Norwegian tenor saxophonist, alto saxophonist, and clarinetist (born 1923).
  • Jon Eardley, American trumpeter (born 1928).
• 16 – Ove Lind, Swedish clarinetist (born 1926).
• 19 – Barry Rogers, American trombonist (born 1935).

May

• 3 – Harry Gibson, American pianist, singer, and songwriter (born 1915).
• 8 – Kenny Trimble, American trombonist (born 1919).

June

• 6 – Stan Getz, American saxophonist (born 1927).
• 23 – Masayuki Takayanagi, Japanese guitarist (born 1932).
• 29 – Richard Holmes, American organist (born 1931).

July

• 24 – Tullio Mobiglia, Italian saxophonist and bandleader (born 1911).
• 31 – Charlie Beal, American pianist (born 1908).

August

• 4 – Jeri Southern, American pianist and singer (born 1926).
• 10 – Buster Smith, American alto saxophonist (born 1904).^[11]

September

• 4 – Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1913).
• 28 – Miles Davis American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (born 1926).^[12]

October

• 1 – Stu Williamson, American trumpeter and valve trombonist (born 1933).

November

• 9 – Lance Hayward, Bermudan-American pianist (born 1916).

December

• 8 – Buck Clayton, American trumpeter (born 1911).
• 12 – Ronnie Ross, British baritone saxophonist (born 1933).
• 18 – King Kolax, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1912).
• 22 – Beaver Harris, American drummer (born 1936).
• 31 – Pat Patrick, American baritone saxophonist, alto saxophonist, and guitar bassist (born 1929).

Unknown date

• Tío Tom, Afro-Cuban musician (born 1919).

Births

February

• 4 – Kjetil Mulelid, Norwegian pianist and composer.

March

• 27 – Braxton Cook, American alto saxophonist and composer.

April

• 10 – Andreas Skår Winther, Norwegian drummer.
• 23 – Jean Rondeau, French harpsichordist.
• 26 – Will Heard, English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.

May

• 10 – Jimmy Macbride, American drummer and composer.

June

• 11 – Aaron M. Johnson, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader.

July

• 26 – Nathan Hartono, Indonesian multi-instrumentalist and vocalist.

September

• 21 – Ai Kuwabara, Japanese pianist.
• 25 – Per Kamfjord, Norwegian drummer.

October

• 20 – Henrik Lødøen, Norwegian drummer.

Unknown date

• Bendik Baksaas, Norwegian electronica artist.
• Magnus Bakken, Norwegian saxophonist.
• Olli Soikkeli, Finnish guitarist.

See also

• 1990s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1991 in music

External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 1991 at All About Jazz

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vossajazz – Historie . Norwegian . . 2016-04-22.
2. Web site: Moers Festival 1987 . . 2016-04-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160314024317/http://www.moers-festival.de/archive-2012.html?L=1 . 2016-03-14 . dead .
3. Web site: Nattjazz . Norwegian . . 2016-04-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160322193111/http://www.nattjazz.no/historie/index.php?ID=Alle . 2016-03-22 .
4. Web site: Montreux Jazz Festival 1991 Setlists . Setlist.fm . 2016-05-03.
5. Web site: North Sea Jazz Festival 1991 . . 2016-04-29.
6. Web site: Brecon Jazz Festival 1991 . FriendsOfBreconJazz.com . 2016-04-29.
7. Web site: The Monterey Jazz Festival Collections . EarlNewmanPrints.com . 2016-04-29 .
8. Web site: Bley, Carla (Lovella May Borg) . Jazz.com . 2016-03-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150302045714/http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/bley-carla-lovella-may-borg . 2015-03-02 .
9. Web site: Carla Bley – Biography . Amoeba.com . 2016-03-27.
10. Web site: Sal Nistico . Scott . Yanow . . 2018-01-31.
11. Web site: Alphonse Trent . . 2018-01-06.
12. Book: Chambers, J. K. . 1998 . Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis . Da Capo Press . 0-306-80849-8.