1972 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1972.
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| Decade | 1970s in jazz |
| Music | 1972 in music |
| Standards | List of post-1950 jazz standards |
| See also | 1971 in jazz – 1973 in jazz |
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Events
April
- 21
- Grant Green records Live at the Lighthouse at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California.[1]
June
- 10 – The very first Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 10 – 11).[2]
- 16 – The 6th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 16 – August 20).[3]
- 29 – The 19th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (June 29 – July 8).[4]
September
- 15 – The 15th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17).[5]
Album releases
- Neil Ardley: Symphony of Amaranths
- Gato Barbieri: Bolivia (album)
- Paul Bley: Open, to Love
- Anthony Braxton
- 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
- 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 (Annette Peacock album)"
- Jean-Luc Ponty: Sonata Erotica
- John Surman: Westering Home
- McCoy Tyner
- Weather Report: I Sing the Body Electric
- Randy Weston: Blue Moses
- Stanley Cowell – Illusion Suite
- Stanley Clarke – Children of Forever
- Gary Bartz – Juju Street Songs
- Airto Moreira – Free
- Charles Earland – Charles III
- Stanley Turrentine – Cherry
- Bucky Pizzarelli – Green 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.[6]
- 25 – Mimi Jones, American bassist, vocalist, composer, bandleader, and label director.[7]
- April
- 9 – Christos Rafalides, Greek vibraphonist, composer, and educator.
- 15 – Christer Fredriksen, Norwegian guitarist.
- 16 – Øyvind Nypan, Norwegian guitarist.
- May
- 31 – Christian McBride, American upright bassist.
- July
- 1 – Alex Machacek, Austrian jazz fusion 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.
- November
- 5 – Neil Cowley, English pianist.
- December
- 2 – Pasquale Stafano, Italian jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.
- 5 – Stefano Bollani, Italian composer, pianist, and singer.
- 7 – Thomas Strønen, Norwegian drummer.
- Unknown date
- Anders Christensen, Danish upright bassist.
- Ari Poutiainen, Finnish violinist, violist, composer, and researcher.
- Meriç Yurdatapan, Turkish singer.
- Morten Lund, Danish drummer.
References
- Huey, Steve. Grant Green – Live at the Lighthouse at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- "Moers International New Jazz Festival 1972". Moers Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- "Montreux Jazz Festival 1972 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- "Newport Jazz Festival 1972 Poster". Ebay.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- "The Monterey Jazz Festival 1972 Poster". EarlNewmanPrints.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- "Noriko Ueda". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- "Full bio - Mimi Jones". MimiJonesMusic.com. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
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