Overview of the events of 1961 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1961 .
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February
4 – Alphonse Picou , American clarinetist and composer (born 1878).
7 – Noah Lewis , American harmonica player (born 1891).
22 – Nick LaRocca , New Orleans cornetist and trumpeter (born 1889).
March
April
29 – Miff Mole , American trombonist and bandleader (born 1898).
July
August
October
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January
February
5 – Clark Tracey , British drummer, band leader, and composer.
9 – Steve Wilson , American saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist.
10 – Paolo Fresu , Italian trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger.
12 – Knut Reiersrud , Norwegian guitarist.
21 – Mike Nielsen , Irish guitarist, composer, and educator.
March
2 – Harald Dahlstrøm , Norwegian pianist.
5 – Marcelo Peralta , Argentine saxophones, piano, accordion, the Latin American aerophones, and composer.
14 – Joe Ascione , American drummer (died 2016 ).
23 – Eivind Aarset , Norwegian guitarist.
25 – Makoto Ozone , Japanese pianist.
27 – Tak Matsumoto , Japanese guitarist, producer, arranger, composer, singer and songwriter.
29 – Ken Stubbs , English alto saxophonist, and composer.[3]
30 – Tina May , English singer.
31 – Mark Lockheart , British tenor saxophonist, Loose Tubes .
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
10 – Jonathan Butler , South African singer-songwriter and guitarist.
11 – Xavier Desandre Navarre , French percussionist and drummer.
18 – Bo Sundström , Swedish singer and songwriter, Bo Kaspers orkester .
18 – Wynton Marsalis , American trumpeter.
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25 – Franck Amsallem , French-American pianist, arranger, composer, and singer.
27 – Igor Butman , Russian saxophonist.
November
December
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