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1991 in jazz

New Orleans Jazz Fest 1991. Carlsberg Brass Band

Decade| 1990s in jazz
Music| 1991 in music
Standards| List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also| 1990 in jazz – 1992 in jazz

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## Events

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### March

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

### May

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* 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

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* 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

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

### September

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

### Unknown date

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

## Album releases

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* 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

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Bjarne Nerem

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

* 10 – Tío Tom, Afro-Cuban musician (born 1919).
* 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).

## Births

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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

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* 1990s portal
* Jazz portal

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

## References

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1. ^ "Vossajazz – Historie" (in Norwegian). Vossajazz. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
2. ^ "Moers Festival 1987". Moers Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
3. ^ "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
4. ^ "Montreux Jazz Festival 1991 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
5. ^ "North Sea Jazz Festival 1991". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
6. ^ "Brecon Jazz Festival 1991". FriendsOfBreconJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-04-29.[dead link]
7. ^ "The Monterey Jazz Festival Collections". EarlNewmanPrints.com. Retrieved 2016-04-29.[permanent dead link]
8. ^ "Bley, Carla (Lovella May Borg)". Jazz.com. Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
9. ^ "Carla Bley – Biography". Amoeba.com. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
10. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Sal Nistico". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
11. ^ "Alphonse Trent". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
12. ^ Chambers, J. K. (1998). Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80849-8.

## External links

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* History Of Jazz Timeline: 1991 at All About Jazz

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