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1997 in jazz

Fats Domino at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Decade| 1990s in jazz
Music| 1997 in music
Standards| List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also| 1996 in jazz - 1998 in jazz

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## Events

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### March

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* 21 – The 24th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 21 – 23).[1]

### May

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* 16 – The 26th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 16 – 19).[2]
* 21 – The 25th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 21 – 31).[3]

### June

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* 26 – The 18th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 26 – July 6).[4]

### July

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* 2 – The 7th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (July 2 – 13).[5]
* 4 – The 31st Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 4 – 19).[6]
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* The 22nd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 11 – 13).[7]
* The 50th Nice Jazz Festival started in France (July 11 – 20).[8]
* 12 – The 32nd Pori Jazz Festival started in Finland (July 12 – 20).[9]
* 15 – The 38th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 15 – 20).[10]

### August

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* 8 – The 14th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 8 – 10).[11]

### September

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* 19 – The 40th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 19 – 21).[12]

### October

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* 7 – Blue Note – A Story of Modern Jazz, by jazz documentarist and filmmaker Julian Benedikt, an award-winning documentary film.[13]

## Album releases

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### October

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Day  | Album  | Artist  | Label  | Notes  | Ref.

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7  | Imaginary Day | Pat Metheny Group | Warner Bros. | Produced by Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays | [14]

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* Guillermo Gregorio: Ellipsis
* Matthew Shipp: Strata
* Steve Coleman: Genesis
* Marcus Roberts: Blues for the New Millennium
* ICP Orchestra: Jubilee Varia
* Vandermark 5: Single Piece Flow
* David Liebman: Time Immemorial
* Wynton Marsalis: Blood on the Fields
* Franz Koglmann: O Moon My Pin Up
* Courtney Pine: Underground
* Leo Smith: Golden Hearts Remembrance
* Keith Tippett: Colours Fulfilled
* Joe Lovano: Trio Fascination
* David Liebman: The Elements - Water
* Fred Anderson: Fred Anderson / DKV Trio

## Deaths

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January

* 8 – George Handy, American arranger, composer, and pianist (born 1920).
* 12 – Wally Rose, American pianist (born 1913).
* 16 – Beverly Peer, American upright bassist (born 1912).
* 25 – Seldon Powell, American tenor saxophonist and flautist (born 1928).

February

* 10 – Lou Bennett, American organist (born 1926).
* 14 – Charles Moffett, American drummer (born 1929).
* 20 – Zachary Breaux, American guitarist (born 1960).
* 23 – Tony Williams, American drummer (born 1945).

March

* 11 – Hugh Lawson, American pianist (born 1935).

May

* 10 – Bernard Anderson, American trumpeter (born 1919).
* 12 – Louis Barbarin, American drummer (born 1902).
* 14 – Thelma Carpenter, American singer and actress (born 1922).
* 15 – Tommy Turrentine, American trumpeter (born 1928).
* 18 – Horst Lippmann, German drummer, concert promoter, writer, and television director (born 1927).
* 31 – Eddie Jones, American upright bassist (born 1929).

June

* 2 – Doc Cheatham, American trumpeter, singer and bandleader (born 1905).
* 4
* Anne Lenner, English singer (born 1912).
* Johnny "Hammond" Smith, American organist (born 1933).
* 12 – Chuck Andrus, American upright bassist (born 1928).
* 14 – Arthur Prysock, American singer (born 1924).
* 16 – Rolf Ericson, Swedish trumpeter and flugelhornist (born 1922).
* 19 – Thurman Green, American trombonist (born 1940).

July

* 2 – Stan Barker, American pianist (born 1926).
* 29 – Chuck Wayne, American guitarist (born 1923).

August

* 2 – Fela Kuti, Nigerian saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist (born 1938).
* 8
* Dardanelle Hadley, American singer, vibraphonist, pianist, composer, and arranger (born 1917).
* Duncan Swift, British pianist (born 1943).
* 12 – Dick Marx, American pianist and arranger (born 1924).
* 14 – Eric Von Essen, American bassist, pianist, and composer (born 1954).
* 24 – Tete Montoliu, American pianist (born 1933).

September

* 18 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (born 1920).
* 20 – Dick Shearer, American trombonist (born 1940).

October

* 29 – Big Nick Nicholas, American saxophonist and vocalist (born 1922).

November

* 2 – Carson Smith, American upright bassist (born 1931).
* 9 – Joe Roccisano, saxophonist and arranger (born 1939).
* 10 – Tommy Tedesco, American guitarist (born 1930).
* 11 – Shake Keane, American trumpeter and poet (born 1927).
* 12 – Carola Standertskjöld, Finnish singer (born 1941).

December

* 1 – Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (born 1908).
* 6 – George Chisholm, American trombonist (born 1915).
* 12 – Mouse Randolph, American trumpeter (born 1909).
* 21 – Johnny Coles, American trumpeter (born 1926).
* 30 – Ray Crawford, American guitarist (born 1924).

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* Johnny Mince, American clarinetist (born 1912).

## Births

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* Barbra Lica, Canadian jazz singer and songwriter.

## See also

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* 1990s portal
* Jazz portal

* 1990s in jazz
* List of years in jazz
* 1997 in music

## References

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1. ^ "Vossajazz – Historie" (in Norwegian). Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
2. ^ "Moers Festival 1997". Moers Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
3. ^ "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
4. ^ "Festival International de Jazz de Montréal". Montreal International Jazz Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
5. ^ "Jazz Fest Wien 1997: July 2 – 13". Jazz Fest Wien. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
6. ^ Viglione, Joe. "Legends: Live at Montreux 1997". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
7. ^ "North Sea Jazz Festival 1997". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
8. ^ "Nice Jazz Festival 1996 Setlists". Setlists.fm. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
9. ^ "Pori Jazz Festival 1997 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
10. ^ "Moldejazz 1996" (in Norwegian). Dimu.no. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
11. ^ "Brecon Jazz Programme 1997". FriendsOfBreconJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
12. ^ "Monterey Jazz Festival 1999 Poster". Kerouac.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
13. ^ "Blue Note – A Story of Modern Jazz (1997)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
14. ^ Gillis, A. G. (1997-11-01). "Pat Metheny Group: Imaginary Day". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2016-02-29.

## External links

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* History Of Jazz Timeline: 1997 at All About Jazz

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