1966 in jazz explained

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1966.

Events

January

• 14 – The Jazz Crusaders record Live at the Lighthouse '66 at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California (January 14 – 16).^[1]

July

• 1 – The 13th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 1 – 4).^[2]

Album releases

• Alex Schlippenbach

Globe Unity

• Archie Shepp

Mama Too Tight

• Bill Evans

Bill Evans at Town Hall

• Bobby Hutcherson

Happenings

• Bobby Hutcherson: Stick-Up!
• Cecil Taylor

Unit Structures

• Cecil Taylor: Conquistador!
• Charles Lloyd

Dream Weaver

• Charles Tyler

Charles Tyler Ensemble

• Chick Corea

Tones For Joan's Bones

• Denny Zeitlin

Zeitgeist

• Dewey Redman

Look for the Black Star

• Don Cherry

Symphony For Improvisers

• Duke Ellington

The Far East Suite

• Guenter Hampel

Assemblage

• Hank Mobley

Straight No Filter

• Horace Silver

The Jody Grind

• Hugh Masekela

Grrr

• Hugh Masekela: The Americanization of Ooga Booga
• Hugh Masekela: The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela
• Jaki Byard

Sunshine of My Soul

• Joe Harriott

Indo-Jazz Suite

• Joe Harriott: Indo-Jazz Fusions
• John Coltrane

Ascension

• John Coltrane: Meditations
• Joseph Jarman

Song For

• Larry Young

Of Love And Peace

• Lee Morgan

Delightfulee

• Patty Waters

College Tour

• Roscoe Mitchell

Sound

• Sonny Simmons

Music from the Spheres

• Steve Lacy

Sortie

• Steve Lacy: The Forest And The Zoo
• Sun Ra

Strange Strings

• Sunny Murray

Sunny Murray Quintet

• Wayne Shorter

Adam's Apple

• Wayne Shorter: Speak No Evil

Standards

See also: List of post-1950 jazz standards.

Deaths

February

• 10 – Osie Johnson, American drummer, arranger, and singer (born 1923).
• 23 – Billy Kyle, American pianist (born 1914).

March

• 28 – Kid Howard, American trumpeter (born 1908).

May

• 11 – Isaiah Morgan, American trumpeter (born 1897).
• 30 – Thelma Terry, American bandleader and upright bassist (born 1901).

June

• 17 – Johnny St. Cyr, American banjoist and guitarist (born 1890).

July

• 31 – Bud Powell, American pianist (born 1924).

August

• 2 – Boyd Raeburn, American bandleader and bass saxophonist (heart attack) (born 1913).
• 17 – Rolf Billberg, Swedish alto saxophonist (born 1930).

September

• 2 – Darnell Howard, American clarinetist and violinist (born 1895).
• 28 – Lucky Millinder, African-American bandleader (born 1910).

October

• 3 – Dave Lambert, American lyricist and singer (born 1917).
• 7 – Smiley Lewis, American singer and guitarist (born 1913).
• 10 – Colette Bonheur, Canadian singer (born 1927).
• 15 – Lee Blair, American banjoist and guitarist (born 1903).
• 29 – Wellman Braud, American upright bassist (born 1891).

November

• 8 – Shorty Baker, American trumpeter (born 1914).

December

• 17 – Sylvia Telles, Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer (born 1934).

Unknown date

• Nikele Moyake, South African tenor saxophonist, The Blue Notes (born 1933).

Births

January

• 10 – Kristin Sevaldsen, Norwegian saxophonist.
• 12 – Ingrid Jensen, Canadian trumpeter.
• 28 – Julian Argüelles, English saxophonist.

February

• 2 – Greg Gisbert, American trumpeter and flugelhornist.
• 6
  • Larry Grenadier, American upright bassist.
  • Michael Mondesir, English bass guitarist and composer.
• 7 – Henrik Andersen, Danish guitarist, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and vocal percussionist.
• 21 – Margareta Bengtson, Swedish soprano singer, The Real Group.

March

• 5 – Ann Farholt, Danish singer.
• 14 – Raul Midón, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 22 – Jan Lundgren, Swedish pianist and composer.
• 25 – Jeff Healey, Canadian singer and guitarist (died 2008).^[3]

April

• 2 – Michael Cain, American pianist and composer.
• 12
  • Nils-Olav Johansen, Norwegian guitarist.
  • Rigmor Gustafsson, Swedish singer.
• 15 – Warren Hill, Canadian alto saxaphonist.
• 16 – Jarle Vespestad, Norwegian drummer.
• 22 – Nina Shatskaya, Russian singer and actress.
• 25 – Karen Mantler, American singer, composer, piano, organ, and chromatic harmonica player.

May

• 11 – Julian Joseph, British pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and broadcaster.
• 13 – Julian Siegel, British saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and arranger.
• 20 – Sheryl Bailey, American guitarist and educator
• 28 – Theo Bleckmann, German vocalist and composer.

June

• 8 – John Rae, Scottish drummer, composer, and band leader.
• 19 – Silje Nergaard, Norwegian singer.

July

• 12 – Luciana Souza, Brazilian singer and composer.

August

• 5 – Roberto Tola, Italian guitarist and composer.
• 6 – Regina Carter, American violinist.
• 7 – Torstein Ellingsen, Norwegian drummer.
• 11 – Donny McCaslin, American saxophonist.
• 30 – John Gunther, American saxophonist.

September

• 4 – Biréli Lagrène, French guitarist.
• 17 – Makiko Hirabayashi, Japanese pianist.

October

• 1 – Siri Gellein, Norwegian singer.
• 6 – Mark Whitfield, American guitarist.
• 12 – Harry Allen, American tenor saxophonist.
• 15 – Bill Charlap, American pianist.
• 18 – Bill Stewart, American drummer.
• 27 – Nathalie Loriers, Belgian pianist and composer.

November

• 5 – Øystein B. Blix, Norwegian trombonist.
• 12 – Anthony Joseph, British-Trinidadian poet, novelist, musician, and academic.
• 25 – Jacky Terrasson, American pianist.

Unknown date

• Carl Ludwig Hübsch, German tubist and composer.
• Hilmar Jensson, Icelandic guitarist and composer.
• Lars Møller, Danish saxophonist.
• Nils Davidsen, Danish bassist.
• Ricardo Garcia, Spanish guitarist and bandleader.
• Tony Kofi, British saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist.
• Toshimaru Nakamura, Japanese guitarist and electronica artist.^[4]
• Wessell Anderson, American alto and sopranino saxophonist.

See also

• 1960s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1966 in music

Bibliography

• Book: The New Real Book, Volume I. 1988. Sher Music. 0-9614701-4-3. refTheNewRealBookVol1.
• Book: The New Real Book, Volume II . 1991 . Sher Music . 0-9614701-7-8. refTheNewRealBookVol2.
• Book: The New Real Book, Volume III. 1995. Sher Music. 1-883217-30-X. refTheNewRealBookVol3.
• Book: The Real Book, Volume I . 6th . 2004 . Hal Leonard . 0-634-06038-4. refTheRealBookVol1.
• Book: The Real Book, Volume II . 2nd . 2007 . Hal Leonard . 1-4234-2452-2. refTheRealBookVol2.
• Book: The Real Book, Volume III . 2nd . 2006 . Hal Leonard . 0-634-06136-4. refTheRealBookVol3.
• Book: The Real Jazz Book . Warner Bros . 978-91-85041-36-7. refTheRealJazzBook.
• Book: The Real Vocal Book, Volume I . 2006 . Hal Leonard . 0-634-06080-5. refTheRealVocalBookVol1.

External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 1966 at All About Jazz

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Jazz Crusaders – Live at the Lighthouse '66 . Scott . Yanow . . 2016-05-03.
2. Web site: Newport Jazz Festival 1966 Poster . Rirocks.net . 2016-05-03.
3. News: Jeff Healey, Guitarist and Singer, Dies at 41 . Douglas . Martin . . 2008-03-04 . 2016-11-06.
4. Web site: Toshimaru Nakamura . RateYourMusic.com . 2018-03-27.