1973 in jazz explained

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1973.

Events

May

• 23 – The very first Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 6).^[1]

June

• 9 – The 2nd Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 9 – 11).^[2]
• 29
  • The 20th Newport Jazz Festival started in New York, New York for its second year there. (June 29 – July 8).^[3]
  • The 7th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 29 – July 15).^[4]

September

• 21 – The 16th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 21 – 23).^[5]

Album releases

• Art Ensemble of Chicago

Fanfare For The Warriors

• Gato Barbieri

• Paul Bley
  • Paul Bley & Scorpio
  • Paul Bley/NHØP
• Dollar Brand
  • African Portraits
  • African Space Program
  • Sangoma
• Marion Brown

Geechee Recollections

• Betty Carter

Album (Betty Carter album)

• Don Cherry

Relativity Suite

• Billy Cobham Spectrum
• Charles Earland

Charles III (album)

• Michael Franks

Michael Franks

• Hal Galper

Inner Journey

• Herbie Hancock
  • Head Hunters
  • Sextant
• Keith Jarrett

• Roland Kirk

Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle

• David Liebman

First Visit

• Frank Lowe

Black Beings

• Mahavishnu OrchestraBirds of Fire
• Michael Mantler

No Answer

• Paul Motian

Conception Vessel

• Oregon

Distant Hills

• Joe Pass

Virtuoso (Joe Pass album)

• Oscar Peterson

The Trio

• Flora Purim

Butterfly Dreams

• Dewey Redman

The Ear of the Behearer

• Sam Rivers

Streams

• Roswell Rudd

Numatik Swing Band

• Spontaneous Music Ensemble

Mouthpiece

• John Surman

Morning Glory

• Cecil Taylor

Solo

• Cecil Taylor: Spring of Two Blue J's
• Ralph Towner

Diary

• McCoy Tyner

Enlightenment

• Mal Waldron

Up Popped the Devil

• Weather Report

Sweetnighter

• Eberhard Weber

The Colours of Chloë

• Frank Wright

Church Number Nine

Deaths

January

• 2 – Joe Harriott, Jamaican saxophonist and composer (born 1928).
• 3 – Wilbur de Paris, American trombonist and bandleader (born 1900).
• 23 – Kid Ory, American trombonist and bandleader(born 1886).

February

• 3 – Andy Razaf, African-American poet, composer, and lyricist (born 1895).
• 19 – Leon Washington, American tenor saxophonist (leukemia) (born 1909).

March

• 2 – Spanky DeBrest, American upright bassist (born 1937).

April

• 18 – Willie "The Lion" Smith, American pianist (born 1897).

May

• 14 – Elmer Snowden, American banjo and guitar player (born 1900).
• 24 – Sid Phillips, English clarinettist, bandleader, and arranger (born 1907).

June

• 8 – Tubby Hayes, English saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist (born 1935).

August

• 4 – Eddie Condon, American banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader (born 1905).
• 21 – Bill Harris, American trombonist (born 1916).

September

• 20 – Ben Webster, American tenor saxophonist (born 1909).
• 26 – Bernard Etté, German violinist and conductor (born 1898).

October

• 16 – Gene Krupa, American drummer, band leader, actor, and composer (born 1909).

December

• 3 – Emile Christian, American trombonist (born 1895).

Births

January

• 4
  • Bartlomiej Oles, Polish drummer, composer, and record producer.
  • Marcin Oles, Polish bassist, composer and record producer.
• 12 – Brian Culbertson, American keyboardist and trombonist.
• 31 – Petr Kroutil, Czech clarinettist, saxophonist, bansuri player, vocalist, composer, and arranger.

February

• 3 – Timuçin Şahin, Turkish guitarist and composer.
• 11 – Ethan Iverson, American pianist, composer, and critic.
• 22 – Gustavo Assis-Brasil, Brazilian-American guitarist.

March

• 23 – Stefon Harris, American vibraphonist.

April

• 17 – Moses Taiwa Molelekwa, South African pianist (died 2001).
• 30 – Frédéric Yonnet, French harmonica player and producer.

May

• 14 – Clare Teal, English singer.
• 23 – Nikki Yeoh, British pianist and composer.
• 24 – Hallgeir Pedersen, Norwegian guitarist and composer.

June

• 3 – Ebru Aydın, Turkish singer and songwriter.
• 4
  • Gunhild Seim, Norwegian trumpeter and composer.
  • Scott Hammond, English drummer, Jethro Tull.

July

• 2 – Teodross Avery, American tenor saxophonist.
• 8 – Magne Thormodsæter, Norwegian upright bassist and composer.
• 21 – Susheela Raman, British-Indian singer and songwriter.

August

• 9 – Meg Okura, American violinist, ehru player, and composer.
• 11 – Torbjørn Sletta Jacobsen, Norwegian saxophonist and composer.

September

• 3 – Norihiko Hibino, Japanese video game composer and saxophonist.
• 4 – Wetle Holte, Norwegian drummer and composer.
• 7 – Thomas T. Dahl, Norwegian guitarist and composer, Krøyt and Dingobats.
• 9 – John Blackwell American drummer, Prince (died 2017).
• 12 – Dorota Miśkiewicz, Polish singer, songwriter, composer, and violinist.
• 21 – Fredrik Wallumrød, Norwegian drummer and composer.
• 26
  • Nelson Williams, American trumpeter.
  • Nicholas Payton, American trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist.

October

• 3
  • Eirik Hegdal, Norwegian saxophonist, composer, and arranger.
  • Marius Reksjø, Norwegian upright bassist.

November

• 3 – Eivind Austad, Norwegian pianist, composer, and music teacher.

December

• 18 – Christian Jaksjø, Norwegian trombone and euphonium player.
• 29 – Kalle Kalima, Finnish guitarist and composer.

Unknown date

• Ben Castle, British clarinettist and saxophonist.
• Eivind Opsvik, Norwegian upright bassist and composer.
• Janne Mark, Danish vocalist and composer.
• Kate Dimbleby, English cabaret singer and songwriter.
• Maria Markesini, Greek singer and pianist.
• Özay Fecht, Turkish-German actress and singer.
• Titilayo Adedokun, Nigerian-American singer.

See also

• 1970s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1973 in music

External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 1973 at All About Jazz

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nattjazz . Norwegian . . 2016-04-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160322193111/http://www.nattjazz.no/historie/index.php?ID=Alle . 2016-03-22 .
2. Web site: Moers International New Jazz Festival 1973 . . 2016-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160314024317/http://www.moers-festival.de/archive-2012.html?L=1 . 2016-03-14 . dead .
3. Web site: Newport Jazz Festival 1973 Poster . WolfgangsVault.com . 2016-04-30 . 2016-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160603085659/http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/newport-jazz-festival-new-york/programs/program/ZZZ012165-A.html . dead .
4. Web site: Montreux Jazz Festival 1973 Setlists . Setlist.fm . 2016-04-30.
5. Web site: The Monterey Jazz Festival 1974 Collections . Collections.Stanford.edu . 2016-04-30 . 2016-10-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161009213346/http://collections.stanford.edu/mjf/search.action;jsessionid=753348FFEB8DFB66F1E1BF4233BFAD48?band=%22Monterey+Jazz+Festival+All-Star+Jazz+Band%22 . dead .