1988 in jazz explained

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1988.

Events

March

• 25 – The 15th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 25 – 27).^[1]

April

• 6 – Jazz guitarist Larry Carlton is shot in a random gun shooting outside his Los Angeles studios.^[2]

May

• 20 – The 17th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 20 – 23).^[3]
• 25 – The 16th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 25 – June 8).^[4]

June

• 30 – The 22nd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 30 – July 16).^[5]

July

• 1 – The 9th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (July 1 – 10).^[6]
• 8 – The 13th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 8 – 10).^[7]

August

• 19 – The 5th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 19 – 21).^[8]

September

• 16 – The 31st Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16 – 18).^[9]

Album releases

• Bill Frisell

Before We Were Born

• Henry Threadgill

Rag, Bush and All

• Turtle Island String Quartet

Turtle Island String Quartet

• Lyle Mays

Street Dreams

• Dave Holland

Triplicate

• Jackie McLean

Dynasty

• John Carter: Fields
• Leni Stern

Secrets

• Microscopic Septet

Beauty Based on Science

• Music Revelation Ensemble: Music Revelation Ensemble
• Willem Breuker

Psalm 122

• Steve Turre

Fire and Ice

• Trilok Gurtu

Usfret

• Bobby Previte

Claude's Late Morning

• Bill Frisell: Lookout for Hope
• Misha Mengelberg

Impromptus

• Marcus Roberts

Truth is Spoken Here

• David Ware

Passage to Music

• David Liebman

Trio + One

• Freddie Hubbard

Stardust

• Gary Thomas

Code Violations

• Hilton Ruiz

El Camino

• Phil Woods

Evolution

• Ralph Moore

Rejuvenate

• Matthew Shipp & Rob Brown: Sonic Explorations

Deaths

January

• 8 – Ray Bauduc, American drummer (born 1906).

February

• 24 – Miff Görling, Swedish bandleader, trombonist, arranger, and composer (born 1909).

March

• 1 – Tommy Potter, American upright-bassist (born 1918).^[10]
• 8 – Ken Colyer, English trumpeter and cornetist (born 1928).
• 20 – Gil Evans, Canadian pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader (born 1912).^[11]

April

• 3 – Kai Ewans, Danish reedist (born 1906).
• 15 – Eliza Doolittle, British singer-songwriter.
• 19 – Ed Burke, American violinist and trombonist (born 1909).

May

• 13 – Chet Baker, American trumpeter and singer (born 1929).^[12]
• 28 – Sy Oliver, American trumpeter, singer, composer, arranger and bandleader (born 1910).^[13]

July

• 2 – Eddie Vinson, American alto saxophonist and blues shouter (born 1917).^[14]

August

• 15 – Bill Beason, American drummer (born 1908).
• 27 – Irene Higginbotham, African American songwriter and concert pianist (born 1918).^[15]

September

• 5 – Lawrence Brown, American trombonist (born 1907).
• 27 – J. C. Heard, American drummer (born 1917).^[16]

October

• 8 – Edward Inge, American arranger and reedist (born 1906).

November

• 30
  • Charlie Rouse, American hard bop tenor saxophonist and flautist (born 1924).
  • Pannonica de Koenigswarter, British-born jazz patron and writer (born 1913).

December

• 8
  • Gene Quill, American alto saxophonist (born 1927).
  • Thore Swanerud, Swedish pianist, vibraphonist, arranger, conductor, and composer (born 1919).

Unknown date

• Barney Josephson, founder of Café Society in Greenwich Village (born 1902).

Births

January

• 28 – Casimir Liberski, Belgian pianist and keyboarder.

February

• 5 – Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson, Norwegian upright bassist.
• 26 – Christian Meaas Svendsen, Norwegian upright bassist.

April

• 1 – Sam Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean saxophonist and guitarist (died 2010).
• 22 – Nitcho Reinhardt, French guitarist.

May

• 29 – Kelly Sweet, American singer and songwriter.

May

• 2 – Guilherme Rodrigues, Portuguese composer, improviser, and sound artist.
• 7 – David Aleksander Sjølie, Norwegian guitarist.
• 17 – Brittany Anjou, American pianist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.

July

• 31 – Andreas Wildhagen, Norwegian drummer.

August

• 17 – Natalie Sandtorv, Norwegian singer, percussionist, and electronica artist.
• 28 – Kjetil Jerve, Norwegian pianist and composer.

September

• 1 – Martina Bárta, Czech singer and French hornist.

October

• 19 – Pasquale Grasso, Italian guitarist.

November

• 25 – Victoria Hart, California-born English singer.
• 27 – Sandra Nankoma, Ugandan singer, songwriter and actress.

December

• 3 – Melissa Aldana, Chilean tenor saxophonist.
• 23 – Thomai Apergi, Greek singer and guitarist.

Unknown date

• Jan Martin Gismervik, Norwegian drummer, Monkey Plot.
• Simon Gore, Welch guitarist, keyboarder, composer, and audio/visual artist.

See also

• 1980s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1988 in music

External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 1988 at All About Jazz

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vossajazz . . 2016-04-29.
2. News: Guitarist Larry Carlton Puts Tragic Shooting Behind Him . Chris . Heim . . 1989-06-30 . 2016-04-22.
3. Web site: Moers Festival 1988 . . 2016-04-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160314024317/http://www.moers-festival.de/archive-2012.html?L=1 . 2016-03-14 . dead .
4. Web site: Nattjazz . Norwegian . . 2016-04-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160322193111/http://www.nattjazz.no/historie/index.php?ID=Alle . 2016-03-22 .
5. Web site: Montreux Jazz Festival 1988 Setlists . Setlist.fm . 2016-04-30.
6. Web site: Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Timeline . . 2016-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160610012222/http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/history/1988/Default.aspx . 2016-06-10 . dead .
7. Web site: North Sea Jazz Festival 1988 . . 2016-04-30.
8. Web site: Brecon Jazz Festival 1988 . FriendsOfBreconJazz.com . 2016-04-30.
9. Web site: The Monterey Jazz Festival Poster . Etsy.com . 2016-04-30.
10. News: Tommy Potter . . 2016-04-30.
11. News: Gil Evans, a Key Jazz Composer And Orchestrator, Is Dead at 75 . Peter . Watrous . . 1988-03-22 . 2016-04-30.
12. News: Chet Baker, Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 59 in a Fall . Jon . Pareles . . 1988-05-14 . 2016-04-30.
13. News: Eddie (Cleanhead) Vinson, 70, Alto Saxophonist and Blues Singer . . 1988-07-04 . 2016-04-30.
14. News: Eddie (Cleanhead) Vinson, 70, Alto Saxophonist and Blues Singer . . 1988-05-28 . 2016-04-30.
15. Web site: Irene Higginbotham . RadioSwissJazz.ch . 2017-11-05.
16. News: J.C. Heard Dies at 71; Long a Jazz Drummer . . 1988-09-30 . 2016-04-30.