2005 in jazz explained

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2005.

Events

January

• 27 – The 8th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 27 – 29).^[1]

February

• 13 – The 47th Annual Grammy Awards
  • Ray Charles & Norah Jones in the categories Record of the Year and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for the song "Here We Go Again"
  • Ray Charles & Various Artists in the category Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for Genius Loves Company
  • The Maria Schneider Orchestra in the category Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for Concert in the Garden^[2]
  • Bill Frisell in the category Best Contemporary Jazz Album for Unspeakable
  • Herbie Hancock in the category Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for the album Speak Like a Child
  • McCoy Tyner with Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride and Lewis Nash in the category Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group for Illuminations
  • Nancy Wilson in the category Best Jazz Vocal Album for R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)
  • Charlie Haden in the category Best Latin Jazz Album for Land of the Sun^[3]

March

• 3 – The very first Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (January 3 – 5).^[4]
• 18
  • The 32nd Vossajazz started at Voss, Norway (March 18 – 20).^[5]
  • Berit Opheim was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2005.^[6]
• 19 – Jan Gunnar Hoff performs the commissioned work Free flow songs for Vossajazz 2005.^[7]

May

• 13 – The 34th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 13 – 16).^[8]
• 25 – The 33rd Nattjazz 2005 started in Bergen, Norway (May 25 – June 4).^[9]

June

• 23 – The very first Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (June 23–25).^[10]
• 28 – The 17th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 28 – July 29).^[11]
• 30 – The 26th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 30 - July 10).^[12]

July

• 1
  • The 27th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 1 – 10).^[13]
  • The 39th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 1 – 16).^[14]
• 6 – The 41st Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (July 6 – 8).^[15]
• 8 – The 30th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 8 – 10).^[16]
• 16 – The 40th Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 16 – 24).^[17]
• 18 – The 45th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway with Arild Andersen as artist in residence (July 18 – 23).^[18]
• 19 – The 22nd Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (July 19 – 23).^[19]
• 20 – The 58th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 20 – 27).^[20]
• 22 – The 40th San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 22 – 27).^[21]

August

• 10 – The 19th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 10 – 14).^[22]
• 12
  • The 51st Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 12 – 14).^[23]
  • The 22nd Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 12 – 14).^[24]
• 15 – The 20th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 15 – 21).^[25]
• 23 – Hurricane Katrina destroys the "Cradle of Jazz", New Orleans (August 23–31).^[26]

September

• 16 – The 48th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16 – 18).^[27]

November

• 11 – The 14th London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 11 – 20).^[28]

December

Album released

December

Deaths

January

• 4 — Humphrey Carpenter, English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster (born 1946).

February

• 8 — Jimmy Smith, American jazz organist (born 1928).^[31]
• 15 – Bill Potts, American pianist and arranger (born 1928).
• 20 – Pam Bricker, American singer and professor of music (born 1954).

March

• 8 — Larry Bunker, American drummer (born 1928).

April

• 7 — José Melis, Cuban-American bandleader and television personality (born 1920).
• 14
  • Andrew Bisset, Australian author, music educator, and singer (born 1953).
  • Benny Bailey, American bebop and hard-bop trumpeter (born 1925).
• 19
  • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist (heart attack) (born 1946).^[32]
  • Stan Levey, American drummer (born 1926).
• 22 – Arnie Lawrence, American saxophonist (born 1938).
• 23 – Jimmy Woode, American upright bassist (born 1926).
• 28 – Percy Heath, American upright bassist (born 1923).^[33]
• 29 – Dianne Brooks, American singer (born 1939).

May

• 12 – Monica Zetterlund, Swedish singer and actress (born 1937).
• 13 – Victor Sproles, American bassist (born 1927).
• 29 – Oscar Brown, American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, civil rights activist, and actor (born 1926).

June

• 15 – Per Henrik Wallin, Swedish pianist and composer (born 1946).
• 16 – Billy Bauer, American cool jazz guitarist (born 1915).
• 18
  • Chris Griffin, American trumpeter (born 1915)
  • Basil Kirchin, English drummer and composer (born 1927).
• 29 – Mikkel Flagstad, Norwegian saxophonist (born 1930).

July

• 2 — Tom Talbert, American jazz pianist, composer, and band leader (born 1924).
• 4 — John Stubblefield, American saxophonist, flautist, and oboist (born 1945).
• 16 – Blue Barron, American orchestra leader (born 1913).
• 23 – Ted Greene, American fingerstyle jazz guitarist, columnist, and session musician (born 1946).
• 25 – Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonists and composer (born 1928).
• 27 – Dom Um Romão, Brazilian drummer and percussionist (born 1935).
• 29 – Al McKibbon, American jazz double bassist (born 1919).
• 30 – Lucky Thompson, American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist (born 1924).

August

• 6 — Keter Betts, American upright bassist (born 1928).
• 12
  • Charlie Norman, Swedish pianist and entertainer (born 1920).
  • Francy Boland, Belgian composer and pianist (born 1929).
• 15 – Earl Zindars, American composer, Bill Evans (born 1927).
• 23 – Glenn Corneille, Dutch pianist (born 1970).

September

• 11 – Al Casey, American guitarist, Fats Waller's band (born 1915).
• 17 – Jack Lesberg, American upright bassist (born 1920).
• 25 – Georges Arvanitas, French pianist and organist (born 1931).

October

• 3 — Alfredo Rodríguez, Cuban pianist (born 1936).
• 14 – Oleg Lundstrem, Soviet and Russian composer and conductor, Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra (born 1916).
• 16 – Elmer Dresslar Jr., American voice actor and singer (born 1925).
• 20 – Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist (born 1934).^[34]

November

• 13 – Harry Gold, British saxophonist and bandleader (born 1907).
• 15 – Roy Brooks, American drummer (born 1938).
• 19 – Bob Enevoldsen, American tenor saxophonist and valve trombonist (born 1920).

December

• 5 — Harry Pepl (60), Austrian guitarist (born 1945).^[35]
• 19 – Billy Amstell, British reedist (born 1911).
• 25 – Derek Bailey, English guitarist (born 1930).
• 26 – Bill DeArango, American guitarist (born 1921).

See also

• List of years in jazz
• 2000s in jazz
• 2005 in music
• 2005 in Swiss music

External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 2005 at All About Jazz

Notes and References

1. Web site: Polarjazz 2005 . MIC.no . 2016-04-24.
2. News: Surprise! Well, no . . 2016-04-30.
3. Web site: 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards . . 2016-04-30.
4. Web site: Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival, 3, 4, 5 March 2005 . . 2016-04-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120424052617/http://web.javajazzfestival.com/jjf2005.html . 24 April 2012 . dead .
5. Web site: Vossa Jazz 2005 . Norwegian . MIC.no . 2016-02-27.
6. News: Vossajazzpris til Berit Opheim . . 2005-03-20 . 2016-02-27 . 2016-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305230009/http://www.bt.no/kultur/musikk/Vossajazzpris-til-Berit-Opheim-2292093.html . dead .
7. Web site: Jan Gunnar Hoff med tingingsverk til Vossajazz . Norwegian . Ballade.no . 2005-01-28 . 2016-02-27.
8. Web site: Moers Festival 2005 . . 2016-04-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160314024317/http://www.moers-festival.de/archive-2012.html?L=1 . 2016-03-14 . dead .
9. Web site: Nattjazz 2005 . Norwegian . MIC.no . 2016-02-27.
10. Web site: Sommerfestivalene satser på "det lille ekstra" . Norwegian . Knut . Steen . MIC.no . 2005-06-22 . 2015-04-24.
11. Web site: Jazz Fest Wien 2005: June 28 – July 29 . . 2016-04-24.
12. Web site: Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 26th edition – June 30 to July 10, 2005 . . 2016-02-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140503102307/http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/flipbooks/programmes/Default.aspx?annee=2005&lang=en . 2014-05-03 . dead .
13. Web site: Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2005 . Festivalinfo.se . 2016-02-27.
14. Web site: Montreux Jazz Festival 2005 Setlists . Setlist.fm . 2016-02-27.
15. Web site: Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2005 . MIC.no . 2016-04-24.
16. Web site: North Sea Jazz Festival 2005 . . 2016-04-24.
17. Web site: Pori Jazz Festival 2005 Setlists . Setlists.fm . 2016-02-27.
18. Web site: Moldejazz 2005: Arild Andersen er Artist in Residence . Norwegian . Arvid . Skancke-Knutsen . MIC.no . 2005-04-11 . 2016-02-27.
19. Web site: Stockholm Jazz Festival 2005 . Festivalinfo.se . 2016-02-28.
20. Web site: Nice Jazz Festival 2005 Setlists . Setlist.fm . 2016-02-27.
21. Web site: San Sebastian's Jazz Festival poster 2005 . Pinterest.com . 2016-02-27.
22. Web site: Sildajazz 2005 . Norwegian . MIC.no . 2016-02-27.
23. Web site: 2005 Newport Jazz Festival . Ken . Franckling . . 2005-09-03 . 2016-04-24.
24. Web site: Brecon Jazz Festival 2005 . FriendsOfBreconJazz.com . 2016-04-24.
25. Web site: Oslo Jazzfestival 2005 . MIC.no . 2016-02-27.
26. News: Marsalis Leads a Charge for the Cradle of Jazz . Jon . Pareles . . 2005-09-19 . 2016-04-30.
27. Web site: Monterey Jazz Festival 2005 . Songkick.com . 2016-04-24.
28. Web site: London Jazz Festival 2005 . eFestivals.co.uk . 2016-02-27.
29. Web site: Pat Metheny Group: The Way Up . John . Kelman . . 2005-01-20 . 2016-02-27.
30. Web site: Ketil Bjørnstad - Floating . . 2016-02-27.
31. News: Jimmy Smith, Jazz Organist and Pioneer, Is Dead at 76 . Ben . Ratliff . The New York Times . 2005-02-10 . 2016-02-27.
32. News: Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen: The Great Dane's Low Tones and Highlights . Josef . Woodard . . 2005 . 2016-02-27.
33. News: Percy Heath, Bassist of Modern Jazz Quartet, Dies at 81 . Peter . Keepnews . The New York Times . 2005-04-29 . 2016-02-27.
34. News: Shirley Horn, Jazz Singer and Pianist, Is Dead at 71 . Ben . Ratliff . The New York Times . 2005-10-22 . 2016-02-27.
35. Web site: Jazzgitarrist Harry Pepl ist tot . German . DerStandard.at . 2016-08-29.