2011 in jazz explained

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2011.

Events

January

• 20 – The 6th Ice Music Festival started in Geilo, Norway (January 20 – 23).^[1]
• 26 – The first Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø, Norway (January 26 – 29).^[2]

February

• 3 – The 13th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 3 – 7).^[3]

March

• 4 – The 7th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 4 – 6).^[4]

April

• 15 – The 38th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 15 – 17).^[5]
• 16
  • Mari Kvien Brunvoll was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2011.^[6]
  • Mathias Eick performed the commissioned work Voss at Vossajazz^[7]
• 27 – The 17th SoddJazz started in Inderøy, Norway (April 27 – May 1).^[8]
• 30 – The International Jazz Day.^[9]

May

• Sons of Kemet is formed by members Shabaka Hutchings, Seb Rochford, Tom Skinner, Theon Cross, and Eddie Hick^[10]
• 25 – The 39th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 25 – June 4).^[11]

June

• 10 – The 40th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 10 – 11).^[12]
• 15 – The 23rd Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 15 – July 17).^[13]
• 17 – The 28th Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (June 17 – 19).^[14]
• 25 – The 31st Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 25 – July 4).^[15]

July

• 1
  • The 33rd Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 1 – 10).^[16]
  • The 45th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 1 – 16).^[17]
• 6 – The 47th Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (July 6 – 9).^[18]
• 8
  • The 36th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 8 – 10).^[19]
  • The 64th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 8 – 12).^[20]
• 9 – The 46th Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 9 – 17).^[21]
• 18 – The 51st Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 18 – 23).^[22]
• 21 – The 46th San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 21 – 25).^[23]

August

• 5 – The 55th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 5 – 7).^[24]
• 10 – The 25th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 10–14).^[25]
• 12
  • Marius Neset is awarded the Sildajazzprisen 2011.^[26]
  • The 27th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 12 – 14).^[27]
• 15 – The 26th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 15 – 20).^[28]

September

• 1 – The 7th Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (September 1 – 3).^[29]
• 16 – The 54th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16 – 18).^[30]

November

• 11 – 20th London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 11 – 20).^[31]

December

• 18 – Eldbjørg Raknes was awarded the Norwegian jazz award Buddyprisen 2011.^[32]

Album released

January

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
11	Méditerranées	Renaud Garcia-Fons	Enja Records		^[33]
12	Come Sunday	Charlie Haden and Hank Jones	EmArcy Records	Produced by Jean-Philippe Allard, Ruth Cameron, Charlie Haden	^[34]

March

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
1	Field Day Rituals	Splashgirl	Hubro Music	Produced by Randall Dunn	^[35]
11	Elastics	Ole Mathisen, Per Mathisen and Paolo Vinaccia	Losen Records		^[36]
18	Jeg Vil Hjem Til Menneskene	Susanna Wallumrød, lyrics by Gunvor Hofmo	Grappa Music		^[37]

December

Deaths

January

• 1 – Charles Fambrough, American bassist, composer, and record producer (born 1950).
• 27 – Charlie Callas, American drummer, comedian, and actor (born 1924).
• 29 – Milton Babbitt, American composer, music theorist, and teacher (born 1916).^[40]

February

• 3 – Tony Levin, English jazz drummer (born 1940).
• 8 – Eugenio Toussaint, Mexican composer, arranger, and musician (born 1954).
• 14 – George Shearing, British jazz pianist (born 1919).^[41]
• 24 – Jens Winther, Danish jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader (born 1960).

March

• 4 – Tom Vaughn, American pianist (born 1936).
• 11 – Billy Bang, American violinist and composer (born 1947).
• 12 – Joe Morello, American drummer (born 1928).^[42]
• 15 – Melvin Sparks, American guitarist (born 1946).

April

• 26 – Phoebe Snow, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist (born 1950).^[43]

May

• 8 – Cornell Dupree, American guitarist (born 1942).
• 10 – Norma Zimmer, American singer (born 1923).
• 11 – Snooky Young, American trumpeter (born 1919).
• 12 – Ted Nash, American saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist (born 1922).
• 15 – Bob Flanigan, American tenor vocalist and founding member of The Four Freshmen (born 1926).^[44]
• 28 – Alys Robi, French-Canadian singer (born 1923).

June

• 2 – Ray Bryant, American pianist and composer (born 1931).
• 3 – Jack Kevorkian, American flautist, composer, pathologist, and euthanasia proponent (born 1928).
• 10 – György Szabados, Hungarian jazz pianist (born 1939).
• 20 – Ottilie Patterson, Northern Irish singer (born 1932).

July

• 2 – Paul Weeden, American-born Norwegian jazz guitarist (born 1923)^[45]
• 17 – Joe Lee Wilson, American singer (born 1935).
• 23 – Amy Winehouse, English singer and songwriter (born 1983).^[46]
• 24 – Harald Johnsen, Norwegian bassist (heart attack) (born 1970).^[47]
• 26 – Frank Foster, American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer (born 1928).^[48]

August

• 7 – Jiří Traxler, Czech-Canadian pianist, composer, lyricist, and arranger (born 1912).

September

• 7 – Eddie Marshall, American drummer (born 1938).^[49]
• 9 – Graham Collier, English bassist, bandleader, and composer (born 1937).
• 12 – Dinah Kaye, Scottish singer (born 1924).
• 19 – Johnny Răducanu, Romanian pianist (born 1931).^[50]

October

• 1 – Butch Ballard, American drummer (born 1918).
• 8 – Roger Williams, American pianist (born 1924).^[51]
• 10 – Lucy Ann Polk, American singer (born 1927).
• 19 – Lars Sjösten, Swedish pianist and composer (born 1941).
• 28 – Beryl Davis, English singer (born 1924).
• 29 – Walter Norris, American pianist and composer (born 1931).

November

• 1
  • André Hodeir, French violinist, composer, arranger, and musicologist (born 1921).
  • Christiane Legrand, French soprano, The Swingle Singers (born 1930).
• 2 – Papa Bue, Danish trombonist and bandleader (born 1930).
• 6 – Gordon Beck, English pianist and composer (born 1935).
• 11 – Michael Garrick, English pianist and composerr (born 1933).
• 19 – Russell Garcia, American composer and music arranger (born 1916).^[52]
• 22 – Paul Motian, American drummer (born 1931).^[53]
• 24 – Ross McManus, Irish-English trumpeter (born 1927).

December

• 2 – Bill Tapia, American guitarist (born 1908).^[54]
• 15 – Bob Brookmeyer, American valve trombonist, pianist, and composer (born 1929).
• 17 – Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer (born 1941).^[55]
• 18 – Ralph MacDonald, Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, and steelpan virtuoso (born 1941).
• 26 – Sam Rivers, American saxophonist, bass clarinetist, flautist, harmonica player and pianist, and composer (born 1923).

See also

• List of 2011 albums
• List of years in jazz
• 2010s in jazz
• 2011 in music

External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 2011 at All About Jazz

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ice Music Festival Information . . 2016-04-24 . 2016-05-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160508170518/http://www.icemusicfestival.no/about . dead .
2. Web site: Bodø Jazz Open . EuropeJazz.net . 2016-02-25.
3. Web site: Polar Jazz: Longyearbyen, Svalbard, February 3-7, 2011 . John . Kelman . . 2011-02-21 . 2016-02-25.
4. Web site: Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 4, 5, 6 2011 . . 2016-04-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110123040910/http://web.javajazzfestival.com/2011/ . 2011-01-23 . dead .
5. Web site: Jazz Nordic Style at Vossa Jazz Festival . Josef . Woodard . . 2011-04-24 . 2016-02-25.
6. News: Vossajazzpris til Mari Brunvoll . Norwegian . Ole . Foss . . 2011-04-16 . 2016-02-25 . 2015-10-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151009162743/http://www.rbnett.no/kultur/article330349.ece . dead .
7. Web site: Jazz Nordic Style at Vossa Jazz Festival . . 2016-02-25.
8. Web site: Soddjazz 2011, 27.april-1.mai! . Norwegian . Underskog.no . 2016-02-25.
9. Web site: International Jazz Day . . 2016-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170530015014/http://jazzday.com/ . 2017-05-30 . dead .
10. The Vogue: Sons of Kemet – The Vogue, accessdate: May 23, 2023
11. Web site: Nattjazz 2011 . Norwegian . Underskog.no . 2016-02-25.
12. Web site: Moers Festival 2011 . RingRocker.com . 2016-03-04.
13. Web site: Jazz Fest Wien 2011: 15. June – 17. July . . 2016-04-24.
14. Web site: Stockholm Jazz Festival 2011 . Festivalinfo.se . 2016-02-28.
15. Web site: Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2011 . . 2016-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305114038/http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/flipbooks/programmes/Default.aspx?annee=2011&lang=en . 2016-03-05 . dead .
16. Web site: Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2011 . CphJazz.bigcartel.com . 2016-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150603235220/http://cphjazz.bigcartel.com/product/festival-poster-copenhagen-jazz-festival-2011 . 2015-06-03 . dead .
17. Web site: 45th Montreux Jazz Festival July 01-16 2011 . . 2016-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160203065131/http://montreuxjazzfestival2011.com/2011/ . 2016-02-03 . dead .
18. Web site: Kongsberg Jazzfestival 2011 . MIC.no . 2016-03-03.
19. Web site: North Sea Jazz Festival 2011 . . 2016-04-24.
20. Web site: Nice Jazz Festival 2011 . Songkick.com . 2016-02-24.
21. Web site: Pori Jazz Festival 2011 Setlists . Setlist.fm . 2016-02-26.
22. Web site: Vellykket Moldejazz 2011. . Norwegian . . 2016-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160221093445/http://www.moldejazz.no/2011/index.php?page_id=16046 . 2016-02-21 . dead .
23. Web site: San Sebastian Jazz Festival 2011 . Spain-Holiday.com . 2011-07-18 . 2016-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110912074528/http://www.spain-holiday.com/blog/san-sebastian-jazz-festival-2011.php . 2011-09-12 . dead .
24. Web site: Newport Jazz Festival Announces Lineup 2011 . Lee . Mergner . ThePhoenix.com . 2011-03-22 . 2016-04-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160509112630/http://jazztimes.com/articles/27342-newport-jazz-festival-announces-2011-lineup . 2016-05-09 . dead .
25. Web site: Sildajazz 2011 . Norwegian . ScanTicket.no . 2016-02-25 . https://archive.today/20150422080919/http://www.scanticket.no/Evt_Show.aspx?Shw_Id=903 . 2015-04-22 . dead .
26. News: 25.000 kroner rikere: Marius Neset tildelt Statoils Sildajazzpris 2011. . Norwegian . Gunnar Johan . Sortland . . 2011-08-12 . 2016-02-25.
27. Web site: Brecon Jazz Festival 2010 . eFestivals.co.uk . 2016-04-24.
28. Web site: Oslo International Jazz Festival 2011 . John . Kelman . . 2011-08-31 . 2016-02-25.
29. Web site: Punkt-festivalen 2011 . Norwegian . Underskog.no . 2016-04-24.
30. Web site: 54th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival® September 16 - 18, 2011 . . 2016-04-24.
31. Web site: London Jazz Festival 2011 . eFestivals.co.uk . 2016-02-25.
32. Web site: Buddy-prisen til Eldbjørg Raknes . Norwegian . Camilla Slaattun . Brauer . Ballade.no . 2011-12-18 . 2016-02-25.
33. Web site: Méditerranées - Renaud Garcia-Fons . . 2016-02-27.
34. Web site: Charlie Haden / Hank Jones: Come Sunday . Mark F. . Turner . . 2012-01-18 . 2016-02-27.
35. Web site: Splashgirl: Field Day Rituals (2013) . Musical reviews . John . Eyles . . February 13, 2013 . March 29, 2016.
36. Web site: Elastics - Ole Mathisen, Paolo Vinaccia, Per Mathisen . Musical reviews . Norwegian . . 2016-02-25.
37. Web site: Susanna Wallumrød: Jeg vil hjem til menneskene - Susanna Wallumrød synger Gunvor Hofmo . . 2016-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305085953/http://www.grappa.no/no/grappa/susanna-wallumrod-jeg-vil-hjem-til-menneskene-susanna-wallum/ . 2016-03-05 . dead .
38. Web site: John Scofield: A Moment's Peace . John . Kelman . . 2011-09-26 . 2016-02-25.
39. Web site: Pat Metheny: What's It All About . Nenad . Georgievski . . 2011-10-09 . 2016-02-25.
40. News: Milton Babbitt, a Composer Who Gloried in Complexity, Dies at 94 . Allan . Kozinn . . 2011-01-29 . 2016-11-07.
41. News: Sir George Shearing obituary . Peter . Vacher . . 2011-02-15 . 2016-03-01.
42. News: Joe Morello, Drummer with Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dies at 82 . Steve . Smith . The New York Times . 2011-03-13 . 2016-11-07.
43. News: Phoebe Snow, powerful singer of 1970s hit ‘Poetry Man,’ dies at 60 . Matt . Schudel . . 2011-04-27 . 2016-03-01.
44. News: Bob Flanigan, Four Freshmen Founder, Dies at 84 . Margalit . Fox . The New York Times . 2011-05-17 . 2016-11-06.
45. Web site: Paul Weeden . . 2017-04-30.
46. News: Amy Winehouse has been found dead in her London house at the age of 27 . Cherry . Wilson . The Guardian . 2011-07-23 . 2016-11-07.
47. Web site: Death of Harald Johnsen . Disc-O-Graphy.com . 2016-03-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160408132938/http://www.disc-o-graphy.com/artists/harald-johnsen/316002 . 2016-04-08 . dead .
48. News: Frank Foster, Jazz Saxophonist, Composer and Arranger, Dies at 82 . Nate . Chinen . The New York Times . 2011-07-26 . 2016-11-06.
49. News: Eddie Marshall, legendary local jazz drummer, dies at 73 . Jim . Harrington . . 2011-09-08 . 2016-11-07.
50. News: Johnny Raducanu obituary . Alan . Brownjohn . The Guardian . 2011-11-11 . 2016-11-07.
51. Web site: Roger Williams dies at 87; 'Autumn Leaves' pop pianist found commercial success . Valerie J. . Nelson . . 2011-10-09 . 2016-11-07.
52. Web site: Russell Garcia dies at 95; arranger, composer and conductor . https://web.archive.org/web/20111128035054/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/24/local/la-me-russell-garcia-20111124 . live . November 28, 2011 . Dennis . McLellan . Los Angeles Times . 2011-11-24 . 2016-11-06.
53. News: Paul Motian, Jazz Drummer, Is Dead at 80 . Ben . Ratliff . The New York Times . 2011-12-11 . 2016-11-07.
54. News: Frank Foster, Jazz Saxophonist, Composer and Arranger, Dies at 82 . Douglas . Martin . The New York Times . 2011-12-11 . 2016-11-06.
55. Web site: 'Barefoot Diva' Cesaria Evora Dead at 70 . . 2011-12-17 . 2016-11-06.