1964 in jazz

Events

July

• 2 – The 11th Newport [Jazz Festival] started in Newport, Rhode Island.

Album releases

• Albert Ayler: Witches and Devils
• John Coltrane: Crescent
• Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch!
• Guenter Hampel: Heartplants
• Herbie Hancock: Empyrean Isles
• Joe Henderson: "Our Thing (album)"
• Andrew Hill: Judgment!
• Andrew Hill: Black Fire
• Freddie Hubbard
• *Breaking Point
• *"Doin' the Thang!"
• *"The Body & the Soul"
• Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder
• Lee Morgan: Search For The New Land
• New York Art Quartet: New York Art Quartet
• Anita O'Day: Incomparable!
• Duke Pearson: Wahoo!
• Oscar Peterson
• *Canadiana Suite
• *"The [Oscar Peterson Trio Plays]"
• *Trio Plus One
• *"We Get Requests"
• André Previn: My [Fair Lady (film)#Soundtrack album as heard on the original LP|My Fair Lady]
• Shirley Scott: Blue Flames
• Tony Scott: Music for Zen Meditation
• Wayne Shorter: JuJu
• Ben Webster: See You at the Fair
• Tony Williams: Life Time
• Larry Young: Into Somethin'
• Denny Zeitlin
• *Carnival
• *''Cathexis''

Deaths

• 4 – Artie Bernstein, American upright bassist.
• 5 – Cecil Scott, American clarinetist, tenor saxophonist, and bandleader.
• 9 – Big Boy Goudie, American saxophonist.
• 15 – Jack Teagarden, American trombonist and singer.

• 9 – Willie Bryant, American bandleader, vocalist, and disc jockey.

• 1 – Håkan von Eichwald, Finnish-Swedish bandleader and conductor.
• 7 – Joe Maini, American alto saxophonist.

• 29 – Eric Dolphy, American alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist.

• 10 – Joe Haymes, American drummer, pianist, bandleader, and arranger.

• 7 – Nick Travis, American trumpeter.
• 8 – Conrad Gozzo, American trumpeter.
• 15 – Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter.

• 5 – Buddy Cole, American pianist and orchestra leader.
• 19 – Vi Burnside, American saxophonist and bandleader.
• 30 – Don Redman, American arranger, bandleader, saxophonist, and clarinetist.

• 11 – Sam Cooke, American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur.
• 14 – Francisco Canaro, Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader.
• 28 – Dave Bowman, American pianist.

Births

• 18 – Andy Panayi, British saxophonist and flautist.
• 27 – Trond Sverre Hansen, Norwegian drummer.

• 1 – Bugge Wesseltoft, Norwegian pianist and keyboardist.
• 9 – Liane Carroll, English vocalist, pianist, and keyboardist.
• 20 – Iain Ballamy, British composer, and soprano, alto and tenor saxophonist.
• 29 – Martin France, English drummer.

• 10 – Neneh Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter.
• 13 – Reidar Skår, Norwegian keyboardist, composer, and music producer.
• 18 – Courtney Pine, British saxophonist.
• 30 – Tracy Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

• 13 – Tetuzi Akiyama, Japanese guitarist, violinist, and instrument-maker.
• 16 – Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist, e.s.t.
• 22 – Johannes Eick, Norwegian bassist.
• 26 – Rebecka Törnqvist, Swedish singer.

• 4 – Terje Isungset, Norwegian drummer and percussionist.
• 13 – Harald Devold, Norwegian saxophonist.
• 31 – Carl Petter Opsahl, Norwegian saxophonist, clarinetist, and journalist.

• 8 – Fabrizio Cassol, Belgian saxophonist.
• 9 – Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass guitarist.
• 10 – Jimmy Chamberlin, American drummer, The Smashing Pumpkins.
• 11 – Antti Sarpila, Finnish clarinetist.
• 13 – Helge Lilletvedt, Norwegian pianist.
• 21 – Philippe Aerts, Belgian upright bassist.
• 28 – Steve Williamson, English saxophonist and composer.

• 13 – Brent Fischer, American bass guitarist and percussionist.
• 15 – Tobias Delius, English tenor saxophonist and clarinetist.

• 10 – Kåre Kolve, Norwegian saxophonist.
• 13 – Werner Neumann, German guitarist.
• 21 – Jorge Rossy, Spanish drummer, pianist and vibraphonist.
• 28 – Peter Washington, American upright bassist.

• 1 – Dave O'Higgins, English saxophonist and composer.
• 9 – Cæcilie Norby, Danish singer.
• 11 – Victor Wooten, American bassist.
• 16 – Phillip Bent, English flautist.
• 23 – Yutaka Shiina, Japanese pianist and composer.
• 25 – Barbara Dennerlein, German organist.

• 4 – Robert Hurst, American bassist.
• 27 – Scotty Barnhart, American trumpeter, Count Basie Orchestra.
• 29 – Mats Gustafsson, Swedish saxophonist.

• 16 – Diana Krall, Canadian pianist and singer.
• 19 – Vincent Herring, American saxophonist and flautist.
• 28 – Jesse Cook, Canadian guitarist.

• 5 – Arve Furset, Norwegian pianist and keyboardist.
• 12 – Mark Mondesir, English drummer.
• 29 – Ramón Valle, Cuban pianist and composer.

• Benita Haastrup, Danish drummer, percussionist, educator, and composer.
• Dennis Rollins, English trombonist and bandleader.