1965 in jazz


This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1965.

Events

July

1 – The 12th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island.

Unknown dates

Album releases

Deaths

; January29 – Jack Hylton, English pianist, composer, band leader, and impresario.
; February12 – Bonnie Wetzel, American upright bassist.15 – Nat King Cole, American pianist and singer.
; March8 – Tadd Dameron, American composer, arranger, and pianist.
; May1 – Spike Jones, American musician and bandleader.14 – Joe Sanders, American pianist, singer, and bandleader.24 – Denzil Best, American percussionist and composer.
; June25 – Keg Purnell, American drummer.
; July1 – Claude Thornhill, American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader.4 – Valdemar Eiberg, Danish musician and orchestra leader.8 – Willie Dennis, American trombonist.14 – Spencer Williams, African-American pianist, singer, and composer.
; August10 – Freddie Slack, American pianist, composer, and bandleader.
; September15 – Steve Brown, American upright bassist.
; October10 – Gerorge Tucker, American upright bassist.27 – Edythe Wright, American singer.28 – Earl Bostic, American alto saxophonist.
; November6 – Clarence Williams, American pianist, vocalist, and composer.14 – Buster Harding, Canadian-born American pianist.18 – Lou Black, American banjo player.21 – Cecil Brower, American violinist .
; December2 – Hank D'Amico, American clarinetist.11 – Dave Barbour, American guitarist.20 – Charlie Burse, American ukulele, banjo, and guitar player.26 – Peter Packay, Belgian trumpeter, arranger, and composer.

Births

; January1 – Miki Higashino, Japanese pianist and video game composer.3 – Sheila Majid, Malaysian singer.19 – Antonio Faraò, Italian pianist.
; February13 – Ole Mathisen, Norwegian saxophonist.24 – Tone Åse, Norwegian singer.27 – Joey Calderazzo, American pianist.
; March2 – Wolfgang Muthspiel, Austrian guitarist and record label owner.8 – Karin Mensah, Cape Verdean singer.12 – Liv Stoveland, Norwegian singer.22 – David Linx, Belgian singer and songwriter.24 – Patrick Scales, British-German bass guitarist.
; April7 – Sylvain Luc, French guitarist.10 – Omar Sosa, Cuban composer, bandleader, and pianist.20 – Darko Jurković, Croatian guitarist and composer.29 – Rain Sultanov, Azerbaijani saxophonist.
; May3 – Magnus Öström, Swedish drummer, Esbjörn Svensson Trio or e.s.t.10 – Philip Harper, American trumpeter.16 – Javon Jackson, American tenor saxophonist.
; June3
; July5 – Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli pianist.16 – Odd André Elveland, Norwegian saxophonist.19 – Evelyn Glennie, Scottish percussionist.28 – Delfeayo Marsalis, American trombonist and record producer.
; August4 – Terri Lyne Carrington, American drummer, composer, singer, record producer, and entrepreneur.6 – Ravi Coltrane, American saxophonist.21 – Leon Parker, American percussionist and composer.29 – Mark d'Inverno, British pianist, composer, and computer scientist.
; September5 – Björn Meyer, Swedish bassist and composer.11 – Jesse Davis, American saxophonist.24 – Njål Ølnes, Norwegian saxophonist.28 – Hans Ulrik, Danish saxophonist, and composer.
; October9 – Geir Lysne, Norwegian saxophonist and orchestra leader.12 – Luis Bonilla, American trombonist, producer, composer and educator.18 – Curtis Stigers, American vocalist, saxophonist, guitarist, and songwriter.
; November2 – Andrew D'Angelo, American saxophonist.10 – Mark Turner, American saxophonist.21 – Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter.
; December5 – Hildegunn Øiseth, Norwegian trumpeter and hornist.7 – Wolfgang Haffner, German drummer.29 – Danilo Perez, Panamanian pianist and composer.30 – Ron Affif, American guitarist.
; Unknown date