1966 in jazz


This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1966.

Events

January

14 – The Jazz Crusaders record Live at the Lighthouse '66 at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California.

July

1 – The 13th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island.

Album releases

Deaths

; February10 – Osie Johnson, American drummer, arranger, and singer.23 – Billy Kyle, American pianist.
; March28 – Kid Howard, American trumpeter.
; May11 – Isaiah Morgan, American trumpeter.30 – Thelma Terry, American bandleader and upright bassist.
; June17 – Johnny St. Cyr, American banjoist and guitarist.
; July31 – Bud Powell, American pianist.
; August2 – Boyd Raeburn, American bandleader and bass saxophonist .17 – Rolf Billberg, Swedish alto saxophonist.
; September2 – Darnell Howard, American clarinetist and violinist.28 – Lucky Millinder, African-American bandleader.
; October3 – Dave Lambert, American lyricist and singer.7 – Smiley Lewis, American singer and guitarist.10 – Colette Bonheur, Canadian singer.15 – Lee Blair, American banjoist and guitarist.29 – Wellman Braud, American upright bassist.
; November8 – Shorty Baker, American trumpeter.
; December17 – Sylvia Telles, Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer.
; Unknown date

Births

; January10 – Kristin Sevaldsen, Norwegian saxophonist.12 – Ingrid Jensen, Canadian trumpeter.28 – Julian Argüelles, English saxophonist.
; February2 – Greg Gisbert, American trumpeter and flugelhornist.6
; March5 – Ann Farholt, Danish singer.14 – Raul Midón, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.22 – Jan Lundgren, Swedish pianist and composer.25 – Jeff Healey, Canadian singer and guitarist.
; April2 – Michael Cain, American pianist and composer.12
; May11 – Julian Joseph, British pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and broadcaster.13 – Julian Siegel, British saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and arranger.20 – Sheryl Bailey, American guitarist and educator28 – Theo Bleckmann, German vocalist and composer.
; June8 – John Rae, Scottish drummer, composer, and band leader.19 – Silje Nergaard, Norwegian singer.
; July12 – Luciana Souza, Brazilian singer and composer.
; August5 – Roberto Tola, Italian guitarist and composer.6 – Regina Carter, American violinist.7 – Torstein Ellingsen, Norwegian drummer.11 – Donny McCaslin, American saxophonist.30 – John Gunther, American saxophonist.
; September4 – Biréli Lagrène, French guitarist.17 – Makiko Hirabayashi, Japanese pianist.
; October1 – Siri Gellein, Norwegian singer.6 – Mark Whitfield, American guitarist.12 – Harry Allen, American tenor saxophonist.15 – Bill Charlap, American pianist.18 – Bill Stewart, American drummer.27 – Nathalie Loriers, Belgian pianist and composer.
; November5 – Øystein B. Blix, Norwegian trombonist.12 – Anthony Joseph, British-Trinidadian poet, novelist, musician, and academic.25 – Jacky Terrasson, American pianist.
; Unknown date