1975 in jazz


This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1975.

Events

Album releases

Deaths

; January3 – René Thomas, Belgian guitarist.
; February5 – Åke Persson, Swedish trombonist.
; March4 – Cornel Chiriac, Romanian radio producer, record producer, and drummer.15 – Sandy Brown, Scottish clarinetist and band leader.16 – T-Bone Walker, American guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.27 – Pete Clarke, British saxophonist and clarinetist.
; April12 – Josephine Baker, French singer, entertainer, activist, and Resistance agent.
; May11 – Benny Harris, American trumpeter and composer.13 – Tubby Hall, American drummer.
; June18 – Earl Washington, American pianist.
; July14 – Zutty Singleton, American drummer.16 – Pippo Starnazza, Italian singer and actor.21 – Theodore Carpenter, American trumpet player, singer, and band leader.
; August8 – Cannonball Adderley, American alto saxophonist.
; October28 – Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader.
; November14 – Artemi Ayvazyan, Soviet-Armenian composer, conductor, and founder of the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra.
; December11 – Lee Wiley, American singer.14 – Mongezi Feza, South African trumpeter and flautist.17
; Unknown date

Births

; January17 – Squarepusher or Tom Jenkinson, English electronic musician and composer.18 – Géraldine Laurent, French alto saxophonist.21 – Jason Moran, American pianist and composer.
; February7 – Kellylee Evans, Canadian singer.
; March4 – Mats Eilertsen, Norwegian upright bassist and composer, Food and Dingobats.9 – Øyvind Storesund, Norwegian upright bassist, Cloroform and Kaizers Orchestra.10 – Håvard Wiik, Norwegian pianist and composer, Atomic.14 – Gianluca Petrella, Italian trombonist.17 – Jairzinho Oliveira, Brazilian singer, songwriter, and composer.18 – Sondre Meisfjord, Norwegian bassist, cellist, and composer, Come Shine.22 – Steinar Raknes, Norwegian upright bassist, Urban Connection and The Core.25 – David Braid, Canadian pianist and composer.27 – Katja Toivola, Finnish trombonist.28 – Orrin Evans, American pianist.
; April12 – Lars Andreas Haug, Norwegian tubist.13 – Jan Harbeck, Danish saxophonist and composer.23
; May1 – Aslak Hartberg, Norwegian rapper and bassist.7 – Gunhild Carling, Swedish trombonist and multi-instrumentalist.15 – Frode Haltli, Norwegian accordionist.
; June2 – Gisle Torvik, Norwegian guitarist, composer, and band leader.16 – Jannike Kruse, Norwegian singer, artist and actor.
; July11 – Chris Gall, German pianist and composer.22 – Erik Johannessen, Norwegian trombonist and composer, Jaga Jazzist and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra.23 – Céline Bonacina, French saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.
; August1 – Håkon Mjåset Johansen, Norwegian drummer and composer, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra.22 – Taylor Ho Bynum, American cornetist, flugelhornist, trumpeter, composer, educator, and writer.24 – Michael Magalon, Belgian bassist, guitarist, and composer.
; October2 – Kåre Opheim, Norwegian drumMer, Real Ones.12 – Espen Aalberg, Norwegian drummer.26 – Ole Marius Sandberg, Norwegian bassist.
; November26 – Arne Jansen, German guitarist, composer, and band leader.27 – Frode Nymo, Norwegian jazz musician, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Urban Connection.
; December5 – Søren Bebe, Danish pianist and composer.
; Unknown date