1980 in jazz


This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1980.

Events

March

28 – The 7th Vossajazz started in Vossavangen, Norway.

May

21 – 8th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway.23 – 9th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany.

June

July

2 – The very first Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.4 – The 14th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland.11 – The 5th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands.

September

19 – The 23rd Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California.

Album releases

Deaths

; January6 – Poley McClintock, American singer.22 – Ed Garland, American upright bassist.23 – Babs Gonzales, American vocalist.28 – Jimmy Crawford, American drummer.29 – Jimmy Durante, American singer, pianist, comedian, and actor.
; February9 – Charles Fowlkes, American baritone saxophonist, Count Basie Orchestra.12 – Norman Keenan, American upright bassist.18 – Paul Howard, American saxophonist and clarinetist.19 – Shorty Sherock, American trumpeter.
;March4 – Don Albert, American trumpeter and bandleader.6 – Bobby Jones, American saxophonist.
; April20 – Ronnie Boykins, American upright bassist.22 – Jane Froman, American singer and actress.28 – Chino Pozo, Cuban drummer.
; May31 – Sonny Burke, American musical arranger, composer, big band leader, and producer, Duke Ambassadors.
; June12 – Stu Martin, American drummer.14 – Herman Autrey, American trumpeter.27 – Barney Bigard, American clarinetist.
; July2 – Amos White, American trumpeter.9 – Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian singer, poet, lyricist, essayist, and playwright.
; August4
; September5 – Don Banks, Australian composer.15 – Bill Evans, American pianist and composer.18 – Dick Stabile, American saxophonist and bandleader.22 – Jimmy Bryant, American guitarist.
; October14 – Oscar Alemán, Argentine guitarist, singer, and dancer.31
; November22 – Uffe Baadh, Danish-American drummer.
; December16 – Keith Christie, English trombonist.26 – Peck Kelley, American pianist.29 – Lennie Felix, British pianist.31 – Irmgard Österwall, Swedish singer.
; Unknown date

Births

; January3 – David Arthur Skinner, British pianist and composer.12 – Dominic Lash, British upright bassist and composer.15 – Christoffer Andersen, Norwegian guitarist.22 – Lizz Wright, American singer.
; February9 – Jackiem Joyner, American saxophonist.21 – Takuya Kuroda, Japanese trumpeter.27 – Federico Casagrande, Italian guitarist and composer.
; March10 – Lars Horntveth, Norwegian saxophonist, clarinetist, percussionist, guitarist, composer, and band leader, Jaga Jazzist.22 – Jay Foote, American bassist and singer.31 – Sasha Dobson, American singer-songwriter.
; April10 – Jimmy Rosenberg, Dutch guitarist.24
  • * Jelle van Tongeren, Dutch violinist.
  • * Vincent Peirani, French accordionist, vocalist, and composer.
; May5 – Stian Omenås, Norwegian Jazz musician, music conductor and composer28 – Benedikt Jahnel, German jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader.
; June18 – Jasser Haj Youssef, Tunisian violinist.
; July8
; August16 – Øystein Moen, Norwegian pianist, keyboarder, and composer, Jaga Jazzist.25 – Pål Hausken, Norwegian drummer, percussion, and composer, In The Country.
; September2 – Mark Guiliana, American drummer, composer and bandleader.18 – Gustav Lundgren, Swedish guitarist, composer, and record label director.25 – Christina Bjordal, Norwegian singer.
; October16 – Mary Halvorson, American guitarist.17
; November4 – Ruslan Sirota, Ukrainian pianist, composer, and producer.6 – Lena Nymark, Norwegian jazz singer.17 – Colin Vallon, Swiss pianist.
; December5 – Ibrahim Maalouf, French-Lebanese trumpeter and composer.9 – Anton Eger, Norwegian-Swedish Jazz drummer, JazzKamikaze.28 – Andreas Amundsen, Norwegian bassist.
; Unknown date