1990 in jazz


This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1990.

Events

April

6 – The 17th Vossajazz started in Vossavangen, Norway.

May

23 – The 18th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway.

June

1 – The 19th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany.

June

1 – The 13th Atlanta Jazz Festival started in Atlanta, Georgia.

July

7 – 24th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Switzerland.12 – The 15th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague.

August

17 – The 7th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales.

September

21 – The 33rd Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California.

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Album releases

Deaths

; January3 – Peter van Steeden, Dutch-American composer.8 – Georgie Auld, Canadian tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader.9 – Buschi Niebergall, German free jazz musician.
; February2 – Mel Lewis, American drummer and bandleader.4 – Fritz Schulz-Reichel, German pianist.5 – King Perry, American saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, and bandleader.21 – John Madrid, American trumpeter .27 – Arthur Österwall, Swedish band leader, composer, vocalist, and upright bassist.28 – Russell Jacquet, American trumpeter.
; March12 – Harry South, English pianist, composer, and arranger.17 – Jack Noren, American drummer and vocalist.23 – Al Sears, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader.
; April3 – Sarah Vaughan, American singer.5 – Louis Nelson, American trombonist.25 – Dexter Gordon, American tenor saxophonist.
; May4 – Emily Remler, American guitarist.7 – Elizete Cardoso, Argentine singer and actress.16 – Sammy Davis Jr., American singer and entertainer.17 – Frank Wright, American tenor saxophonist.18
; June2 – Walter Davis Jr., American pianist.7 – Lou Blackburn, American trombonist.10 – Hubert Rostaing, Algierian-French clarinetist and tenor saxophonist.11 – Clyde McCoy, American trumpeter.21 – June Christy, American singer.28 – Howard Roberts, American guitarist.30 – Dudu Pukwana, South African saxophonist, composer, and pianist.
; July21 – Joe Turner, American pianist.31 – Lowell Davidson, American pianist.
; August12 – Harry Leahey, American guitarist.14 – Chester Zardis, American upright bassist.17 – Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer.
; September3 – Betty Glamann, American jazz harpist.23 – George Desmond Hodnett, Irish composer, piano, trumpet, and zither player.29 – Freddie Kohlman, American drummer, vocalist, and bandleader.
; October1 – Phil Napoleon, American trumpeter and bandleader.5 – Sam Taylor, American tenor saxophonist.6 – Asser Fagerström, Finnish pianist, composer, and actor.16 – Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader, The Jazz Messengers.25 – Major Holley, American upright bassist.27 – Xavier Cugat, bandleader.
; November4 – William Leavitt, American guitarist and arranger.16 – Lee Castle, American trumpeter and bandleader.26
; December5 – Bill Hardman, American trumpeter and flugelhornist.18 – Bernard Addison, American guitarist.
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Births

; January17 – Diknu Schneeberger, Austrian guitarist.
; February13 – Jonathan Chua, Singaporean drummer.
; March27 – Kimbra Lee Johnson, New Zealand singer and actress.
; April20 – Sebastian Nordström, Swedish bassist.
; July11 – Ole Mofjell, Norwegian drummer.23 – Torgeir Standal, Norwegian guitarist.
; August15 – Benjamin Kheng, Singaporean guitarist/pianist/composer and brony.
; September15 – Laura Jurd, British trumpet and synthesizer player.
; October25
; November27 – Mette Henriette, Norwegian saxophonist, improviser, and autodidact composer.
; December20 – Corrie Dick, Scottish drummer, percussionist, vocalist, and composer.25 – Sandra Riley Tang, Singaporean female double-bassist.
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