1992 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1992.
Events
April
- 10 – The 19th Vossajazz started in Vossavangen, Norway.
May
June
- 5 – The 21st Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany.
July
- 2 – 26th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Switzerland.
- 10 – The 17th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague.
August
- 13 – The 9th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales.
September
- 18 – The 35th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California.
Album releases
- Jane Ira Bloom: Art and Aviation
- Maria Schneider: Evanescence
- Geri Allen: Maroons
- Wynton Marsalis: Citi Movement
- Joe Lovano: Universal Language
- Terence Blanchard: The [Malcolm X Jazz Suite]
- Sergey Kuryokhin: Some Combination of Fingers and Passion
- Medeski Martin & Wood: Notes from [the Underground (Medeski Martin & Wood album)|Notes From the Underground]
- Courtney Pine: To The Eyes Of Creation
- Hank Roberts: Little Motor People
- Zeena Parkins: Ursa's Door
- Steve Turre: Sanctified Shells
- Pat Metheny: Secret Story
- Charles Gayle: Repent
- Michael Formanek: Loose Cannon
- Franz Koglmann: L'Heure Bleue
- Bill Frisell: Have a [Little Faith (Bill Frisell album)|Have a Little Faith]
- Michael Mantler: Folly Seeing All This
- Bill Frisell: This Land
- Kenny Wheeler: Kayak
- Chick Corea & Bobby McFerrin: Play (Chick Corea and [Bobby McFerrin album)|Play]
- Aydin Esen: Anadolu
- Christy Doran: Corporate Art
- Hal Russell: Hal's Bells
- Joachim Kuhn: Dynamics
- John Scofield: What We Do
- Mulgrew Miller: Hand In Hand
- Paul Plimley: When Silence Pulls
- Ray Anderson: Every One of Us
- Uri Caine: Sphere Music
- Sonny Simmons: Ancient Ritual
- John Pizzarelli: All of Me
- Roy Campbell: New Kingdom
- David S. Ware: Flight of I
- Matthew Shipp: Circular Temple
- Carol Sloane: Heart's Desire
- Eliane Elias: Fantasia
- Hugh Masekela: Beatin' Aroun de Bush
- Yellowjackets: ''Live Wires''
Deaths
; January- 17 – Charlie Ventura, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader.
- 8 – Denny Wright, English guitarist.
- 4 – Mary Osborne, American guitarist.
- 6 – Hugh Gibb, English drummer and bandleader.
- 14 – Sammy Price, American pianist and bandleader.
- 20 – Leon Abramson or Lee Abrams, American drummer.
- 10 – Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese songwriter and pianist.
- 1 – Alfred "Chico" Alvarez, American trumpeter.
- 11 – Hayes Pillars, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader.
- 3 – John Carisi, American trumpeter and composer.
- 7 – Ed Blackwell, American drummer.
- 8 – Red Mitchell, American upright bassist.
- 14 – George Adams, American saxophonist.
- 24 – June Tyson, American singer.
- 11 – Andy Kirk, American saxophonist and tubist.
Births
; January- 17 – Kristian B. Jacobsen, Norwegian bassist and composer.
- 5 – Oddrun Lilja Jonsdottir, Icelandic/Norwegian guitarist, singer, and composer.
- 6 – Lukas Zabulionis, Norwegian saxophonist and composer.
- 15 – Elisabeth Lid Trøen, Norwegian saxophonist.
- 17 – Alf Hulbækmo, Norwegian pianist.
- 6 – Mathias Stubø, Norwegian electronica artist.
- 1 – Gismo Graf, German guitarist and composer.
- 10 – Vincent Ingala, American saxophonist.
- Axel Skalstad, Norwegian drummer.
- Siril Malmedal Hauge, Norwegian singer, composer and band leader.