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

20 – The 20th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway.

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

Deaths

; January17 – Charlie Ventura, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader.
; February8 – Denny Wright, English guitarist.
; March4 – Mary Osborne, American guitarist.6 – Hugh Gibb, English drummer and bandleader.
; April14 – Sammy Price, American pianist and bandleader.20 – Leon Abramson or Lee Abrams, American drummer.
; June10 – Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese songwriter and pianist.
; August1 – Alfred "Chico" Alvarez, American trumpeter.11 – Hayes Pillars, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader.
; October3 – John Carisi, American trumpeter and composer.7 – Ed Blackwell, American drummer.
; November 8 – Red Mitchell, American upright bassist.14 – George Adams, American saxophonist.24 – June Tyson, American singer.
; December11 – Andy Kirk, American saxophonist and tubist.

Births

; January17 – Kristian B. Jacobsen, Norwegian bassist and composer.
; March5 – 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.
; April6 – Mathias Stubø, Norwegian electronica artist.
; October1 – Gismo Graf, German guitarist and composer.
; December10 – Vincent Ingala, American saxophonist.
; Unknown date