2019 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2019.
Events
January
- 10 – The 18th All Ears festival starts in Oslo.
- 11 – The 5th annual Tucson Jazz Festival starts in Tucson, Arizona.
- 24 – The 38th annual Djangofestival starts on Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway.
- 31
- * The 8th Bodø Jazz Open Vinterjazz starts in Bodø, Norway.
- * The 21st Polarjazz Festival starts in Longyearbyen, Svalbard.
February
- 14 – The 14th Ice Music Festival starts in Geilo, Norway.
- 26 – English saxophonist Trevor Watts celebrates his 80th birthday.
- 28 – American saxophonist Charles Gayle celebrates his 80th birthday.
March
- 1 – The 15th Jakarta International [Java Jazz Festival] starts in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- 6 – The 50th Turku Jazz Festival starts in Åbo, Finland.
- 16 – American violinist Jerry Goodman celebrates his 70th birthday.
- 22 – The Blue House Youth Jazz Festival starts in Stockholm, Sweden.
- 29 – The 20th Cape Town International Jazz Festival starts in Cape Town, South Africa.
April
- 12 – The 46th Vossajazz starts in Vossavangen, Norway.
- 24 – The 32nd April Jazz Espoo starts.
- 26 – The 8th Torino Jazz Festival starts in Turin.
- 30 – The International Jazz Day.
May
- 3 – The Balejazz starts in Balestrand.
- 6 – The 30th MaiJazz starts in Stavanger, Norway.
- 8 – The 15th AnJazz, the Hamar Jazz Festival starts at Hamar, Norway.
- 16 – The 18th Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés starts in Paris, France.
- 24 – The 47th Nattjazz starts in Bergen, Norway.
June
- 12 – The Bergenfest starts in Bergen.
- 13 – The Norwegian Wood music festival starts in Oslo.
- 26 – The Leopolis Jazz Fest opens in Lviv, Ukraine.
- 27 – The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal opens in Montréal, Canada.
- 28
- * The 39th Jazz à Vienne starts in Vienne, France.
- * The 53rd Montreux Jazz Festival starts in Montreux, Switzerland.
July
- 3 – The Kongsberg Jazzfestival opens at Kongsberg consert.
- 4 – The 23rd Skånevik Bluesfestival starts in Skånevik, Norway.
- 5
- * The Baltic Jazz Festival starts in Dalsbruk.
- * The Love Supreme Jazz Festival starts in Lewes, East Sussex.
- * The 41st Copenhagen Jazz Festival starts in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 11 – The 18th Stavernfestivalen starts in Stavern.
- 12
- * The 44th North Sea Jazz Festival starts in The Hague, Netherlands.
- * The 54th Pori Jazz Festival starts in Pori, Finland.
- * The 46th Umbria Jazz Festival starts in Perugia, Italy.
- 13 – The 31st Aarhus Jazz Festival starts in Aarhus, Denmark.
- 15 – The Moldejazz starts in Molde.
- 16
- * The 72nd Nice Jazz Festival starts in Nice, France.
- * The 43rd Vitoria-Gasteiz [jazz festival|Jazz de Vitoria] starts in Gasteiz, Spain.
- 24 – The 24th Canal Street Festival starts in Arendal.
August
- 2
- * The 63rd Newport Jazz Festival starts in Newport, Rhode Island.
- * The Nišville International Jazz Festival starts in Niš, Serbia.
- 6 – The 20th Øyafestivalen starts in Oslo, Norway.
- 8 – The 33rd Sildajazz starts in Haugesund, Norway.
- 9 – The 35th Brecon Jazz Festival starts in Brecon, Wales.
- 11 – The 34th Oslo Jazzfestival starts in Oslo, Norway.
September
- 5 – The 14th Punktfestivalen opens in Kristiansand.
- 27 – The 62nd Monterey Jazz Festival starts in Monterey, California.
October
- 17 – The 37th DølaJazz starts in Lillehammer.
- 24 – The 41st Guinness Cork Jazz Festival starts in Cork City, Ireland.
- 31 – The 56th JazzFest Berlin, also known as The Berlin Jazz Festival starts in Berlin.
November
- 3 – American saxophonist and trumpeter Joe McPhee celebrates his 80th birthday.
December
- 25 – American pianist Bob James celebrates his 80th birthday.
Deaths
January
- 5 – Alvin Fielder, American drummer.
- 9 – Joseph Jarman, American saxophonist, Art Ensemble of Chicago.
- 13 – Willie Murphy, American singer and pianist.
- 16 – Chris Wilson, Australian singer and guitarist.
- 21 – Marcel Azzola, French accordionist.
- 23 – Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean guitarist.
- 26 – Michel Legrand, French composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist.
February
- 15 – Kofi Burbridge, American keyboardist and flautist, Tedeschi Trucks Band.
- 16 – Ken Nordine, American spoken word jazz artist.
- 17 – Ethel Ennis, American singer and pianist.
- 28 - Ed Bickert, Canadian jazz guitarist
March
- 5 – Jacques Loussier, French jazz pianist and film score composer
December
- 7 – Joe McQueen, American saxophonist.