1975 in jazz
# 1975 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1975.

## Events

### March

* 21 – The 2nd Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 21 – 23).

### May

* 16 – The 4th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 16 – 19).
* 21 – The 3rd Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 21 – June 4).

### June

* 27 – The 22nd Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (June 27 – July 6).

### July

* 3 – The 9th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 3 – 20).

### September

* 19 – The 18th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 19 – 21).

## Album releases

* Keith Jarrett: The Köln Concert
* Revolutionary Ensemble: The People's Republic
* Miles Davis: Agharta
* Evan Parker: Saxophone Solos
* Leroy Jenkins: For Players Only
* Air: Air Song
* Oliver Lake: Heavy Spirits
* Kenny Wheeler: Gnu High
* Om: Kirikuki
* Terje Rypdal: Odyssey
* Steve Lacy: Dreams
* Anthony Braxton: Five Pieces 1975
* Don Pullen: Solo Piano Album
* Dexter Gordon: Bouncin' with Dex
* Michael Mantler: Michael Mantler – Carla Bley
* Sonny Sharrock: Paradise
* Dudu Pukwana: Diamond Express
* George Finola: No Words, Just George
* Kenny Barron: Lucifer
* Frank Lowe: The Flam
* John Surman: S.O.S.
* Don Pullen: Healing Force
* Julius Hemphill: Coon Bid'ness
* Gateway Trio: Gateway
* Collin Walcott: Cloud Dance
* Don Moye: Sun Percussion
* Martial Solal: Nothing But Piano
* Eberhard Weber: Yellow Fields
* Don Pullen: Five to Go
* Charles Tolliver: Impact
* Lol Coxhill: Welfare State
* David Liebman: Forgotten Fantasies
* Joe McPhee: The Willisau Concert
* Yōsuke Yamashita: Chiasma
* Michael Mantler: The Hapless Child
* Dollar Brand: Soweto
* Don Pullen: Capricorn Rising
* Stanley Clarke: Journey to Love
* Enrico Rava: The Pilgrim and the Stars
* The Manhattan Transfer: The Manhattan Transfer

## Deaths

### January

* 3 – René Thomas, Belgian guitarist (born 1927).

### February

* 5 – Åke Persson, Swedish trombonist (born 1932).

### March

* 4 – Cornel Chiriac, Romanian radio producer, record producer, and drummer (born 1941).
* 15 – Sandy Brown, Scottish clarinetist and band leader (born 1929).
* 16 – T-Bone Walker, American guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (born 1910).
* 27 – Pete Clarke, British saxophonist and clarinetist (died 1975).

### April

* 12 – Josephine Baker, French singer, entertainer, activist, and Resistance agent (born 1906).

### May

* 11 – Benny Harris, American trumpeter and composer (born 1919).
* 13 – Tubby Hall, American drummer (born 1895).

### June

* 18 – Earl Washington, American pianist (born 1921).

### July

* 14 – Zutty Singleton, American drummer (born 1898).
* 16 – Pippo Starnazza, Italian singer and actor (born 1909).
* 21 – Theodore Carpenter, American trumpet player, singer, and band leader (born 1898).

### August

* 8 – Cannonball Adderley, American alto saxophonist (born 1928).

### October

* 28 – Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (born 1932).

### November

* 14 – Artemi Ayvazyan, Soviet-Armenian composer, conductor, and founder of the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra (born 1902).

### December

* 11 – Lee Wiley, American singer (born 1908).
* 14 – Mongezi Feza, South African trumpeter and flautist (born 1945).
* 17
   * Fess Williams, American clarinetist and alto saxophonist (born 1894).
   * Stan Wrightsman, American pianist (born 1910).

### Unknown date

* Trevor Koehler, American saxophonist (born 1935).

## Births

### January

* 17 – Squarepusher or Tom Jenkinson, English electronic musician and composer.
* 18 – Géraldine Laurent, French alto saxophonist.
* 21 – Jason Moran, American pianist and composer.

### February

* 7 – Kellylee Evans, Canadian singer.

### March

* 4 – Mats Eilertsen, Norwegian upright bassist and composer, Food and Dingobats.
* 9 – Øyvind Storesund, Norwegian upright bassist, Cloroform and Kaizers Orchestra.
* 10 – Håvard Wiik, Norwegian pianist and composer, Atomic.
* 14 – Gianluca Petrella, Italian trombonist.
* 17 – Jairzinho Oliveira, Brazilian singer, songwriter, and composer.
* 18 – Sondre Meisfjord, Norwegian bassist, cellist, and composer, Come Shine.
* 22 – Steinar Raknes, Norwegian upright bassist, Urban Connection and The Core.
* 25 – David Braid, Canadian pianist and composer.
* 27 – Katja Toivola, Finnish trombonist.
* 28 – Orrin Evans, American pianist.

### April

* 12 – Lars Andreas Haug, Norwegian tubist.
* 13 – Jan Harbeck, Danish saxophonist and composer.
* 23
   * Helge Lien, Norwegian pianist, composer, and band leader.
   * Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, Norwegian saxophonist and composer.
* 27
   * Fabrizio Sotti, Italian guitarist, composer, songwriter, and producer.
   * Jozef Dumoulin, Belgian keyboarder and composer.

### May

* 1 – Aslak Hartberg, Norwegian rapper and bassist.
* 7 – Gunhild Carling, Swedish trombonist and multi-instrumentalist.
* 15 – Frode Haltli, Norwegian accordionist.

### June

* 2 – Gisle Torvik, Norwegian guitarist, composer, and band leader.
* 16 – Jannike Kruse, Norwegian singer, artist and actor.

### July

* 11 – Chris Gall, German pianist and composer.
* 22 – Erik Johannessen, Norwegian trombonist and composer, Jaga Jazzist and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra.
* 23 – Céline Bonacina, French saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.

### August

* 1 – Håkon Mjåset Johansen, Norwegian drummer and composer, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra.
* 22 – Taylor Ho Bynum, American cornetist, flugelhornist, trumpeter, composer, educator, and writer.
* 24 – Michael Magalon, Belgian bassist, guitarist, and composer.

### October

* 2 – Kåre Opheim, Norwegian drumMer, Real Ones.
* 12 – Espen Aalberg, Norwegian drummer.
* 26 – Ole Marius Sandberg, Norwegian bassist.

### November

* 26 – Arne Jansen, German guitarist, composer, and band leader.
* 27 – Frode Nymo, Norwegian jazz musician (alto Saxophonist), Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Urban Connection.

### December

* 5 – Søren Bebe, Danish pianist and composer.

### Unknown date

* Jacob Anderskov, Danish pianist, composer and bandleader.
* Lionel Friedli, Swiss percussionist.
* Marcin Wasilewski, Polish pianist and composer.
* Matana Roberts, American sound experimentalist, visual artist, jazz saxophonist and clarinetist, and composer.
* Niki King, Scottish singer.
* Paul Harrison, English pianist, keyboarder, organist, and composer.
