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Overview of the events of 1990 in jazz

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

Events

April

6 – The 17th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 6 – 8).^[1]

May

23 – The 18th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 3).^[2]

June

1 – The 19th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 1 – 4).^[3]

July

7 – 24th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Switzerland (July 7 – 22).^[4]
12 – The 15th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague (July 12 – 15).^[5]

August

17 – The 7th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 17 – 19).^[6]

September

21 – The 33rd Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 21 – 23).^[7]

Unknown date

Eliane Elias and Randy Brecker were divorced.^[8]

Album releases

Ben Sidran: Cool Paradise
Bill Frisell: Is That You?
Bobby Previte: Empty Suits
Butch Morris: Dust To Dust
Charlie Haden: Dream Keeper
Danny Gottlieb: Brooklyn Blues
David Liebman: The Tree
David Ware: Great Bliss
Don Pullen: Random Thoughts
Egberto Gismondi: Infancia
Elements: Spirit River
Eric Reed: Soldier's Hymn
Eliane Elias: Eliane Elias Plays Jobim
Franz Koglmann: The Use of Memory
Geri Allen: The Nurturer
Gerry Hemingway: Down To The Wire
Gerry Hemingway: Special Detail
Hank Roberts: Birds Of Prey
ICP Orchestra: Bospaadje Konijnehol II
Jazz Passengers: Implement Yourself
John Pizzarelli: My Blue Heaven
John Zorn: Naked City
Keith Tippett: The Journey
Kenny Wheeler: Music for Large & Small Ensembles
Kenny Wheeler: Widow in the Window
Marilyn Crispell: Overlapping Hands: Eight Segments
Mark Helias: Attack the Future
Marty Ehrlich: Emergency Peace
Matthew Shipp: Circular Temple
Michael Formanek: Wide Open Spaces
Michael Franks: Blue Pacific
Muhal Richard Abrams: Blu Blu Blu
Music Revelation Ensemble: Elec Jazz
Myra Melford: Jump
Philip Catherine: I Remember You
Phil Woods: All Bird's Children
Ray Anderson: What Because
Terence Blanchard: Terence Blanchard
Tom Harrell: Form
Yellowjackets: Green House

Deaths

January

3 – Peter van Steeden, Dutch-American composer (born 1904).
8 – Georgie Auld, Canadian tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader (born 1919).
9 – Buschi Niebergall, German free jazz musician (born 1938).

February

2 – Mel Lewis, American drummer and bandleader (born 1929).
4 – Fritz Schulz-Reichel, German pianist (born 1912).
5 – King Perry, American saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, and bandleader (born 1914).
21 – John Madrid, American trumpeter (born 1948).
27 – Arthur Österwall, Swedish band leader, composer, vocalist, and upright bassist (born 1910).
28 – Russell Jacquet, American trumpeter (born 1917).

March

12 – Harry South, English pianist, composer, and arranger (born 1929).
17 – Jack Noren, American drummer and vocalist (born 1929).
23 – Al Sears, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader (born 1910).

April

3 – Sarah Vaughan, American singer (born 1924).
5 – Louis Nelson, American trombonist (born 1902).
25 – Dexter Gordon, American tenor saxophonist (born 1923).

May

4 – Emily Remler, American guitarist (born 1957).
7 – Elizete Cardoso, Argentine singer and actress (born 1920).
16 – Sammy Davis, Jr., American singer and entertainer (born 1925).
17 – Frank Wright, American tenor saxophonist (born 1935).
18
- Eje Thelin, Swedish trombonist (born 1938).
- Sing Miller, American pianist (born 1914).
26 – Chris McGregor, South African pianist, bandleader, and composer (born 1936).

June

2 – Walter Davis Jr., American pianist (born 1932).
7 – Lou Blackburn, American trombonist (born 1922).
10 – Hubert Rostaing, Algierian-French clarinetist and tenor saxophonist (born 1918).
11 – Clyde McCoy, American trumpeter (born 1903).
21 – June Christy, American singer (born 1925).
28 – Howard Roberts, American guitarist (born 1929).
30 – Dudu Pukwana, South African saxophonist, composer, and pianist (born 1938).

July

21 – Joe Turner, American pianist (born 1907).
31 – Lowell Davidson, American pianist (born 1941).

August

12 – Harry Leahey, American guitarist (born 1935).
14 – Chester Zardis, American upright bassist (born 1900).
17 – Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (born 1918).

September

3 – Betty Glamann, American jazz harpist (born 1923).
23 – George Desmond Hodnett, Irish composer, piano, trumpet, and zither player (born 1918).
29 – Freddie Kohlman, American drummer, vocalist, and bandleader (born 1918).

October

1 – Phil Napoleon, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1901).
5 – Sam Taylor, American tenor saxophonist (born 1916).
6 – Asser Fagerström, Finnish pianist, composer, and actor ((born 1912).
16 – Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader, The Jazz Messengers (born 1919).
25 – Major Holley, American upright bassist (born 1914).
27 – Xavier Cugat, bandleader (born 1900).

November

4 – William Leavitt, American guitarist and arranger (born 1925).
16 – Lee Castle, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1915).
26
- Dave Wilkins, Barbadian trumpeter (born 1914).
- Rita Ora, British singer-songwriter and actor.

December

5 – Bill Hardman, American trumpeter and flugelhornist (born 1933).
18 – Bernard Addison, American guitarist (born 1905).

Unknown date

Francis Coppieters, Belgian pianist (born 1930).

Births

January

17 – Diknu Schneeberger, Austrian guitarist.

February

13 – Jonathan Chua, Singaporean drummer.

March

27 – Kimbra Lee Johnson, New Zealand singer and actress.

April

20 – Sebastian Nordström, Swedish bassist.

July

11 – Ole Mofjell, Norwegian drummer.
23 – Torgeir Standal, Norwegian guitarist.

August

15 – Benjamin Kheng, Singaporean guitarist/pianist/composer and brony.

September

15 – Laura Jurd, British trumpet and synthesizer player.

October

25
- Austin Peralta, American pianist. At age 15, a featured performer at the 2006 Tokyo Jazz Festival (died 2012).^[9]
- Marthe Wang, Norwegian singer and songwriter.

November

27 – Mette Henriette, Norwegian saxophonist, improviser, and autodidact composer.

December

20 – Corrie Dick, Scottish drummer, percussionist, vocalist, and composer.
25 – Sandra Riley Tang, Singaporean female double-bassist.

Unknown date

Alper Tuzcu, Turkish singer, composer, and music producer.
Charlotte Dos Santos, Norwegian vocalist, composer, and arranger.
Martin Masakowski, American bassist.

References

^ "Vossajazz – Historie" (in Norwegian). Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
^ "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
^ "Moers Festival 1987". Moers Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
^ "Montreux Jazz Festival 1990 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
^ "North Sea Jazz Festival 1991". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
^ "Brecon Jazz Festival 1990". FriendsOfBreconJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
^ "The Monterey Jazz Festival Collections". EarlNewmanPrints.com. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
^ "Eliane Elias – Pianist, composer, singer". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
^ McDermott, Marc (January 15, 2013). "The Life and Death of Austin Peralta". LA Weekly. Retrieved November 20, 2017.