1968 in jazz

1968 in jazz
Decade	1960s in jazz
Music	1968 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1967 in jazz - 1969 in jazz

1968 in jazz:

Contents

1 Events
2 Album releases
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Awards
6 Music criticism

Events

Album releases

Michael Mantler: The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
Chick Corea: Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
Roscoe Mitchell: Congliptious
Don Cherry: Eternal Rhythm
Miles Davis: Filles de Kilimanjaro
Peter Broetzmann: Machine Gun
John Surman: John Surman
Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Karyobin
Kenny Wheeler: Windmill Tilter
Modern Jazz Quartet: Under the Jasmine Tree
Roland Kirk: Left & Right
Sun Ra: Outer Spaceways Incorporated
Horace Silver: Serenade to a Soul Sister
Paul Horn: Inside the Taj Mahal
McCoy Tyner: Expansions
Gary Bartz: Another Earth
Pat Martino: Baiyina
Charles Tolliver: Paper Man
Herbie Hancock: Speak Like a Child
Miles Davis: Miles in the Sky

Births

Kyle Eastwood -bassist (May 19, 1968-)

Deaths

Wes Montgomery (6 March 1923 - 15 June 1968)
Luckey Roberts (August 7, 1887 – February 5, 1968)

Awards

Music criticism

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Topics

Instruments

Lists

by instrument	Bassists Clarinetists Drummers Guitarists Organists Pianists Saxophonists Trombonists Trumpeters Violinists Vocalists Percussionists

by genre	Bebop Chamber jazz Cool jazz & West Coast jazz Hard bop Jazz blues Jazz fusion Scat Smooth jazz Soul jazz Swing

Standards

Years in jazz

Discographies