1960 in jazz
| 1960 in jazz | |
|---|---|
 Erik Lindström group | |
| Decade | 1960s in jazz |
| Music | 1960 in music |
| Standards | List of post-1950 jazz standards |
| See also | 1959 in jazz – 1961 in jazz |
1960 in jazz:
Events
- The Cannonball Adderley Quintet records At the Lighthouse at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California.
- Grammy Awards of 1960
- Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group
- Jonah Jones for I Dig Chicks
- Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group
Album releases
- John Coltrane: Giant Steps
- Ornette Coleman: Free Jazz
- Max Roach: We Insist!
- Charles Mingus: Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
- Fats Waller: Handful of Keys
- Gunther Schuller [John Lewis]: Jazz Abstractions
- George Russell: Jazz in the Space Age
- Eric Dolphy: Far Cry
- Joe Harriott: Free Form
- Tina Brooks: True Blue
- Randy Weston: Uhuru Afrika
- Cecil Taylor: The World of Cecil Taylor
- Gil Evans: Out of the Cool
- Lennie Tristano: The New Tristano
- Clark Terry: Color Changes
- Jimmy Giuffre: Pieces for Clarinet and Strings
- Hank Mobley: Soul Station
- Horace Silver: Horace-Scope
- Art Blakey: The Big Beat
- Art Blakey: A Night in Tunisia
- Modern Jazz Quartet: The Comedy
- Betty Carter: The Modern Sound
- Oliver Nelson: Taking Care of Business
- Charlie Rouse: Takin' Care of Business
- Wes Montgomery: The Incredible Jazz Guitar
- Sam Jones: The Soul Society
- George Russell: Stratusphunk
- David Newman & James Clay: The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!!
- Duke Jordan: Flight to Jordan
- Herbie Mann: Flute, Brass, Vibes and Percussion
- the Jazztet: Meet the Jazztet
- Phil Woods: Rights of Swing
- Art Pepper: Gettin' Together
- Jimmy Smith: Back at the Chicken Shack
Deaths
- Arv Garrison, guitarist
- Beverly Kenney, singer
- Bill Johnson, alto saxophonist, clarinetist and arranger
- Isidore Barbarin, cornet and alto horn player
- Jimmy Bertrand, drummer
- June Cole, bassist, tubist, and singer
- Lawrence Duhé, clarinetist and bandleader
- Lee Collins, trumpeter
- Mátyás Seiber, composer
- Oscar Pettiford, double bassist, cellist and composer
Births
- Adrián Iaies, pianist and composer
- Alan Thomson, bassist and vocalist
- Alec Dankworth, bassist and composer
- Angélique Kidjo, singer-songwriter
- Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist
- Brian Bromberg, bassist and producer
- Brian Kelly, composer and pianist
- Chad Wackerman, drummer
- Chano Domínguez, pianist
- Chris Standring, guitarist
- Daryl Hayott, drummer, bassist, percussionist, keyboardist and trumpeter
- Dave Weckl,
- Django Bates, British composer, multi-instrumentalist and band leader
- Donald Harrison,
- Eldad Tarmu, vibraphonist and composer
- Eliane Elias, pianist and vocalist
- Erik Truffaz, trumpeter
- Fred Thelonious Baker, guitarist and bass guitarist
- Fritz Renold, saxophonist, composer, bandleader, festival director
- Graham Haynes,
- Greg Osby, saxophonist
- Henrik Bolberg Pedersen, Danish trumpeter and flugelhorn player
- Jean-Paul Bourelly, guitarist
- Jean Toussaint, tenor saxophonist
- Jeff "Tain" Watts, drummer
- Jens Winther, trumpeter, composer, arranger and bandleader
- Jeremy Monteiro, pianist, singer, composer
- Jimmy Bosch, trombonist
- John Altenburgh, pianist, composer and arranger
- John Beasley (musician),
- John Pizzarelli, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter
- Ken Schaphorst, composer, performer and educator
- Kenny Garrett, saxophonist and flautist
- Koji Kondo,
- Laurent De Wilde, pianist, composer
- Lee Tomboulian, pianist
- Leila Pinheiro, singer, pianist
- Liu Yuan,
- Lloyd Swanton, Australian double-bassist/bass guitarist and composer
- Lonnie Plaxico, African-American bassist
- Maria Pia De Vito, Italian singer, composer and arranger
- Maria Schneider, arranger, composer and big-band leader
- Mark Ledford, trumpet player, vocalist and guitarist
- Marla Glen, singer
- Matthew Shipp, pianist, composer and bandleader
- Michel Massot, Belgian tuba and trombone payer
- Mike Fahn, trombonist
- Muriel Anderson, composer, guitarist and harp-guitarist
- Mário Laginha, Portuguese piano player and composer
- Nelson Rangell,
- Nils Petter Molvær, Norwegian trumpeter, composer and producer
- Orphy Robinson, British vibraphonist and multi-instrumentalist
- Paul Taylor, saxophonist
- Peter Apfelbaum, pianist, tenor saxophonist, drummer and composer
- Pharez Whitted, trumpeter
- Povl Erik Carstensen, double-bassist
- Sebi Tramontana, trombonist
- Sergio Cammariere, Italian singer-songwriter
- Steve Waterman, trumpeter and composer
- Terje Gewelt, Norwegian bassist
- Tom Kennedy, bass player
- Valarie Pettiford, actress, dancer, and jazz singer
- Wallace Roney, trumpeter
- Wilhelm Schröter, composer and pianist
- Zachary Breaux, guitarist
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