1980 in jazz
| 1980 in jazz | |
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| Decade | 1980s in jazz |
| Music | 1980 in music |
| Standards | List of post-1950 jazz standards |
| See also | 1979 in jazz – 1981 in jazz |
1980 in jazz:
Album releases
- Anthony Davis: Lady of the Mirrors
- Rova Saxophone Quartet: Invisible Frames
- Om: Cerberus
- Pat Metheny: As Falls Wichita, so Falls Wichita Falls
- Billy Bang: Changing Seasons
- Julius Hemphill: Flat Out Jump Suite
- Charles Noyes: Free Mammals
- Pat Metheny: 80/81
- Steve Tibbetts: YR
- World Saxophone Quartet: WSQ
- David Murray: Ming
- Ganelin Trio: Ancora Da Capo
- Joanne Brackeen: Ancient Dynasty
- Ran Blake: Film Noir
- Muhal Richard Abrams: Mama and Daddy
- Derek Bailey: Aida
- Evan Parker: Six of One
- Steps Ahead: Step by Step
- Steve Beresford: Double Indemnity
- Music Revelation Ensemble: No Wave
- Jan Garbarek: Eventyr
- David Liebman: If They Only Knew
- Tom Varner: Quartet
- Harvie Swartz: Underneath It All
- Paul Winter: Callings
- World Saxophone Quartet: Revue
- James Ulmer: Are You Glad to Be in America?
- Kazumi Watanabe: To Chi Ka
- Chico Freeman: Peaceful Heart, Gentle Spirit
- Jack DeJohnette: Tin Can Alley
- Jay Clayton: All Out
- Ronald Shannon Jackson: Eye on You
- Art Pepper: Winter Moon
- Michael Franks: One Bad Habit
Deaths
- Amos White, trumpeter
- Babs Gonzales, vocalist
- Barney Bigard, clarinetist
- Bill Evans,
- Bobby Jones, saxophonist
- Charles Fowlkes,
- Chauncey Morehouse,
- Chino Pozo,
- Dick Stabile,
- Don Albert, trumpeter and bandleader
- Don Banks, composer
- Duke Pearson, pianist and composer
- Ed Garland,
- Harlan Lattimore,
- Herman Autrey, trumpeter
- Jan Werich,
- Jane Froman,
- Jimmy Bryant,
- Jimmy Crawford, drummer
- Jimmy Durante,
- Jimmy Forrest, tenor saxophonist
- Monk Hazel,
- Norman Keenan, double-bassist
- Oscar Alemán,
- Paul Howard, saxophonist and clarinetist
- Peck Kelley, pianist
- Poley McClintock,
- Ronnie Boykins, bassist
- Shorty Sherock,
- Sonny Burke,
- Stu Martin, drummer
- Vinicius de Moraes,
Births
- Alberto Porro Carmona,
- Brandi Disterheft,
- Dia DiCristino,
- Elana Stone,
- Ibrahim Maalouf, trumpet player
- Jasser Haj Youssef, Tunisian violinist
- Jay Foote,
- Jelle van Tongeren, Dutch violinist
- Jimmy Rosenberg, Dutch guitarist
- Julie Crochetière, singer/songwriter, pianist
- Kendrick Scott, drummer, bandleader and composer
- Lizz Wright, singer
- Martin Blanes, guitarist
- Ruslan Sirota,
- Sasha Dobson,
- Takuya Kuroda, japanese trumpet player
- Yasek Manzano Silva, Cuban trumpet player and composer
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