1978 in jazz

1978 in jazz
Pharoah Sanders, Reggie Workman, and unidentified drummer, c. 1978
Decade	1970s in jazz
Music	1978 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1977 in jazz – 1979 in jazz

1978 in jazz:

Album releases

Peter Sprague: Dance of the Universe
Leo Smith: Mass on the World
Roscoe Mitchell: LRG-Maze-S II Examples
Leroy Jenkins: The Legend of Ai Glatson
Rova Saxophone Quartet: Cinema Rovate
Gerry Hemingway: Kwambe
Sam Rivers: Waves
George Lewis: The Imaginary Suite
Don Pullen: Warriors
Guenter Hampel: Oasis
Cecil Taylor: 3 Phasis
John Oswald: Improvised
Andrew Cyrille: Metamusicians' Stomp
Ralph Towner: Batik
Art Ensemble of Chicago: Nice Guys
Carla Bley: Musique Mecanique
Air: Open Air Suit
Marvin Peterson: The Light
Anthony Davis: Of Blues and Dream
David Liebman: Pendulum
Pat Metheny: Pat Metheny Group
Ernie Krivda: The Alchemist
Evan Parker: Monoceros
Anthony Braxton: For Four Orchestras
Ganelin Trio: Concerto Grosso
Cecil Taylor: Cecil Taylor Unit
James Ulmer: Tales from Captain Black
Oliver Lake: Life Dance of Is
Lester Bowie: African Children
World Saxophone Quartet: Steppin' with the World Saxophone Quartet
Arthur Blythe: Lenox Avenue Breakdown
Paul Winter: Common Ground
Kenny Barron: Innocence
Fred Anderson: Another Place
Guenter Hampel: Freedom Of The Universe
Dewey Redman: Soundsigns
Misha Mengelberg: Pech Onderweg
Max Roach & Anthony Braxton: Birth and Rebirth
Chico Freeman: The Outside Within
Egberto Gismondi: Solo
Michael Franks: Burchfield Nines
Sun Ra: Lanquidity

Deaths

Ray Noble (17 December 1903 – 3 April 1978)
Larry Young (October 7, 1940 — March 30, 1978)
Joe Venuti (September 16, 1903 – August 14, 1978)
Teddy Hill (December 7, 1909 - May 19, 1978)
Joe Marsala (January 4, 1907 – March 4, 1978)

Births

Matt Dusk, Canadian vocalist
Janek Gwizdala, English bassist
Soweto Kinch, British saxophonist
Mike Moreno, guitarist and composer
China Moses, singer
Michael Wollny, German pianist

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