This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1988.
Events
March
- 25 – The 15th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 25 – 27).
April
- 6 – Jazz guitarist Larry Carlton is shot in a random gun shooting outside his Los Angeles studios.
May
- 20 – The 17th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 20 – 23).
- 25 – The 16th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 25 – June 8).
June
- 30 – The 22nd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 30 – July 16).
July
- 1 – The 9th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (July 1 – 10).
- 8 – The 13th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 8 – 10).
August
- 19 – The 5th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 19 – 21).
September
- 16 – The 31st Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16 – 18).
Album releases
Deaths
- January
- 8 – Ray Bauduc, American drummer (born 1906).
- February
- 24 – Miff Görling, Swedish bandleader, trombonist, arranger, and composer (born 1909).
- March
- 1 – Tommy Potter, American upright-bassist (born 1918).
- 8 – Ken Colyer, English trumpeter and cornetist (born 1928).
- 20 – Gil Evans, Canadian pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader (born 1912).
- April
- 3 – Kai Ewans, Danish reedist (born 1906).
- 15 – Eliza Doolittle, British singer-songwriter.
- 19 – Ed Burke, American violinist and trombonist (born 1909).
- May
- 13 – Chet Baker, American trumpeter and singer (born 1929).
- 28 – Sy Oliver, American trumpeter, singer, composer, arranger and bandleader (born 1910).
- July
- 2 – Eddie Vinson, American alto saxophonist and blues shouter (born 1917).
- August
- 15 – Bill Beason, American drummer (born 1908).
- 27 – Irene Higginbotham, African American songwriter and concert pianist (born 1918).
- September
- 5 – Lawrence Brown, American trombonist (born 1907).
- 27 – J. C. Heard, American drummer (born 1917).
- October
- 8 – Edward Inge, American arranger and reedist (born 1906).
- November
- 30
- Charlie Rouse, American hard bop tenor saxophonist and flautist (born 1924).
- Pannonica de Koenigswarter, British-born jazz patron and writer (born 1913).
- December
- 8
- Gene Quill, American alto saxophonist (born 1927).
- Thore Swanerud, Swedish pianist, vibraphonist, arranger, conductor, and composer (born 1919).
- Unknown date
- Barney Josephson, founder of Café Society in Greenwich Village (born 1902).
Births
- January
- 28 – Casimir Liberski, Belgian pianist and keyboarder.
- February
- 5 – Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson, Norwegian upright bassist.
- 26 – Christian Meaas Svendsen, Norwegian upright bassist.
- April
- 1 – Sam Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean saxophonist and guitarist (died 2010).
- 22 – Nitcho Reinhardt, French guitarist.
- May
- 29 – Kelly Sweet, American singer and songwriter.
- May
- 2 – Guilherme Rodrigues, Portuguese composer, improviser, and sound artist.
- 7 – David Aleksander Sjølie, Norwegian guitarist.
- 17 – Brittany Anjou, American pianist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.
- July
- 31 – Andreas Wildhagen, Norwegian drummer.
- August
- 17 – Natalie Sandtorv, Norwegian singer, percussionist, and electronica artist.
- 28 – Kjetil Jerve, Norwegian pianist and composer.
- September
- 1 – Martina Bárta, Czech singer and French hornist.
- October
- 19 – Pasquale Grasso, Italian guitarist.
- November
- 25 – Victoria Hart, California-born English singer.
- 27 – Sandra Nankoma, Ugandan singer, songwriter and actress.
- December
- 3 – Melissa Aldana, Chilean tenor saxophonist.
- 23 – Thomai Apergi, Greek singer and guitarist.
- Unknown date
- Jan Martin Gismervik, Norwegian drummer, Monkey Plot.
- Simon Gore, Welch guitarist, keyboarder, composer, and audio/visual artist.
See also
- 1980s in jazz
- List of years in jazz
- 1988 in music
References
External links
- History Of Jazz Timeline: 1988 at All About Jazz
