2017 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2017.

2017 in jazz
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Music	2017 in music
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Touche during Djangofestivalen at Cosmopolite at Cosmopolite in Oslo

Acoustic Connection during Djangofestivalen at Cosmopolite in Oslo

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Events

January

• 12
  • The 16th All Ears festival started in Oslo (January 12–15).^[1]
  • The 3rd annual Tucson Jazz Festival started in Tucson, Arizona (January 12 – 22).^[2]
• 20 – The 36th annual Djangofestival started on Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway (January 20 – 21).^[3]
• 21 – Hot Club de Norvège headline at the annual Djangofestival at Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway.^[4]
• 28 – Nils Petter Molvær is presented as winner of the 2016 Spellemannprisen Jazz award.^[5]

February

• 1 – The 6th Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø, Norway (February 1 – 4).^[6]
• 2 – The 19th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 2–5).^[7]
• 9 – The 12th Ice Music Festival started in Geilo, Norway (February 9 – 11).^[8]

March

• 3 – The 13th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 3 – 5).^[9]
• 31 – The 18th Cape Town International Jazz Festival started in Cape Town, South Africa (March 31 – April 1).^[10]

April

• 7 – The 44th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 7 – 9).^[11]
• 30 – The International Jazz Day.^[12]

May

• 5 – The Balejazz started in Balestrand (May 5 – 7).^[13]
• 9 – The 28th MaiJazz started in Stavanger, Norway (May 9 – 14).^[14]
• 10 – The 13th AnJazz, the Hamar Jazz Festival started at Hamar, Norway (May 10 – 14).^[15]
• 11 – The 17th Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés started in Paris, France (May 11 – 22).^[16]
• 18 – The 6th Torino Jazz Festival started in Turin (May 18–22).^[17]
• 26 – The 45th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 26 – June 4).^[18]

June

• 1 – Proceedings of the Echo Jazz Awards in Hamburg, Germany.^[19]
• 22 – The 27th JazzBaltica started in Schloss Salzau close to Kiel, Germany (June 22–25).^[20]
• 23 – The 7th Alfa Jazz Fest started in Lviv, Ukraine (June 23–27).^[21]
• 28 – The 28th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 28 – July 10).^[22]
• 29
  • The 37th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 29 - July 8).^[23]
  • The 37th Jazz à Vienne started in Vienne, France (June 29 - July 13).^[24]
• 30
  • The 5th Love Supreme Festival started in Glynde Place, East Sussex (June 30 – July 2).^[25]
  • The 51st Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 30 – July 15).^[26]

July

• 5 – The 53rd Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (July 5 – 8).^[27]
• 6
  • The 17th Stavernfestivalen started in Stavern, Norway (July 6 – 8).^[28]
  • The 21st Skånevik Bluesfestival started in Skånevik, Norway (July 6 – 8).^[29]
• 7
  • The 39th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 7 – 16).^[30]
  • The 44th Umbria Jazz Festival started in Perugia, Italy (July 7 – 16).^[31]
  • The 42nd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands ( July 7–9).^[32]
• 8 – The 52nd Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 8 – 16).^[33]
• 11 – The 41st Jazz de Vitoria started in Gasteiz, Spain (July 11 – 15).^[34]
• 15 – The 29th Aarhus Jazz Festival started in Aarhus, Denmark (July 15 – 22).^[35]
• 17
  • The 70th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 17 – 21).^[36]
  • The 56th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway ( July 17 – 22).^[37]
• 26 – The 22nd Canal Street started in Arendal, Norway (July 26 – 29).^[38]
• 28 – The 40th Jazz in Marciac started in Marciac, France (July 28 – August 14).^[39]

August

• 4 – The 61st Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 4 – 6).^[40]
• 8 – The 18th Øyafestivalen started in Oslo, Norway (August 8 – 12).^[41]
• 10
  • The Nišville International Jazz Festival started in Niš, Serbia (August 10–13).^[42]
  • The 31st Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 10 – 14).^[43]
• 11 – The 33rd Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 11 – 13).^[44]
• 12 – The 32nd Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway ( August 12 – 19).^[45]
• 31 – The 12th Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway ( August 31 - September 2).^[46]

September

• 1 – The 16th Tokyo Jazz Festival, started at North Door in Tokyo, Japan (September 1 – 3).^[47]
• 14 – The 4th Everfest, Sonic Transmissions started at North Door in Austin, Texas (September 14 – 16).^[48]
• 15 – The 60th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17).^[49]

October

• 6 – The 34th Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (October 6 – 15).^[50]
• 19 – The 34th DølaJazz started in Lillehammer, Norway (October 19 – 22).^[51]
• 25 – The 49th Umeå Jazz Festival started in Umeå, Sweden (October 25 – 29).^[52]
• 27 – The 38th Cork Jazz Festival started in Cork, Ireland (October 27 – 30).^[53]

November

• 2 – The 53rd Jazz Fest Berlin started in Berlin, Germany (November 2 – 5).^[54]
• 10 – The 25th London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 10 – 19).^[55]
• 23 – The São Paulo Jazz Festival started in São Paulo, Brazil (November 23 – 26).^[56]

December

• 28 – The 25th Umbria Jazz Winter started in Orvieto, Italy (December 28 – January 1).^[57]

Albums released

January

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
6	Pentagon Tapes	Dag Arnesen Trio	Losen		[58]
13	Danse	Colin Vallon Trio	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[59]
	Hà Nội Duo	Nguyên Lê featuring Paolo Fresu	ACT	Executive producer Siggi Loch	[60]
	The Invariant	Benedikt Jahnel Trio (Antonio Miguel, Owen Howard)	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[61]
	Politur Passiarer	Scheen Jazzorkester & Audun Kleive	Losen		[62]
	Up and Coming	John Abercrombie Quartet (Marc Copland, Drew Gress, Joey Baron)	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[63]
20	Chromola	1982 (Nils Økland, Sigbjørn Apeland, Øyvind Skarbø)	Heilo		[64]
	Vit	Christer Fredriksen	Losen	Produced by Christer Fredriksen	[65]
27	Elegy	Theo Bleckmann with Ben Monder, Shai Maestro, Chris Tordini, John Hollenbeck	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[66]
	Godspeed	Morten Schantz	Edition	Produced by Morten Schantz with Kristian Thomsen	[67]
	Meet Me At The Movies	Viktoria Tolstoy	ACT	Produced by Nils Landgren executive producer Siggi Loch	[68]
	Piano Song	Matthew Shipp Trio	Thirsty Ear	Produced by Peter Gordon	[69]
	Potsdamer Platz	Jan Lundgren	ACT	Produced by Siggi Loch	[70]
	Quiet Dreams	Hilde Hefte	Ponca Jazz		[71]

February

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
3	Daylight Ghosts	Craig Taborn	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[72]
	Ut Og Se Noe Annet	Marthe Wang	Kirkelig Kulturverksted	Produced by Markus Lillehaug Johnsen. Nominated for the folk Spellemannprisen	[73][74][75]
	My Foolish Heart	Ralph Towner	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[76]
10	La Diversité	Nicolas Kummert	Edition		[77]
	Third Set	Oleta Adams			[78]
17	Axis	Irabagon, Hegre & Drønen	Rune Grammofon		[79]
24	Drunk	Thundercat	Brainfeeder	Produced by Flying Lotus, Mono/Poly, Sounwave, Thundercat	[80]
	Potsdamer Platz	Jan Lundgren	ACT	Produced by Siggi Loch	[81]
	The Roc	Daniel Herskedal	Edition	Produced by Daniel Herskedal	[82]
	Sooner And Later	Julia Hülsmann Trio	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[83]

March

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
3	Rímur	Trio Mediaeval / Arve Henriksen	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[84]
7	Animals	Megalodon Collective	Jazzland		[85]
10	Stereotomic	Nypan	Losen		[86]
17	Asian Field Variations	Louis Sclavis, Dominique Pifarely, Vincent Courtois	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[87]
	Metrics	Stephan Meidell	Hubro		[88]
24	Dance of Time	Eliane Elias	Concord	Produced by Eliane Elias, Marc Johnson, Steve Rodby	[89]
	Preverbal	Matthew Stevens	Ropeadope		[90]
	Vessel in Orbit	Whit Dickey, Mat Maneri, and Matthew Shipp	AUM Fidelity	Produced by Whit Dickey	[91]
31	December Avenue	Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[92]
	Skinner Plays Skinner	David Arthur Skinner	Losen	Produced by David Arthur Skinner	[93]

April

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
7	Charlie Watts Meets The Danish Radio Big Band	Charlie Watts	Impulse!		[94]
	East West Time Line	Kevin Eubanks	Mack Avenue	Produced by Kevin Eubanks	[95]
	Gratitude	Dayna Stephens	Contagious Music	Produced by Matt Pierson	[96]
	Nattsongar	Erlend Apneseth / Ole Morten Vågan / Hans Hulbækmo	Hubro	Produced by Andreas R Meland and Erlend Apneseth	[97]
	Nuit Blanche	François Couturier, Tarkovsky Quartet	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[98]
	Thunder of the Gods	Sun Ra and His Arkestra	Modern Harmonic		[99]
	Silent Light	Dominic Miller	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[100]
14	Walk Against Wind	Linda May Han Oh	Biophilia		[101]
21	The Dreamer Is The Dream	Chris Potter, David Virelles, Joe Martin, and Marcus Gilmore	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[102]
	Find The Way	Aaron Parks, Ben Street, and Billy Hart	ECM		[103]
	Guzuguzu	Helge Lien Trio	Ozella	Nominated for the jazz Spellemannprisen	[104][75]
	Sabiduría	Eddie Palmieri	Ropeadope		[105]
	Titok	Ferenc Snétberger, Anders Jormin, and Joey Baron	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[106]
22	Death to the Planet	The Comet Is Coming	The Leaf Label	Produced by Dan Leavers	[107]
28	Flowers: Beautiful Life, Volume 2	Jimmy Greene	Mack Avenue	Produced by Jimmy Greene, executive producer Gretchen Valade	[108]
	Nightfall	Quercus (June Tabor, Iain Ballamy, Huw Warren)	ECM	Produced by Huw Warren, Iain Ballamy	[109]

May

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
5	Cross My Palm With Silver	Avishai Cohen Quartet	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[110]
	Fly Or Die	Jaimie Branch	International Anthem Recording Co.		[111]
	Kingdom	Alexi Tuomarila, Mats Eilertsen, and Olavi Louhivuori	Edition	Produced by Alexi Tuomarila, executive producer Dave Stapleton	[112]
	Towards Language	Arve Henriksen	Rune Grammofon	Produced by Jan Bang, co-produced by Arve Henriksen	[113]
	Turn Up the Quiet	Diana Krall	Verve	Produced by Tommy LiPuma	[114]
12	La Saboteuse	Yazz Ahmed	Naim Audio	Produced by Noel Jangley and Yazz Ahmed	[115]
17	She Moves On	Youn Sun Nah	ACT	Produced by Jamie Saft	[116]
19	Music From Our Soul	Charnett Moffett	Motema		[117]
26	Dizzy	Jukka Perko Tritone	We Jazz Records		[118]
	Loneliness Road	Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow, Bobby Previte, with Iggy Pop	RareNoise Records	Produced by Christian Castagno, Jamie Saft	[119]
	Planetary Prince	Cameron Graves	Mack Avenue	Produced by Cameron Graves	[120]
	Serenade for Horace	Louis Hayes	Blue Note	Produced by Dezron Douglas, Don Was	[121]
26	Small Town	Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[122]
31	Ruler Rebel	Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah	Ropeadope	Produced by Chris Dunn	[123]

June

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
16	Bells for the South Side	Roscoe Mitchell	ECM		[124]
	Inland Sea	Stephan Micus	ECM	Produced by Steve Lake	[125]
	The Late Trane	Denys Baptiste	Edition	Produced by Jason Yarde	[126]
	A Piece Of The Apple	Frode Kjekstad	Losen	Produced by Frode Kjekstad	[127]
23	Diaspora	Christian Scott	Ropeadope		[128]
	Interactions	Kåre Kolve	Curling Legs	Commission for Vossajazz	[129]
30	Unbreakable	Nils Landgren Funk Unit featuring Ray Parker Jr.	ACT	Produced by Magnum Coltrane Price and Nils Landgren, executive producer Siggi Loch	[130]

July

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
7	Saluting Sgt. Pepper	Django Bates	Edition	Produced by Django Bates and Tim Adnitt	[131]
14	Passin’ Thru	Charles Lloyd New Quartet	Blue Note		[132]
28	Sinatra & Jobim @ 50	John Pizzarelli	Concord Jazz	Featuring Daniel Jobim	[133]

August

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
18	Rathkes Gate 12:21:58	Bendik Hofseth / Jacob Young / Paolo Vinaccia	Oslo Session Recordings		[134]
	Aqustico Vol 2	Luca Aquino	Losen	Produced by RVB – AeA societa cooperativa	[135]
	Utopian Tales	Stein Urheim	Hubro	Produced by Jørgen Træen and Stein Urheim	[136]
25	Brothers	Adam Baldych and Helge Lien Trio featuring Tore Brunborg	ACT	Produced by Siggi Loch with the artist	[137]
	Far from Over	Vijay Iyer Sextet	ECM		[138]
	Incidentals	Tim Berne's Snakeoil	ECM	Produced by David Torn	[139]
	Kind Of Spain	Wolfgang Haffner	ACT	Produced by Lars Danielsson with Wolfgang Haffner, executive producer & curator Siggi LochSiggi Loch with the artist	[140]
	Stockholm Underground	Magnus Lindgren	ACT	Produced by Nils Landgren and Siggi Loch	[141]
	Tangents	Gary Peacock Trio including with Marc Copland and Joey Baron	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[142]
31	Carla.The Fish	Espen Rud	Curling Legs		[143]

September

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
1	5	Eple Trio	Shipwreckords		[144]
	Blank Out	Ellen Andrea Wang	Jazzland	Nominated for the jazz Spellemannprisen	[145][75]
	Carla. The Fish	Espen Rud	Curling Legs		[146]
4	Some Place Called Where	Marilena Paradisi and Kirk Lightsey	Losen	Produced by Marilena Paradisi	[147]
8	Clocks	Erland Dahlen	Hubro	Produced by Erland Dahlen	[148]
	Trip	Mike Stern	Heads Up		[149]
15	Åra	Erlend Apneseth Trio	Hubro	Produced by Andreas R Meland and Erlend Apneseth Trio. Nominated for the open class Spellemannprisen	[75][150]
	Clocks	Erland Dahlen	Hubro	Produced by Erland Dahlen	[151]
	Gnosis	David Virelles	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[152]
	Provenance	Björn Meyer	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[153]
22	Bringin' It	Christian McBride Big Band	Mack Avenue	Produced by Christian McBride	[154]
	Old Songs	Olga Konkova and Jens Thoresen	Losen	Produced by Olga Konkova and Jens Thoresen	[155]
25	Vi Är Ledsna Men Du Får Inte Längre Vara Barn	Hegge	Particular Recordings	Recipient of the jazz Spellemannprisen	[156][157]
29	Dreams and Daggers	Cécile McLorin Salvant	Mack Avenue	Produced by Al Pryor	[158]
	Circle Of Chimes	Marius Neset	ACT	Produced by Marius Neset, co-produced by Anton Eger. Nominated for the jazz Spellemannprisen	[159][75]
	Everybody Loves Angels	Bugge Wesseltoft	ACT	Produced by Siggi Loch with the artist	[160]
	A Meeting of Spirits	Gary Husband	Edition		[161]
	Pastor´n	Asmundsen & Co	Losen	Produced by Tine Asmundsen and Vidar Johansen. All compositions by Einar “Pastor´n” Iversen.	[162]

October

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
6	Bandes Originales	Vincent Courtois, Daniel Erdmann, Robin Fincker	La Buissonne	Produced by 22D Music, RJAL for La Buissonne	[163]
	Freedom Nation	Natalie Sandtorv	Øra Fonogram	Commission for Moldejazz	[164]
	Setembro	Mário Laginha, Julian Argüelles, and Helge Andreas Norbakken	Edition	Executive producer Dave Stapleton	[165]
13	Blue Maqams	Anouar Brahem (Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Django Bates)	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[166]
	Flyge Fra	Frida Ånnevik	Grappa Music	Recipient of the folk Spellemannprisen	[157][167]
20	The Emancipation Procrastination	Christian Scott	Ropeadope		[168]
	Lysning	Nils Økland Band	Hubro Music	Produced by Audun Strype. Recipient of the open class Spellemannprisen	[157][169]
	Unrest	Erik Honoré	Hubro Music	Produced by Erik Honoré	[170]
22	Kornstad + KORK Live	Kornstad Ensemble & Norwegian Radio Orchestra	Grappa Music	Produced by Geoff Miles and Håkon Kornstad	[171]
27	Autumn Wind	Scott DuBois	ACT	Produced by Scott DuBoi	[172]
	Good Stuff	Iiro Rantala & Ulf Wakenius	ACT	Produced by Siggi Loch	[173]
	Not Nearly Enough To Buy A House	Kjetil Mulelid Trio	Rune Grammofon		[174]

November

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
3	Attersyn EP	Gåte	Drabant Music	DM52EP	[175]
	Baby	Propan	Va Fongool	VAFCD017	[176]
	Comment C'est	Michael Mantler	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[177]
	Mediterraneo: Jazz at Berlin Phil VIII	Stefano Bollani Trio	ACT	ACT98492	[178]
	Nahnou Houm	Jon Balke, Siwan	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[179]
	The Study Of Touch	Django Bates' Belovèd	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[180]
	Unloved	Maciej Obara Quartet (Dominik Wania, Ole Morten Vågan, Gard Nilssen)	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[181]
	Velkommen Inn	Hekla Stålstrenga	ta:lik	TA172	[182]
10	Jazzkammer	Helge Iberg	Odin	ODINCD9563	[183]
17	Music Without Borders	Annbjørg Lien	Heilo	HCD7324	[184]
	Louder Than You	Molecules & Erlend Skomsvoll	Øra Fonogram	OF121	[185]
	Sundown	Kristoffer Kompen	Kompis Records	KRE111	[186]
	Worst Generation	Nakama	Nakama Records	NKM013CD	[187]
24	Plastic Sun (Remastered)	Svein Finnerud Trio	Odin	Originally released in 1970. ODINCD9558	[188]
	Space In Between	Vigleik Storaas/Tor Yttredal	Inner Ear	INEA24	[189]
	Steamdome	Ola Kvernberg	Grappa	Nominated for the open class Spellemannprisen	[75][190]
	You I Me	Kim Myhr	Hubro	HUBROLP3593	[191]

December

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
1	Kroks Bok	Bjørn Krokfoss	Hot Club Records	HCRBOK556	[192]
	Orchestral Works	Hans Mathisen	Curling Legs	CLPCD161	[193]
	Meander	Jo David Meyer Lysne & Mats Eilertsen	Øra Fonogram	OF128	[194]

Deaths

John Wetton

Al Jarreau Berlin 1986.

Arthur Blythe in 1989.

Allan Holdsworth

Geri Allen

Chuck Loeb

John Abercrombie

January

• 8
  • Buddy Bregman, American arranger, producer, and composer (born 1930).^[195]
  • Rod Mason, British trumpeter (born 1940).^[196]
• 10 – Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist (born 1926).^[197]
• 14 – John Boudreaux, American drummer (born 1936).^[198]
• 15
  • Terry Cryer, British jazz and blues photographer (born 1934).^[199]
  • Thandi Klaasen, South African singer (pancreatic cancer) (born 1931).^[200]
• 16 – Charles "Bobo" Shaw, American drummer (born 1947).^[201]
• 20 – Chuck Stewart, American photographer (born 1927).
• 22 – Jaki Liebezeit, German drummer (died 1939).^[202]
• 28 – Guitar Gable, American singer, guitarist, and songwriter (born 1937).
• 31 – John Wetton, English singer, bassist, and songwriter (cancer) (born 1949).^[203]

February

• 5 – David Axelrod, American musician and producer (born 1931).^[204]
• 7 – Svend Asmussen, Danish violinist, known as "The Fiddling Viking" (born 1916).^[205]
• 12
  • Al Jarreau, American singer (born 1940).^[206]
  • Barbara Carroll, American pianist and singer (born 1925).^[207]
• 18 – Clyde Stubblefield, American drummer best known for his work with James Brown (kidney failure) (born 1943).^[208]
• 19 – Larry Coryell, American guitarist (born 1943).^[209]
• 20 – Nicolai Munch-Hansen, Danish bassist and composer (born 1977).
• 23 – Horace Parlan, American pianist (born 1931).^[210]
• 24 – Fumio Karashima, Japanese pianist (born 1948).

March

• 3 – Misha Mengelberg, Dutch pianist and composer (born 1935).
• 8 – Dave Valentin, American flautist (born 1952).
• 13 – Tommy LiPuma, American music producer (born 1936).
• 16 – James Cotton, American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter (born 1935).^[211]
• 18 – Chuck Berry, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (born 1926).^[212]
• 20
  • Buck Hill, American saxophonist (born 1927).^[213]
  • Tony Terran, American trumpeter and session musician (born 1926).^[214]
• 21 – Roy Fisher, British poet and pianist (born 1930).^[215]
• 24 – Avo Uvezian, Armenian-American pianist, composer, and cigar manufacturer (born 1926).
• 26 – Jimmy Dotson, American singer, guitarist, and drummer (born 1933).
• 27
  • Arthur Blythe, American alto saxophonist and composer (died 1940).^[216]
  • Clem Curtis, Trinidadian British singer in The Foundations (born 1940).^[217]

April

• 1
  • Bob Cunningham, American bassist (born 1934).
  • Lonnie Brooks, American blues singer and guitarist (born 1933).^[218]
• 9
  • Knut Borge, Norwegian journalist, entertainer, and jazz enthusiast (born 1949).^[219]
  • Stan Robinson, English tenor saxophonist (born 1936).^[220]
• 11
  • J. Geils, American jazz and blues guitarist in The J. Geils Band (born 1946).^[221]
  • Toby Smith, British keyboardist and songwriter for Jamiroquai (born 1970).^[222]
• 15 – Allan Holdsworth, British jazz fusion guitarist in Gong, Soft Machine (born 1946).^[223]
• 27 – John Shifflett, American bassist (born 1953).^[224]
• 29 – Ian Cruickshank, English guitarist, educator, author and columnist (born 1947).

May

• 1 – Bruce Hampton, American singer and guitarist, Hampton Grease Band (born 1947).
• 3 – Casey Jones, American drummer, singer, and record producer (born 1940).
• 7 – Dave Pell, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (born 1925).^[225]
• 12 – Bill Dowdy, American drummer in The Three Sounds (born 1932).^[226]
• 14 – Tom McClung, American pianist and composer (born 1957).
• 22 – Mickey Roker, American drummer (born 1932).^[227]
• 27 – Gregg Allman, American singer, guitarist, pianist, and songwriter, the Allman Brothers Band (born 1947).
• 31 – Bern Nix, American guitarist (born 1947).^[228]

June

• 17 – Thara Memory, American trumpeter (born 1948).^[229]
• 18 – Chris Murrell, American singer (born 1956).
• 22 – Jimmy Nalls, American guitarist and singer, Sea Level (born 1951).
• 27 – Geri Allen, American pianist (born 1957).^[230]
• 28 – Phil Cohran, American trumpeter (born 1927).^[231]

July

• 4 – John Blackwell American drummer, Prince (born 1973).
• 7 – Egil Monn-Iversen, Norwegian composer and pianist (born 1928).^[232]
• 12 – Ray Phiri, South African jazz fusion singer and guitarist (born 1947).^[233]
• 13 – Egil Kapstad, Norwegian pianist and composer (born 1940).^[234]
• 19 – Graham Wood, Australian pianist (born 1971).^[235]
• 21 – Errol Dyers, South African guitarist (born 1952).^[236]
• 26 – Tom McIntosh, American trombonist and composer (born 1927).
• 30 – Charlie Tagawa, Japanese-American musical entertainer and banjoist (born 1935).^[237]
• 31 – Chuck Loeb, American guitarist and composer (born 1955).^[238]

August

• 4 – Bruno Canfora, Italian composer, conductor, and music arranger (born 1924).
• 7 – Janet Seidel, Australian singer and pianist (born 1955).
• 16 – Mike Hennessey, English music journalist and pianist (born 1928).^[239]
• 19 – Bea Wain, American Big Band-era singer (born 1917).^[240]
• 22 – John Abercrombie, American guitarist, composer and bandleader (born 1944).^[241]
• 26 – Wilson das Neves, Brazilian bossa nova singer and percussionist (born 1936).^[242]
• 29 – Larry Elgart, American jazz bandleader (born 1922).^[243]
• 30 – Skip Prokop, Canadian rock and jazz fusion drummer in Lighthouse, The Paupers (born 1943).^[244]
• 31 – Janne Carlsson, Swedish drummer and actor (born 1937).

September

• 3 – Walter Becker, American guitarist in Steely Dan, songwriter, and record producer (born 1950).^[245]
• 5 – Leo Cuypers, Dutch pianist and composer (born 1947).
• 11 – Frank Capp, American drummer (born 1931).
• 17 – Laudir de Oliveira, Brazilian rock and jazz percussionist in Chicago (born 1940).^[246]
• 22 – Mike Carr, English organist, pianist and vibraphonist (born 1937).
• 27 – CeDell Davis, American guitarist and singer (born 1926).

October

• 6 – Lou Gare, English saxophonist (born 1939).^[247]
• 8 – Grady Tate, American drummer and singer (born 1932).^[248]
• 12 – Andy McGhee, American tenor saxophonist and educator (born 1927).
• 18 – Phil Miller, English guitarist (born 1949).
• 20 – Boris Lindqvist, Swedish singer and musician (born 1940).
• 22 – Atle Hammer, Norwegian trumpeter (born 1932).^[249]
• 24 – Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter of French Creole descent (born 1928).^[250]
• 27 – Dick Noel, American singer (born 1927).
• 29
  • Frank Holder, Guyanese singer and percussionist (born 1925).
  • Muhal Richard Abrams, American clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist (born 1930).^[251]
• 30 – Theo Bophela, South African band leader, composer, pianist, arranger, and music educator (born 1931).

November

• 7 – Wendell Eugene, American trombonist (born 1923).
• 18 – Ben Riley, American drummer known for playing with Thelonious Monk (born 1933).^[252]
• 19 – Della Reese, American singer (born 1931).
• 23
  • John Coates Jr., American pianist (born 1938).
  • Jon Hendricks, American singer (born 1921).
• 27 – Robert Popwell, American bass guitarist, The Young Rascals and The Crusaders (born 1950).
• 29 – Robert Walker, American guitarist (born 1937).

December

• 2 – Mundell Lowe, American guitarist (born 1922).
• 7 – Sunny Murray, American drummer (born 1936).
• 13 – Willie Pickens, American pianist (born 1931).
• 15 – John Critchinson, English pianist (born 1934).
• 16
  • Keely Smith, American singer (born 1928).
  • Ralph Carney, American saxophonist and clarinetist, Tin Huey (born 1956).
• 17 – Kevin Mahogany, American vocalist (born 1958).
• 19 – Leo Welch, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter (born 1932).
• 21
  • Dominic Frontiere, American composer, arranger, and accordionist (born 1931).
  • Halvard Kausland, Norwegian guitarist (born 1945).^[253]
  • Roswell Rudd, American trombonist (born 1935).
• 28 – Melton Mustafa, American trumpeter and flugelhornist, Count Basie Orchestra (born 1947).

See also

• Jazz portal

• List of 2017 albums
• List of jazz festivals
• List of years in jazz
• 2010s in jazz
• 2017 in music

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External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 2017 at All About Jazz