2006 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2006.

Monty Alexander at Ronnie Scotts Jazz venue, London 2006.

2006 in jazz
John Scofield at Moers Festival, June 2006, Germany.
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Events

Arve Henriksen at Moers Festival,
June 2006, Germany.

Eivind Aarset at Moers Festival,
June 2006, Germany.

Nils Petter Molvaer
at Moers Festival, Germany 2006.

January

• 13 – The very first Ice Music Festival Festival started in Geilo, Norway (January 13–15).^[1]
• 26 – The 9th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 26–28).^[2][3]

February

March

• 3 – The 2nd Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (January 3 – 5).^[4]

April

• 7
  • The 33rd Vossajazz started at Voss, Norway (April 7 – 9).^[5]
  • Yngve Moe was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2006.^[6]
• 8 – Trygve Seim performs the commissioned work Reiser for Vossajazz 2006.^[7]

May

• 23 – The 34th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 24 – June 3).^[8]

June

• 2 – The 35th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 2 – 5).^[9]
• 29
  • The 27th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 29 - July 9).^[10]
  • The 18th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 29 – July 16).^[11]
• 30 – The 40th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 30 – July 15).^[12]

July

• 5 – The 42nd Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (July 5 – 8).^[13]
• 7 – The 28th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 7 – 16).^[14]
• 14 – The 31st North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 14 – 16).^[15]
• 15 – The 41st Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 15 – 23).^[16]
• 17 – The 46th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 17 – 22).^[17]
• 18 – The 23rd Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (July 18 – 22).^[18]
• 19 – The 59th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 19 – 26).^[19]
• 21 – The 41st San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 21 – 26).^[20]

August

• 9 – The 20th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 9 – 13).^[21]
• 12
  • The 52nd Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (April 12 – 14).^[22]
• 11 – The 23rd Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 11 – 13).^[23]
• 13 – The 21st Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 13 – 19).^[24]
• 24 – The 2nd Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (August 24–26).^[25]

September

• 15 – The 49th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17).^[26]

October

November

• 10 – The 15th London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 10 – 19).^[27]

December

Album released

January

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
27	Arcoluz	Renaud Garcia-Fons	Enja Records		[28]

February

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref
21	Just Friends	Rick Haydon & John Pizzarelli	Mel Bay		[29]

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
12	Metheny/Mehldau	Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau	Nonesuch Records		[30]
26	Heartplay	Charlie Haden and Antonio Forcione	Naim Label	Produced by Charlie Haden	[31]

October

November

December

Deaths

January

• 2 — Michael S. Smith, American drummer and percussionist (born 1946).
• 5 — John Guerin, American percussionist (born 1939).
• 6 — Lou Rawls, American singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer (born 1933).^[32]
• 12 – Takehiro Honda, Japanese pianist (born 1945).
• 22 – Sherman Ferguson, American drummer (born 1944).

February

• 3 — Romano Mussolini, Italian pianist (born 1927).^[33]
• 7 — Jack Montrose, American tenor saxophonist (born 1928).
• 8
  • Elton Dean, English saxophonist (born 1945).^[34]
  • Richard Dunbar, American player of the French horn (born 1944).
• 14 – Putte Wickman, Swedish clarinetist (born 1924).
• 17 – Ray Barretto, American percussionist (born 1929).
• 28 – Irv Kluger, American jazz drummer (born 1921).

March

• 7 — Ken Sykora, English guitarist and radio presenter (born 1923).
• 8 — Raphe Malik, American trumpeter (born 1948).
• 17 – Narvin Kimball, American musician (born 1909).^[35]
• 28 – Don Alias, American percussionist (born 1939).
• 30 – Jackie McLean, American alto saxophonist (born 1931).^[36]

April

• 18 – John Burch, English pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1932).

May

• 1 — Rauno Lehtinen, Finnish conductor and composer (born 1932).
• 7 — Joan C. Edwards, American singer (born 1918).
• 10 – John Hicks, American pianist (born 1941).^[37]
• 19 – Charles Turner, American trumpeter (born 1936).
• 20 – Tommy Watt, Scottish jazz bandleader (born 1925).

June

• 6 — Hilton Ruiz, Puerto Rican-American pianist (born 1952).^[38]
• 14 – Roland Alexander, American saxophonist (born 1935).
• 16 – Vlasta Průchová, Czech singer (born 1926).
• 30 – Ross Tompkins, American pianist (born 1938).

July

• 5 – Don Lusher, English trombonist (born 1923).
• 11 – Bill Miller, American pianist (born 1915).^[39]
• 16 – Malachi Thompson, American trumpeter (born 1949).^[40]
• 17 – John G. Blowers Jr., American drummer (born 1911).
• 31 – Rufus Harley, American bagpiper (born 1936).^[41]

August

• 8 — Duke Jordan, American pianist (born 1922).
• 9 — Miguel "Angá" Díaz, Cuban percussionist (born 1961).
• 23 – Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpeter and bandleader (born 1928).^[42]
• 28
  • Pip Pyle, English-born drummer (born 1950).
  • Shungo Sawada, Japanese guitarist (born 1930).

September

• 2 — Dewey Redman, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1931).
• 3 — Ian Hamer, British trumpeter (born 1932).
• 23
  • Etta Baker, American guitarist and singer (born 1913).
  • Aladár Pege, Hungarian upright bassist (born 1939).
• 25 – Steve Marcus, American saxophonist (born 1939).

October

• 6 — Claude Luter, French clarinetist and soprano saxophonist (born 1923).
• 10 – Ed Summerlin, American composer, arranger, saxophonist, and music educator (born 1928).^[43]
• 25 – Walt Harper, American pianist (born 1926).

November

• 1 — Charles W. LaRue, American trombonist (born 1922).
• 7 — Sonny Cohn, American trumpeter (born 1925).
• 17 – Ruth Brown, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1928).^[44]
• 19 – Art Murphy, American pianist and composer (born 1942).
• 23 – Anita O'Day, Canadian pianist (born 1919).^[45]
• 24 – Walter Booker, American upright bassist (born 1933).
• 25 – Bobby Byrne, American bandleader, trombonist, and music executive (born 1918).
• 27 – Don Butterfield, American tubist (born 1923).

December

• 4 – Dave Black, American drummer (born 1928).
• 7 — Jay McShann, American pianist and bandleader (born 1916).^[46]
• 8 — Martha Tilton, American singer (born 1915).^[47]
• 12
  • Kenny Davern, American clarinetist (born 1935).
  • Oscar Klein, Austrian trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist (born 1930).
• 14 – Sivuca, Brazilian accordionist and guitarist (born 1930).
• 18 – Pupo De Luca, Italian actor and musician (born 1924).
• 20 – Mick Mulligan, English trumpeter and bandleader (born 1928).
• 23 – Timothy J. Tobias, American composer and pianist (born 1952).
• 24 – Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian composer and guitarist (born 1961).^[48]
• 27 – Jean-Pierre Gebler, Belgian saxophonist (born 1938).

Unknown date

• Barry Buckley, Australian upright bassist (born 1938).

Births

January

• 10 – Angelina Jordan, Norwegian singer.^[49]

See also

• Jazz portal

• List of years in jazz
• 2000s in jazz
• 2006 in music
• 2006 in Swiss music

References

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External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 2006 at All About Jazz