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1960s in jazz

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1968 in music

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1967 in jazz – 1969 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1968.

Contents

June

  • 12 – The 2nd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 12 – 18).
  • 30 – The 15th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (June 30 – July 3).

    • Deaths

    February
  • 5 – Luckey Roberts (80), American composer and stride pianist
    • June
  • 15 – Wes Montgomery (45), American guitarist
    • November
  • 9 – Jan Johansson (37), Swedish pianist

    • Births

    January
  • 19 – Jørn Øien, Norwegian pianist
  • 21 – Frank Kvinge, Norwegian guitarist
    • February
  • 22 – Rodney Whitaker, bassist
    • March
  • 1 – Per Oddvar Johansen, Norwegian drummer
  • 2 – Rune Brøndbo, Norwegian keyboardist and guitarist
  • 22 – Arve Henriksen, Norwegian trumpeter and multiinstrumentalist
    • May
  • 9 – Anthony Wilson, guitarist
  • 19 – Kyle Eastwood, bassist
    • July
  • 10 – David Gald, Norwegian guitarist
  • 16 – Finn Guttormsen, Norwegian bassist
    • August
  • 4 – Eric Alexander, saxophonist
  • 20 – Frode Barth, Norwegian guitarist
    • September
  • 9 – David Sánchez, tenor saxophonist
    • December
  • 16 – Lalah Hathaway, singer

    • References

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