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1972 in jazz

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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1972.

Contents

April

  • 21
  • Grant Green records Live at the Lighthouse at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California.

    • June

  • 10 – The very first Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 10 – 11).
  • 16 – The 6th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 16 – August 20).
  • 29 – The 19th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (June 29 – July 8).

    • September

  • 15 – The 15th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17).

    • Deaths

    February
  • 19 – Lee Morgan (33), American trumpeter
    • June
  • 8 – Jimmy Rushing (70), American singer
    • December
  • 5 – Kenny Dorham (48), American trumpeter, singer, and composer
  • 29 – Hayes Alvis (65), American upright-bassist and tubist

    • Births

    September
  • 12 – Gerard Presencer, English trumpeter
    • October
  • 12 – Eugene Ball, Australian composer and trumpeter

    • References

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