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1975 in jazz

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1974 in jazz – 1976 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1975.

Contents

March

  • 21 – The 2nd Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 21 – 23).

    • May

  • 16 – The 4th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 16 – 19).
  • 21 – The 3rd Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 21 – June 4).

    • June

  • 27 – The 22nd Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (June 27 – July 6).

    • July

  • 3 – The 9th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 3 – 20).

    • September

  • 19 – The 18th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 19 – 21).

    • Deaths

    July
  • 14 – Zutty Singleton (77), American drummer
  • 21 – Theodore Carpenter (77), American trumpet player, singer and band leader
    • August
  • 8 – Cannonball Adderley (46), American alto saxophonist
    • October
  • 28 – Oliver Nelson (43), American saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader
    • December
  • 14 – Mongezi Feza (30), South African trumpeter

    • Births

    February
  • 7 – Kellylee Evans, Canadian singer
    • March
  • 25 – David Braid, Canadian pianist and composer
  • 28 – Orrin Evans, American pianist
    • April
  • 12 – Lars Andreas Haug, Norwegian tubist
  • 23 – Helge Lien, Norwegian pianist, composer and band leader
    • Unknown date
  • Géraldine Laurent, French alto saxophonist

    • References

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