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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2005.

Contents

January

  • 27 – The 8th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 27 – 29).

    • February

  • 13 – The 47th Annual Grammy Awards
  • Ray Charles & Norah Jones in the categories Record of the Year and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for the song "Here We Go Again"
  • Ray Charles & Various Artists in the category Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for Genius Loves Company
  • The Maria Schneider Orchestra in the category Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for Concert in the Garden
  • Bill Frisell in the category Best Contemporary Jazz Album for Unspeakable
  • Herbie Hancock in the category Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for the album Speak Like a Child
  • McCoy Tyner with Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride and Lewis Nash in the category Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group for Illuminations
  • Nancy Wilson in the category Best Jazz Vocal Album for R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)
  • Charlie Haden in the category Best Latin Jazz Album for Land of the Sun

    • March

  • 3 – The very first Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (January 3 – 5).
  • 18
  • The 32nd Vossajazz started at Voss, Norway (March 18 – 20).
  • Berit Opheim was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2005.
  • 19 – Jan Gunnar Hoff performs the commissioned work Free flow songs for Vossajazz 2005.

    • May

  • 13 – The 34th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 13 – 16).
  • 25 – The 33rd Nattjazz 2005 started in Bergen, Norway (May 25 – June 4).

    • June

  • 23 – The very first Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (June 23–25).
  • 28 – The 17th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 28 – July 29).
  • 30 – The 26th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Canada (June 30 - July 10).

    • July

  • 1
  • The 27th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 1 – 10).
  • The 39th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 1 – 16).
  • 6 – The 41st Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (July 6 – 8).
  • 8 – The 30th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, The Netherlands (July 8 – 10).
  • 16 – The 40th Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 16 – 24).
  • 18 – The 45th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway with Arild Andersen as artist in residence (July 18 – 23).
  • 19 – The 22nd Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (July 19 – 23).
  • 20 – The 58th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 20 – 27).
  • 22 – The 40th San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 22 – 27).

    • August

  • 10 – The 19th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 10 – 14).
  • 12
  • The 51th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 12 – 14).
  • The 22nd Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 12 – 14).
  • 15 – The 20th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 15 – 21).
  • 23 – The hurricane Katrina destroys the "Cradle of Jazz", New Orleans (August 23 - 31).

    • September

  • 16 – The 48th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16 – 18).

    • November

  • 11 – The 14th London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 11 – 20).

    • Deaths

    February
  • 8 — Jimmy Smith (77), American jazz organist.
    • April
  • 19 — Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (58), Danish jazz bassist (heart attack).
  • 28 – Percy Heath (81), American jazz bassist.
    • May
  • 12 — Monica Zetterlund (67), Swedish singer and actress
    • October
  • 20 – Shirley Horn (71), American singer and pianist.
    • December
  • 5 – Harry Pepl (60), Austrian guitarist.

    • References

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