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

Contents

January

  • 13 – The very first Ice Music Festival Festival started in Geilo, Norway (January 13 - 15).
  • 26 – The 9th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 26 - 28).
  • March

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 15 – The 49th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17).
  • November

  • 10 – The 15th London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 10 – 19).
  • Deaths

    January
  • 6Lou Rawls (72), American singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer.
  • February
  • 3Romano Mussolini (78), Italian pianist.
  • 8Elton Dean (60), English saxophonist.
  • March
  • 17Narvin Kimball (97), American musician.
  • 30Jackie McLean (74), American alto saxophonist.
  • May
  • 10 — John Hicks (64), American pianist.
  • June
  • 6Hilton Ruiz (54), Puerto Rican-American pianist.
  • July
  • 11Bill Miller (91), American pianist.
  • 16Malachi Thompson (56), American trumpeter.
  • 31Rufus Harley (70), American bagpiper.
  • August
  • 23Maynard Ferguson (78), Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
  • October
  • 10Ed Summerlin (78), American composer, arranger, saxophonist and music educator.
  • November
  • 17Ruth Brown (78), American singer-songwriter and actress.
  • 23Anita O'Day (87), Canadian pianist.
  • Desember
  • 7Jay McShann (90), American pianist and bandleader.
  • 8Martha Tilton (91), American singer.
  • 24Kenneth Sivertsen (45), Norwegian composer and guitarist.
  • Births

    January
  • 10Angelina Jordan, Norwegian singer.
  • References

    2006 in jazz Wikipedia


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