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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2008.

Contents

January

  • 30 – The 11th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 30 – February 2).

    • February

  • 21 – The 3rd Ice Music Festival Festival started in Geilo, Norway (February 21 - 24).

    • March

  • 7 – The 4th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 7 - 9).
  • 11 – Jazz musician and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton announces his retirement from presenting BBC Radio 2's jazz programme after forty years.
  • 14
  • The 35th Vossajazz started at Voss, Norway (March 14–16).
  • Mads Berven was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2008.
  • 19 – Tord Gustavsen performs the commissioned work Restar av lukke – bitar av tru for Vossajazz 2008.
  • 31 – theJazz radio station stops broadcasting.

    • April

  • 18
  • The International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) ceased daily operations and filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the United States Federal Bankruptcy Law, ending 40 years of service.
  • 24 – The 14th SoddJazz started in Inderøy, Norway (April 24 - 28).

    • May

  • 9 – The 37th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 9 – 12).
  • 21 – The 36th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 21 – 31).

    • June

  • 26 – The 28th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Canada (June 26 - July 6).
  • 27 – The 20th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 27 – July 17).
  • 29
  • The first annual International Jazz Awards, a global 2 hour television special celebrating over 100 years of Jazz music, took place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

    • July

  • 2 – The 44th Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (July 2 – 5).
  • 4
  • The 30th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 4 – 13).
  • The 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 4 – 19).
  • 11 – The 33rd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, The Netherlands (July 11 – 13).
  • 14
  • The 48th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 14 – 19).
  • The 43rd Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 14 – 20).
  • 16 – The 25th Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (July 16 – 19).
  • 19 – The 61st Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 19 – 25).
  • 22 – The 43rd San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 22 – 27).

    • August

  • 6 – The 22nd Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 6 – 10).
  • 8
  • The 52ndd Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 8 – 10).
  • The 24th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 8 – 10).
  • 11 – The 23rd Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 11 – 16).

    • September

  • 4 – The 4th Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (September 4 – 6).
  • 19 – The 51st Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 19 – 21).

    • November

  • 14 – The 17th London Jazz Festival started in England (November 14 – 23).

    • June

  • Eliane Elias: Bossa Nova Stories (Blue Note)

    • Deaths

    January
  • 11 – Pete Candoli, (84), American jazz trumpeter (prostate cancer).
  • 20 – Tommy McQuater, (93), British jazz trumpeter.
    • February
  • 3 – Jackie Orszaczky (60), Hungarian jazz bass guitarist and composer.
  • 19 – Teo Macero (82), American jazz saxophonist, record producer and composer.
    • March
  • 2 – Jeff Healey (41), Canadian jazz and blues-rock vocalist and guitarist .
  • 19 – Eivind Solberg, Norwegian trumpeter.
  • 22 – Israel López Valdés better known as Cachao (89), Cuban double bassist and composer.
  • 29 – Allan Ganley (77), British jazz drummer.
    • April
  • 24 – Jimmy Giuffre, (86), American jazz musician (pneumonia).
  • 25 – Humphrey Lyttelton (86), British jazz musician.
    • May
  • 6 – Franz Jackson (95), American jazz saxophonist.
  • 15 – Bob Florence (75), American jazz pianist.
  • 24 – Jimmy McGriff (72), (multiple sclerosis), American jazz organist.
  • 28 – Danny Moss (80), British jazz saxophonist.
  • 30
  • Campbell Burnap (68), British jazz trombonist and broadcaster (cancer).
  • Nat Temple (94), British big band leader.
    • June
  • 4 – Bill Finegan (91), American jazz pianist and arranger.
  • 14 – Esbjörn Svensson (44), Swedish jazz pianist (Scuba diving accident).
    • July
  • 3 – Harald Heide-Steen Jr. (68), (lung cancer), Norwegian actor, comedian and jazz singer.
  • 6 – Bobby Durham 71, American jazz drummer.
  • 13 – Gerald Wiggins (86), American jazz pianist.
  • 22 – Joe Beck (62), American jazz guitarist (lung cancer).
  • 25
  • Hiram Bullock (52), American jazz fusion guitarist (throat cancer).
  • Johnny Griffin (80), American jazz saxophonist (heart attack).
  • 31 – Lee Young (94), American jazz drummer and singer.
    • August
  • 19 – LeRoi Moore (46), American saxophonist (Dave Matthews Band).
    • September
  • 2 – Arne Domnérus, 83, Swedish jazz saxophonist.
  • 8 – Bheki Mseleku (53), South African jazz musician (piano, saxophone, guitar) and composer (diabetes-related).
  • 15 – Richard Wright (65), English keyboardist, composer, singer and songwriter.
  • 16 – Jim Aton (83), American jazz bassist.
  • 19 – Dick Sudhalter (69), American jazz trumpeter and critic.
    • October
  • 4 – Alfred Gallodoro (95), American jazz musician.
  • 11 – Neal Hefti (85), American jazz trumpeter and composer.
  • 18 – Dave McKenna (78), American jazz pianist.
  • 24 – Merl Saunders (74), American multi-genre musician who played piano and keyboards.
    • November
  • 1 – Jimmy Carl Black (70), American drummer and singer (The Mothers of Invention).
  • 9 – Miriam Makeba, nicknamed Mama Africa (76), was a South African singer and civil rights activist.
    • December
  • 29 – Freddie Hubbard (70), American jazz trumpeter.

    • References

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