1966 in jazz

• 14 – The Jazz Crusaders record Live at the Lighthouse '66 at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California (January 14 – 16).{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-lighthouse-66-mw0000184488 | title=The Jazz Crusaders – Live at the Lighthouse '66 | first=Scott | last=Yanow | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=2016-05-03}}

• 1 – The 13th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 1 – 4).{{cite web | url=http://www.rirocks.net/Band%20Articles/Newport%20Jazz%20Festival%201966.htm | title=Newport Jazz Festival 1966 Poster | publisher=Rirocks.net | accessdate=2016-05-03}}

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• Alex Schlippenbach: Globe Unity
• Archie Shepp: Mama Too Tight
• Bill Evans: Bill Evans at Town Hall
• Bobby Hutcherson: Happenings
• Bobby Hutcherson: Stick-Up!
• Cecil Taylor: Unit Structures
• Cecil Taylor: Conquistador!
• Charles Lloyd: Dream Weaver
• Charles Tyler: Charles Tyler Ensemble
• Chick Corea: Tones For Joan's Bones
• Denny Zeitlin: Zeitgeist
• Dewey Redman: Look for the Black Star
• Don Cherry: Symphony For Improvisers
• Duke Ellington: The Far East Suite
• Guenter Hampel: Assemblage
• Hank Mobley: Straight No Filter
• Horace Silver: The Jody Grind
• Hugh Masekela: Grrr
• Hugh Masekela: The Americanization of Ooga Booga
• Hugh Masekela: The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela
• Jaki Byard: Sunshine of My Soul
• Joe Harriott: Indo-Jazz Suite
• Joe Harriott: Indo-Jazz Fusions
• John Coltrane: Ascension
• John Coltrane: Meditations
• Joseph Jarman: Song For
• Larry Young: Of Love And Peace
• Lee Morgan: Delightfulee
• Patty Waters: College Tour
• Roscoe Mitchell: Sound
• Sonny Simmons: Music from the Spheres
• Steve Lacy: Sortie
• Steve Lacy: The Forest And The Zoo
• Sun Ra: Strange Strings
• Sunny Murray: Sunny Murray Quintet
• Wayne Shorter: Adam's Apple
• Wayne Shorter: Speak No Evil

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{{See also|List of post-1950 jazz standards}}

; February

• 10 – Osie Johnson, American drummer, arranger, and singer (born 1923).
• 23 – Billy Kyle, American pianist (born 1914).

; March

• 28 – Kid Howard, American trumpeter (born 1908).

; May

• 11 – Isaiah Morgan, American trumpeter (born 1897).
• 30 – Thelma Terry, American bandleader and upright bassist (born 1901).

; June

• 17 – Johnny St. Cyr, American banjoist and guitarist (born 1890).

; July

• 31 – Bud Powell, American pianist (born 1924).

; August

• 2 – Boyd Raeburn, American bandleader and bass saxophonist (heart attack) (born 1913).
• 17 – Rolf Billberg, Swedish alto saxophonist (born 1930).

; September

• 2 – Darnell Howard, American clarinetist and violinist (born 1895).
• 28 – Lucky Millinder, African-American bandleader (born 1910).

; October

• 3 – Dave Lambert, American lyricist and singer (born 1917).
• 7 – Smiley Lewis, American singer and guitarist (born 1913).
• 10 – Colette Bonheur, Canadian singer (born 1927).
• 15 – Lee Blair, American banjoist and guitarist (born 1903).
• 29 – Wellman Braud, American upright bassist (born 1891).

; November

• 8 – Shorty Baker, American trumpeter (born 1914).

; December

• 17 – Sylvia Telles, Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer (born 1934).

; Unknown date

• Nikele Moyake, South African tenor saxophonist, The Blue Notes (born 1933).

; January

• 10 – Kristin Sevaldsen, Norwegian saxophonist.
• 12 – Ingrid Jensen, Canadian trumpeter.
• 28 – Julian Argüelles, English saxophonist.

; February

• 2 – Greg Gisbert, American trumpeter and flugelhornist.
• 6
• Larry Grenadier, American upright bassist.
• Michael Mondesir, English bass guitarist and composer.
• 7 – Henrik Andersen, Danish guitarist, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and vocal percussionist.
• 21 – Margareta Bengtson, Swedish soprano singer, The Real Group.

; March

• 5 – Ann Farholt, Danish singer.
• 14 – Raul Midón, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 22 – Jan Lundgren, Swedish pianist and composer.
• 25 – Jeff Healey, Canadian singer and guitarist (died 2008).{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/arts/music/04healey.html?ref=music | title=Jeff Healey, Guitarist and Singer, Dies at 41 | first=Douglas | last=Martin | newspaper=The New York Times | date=2008-03-04 | accessdate=2016-11-06}}

; April

• 2 – Michael Cain, American pianist and composer.
• 12
• Nils-Olav Johansen, Norwegian guitarist.
• Rigmor Gustafsson, Swedish singer.
• 15 – Warren Hill, Canadian alto saxaphonist.
• 16 – Jarle Vespestad, Norwegian drummer.
• 22 – Nina Shatskaya, Russian singer and actress.
• 25 – Karen Mantler, American singer, composer, piano, organ, and chromatic harmonica player.

; May

• 11 – Julian Joseph, British pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and broadcaster.
• 13 – Julian Siegel, British saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and arranger.
• 20 – Sheryl Bailey, American guitarist and educator
• 28 – Theo Bleckmann, German vocalist and composer.

; June

• 8 – John Rae, Scottish drummer, composer, and band leader.
• 19 – Silje Nergaard, Norwegian singer.

; July

• 12 – Luciana Souza, Brazilian singer and composer.

; August

• 5 – Roberto Tola, Italian guitarist and composer.
• 6 – Regina Carter, American violinist.
• 7 – Torstein Ellingsen, Norwegian drummer.
• 11 – Donny McCaslin, American saxophonist.
• 30 – John Gunther, American saxophonist.

; September

• 4 – Biréli Lagrène, French guitarist.
• 17 – Makiko Hirabayashi, Japanese pianist.

; October

• 1 – Siri Gellein, Norwegian singer.
• 6 – Mark Whitfield, American guitarist.
• 12 – Harry Allen, American tenor saxophonist.
• 15 – Bill Charlap, American pianist.
• 18 – Bill Stewart, American drummer.
• 27 – Nathalie Loriers, Belgian pianist and composer.

; November

• 5 – Øystein B. Blix, Norwegian trombonist.
• 12 – Anthony Joseph, British-Trinidadian poet, novelist, musician, and academic.
• 25 – Jacky Terrasson, American pianist.

; Unknown date

• Carl Ludwig Hübsch, German tubist and composer.
• Hilmar Jensson, Icelandic guitarist and composer.
• Lars Møller, Danish saxophonist.
• Nils Davidsen, Danish bassist.
• Ricardo Garcia, Spanish guitarist and bandleader.
• Tony Kofi, British saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist.
• Toshimaru Nakamura, Japanese guitarist and electronica artist.{{cite web | url=https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/toshimaru_nakamura | title=Toshimaru Nakamura | website=RateYourMusic.com | accessdate=2018-03-27}}
• Wessell Anderson, American alto and sopranino saxophonist.

{{Portal|1960s|Jazz}}

• 1960s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1966 in music

{{Reflist}}

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• {{cite book | title=The New Real Book, Volume II | year=1991 | publisher=Sher Music | isbn=0-9614701-7-8|ref=refTheNewRealBookVol2}}
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• {{cite book | title=The Real Book, Volume II |edition=2nd | year=2007 | publisher=Hal Leonard | isbn=978-1-4234-2452-9|ref=refTheRealBookVol2}}
• {{cite book | title=The Real Book, Volume III |edition=2nd | year=2006 | publisher=Hal Leonard | isbn=0-634-06136-4|ref=refTheRealBookVol3}}
• {{cite book | title=The Real Jazz Book | publisher=Warner Bros | isbn=978-91-85041-36-7|ref=refTheRealJazzBook}}
• {{cite book | title=The Real Vocal Book, Volume I | year=2006 | publisher=Hal Leonard | isbn=0-634-06080-5|ref=refTheRealVocalBookVol1}}

• [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/timeline_year.php?pg=72 History Of Jazz Timeline: 1966] at All About Jazz

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