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• 5 – The very first Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 5 – 7).{{cite web | url=http://vossajazz.no | title=Vossajazz | publisher=Vossajazz | accessdate=2016-04-30}}

• 22 – The 2nd Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 22 – June 5).{{cite web|url=http://www.nattjazz.no/historie/index.php?ID=Alle |title=Nattjazz |language=Norwegian |publisher=Nattjazz |accessdate=2016-04-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322193111/http://www.nattjazz.no/historie/index.php?ID=Alle |archivedate=2016-03-22 }}
• 31 – The 3rd Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 31 – June 1).{{cite web | url=http://www.moers-festival.de/archive-2012.html?L=1 | title=Moers International New Jazz Festival 1974 | publisher=Moers Festival | accessdate=2016-04-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314024317/http://www.moers-festival.de/archive-2012.html?L=1 | archive-date=2016-03-14 | url-status=dead }}

• 28
• The 21st Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (June 28 – July 7).{{cite web | url=http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/newport-jazz-festival-new-york/posters/poster/ZZZ038038.html | title=Newport Jazz Festival 1974 Poster | publisher=WolfgangsVault.com | accessdate=2016-04-30}}
• The 8th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 28 – July 7).{{cite web | url=http://www.setlist.fm/festival/1974/montreux-jazz-festival-1974-23d68427.html | title=Montreux Jazz Festival 1974 Setlists | publisher=Setlist.fm | accessdate=2016-04-30}}

• 20 – The 17th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 20 – 22).{{cite web | url=https://collections.stanford.edu/mjf/search.action?instrument=%22Piano%22&band_facet=Monterey%20Jazz%20Festival%20Quartet&page=1 | title=The Monterey Jazz Festival 1974 Collections | publisher=Collections.Stanford.edu | accessdate=2016-04-30 | archive-date=2015-09-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925092438/http://collections.stanford.edu/mjf/search.action?instrument=%22Piano%22&band_facet=Monterey%20Jazz%20Festival%20Quartet&page=1 | url-status=dead }}

• The First International Boogie Woogie Festival at WDR Cologne, Germany, on Sept.14/15 1974, with Memphis Slim, Willie Mabon, Axel Zwingenberger, Bob Hall, Jo-Ann Kelly, Vince Weber among others, organized by Hans W. Ewert for Radio WDR

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• Sam Rivers: Crystals
• Cecil Taylor: Silent Tongues
• Steve Lacy: Saxophone Special
• Jeanne Lee: Conspiracy
• Leo Smith: Reflectativity
• Weather Report: Mysterious Traveller
• Randy Weston: Blues To Africa
• Marion Brown: Sweet Earth Flying
• Paul Rutherford: The Gentle Harm of the Bourgeoisie
• Marvin Peterson: Children of the Fire
• John Abercrombie: Timeless
• Roswell Rudd: Flexible Flyer
• McCoy Tyner: Atlantis
• Globe Unity Orchestra: Hamburg '74
• Cecil McBee: Mutima
• Mahavishnu Orchestra: Apocalypse
• Ralph Towner: Solstice
• Terje Rypdal: Whenever I Seem To Be Far Away
• Roscoe Mitchell: Solo Saxophone Concerts
• Steve Kuhn: Ecstasy
• Joe McPhee: Pieces of Light
• Keith Jarrett: Death and the Flower
• Steve Kuhn: Trance
• Steve Lacy: Scraps
• David Liebman: Drum Ode
• Kenny Barron: Peruvian Blue
• Tete Montoliu: Music for Perla
• Bill Watrous: Manhattan Wildlife Refuge
• Lonnie Liston Smith: Expansions
• Mike Gibbs: Only Chrome Waterfall
• McCoy Tyner: Sama Layuca
• Oregon: Winter Light
• Billy Cobham: Total Eclipse
• Hugh Masekela: I Am Not Afraid
• Miles Davis: Get Up With It
• Herbie Hancock: Thrust
• Gene Ammons: Brasswind

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; January

• 10 – Eddie Safranski, American upright bassist (born 1918).
• 23 – Don Fagerquist, American trumpeter (born 1927).
• 26
• Archie Semple, Scottish clarinetist (born 1928).
• Joe Benjamin, American upright bassist. (born 1919).
• 28 – Ed Allen, American jazz trumpeter and cornetist (born 1897).

; February

• 25 – Julian Dash, American tenor (born 1916).

; March

• 1 – Bobby Timmons, American pianist and composer (born 1935).
• 9 – Floyd Bean, American jazz pianist (born 1904).
• 22 – Sam Donahue, American tenor saxophonist, trumpeter and musical arranger (born 1918).
• 27 – Lars Skoglund, Norwegian guitarist, drummer, and composer.

; April

• 11 – Fud Candrix, Belgian saxophonist and violinist (born 1908).

; May

• 4 – Geraldo, English bandleader and composer (born 1904).
• 15 – Paul Gonsalves, American tenor saxophonist (born 1920).
• 24 – Duke Ellington, American composer, pianist, and bandleader (born 1899).

;August

• 6 – Gene Ammons, American tenor saxophonist (born 1925).
• 9 – Bill Chase, American trumpeter (born 1934).
• 13 – Tina Brooks, American tenor saxophonist and composer (born 1932).
• 21 – Marvin Ash, American pianist (born 1914).
• 25 – Gus Viseur, Belgian-French button accordionist (born 1915).

;October

• 8 – Harry Carney, American saxophonist (born 1910).
• 18 – John Anderson, American trumpeter (born 1921).

; November

• 19 – George Brunies, American trombonist (born 1902).

; January

• 4
• Hild Sofie Tafjord, Norwegian French hornist.
• Sjur Miljeteig, Norwegian trumpeter, composer, and author.

; February

• 17 – Bernt Moen, Norwegian pianist, keyboarder, and composer.
• 21 – Benjamin Koppel, Danish saxophonist.
• 27 – Alexi Tuomarila, Finnish pianist and composer.

; March

• 27 – Lars Skoglund, Norwegian composer, guitarist, and drummer.

; April

• 10 – Beate S. Lech, Norwegian singer, composer, and lyricist.
• 18 – Madeleine Peyroux, American singer-songwriter.
• 24 – Niño Josele, Spanish guitarist and exponent of the New Flamenco style.
• 29 – Børre Dalhaug, Norwegian drummer.
• 30 – Aaron Goldberg, American pianist.

; May

• 29 – Coleman Mellett, American guitarist (died 2009).
• 30 – Nick Etwell, British trumpeter, The Filthy Six.

; July

• 7 – Kenneth Ekornes, Norwegian percussionist.
• 10 – Kai Fagaschinski, German clarinetist and composer.
• 17 – Laura Macdonald, Scottish alto and soprano saxophonist, composer and teacher.
• 22 – Kåre Nymark, Norwegian trumpeter and composer.
• 29 – Viktoria Tolstoy, Swedish singer.
• 31 – Dafnis Prieto, Cuban-American drummer, composer, bandleader, and educator.

; August

• 13 – Magnus Lindgren, Swedish saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist.

; September

• 10 – Lasse Marhaug, Norwegian electronic musician.
• 24 – Miriam Aïda, Swedish singer.
• 30 – Varre Vartiainen, Finnish guitarist.

; October

• 25 – Victor Kunonga, Zimbabwean singer and songwriter.

; November

• 4 – Simon Spillett, English tenor saxophonist.
• 15 – Reuben Rogers, American bassist.
• 23 – Frode Kjekstad, Norwegian guitarist.
• 26 – Line Horntveth, Norwegian tubist, flautist, percussionist, and singer, Jaga Jazzist.

; December

• 6 – Stefan Pasborg, Danish drummer, composer, and bandleader.
• 14 – Nate Smith, American drummer, songwriter, and producer.
• 17 – Anders Aarum, Norwegian pianist and composer.
• 18 – Miles Okazaki, American guitarist and composer.
• 21 – Knut Aalefjær, Norwegian drummer.
• 24
• Sophie Alour, French saxophonist.
• Paal Nilssen-Love, Norwegian drummer.
• 26 – Chihiro Yamanaka, Japanese pianist and composer.

; Unknown date

• Biel Ballester, Spanish guitarist.
• Jonathan Bratoeff, French guitarist.
• Martin Tingvall, Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader.

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• [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/timeline_year.php?pg=80 History Of Jazz Timeline: 1974] at All About Jazz

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