1976 in jazz

• 9 – The 3rd Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 9 – 11).{{cite web | url=http://vossajazz.no | title=Vossajazz | publisher=Vossajazz | accessdate=2016-04-30}}

• 19 – The 4th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 19 – June 2).{{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 }}

• 4 – The 5th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 4 – 7).{{cite web | url=http://www.moers-festival.de/archive-2012.html?L=1 | title=Moers International New Jazz Festival 1976 | 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 }}
• 25
• The 23rd Newport Jazz Festival started in New York, New York (June 25 – July 5).{{cite web | url=http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/newport-jazz-festival/programs/program/ZZZ015345.html | title=Newport Jazz Festival 1976 Poster | publisher=WolfgangsVault.com | accessdate=2016-04-30 | archive-date=2016-06-03 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603071510/http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/newport-jazz-festival/programs/program/ZZZ015345.html | url-status=dead }}
• The 10th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 25 – July 11).{{cite web | url=http://www.setlist.fm/festival/1976/montreux-jazz-festival-1976-53d6b31d.html | title=Montreux Jazz Festival 1976 Setlists | publisher=Setlist.fm | accessdate=2016-04-30}}

• 16 – The very first North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 16 – 18).{{cite web | url=http://www.northseajazz.com/en/program/1976 | title=North Sea Jazz Festival 1976 | publisher=North Sea Jazz Festival | accessdate=2016-04-30}}

• 17 – The 19th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 17 – 19).{{cite web | url=https://collections.stanford.edu/mjf/search.action;jsessionid=1B16F3B694E0CB293E068DBA1D28BF97?band=%22Monterey+Jazz+Festival+All-Star+Band%22 | title=The Monterey Jazz Festival Collection | publisher=Collections.Stanford.edu | accessdate=2016-04-30 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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• Keith Jarrett: The Survivors' Suite
• George Lewis: Solo Trombone Record
• Air: Air Raid
• David Murray: Flowers for Albert
• Derek Bailey: Company 1
• Jan Garbarek: Dis
• Irene Schweizer: Wilde Señoritas
• Toshiko Akiyoshi: Road Time
• Albert Mangelsdorff: Tromboneliness
• Leo Smith: Song of Humanity
• Tony Coe: Zeitgeist
• Ornette Coleman: Dancing in Your Head
• Jaco Pastorius: Jaco Pastorius
• Martial Solal: Movability
• George Finola: New Orleans After Hours
• Hamiet Bluiett: Endangered Species
• Art Lande: Rubisa Patrol
• Return to Forever: Romantic Warrior
• George Adams: Suite For Swingers
• Jean-Luc Ponty: Imaginary Voyage
• David Friesen: Star Dance
• Dexter Gordon: Biting the Apple
• Joachim Kuhn: Springfever
• Eberhard Weber: The Following Morning
• Lew Tabackin: Dual Nature
• Chico Freeman: Morning Prayer
• Weather Report: Black Market
• Charles Tyler: Saga of the Outlaws
• Al Di Meola: Land of The Midnight Sun
• Woody Shaw: Little Red's Fantasy
• Stanley Clarke: School Days
• Yosuke Yamashita: Banslikana
• Ran Blake: Wende
• Guenter Christmann: Solomusiken Fuer Posaune und Kontrabasse
• Egberto Gismondi: Dança Das Cabeças
• Michael Franks: The Art of Tea
• Hugh Masekela: Colonial Man
• Hugh Masekela: Melody Maker
• Ryo Fukui: Scenery
• Pat Metheny: Bright Size Life

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; January

• 14 – Juan d'Arienzo, Argentine tango violinist, band leader, and composer (born 1900).
• 24 – Gösta Theselius, Swedish arranger, composer, film scorer, pianist, and saxophonist (born 1922).
• 28 – Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist and singer (born 1913).

; February

• 5 – Rudy Pompilli, American tenor saxophonist, Bill Haley and His Comets (born 1924).
• 6 – Vince Guaraldi, American pianist (born 1928).
• 12 – Skip Martin, American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and music arranger (born 1916).

; March

• 14 – Junior Collins, American French horn player (born 1927).
• 18 – Jim McCartney, English trumpeter and pianist (born 1902).
• 19 – Paul Kossoff, English guitarist (cerebral and pulmonary oedema), Free (born 1950).
• 26 – Duster Bennett, British singer and guitarist (car accident), Fleetwood Mac (born 1946).

; May

• 14 – Keith Relf, English singer (cardiac arrest due to electrocution), The Yardbirds (born 1940).
• 17 – Lars Gullin, Swedish saxophonist (born 1928).
• 29 – Willie Maiden, American saxophonist and arranger (born 1928).
• 30 – Rube Bloom, Jewish-American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, singer, and author (born 1902).

; April

• 7 – Jimmy Garrison, American upright bassist (born 1934).
• 12 – Ted Buckner, American saxophonist (born 1913).

; June

• 7 – Bobby Hackett, American trumpeter, cornetist, and guitarist (born 1915).

; July

• 10 – Mike Pratt, English actor, musician, songwriter, and screenwriter (born 1931).
• 12 – Buddy Featherstonhaugh, English saxophonist (born 1909).

; September

• 8 – August Agbola O'Browne, Nigerian-Polish drummer (born 1895).

; October

• 3
• Victoria Spivey, American singer and songwriter (born 1906).
• Herb Flemming, American trombonist and vocalist (born 1898).
• 11 – Connee Boswell, American singer (born 1907).

; December

• 4 – Tommy Bolin, American guitarist (drug-induced suffocation), Deep Purple (born 1951).
• 28 – Freddie King, American guitarist and singer (born 1934).

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; January

• 10 – Freddy Wike, Norwegian drummer.
• 23 – Harmen Fraanje, Dutch pianist and composer.

; February

• 11 – Gretchen Parlato, American singer.
• 20 – Ben Wendel, Canadian-American saxophonist, composer, bassoonist, and pianist, Kneebody.
• 22 – Julia Biel, British singer, songwriter, pianist, and multi-instrumentalist.{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/julia-biel-mn0001924397/biography | title=Julia Biel | first=Andy | last=Kellman | website=AllMusic.com | accessdate=2018-04-13}}
• 26 – Karl Strømme, Norwegian trumpeter.

; March

• 1 – Andreas Mjøs, Norwegian vibraphonist, percussionist, guitarist, record producer, and composer, Jaga Jazzist.
• 10 – Ane Brun, singer and songwriter.
• 16 – Erlend Jentoft, Norwegian saxophonist and composer.
• 27 – Tia Fuller, American saxophonist, composer, and educator.

; April

• 10 – Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (died 2006).
• 17 – Kjetil Steensnæs, Norwegian guitarist.
• 30 – Radek Nowicki, Polish saxophonist.

; May

• 10 – Torbjörn Zetterberg, Swedish upright bassist and composer.
• 20 – Ferenc Nemeth, Hungarian drummer and composer.

; June

• 3
• Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen, Norwegian singer, songwriter, cabaret artist.
• Roger Arntzen, Norwegian upright bassist, In The Country.
• 6 – Emilie-Claire Barlow, Canadian singer and voice actress.
• 10 – Kinan Azmeh, Syrian clarinetist.
• 17 – Kjetil Møster, Norwegian reedist and composer, The Core and Ultralyd.
• 21 – Jarle Bernhoft, Norwegian singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and lyricist.

; July

• 7
• Erja Lyytinen, Finnish guitarist and singer-songwriter.
• Orlando le Fleming, English upright bassist, composer and former cricketer, OWL Trio.

; August

• 6 – Jonas Westergaard, Danish upright bassist.

; September

• 4 – Alex Pangman, Canadian singer.
• 15 – Femi Temowo, Nigerian-born British jazz guitarist, musical director, producer and broadcaster.

; October

• 1 – Ivar Grydeland, Norwegian guitarist and composer.
• 7 – Pekka Kuusisto, Finnish violinist.
• 19 – Jostein Gulbrandsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer.
• 28 – Emma Salokoski, Finnish singer, composer, and writer.

; November

• 8 – Eric Harland, American drummer.

; December

• 6 – Ole Børud, Norwegian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
• 7 – Kresten Osgood, Danish drummer.
• 17 – Andreas Schaerer, Swiss vocalist and composer.
• 30 – Miguel Zenón, Puerto Rican alto saxophonist, composer, band leader, music producer, and educator.

; Unknown date

• Daniel Fredriksson, Swedish drummer.
• Jakob Høyer, Danish drummer.
• Tamar Halperin, Israeli harpsichordist, pianist, and musicologist.
• Yasuyuki "Yaz" Takagi, Japanese saxophonist.

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• [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/timeline_year.php?pg=82 History Of Jazz Timeline: 1976] at All About Jazz

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