1978 in jazz

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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1978.

Events

=March=

  • 17 – The 5th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 17–19).{{cite web | url=http://vossajazz.no | title=Vossajazz | publisher=Vossajazz | accessdate=2016-03-02}}

=May=

  • 12 – The 7th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 12–15).{{cite web | url=http://www.onefinalnote.com/features/2000/moers | title=Moers International New Jazz Festival : 12–15 May 1978 | publisher=OneFinalNote.com | accessdate=2016-03-02}}
  • 24 – The 6th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 24 – June 7).{{cite web|url=http://www.nattjazz.no/historie/index.php?ID=Alle |title=Nattjazz |language=Norwegian |publisher=Nattjazz |accessdate=2016-03-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322193111/http://www.nattjazz.no/historie/index.php?ID=Alle |archivedate=2016-03-22 }}

=July=

  • 1 – The 25th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 1–3).{{cite web | url=http://www.setlist.fm/festival/1978/newport-jazz-festival-1978-43d69f17.html | title=Newport Jazz Festival 1978 Setlists | publisher=Setlist.fm | accessdate=2016-03-02}}
  • 7 – The 12th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 7–23).{{cite web | url=http://www.setlist.fm/festival/1978/montreux-jazz-festival-1978-4bd6b31e.html | title=Montreux Jazz Festival 1978 Setlists | publisher=Setlist.fm | accessdate=2016-03-02}}
  • 14 – The 3rd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 14–16).{{cite web | url=http://www.northseajazz.com/en/program/1978 | title=North Sea Jazz Festival 1978 | publisher=North Sea Jazz Festival | accessdate=2016-03-02}}
  • 28 – The very first Jazz in Marciac started in Marciac, France (July 28 – August 17).{{cite web | url=http://www.jazzinmarciac.com/sites/jazz-in-marciac/files/edito-court.pdf | title=Jazz in Marciac – Depuis 1978 | publisher=Jazz in Marciac | accessdate=2016-03-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308012610/http://www.jazzinmarciac.com/sites/jazz-in-marciac/files/edito-court.pdf | archive-date=2016-03-08 | url-status=dead }}

=September=

  • 15 – The 21st Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17).{{cite web | url=http://www.earlnewmanprints.com/1970s_Monterey_Jazz_Festival_Posters.html | title=Monterey Jazz Festival 1978 Poster | publisher=EarlNewmanPrints.com | accessdate=2016-04-30}}

Album releases

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Deaths

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  • 3Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, arranger, radio comedian, and actor (born 1903).

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  • 17Don Ellis, American big-bandleader, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and film composer (born 1934).
  • 29Happy Caldwell, American clarinetist and tenor saxophonist (born 1903).

; Unknown date

Births

; January

; February

  • 9Clarice Assad, Brazilian-American composer, pianist, and singer.
  • 12Masayuki Hiizumi, Japanese keyboardist and producer.
  • 14Cem Tuncer, Turkish guitarist, composer, arranger, and producer.

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; Unknown date

  • Marc Demuth, Luxembourgian upright bassist, bass guitarist, and composer.
  • Mikkel Ploug, Danish guitarist and composer.
  • Niels Klein, German saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.
  • Robi Botos, Hungarian-Canadian pianist and composer.

See also

References

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