1990 in jazz

• 6 – The 17th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 6 – 8).{{cite web | url=https://vossajazz.no/historie | title=Vossajazz – Historie | date=30 December 2014 | language=Norwegian | publisher=Vossajazz | accessdate=2016-04-29}}

• 23 – The 18th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 3).{{cite web|url=http://www.nattjazz.no/historie/index.php?ID=Alle |title=Nattjazz |language=Norwegian |publisher=Nattjazz |accessdate=2016-04-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322193111/http://www.nattjazz.no/historie/index.php?ID=Alle |archivedate=2016-03-22 }}

• 1 – The 19th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 1 – 4).{{cite web | url=http://www.moers-festival.de/archive-2012.html?L=1 | title=Moers Festival 1987 | publisher=Moers Festival | accessdate=2016-04-22 | 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 }}

• 1 – The 13th Atlanta Jazz Festival started in Atlanta, Georgia (June 1 – 3, July 6 – 8, August 3 – 5).{{cite web | url=https://atljazzfest.com/history/#history.html | title=Atlanta Jazz Festival | publisher=atljazzfest.com | accessdate=2025-02-05}}

• 7 – 24th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Switzerland (July 7 – 22).{{cite web | url=http://www.setlist.fm/festival/1990/montreux-jazz-festival-1990-4bd6b326.html | title=Montreux Jazz Festival 1990 Setlists | publisher=Setlist.fm | accessdate=2016-03-02}}
• 12 – The 15th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague (July 12 – 15).{{cite web | url=http://www.northseajazz.com/en/program/1991 | title=North Sea Jazz Festival 1991 | publisher=North Sea Jazz Festival | accessdate=2016-04-29}}

• 17 – The 7th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 17 – 19).{{cite web | url=http://www.friendsofbreconjazz.com/past-programmes/1990 | title=Brecon Jazz Festival 1990 | publisher=FriendsOfBreconJazz.com | accessdate=2016-04-29}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

• 21 – The 33rd Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 21 – 23).{{cite web | url=http://www.earlnewmanprints.com/1990s_Monterey_Jazz_Festival_Posters.html | title=The Monterey Jazz Festival Collections | publisher=EarlNewmanPrints.com | accessdate=2016-04-29}}

• Eliane Elias and Randy Brecker were divorced.{{cite web | url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3430300019.html | title=Eliane Elias – Pianist, composer, singer | publisher=Encyclopedia.com | accessdate=2016-03-06}}

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• Ben Sidran: Cool Paradise
• Bill Frisell: Is That You?
• Bobby Previte: Empty Suits
• Butch Morris: Dust To Dust
• Charlie Haden: Dream Keeper
• Danny Gottlieb: Brooklyn Blues
• David Liebman: The Tree
• David Ware: Great Bliss
• Don Pullen: Random Thoughts
• Egberto Gismondi: Infancia
• Elements: Spirit River
• Eric Reed: Soldier's Hymn
• Eliane Elias: Eliane Elias Plays Jobim
• Franz Koglmann: The Use of Memory
• Geri Allen: The Nurturer
• Gerry Hemingway: Down To The Wire
• Gerry Hemingway: Special Detail
• Hank Roberts: Birds Of Prey
• ICP Orchestra: Bospaadje Konijnehol II
• Jazz Passengers: Implement Yourself
• John Pizzarelli: My Blue Heaven
• John Zorn: Naked City
• Keith Tippett: The Journey
• Kenny Wheeler: Music for Large & Small Ensembles
• Kenny Wheeler: Widow in the Window
• Marilyn Crispell: Overlapping Hands: Eight Segments
• Mark Helias: Attack the Future
• Marty Ehrlich: Emergency Peace
• Matthew Shipp: Circular Temple
• Michael Formanek: Wide Open Spaces
• Michael Franks: Blue Pacific
• Muhal Richard Abrams: Blu Blu Blu
• Music Revelation Ensemble: Elec Jazz
• Myra Melford: Jump
• Philip Catherine: I Remember You
• Phil Woods: All Bird's Children
• Ray Anderson: What Because
• Terence Blanchard: Terence Blanchard
• Tom Harrell: Form
• Yellowjackets: Green House

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; January

• 3 – Peter van Steeden, Dutch-American composer (born 1904).
• 8 – Georgie Auld, Canadian tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader (born 1919).
• 9 – Buschi Niebergall, German free jazz musician (born 1938).

; February

• 2 – Mel Lewis, American drummer and bandleader (born 1929).
• 4 – Fritz Schulz-Reichel, German pianist (born 1912).
• 5 – King Perry, American saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, and bandleader (born 1914).
• 21 – John Madrid, American trumpeter (born 1948).
• 27 – Arthur Österwall, Swedish band leader, composer, vocalist, and upright bassist (born 1910).
• 28 – Russell Jacquet, American trumpeter (born 1917).

; March

• 12 – Harry South, English pianist, composer, and arranger (born 1929).
• 17 – Jack Noren, American drummer and vocalist (born 1929).
• 23 – Al Sears, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader (born 1910).

; April

• 3 – Sarah Vaughan, American singer (born 1924).
• 5 – Louis Nelson, American trombonist (born 1902).
• 25 – Dexter Gordon, American tenor saxophonist (born 1923).

; May

• 4 – Emily Remler, American guitarist (born 1957).
• 7 – Elizete Cardoso, Argentine singer and actress (born 1920).
• 16 – Sammy Davis Jr., American singer and entertainer (born 1925).
• 17 – Frank Wright, American tenor saxophonist (born 1935).
• 18
• Eje Thelin, Swedish trombonist (born 1938).
• Sing Miller, American pianist (born 1914).
• 26 – Chris McGregor, South African pianist, bandleader, and composer (born 1936).

; June

• 2 – Walter Davis Jr., American pianist (born 1932).
• 7 – Lou Blackburn, American trombonist (born 1922).
• 10 – Hubert Rostaing, Algierian-French clarinetist and tenor saxophonist (born 1918).
• 11 – Clyde McCoy, American trumpeter (born 1903).
• 21 – June Christy, American singer (born 1925).
• 28 – Howard Roberts, American guitarist (born 1929).
• 30 – Dudu Pukwana, South African saxophonist, composer, and pianist (born 1938).

; July

• 21 – Joe Turner, American pianist (born 1907).
• 31 – Lowell Davidson, American pianist (born 1941).

; August

• 12 – Harry Leahey, American guitarist (born 1935).
• 14 – Chester Zardis, American upright bassist (born 1900).
• 17 – Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (born 1918).

; September

• 3 – Betty Glamann, American jazz harpist (born 1923).
• 23 – George Desmond Hodnett, Irish composer, piano, trumpet, and zither player (born 1918).
• 29 – Freddie Kohlman, American drummer, vocalist, and bandleader (born 1918).

; October

• 1 – Phil Napoleon, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1901).
• 5 – Sam Taylor, American tenor saxophonist (born 1916).
• 6 – Asser Fagerström, Finnish pianist, composer, and actor ((born 1912).
• 16 – Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader, The Jazz Messengers (born 1919).
• 25 – Major Holley, American upright bassist (born 1914).
• 27 – Xavier Cugat, bandleader (born 1900).

; November

• 4 – William Leavitt, American guitarist and arranger (born 1925).
• 16 – Lee Castle, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1915).
• 26
• Dave Wilkins, Barbadian trumpeter (born 1914).
• Rita Ora, British singer-songwriter and actor.

; December

• 5 – Bill Hardman, American trumpeter and flugelhornist (born 1933).
• 18 – Bernard Addison, American guitarist (born 1905).

; Unknown date

• Francis Coppieters, Belgian pianist (born 1930).

; January

• 17 – Diknu Schneeberger, Austrian guitarist.

; February

• 13 – Jonathan Chua, Singaporean drummer.

; March

• 27 – Kimbra Lee Johnson, New Zealand singer and actress.

; April

• 20 – Sebastian Nordström, Swedish bassist.

; July

• 11 – Ole Mofjell, Norwegian drummer.
• 23 – Torgeir Standal, Norwegian guitarist.

; August

• 15 – Benjamin Kheng, Singaporean guitarist/pianist/composer and brony.

; September

• 15 – Laura Jurd, British trumpet and synthesizer player.

; October

• 25
• Austin Peralta, American pianist. At age 15, a featured performer at the 2006 Tokyo Jazz Festival (died 2012).{{cite news | url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-life-and-death-of-austin-peralta-4170627 | title=The Life and Death of Austin Peralta | date=January 15, 2013 | work=LA Weekly | last=McDermott | first=Marc | accessdate=November 20, 2017}}
• Marthe Wang, Norwegian singer and songwriter.

; November

• 27 – Mette Henriette, Norwegian saxophonist, improviser, and autodidact composer.

; December

• 20 – Corrie Dick, Scottish drummer, percussionist, vocalist, and composer.
• 25 – Sandra Riley Tang, Singaporean female double-bassist.

; Unknown date

• Alper Tuzcu, Turkish singer, composer, and music producer.
• Charlotte Dos Santos, Norwegian vocalist, composer, and arranger.
• Martin Masakowski, American bassist.

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