1992 in jazz

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|afteryear = 1993

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This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1992.

Events

=April=

10 – The 19th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 10 – 12).{{cite web | url=https://vossajazz.no/historie | title=Vossajazz – Historie | date=30 December 2014 | language=Norwegian | publisher=Vossajazz | accessdate=2016-04-22}}

=May=

20 – The 20th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 20 – 31).{{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 }}

=June=

5 – The 21st Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 5 – 8).{{cite web | url=http://www.moers-festival.de/archive-2012.html?L=1 | title=Moers Festival 1992 | 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 }}

=July=

2 – 26th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Switzerland (July 2 – 18).{{cite web | url=http://www.setlist.fm/festival/1991/montreux-jazz-festival-1991-43d6b327.html | title=Montreux Jazz Festival 1992 Setlists | publisher=Setlist.fm | accessdate=2016-05-03}}
10 – The 17th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague (July 10 – 12).{{cite web | url=http://www.northseajazz.com/en/program/1992 | title=North Sea Jazz Festival 1992 | publisher=North Sea Jazz Festival | accessdate=2016-04-22}}

=August=

13 – The 9th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 13 – 15).{{cite web | url=http://www.songkick.com/festivals/87991-brecon-jazz/id/8471851-brecon-jazz-festival-1993 | title=Brecon Jazz Festival 1993 | publisher=Songkick.com | accessdate=2016-04-22}}

=September=

18 – The 35th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 18 – 20).{{cite web | url=https://collections.stanford.edu/mjf/details.action;jsessionid=643F6994BC84909052EC8A1F063DACDC?segment_id=SM00000006032 | title=The Monterey Jazz Festival Collections | publisher=EarlNewmanPrints.com | accessdate=2016-04-29 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Album releases

Jane Ira Bloom: Art and Aviation
Maria Schneider: Evanescence
Geri Allen: Maroons
Wynton Marsalis: Citi Movement
Joe Lovano: Universal Language
Terence Blanchard: The Malcolm X Jazz Suite
Sergey Kuryokhin: Some Combination of Fingers and Passion
Medeski Martin & Wood: Notes From the Underground
Courtney Pine: To The Eyes Of Creation
Hank Roberts: Little Motor People
Zeena Parkins: Ursa's Door
Steve Turre: Sanctified Shells
Pat Metheny: Secret Story
Charles Gayle: Repent
Michael Formanek: Loose Cannon
Franz Koglmann: L'Heure Bleue
Bill Frisell: Have a Little Faith
Michael Mantler: Folly Seeing All This
Bill Frisell: This Land
Kenny Wheeler: Kayak
Chick Corea & Bobby McFerrin: Play
Aydin Esen: Anadolu
Christy Doran: Corporate Art
Hal Russell: Hal's Bells
Joachim Kuhn: Dynamics
John Scofield: What We Do
Mulgrew Miller: Hand In Hand
Paul Plimley: When Silence Pulls
Ray Anderson: Every One of Us
Uri Caine: Sphere Music
Sonny Simmons: Ancient Ritual
John Pizzarelli: All of Me
Roy Campbell: New Kingdom
David S. Ware: Flight of I
Matthew Shipp: Circular Temple
Eliane Elias: Fantasia
Hugh Masekela: Beatin' Aroun de Bush
Yellowjackets: Live Wires

Deaths

; January

17 – Charlie Ventura, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader (born 1916).

; February

8 – Denny Wright, English guitarist (born 1924).

; March

4 – Mary Osborne, American guitarist (born 1921).
6 – Hugh Gibb, English drummer and bandleader (born 1916).

; April

14 – Sammy Price, American pianist and bandleader (born 1908).
20 – Leon Abramson or Lee Abrams, American drummer (born 1925).

; June

10 – Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese songwriter and pianist (born 1931).

; August

1 – Alfred "Chico" Alvarez, American trumpeter (born 1920).
11 – Hayes Pillars, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader (born 1906).

; October

3 – John Carisi, American trumpeter and composer (born 1922).
7 – Ed Blackwell, American drummer (born 1929).

; November

8 – Red Mitchell, American upright bassist (born 1927).
14 – George Adams, American saxophonist (born 1940).
24 – June Tyson, American singer (born 1926).

; December

11 – Andy Kirk, American saxophonist and tubist (born 1898).

Births