title: 1975 in jazz
text: # 1975 in jazz
  
  This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1975.
  
  ## Events
  
  ### March
  
  * 21 – The 2nd Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 21 – 23).
  
  ### May
  
  * 16 – The 4th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 16 – 19).
  * 21 – The 3rd Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 21 – June 4).
  
  ### June
  
  * 27 – The 22nd Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (June 27 – July 6).
  
  ### July
  
  * 3 – The 9th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 3 – 20).
  
  ### September
  
  * 19 – The 18th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 19 – 21).
  
  ## Album releases
  
  * Keith Jarrett: The Köln Concert
  * Revolutionary Ensemble: The People's Republic
  * Miles Davis: Agharta
  * Evan Parker: Saxophone Solos
  * Leroy Jenkins: For Players Only
  * Air: Air Song
  * Oliver Lake: Heavy Spirits
  * Kenny Wheeler: Gnu High
  * Om: Kirikuki
  * Terje Rypdal: Odyssey
  * Steve Lacy: Dreams
  * Anthony Braxton: Five Pieces 1975
  * Don Pullen: Solo Piano Album
  * Dexter Gordon: Bouncin' with Dex
  * Michael Mantler: Michael Mantler – Carla Bley
  * Sonny Sharrock: Paradise
  * Dudu Pukwana: Diamond Express
  * George Finola: No Words, Just George
  * Kenny Barron: Lucifer
  * Frank Lowe: The Flam
  * John Surman: S.O.S.
  * Don Pullen: Healing Force
  * Julius Hemphill: Coon Bid'ness
  * Gateway Trio: Gateway
  * Collin Walcott: Cloud Dance
  * Don Moye: Sun Percussion
  * Martial Solal: Nothing But Piano
  * Eberhard Weber: Yellow Fields
  * Don Pullen: Five to Go
  * Charles Tolliver: Impact
  * Lol Coxhill: Welfare State
  * David Liebman: Forgotten Fantasies
  * Joe McPhee: The Willisau Concert
  * Yōsuke Yamashita: Chiasma
  * Michael Mantler: The Hapless Child
  * Dollar Brand: Soweto
  * Don Pullen: Capricorn Rising
  * Stanley Clarke: Journey to Love
  * Enrico Rava: The Pilgrim and the Stars
  * The Manhattan Transfer: The Manhattan Transfer
  
  ## Deaths
  
  ### January
  
  * 3 – René Thomas, Belgian guitarist (born 1927).
  
  ### February
  
  * 5 – Åke Persson, Swedish trombonist (born 1932).
  
  ### March
  
  * 4 – Cornel Chiriac, Romanian radio producer, record producer, and drummer (born 1941).
  * 15 – Sandy Brown, Scottish clarinetist and band leader (born 1929).
  * 16 – T-Bone Walker, American guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (born 1910).
  * 27 – Pete Clarke, British saxophonist and clarinetist (died 1975).
  
  ### April
  
  * 12 – Josephine Baker, French singer, entertainer, activist, and Resistance agent (born 1906).
  
  ### May
  
  * 11 – Benny Harris, American trumpeter and composer (born 1919).
  * 13 – Tubby Hall, American drummer (born 1895).
  
  ### June
  
  * 18 – Earl Washington, American pianist (born 1921).
  
  ### July
  
  * 14 – Zutty Singleton, American drummer (born 1898).
  * 16 – Pippo Starnazza, Italian singer and actor (born 1909).
  * 21 – Theodore Carpenter, American trumpet player, singer, and band leader (born 1898).
  
  ### August
  
  * 8 – Cannonball Adderley, American alto saxophonist (born 1928).
  
  ### October
  
  * 28 – Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (born 1932).
  
  ### November
  
  * 14 – Artemi Ayvazyan, Soviet-Armenian composer, conductor, and founder of the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra (born 1902).
  
  ### December
  
  * 11 – Lee Wiley, American singer (born 1908).
  * 14 – Mongezi Feza, South African trumpeter and flautist (born 1945).
  * 17
     * Fess Williams, American clarinetist and alto saxophonist (born 1894).
     * Stan Wrightsman, American pianist (born 1910).
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  * Trevor Koehler, American saxophonist (born 1935).
  
  ## Births
  
  ### January
  
  * 17 – Squarepusher or Tom Jenkinson, English electronic musician and composer.
  * 18 – Géraldine Laurent, French alto saxophonist.
  * 21 – Jason Moran, American pianist and composer.
  
  ### February
  
  * 7 – Kellylee Evans, Canadian singer.
  
  ### March
  
  * 4 – Mats Eilertsen, Norwegian upright bassist and composer, Food and Dingobats.
  * 9 – Øyvind Storesund, Norwegian upright bassist, Cloroform and Kaizers Orchestra.
  * 10 – Håvard Wiik, Norwegian pianist and composer, Atomic.
  * 14 – Gianluca Petrella, Italian trombonist.
  * 17 – Jairzinho Oliveira, Brazilian singer, songwriter, and composer.
  * 18 – Sondre Meisfjord, Norwegian bassist, cellist, and composer, Come Shine.
  * 22 – Steinar Raknes, Norwegian upright bassist, Urban Connection and The Core.
  * 25 – David Braid, Canadian pianist and composer.
  * 27 – Katja Toivola, Finnish trombonist.
  * 28 – Orrin Evans, American pianist.
  
  ### April
  
  * 12 – Lars Andreas Haug, Norwegian tubist.
  * 13 – Jan Harbeck, Danish saxophonist and composer.
  * 23
     * Helge Lien, Norwegian pianist, composer, and band leader.
     * Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, Norwegian saxophonist and composer.
  * 27
     * Fabrizio Sotti, Italian guitarist, composer, songwriter, and producer.
     * Jozef Dumoulin, Belgian keyboarder and composer.
  
  ### May
  
  * 1 – Aslak Hartberg, Norwegian rapper and bassist.
  * 7 – Gunhild Carling, Swedish trombonist and multi-instrumentalist.
  * 15 – Frode Haltli, Norwegian accordionist.
  
  ### June
  
  * 2 – Gisle Torvik, Norwegian guitarist, composer, and band leader.
  * 16 – Jannike Kruse, Norwegian singer, artist and actor.
  
  ### July
  
  * 11 – Chris Gall, German pianist and composer.
  * 22 – Erik Johannessen, Norwegian trombonist and composer, Jaga Jazzist and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra.
  * 23 – Céline Bonacina, French saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.
  
  ### August
  
  * 1 – Håkon Mjåset Johansen, Norwegian drummer and composer, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra.
  * 22 – Taylor Ho Bynum, American cornetist, flugelhornist, trumpeter, composer, educator, and writer.
  * 24 – Michael Magalon, Belgian bassist, guitarist, and composer.
  
  ### October
  
  * 2 – Kåre Opheim, Norwegian drumMer, Real Ones.
  * 12 – Espen Aalberg, Norwegian drummer.
  * 26 – Ole Marius Sandberg, Norwegian bassist.
  
  ### November
  
  * 26 – Arne Jansen, German guitarist, composer, and band leader.
  * 27 – Frode Nymo, Norwegian jazz musician (alto Saxophonist), Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Urban Connection.
  
  ### December
  
  * 5 – Søren Bebe, Danish pianist and composer.
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  * Jacob Anderskov, Danish pianist, composer and bandleader.
  * Lionel Friedli, Swiss percussionist.
  * Marcin Wasilewski, Polish pianist and composer.
  * Matana Roberts, American sound experimentalist, visual artist, jazz saxophonist and clarinetist, and composer.
  * Niki King, Scottish singer.
  * Paul Harrison, English pianist, keyboarder, organist, and composer.
  