title: 2005 in jazz
text: # 2005 in jazz
  
  This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2005.
  
  ## Events
  
  ### January
  
  * 27 – The 8th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 27 – 29).
  
  ### February
  
  * 13 – The 47th Annual Grammy Awards
     * Ray Charles & Norah Jones in the categories Record of the Year and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for the song "Here We Go Again"
     * Ray Charles & Various Artists in the category Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for Genius Loves Company
     * The Maria Schneider Orchestra in the category Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for Concert in the Garden
     * Bill Frisell in the category Best Contemporary Jazz Album for Unspeakable
     * Herbie Hancock in the category Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for the album Speak Like a Child
     * McCoy Tyner with Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride and Lewis Nash in the category Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group for Illuminations
     * Nancy Wilson in the category Best Jazz Vocal Album for R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)
     * Charlie Haden in the category Best Latin Jazz Album for Land of the Sun
  
  ### March
  
  * 3 – The very first Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (January 3 – 5).
  * 18
     * The 32nd Vossajazz started at Voss, Norway (March 18 – 20).
     * Berit Opheim was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2005.
  * 19 – Jan Gunnar Hoff performs the commissioned work Free flow songs for Vossajazz 2005.
  
  ### May
  
  * 13 – The 34th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 13 – 16).
  * 25 – The 33rd Nattjazz 2005 started in Bergen, Norway (May 25 – June 4).
  
  ### June
  
  * 23 – The very first Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (June 23–25).
  * 28 – The 17th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 28 – July 29).
  * 30 – The 26th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 30 - July 10).
  
  ### July
  
  * 1
     * The 27th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 1 – 10).
     * The 39th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 1 – 16).
  * 6 – The 41st Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (July 6 – 8).
  * 8 – The 30th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 8 – 10).
  * 16 – The 40th Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 16 – 24).
  * 18 – The 45th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway with Arild Andersen as artist in residence (July 18 – 23).
  * 19 – The 22nd Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (July 19 – 23).
  * 20 – The 58th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 20 – 27).
  * 22 – The 40th San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 22 – 27).
  
  ### August
  
  * 10 – The 19th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 10 – 14).
  * 12
     * The 51st Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 12 – 14).
     * The 22nd Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 12 – 14).
  * 15 – The 20th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 15 – 21).
  * 23 – The hurricane Katrina destroys the "Cradle of Jazz", New Orleans (August 23–31).
  
  ### September
  
  * 16 – The 48th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16 – 18).
  
  ### November
  
  * 11 – The 14th London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 11 – 20).
  
  ## Album released
  
  ### January
  
  | Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 25 | The Way Up | Pat Metheny | Nonesuch Records | Produced by Pat Metheny | |
  
  ### October
  
  | Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 17 | Floating | Ketil Bjørnstad | EmArcy Records | Produced by Ketil Bjørnstad | |
  
  ## Deaths
  
  ### January
  
  * 4 — Humphrey Carpenter, English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster (born 1946).
  
  ### February
  
  * 8 — Jimmy Smith, American jazz organist (born 1928).
  * 15 – Bill Potts, American pianist and arranger (born 1928).
  * 20 – Pam Bricker, American singer and professor of music (born 1954).
  
  ### March
  
  * 8 — Larry Bunker, American drummer (born 1928).
  
  ### April
  
  * 7 — José Melis, Cuban-American bandleader and television personality (born 1920).
  * 14
     * Andrew Bisset, Australian author, music educator, and singer (born 1953).
     * Benny Bailey, American bebop and hard-bop trumpeter (born 1925).
  * 19
     * Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist (heart attack) (born 1946).
     * Stan Levey, American drummer (born 1926).
  * 22 – Arnie Lawrence, American saxophonist (born 1938).
  * 23 – Jimmy Woode, American upright bassist (born 1926).
  * 28 – Percy Heath, American upright bassist (born 1923).
  * 29 – Dianne Brooks, American singer (born 1939).
  
  ### May
  
  * 12 – Monica Zetterlund, Swedish singer and actress (born 1937).
  * 13 – Victor Sproles, American bassist (born 1927).
  * 29 – Oscar Brown, American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, civil rights activist, and actor (born 1926).
  
  ### June
  
  * 15 – Per Henrik Wallin, Swedish pianist and composer (born 1946).
  * 16 – Billy Bauer, American cool jazz guitarist (born 1915).
  * 18
     * Chris Griffin, American trumpeter (born 1915)
     * Basil Kirchin, English drummer and composer (born 1927).
  * 29 – Mikkel Flagstad, Norwegian saxophonist (born 1930).
  
  ### July
  
  * 2 — Tom Talbert, American jazz pianist, composer, and band leader (born 1924).
  * 4 — John Stubblefield, American saxophonist, flautist, and oboist (born 1945).
  * 16 – Blue Barron, American orchestra leader (born 1913).
  * 23 – Ted Greene, American fingerstyle jazz guitarist, columnist, and session musician (born 1946).
  * 25 – Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonists and composer (born 1928).
  * 27 – Dom Um Romão, Brazilian drummer and percussionist (born 1935).
  * 29 – Al McKibbon, American jazz double bassist (born 1919).
  * 30 – Lucky Thompson, American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist (born 1924).
  
  ### August
  
  * 6 — Keter Betts, American upright bassist (born 1928).
  * 12
     * Charlie Norman, Swedish pianist and entertainer (born 1920).
     * Francy Boland, Belgian composer and pianist (born 1929).
  * 15 – Earl Zindars, American composer, Bill Evans (born 1927).
  * 23 – Glenn Corneille, Dutch pianist (born 1970).
  
  ### September
  
  * 11 – Al Casey, American guitarist, Fats Waller's band (born 1915).
  * 17 – Jack Lesberg, American upright bassist (born 1920).
  * 25 – Georges Arvanitas, French pianist and organist (born 1931).
  
  ### October
  
  * 3 — Alfredo Rodríguez, Cuban pianist (born 1936).
  * 14 – Oleg Lundstrem, Soviet and Russian composer and conductor, Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra (born 1916).
  * 16 – Elmer Dresslar Jr., American voice actor and singer (born 1925).
  * 20 – Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist (born 1934).
  
  ### November
  
  * 13 – Harry Gold, British saxophonist and bandleader (born 1907).
  * 15 – Roy Brooks, American drummer (born 1938).
  * 19 – Bob Enevoldsen, American tenor saxophonist and valve trombonist (born 1920).
  
  ### December
  
  * 5 — Harry Pepl (60), Austrian guitarist (born 1945).
  * 19 – Billy Amstell, British reedist (born 1911).
  * 25 – Derek Bailey, English guitarist (born 1930).
  * 26 – Bill DeArango, American guitarist (born 1921).
  