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1966 in jazz
1966 in jazz
	Preservation Hall Jazz Band, New Orleans, Louisiana. Visible are Jim Robinson, trombone; De De Pierce, trumpet; Willie Humphrey, clarinet.
Decade	1960s in jazz
Music	1966 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1965 in jazz – 1967 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1966.

Events

January

14 – The Jazz Crusaders record Live at the Lighthouse '66 at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California (January 14 – 16).^[1]

July

1 – The 13th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 1 – 4).^[2]

Album releases

Alex Schlippenbach: Globe Unity
Archie Shepp: Mama Too Tight
Bill Evans: Bill Evans at Town Hall
Bobby Hutcherson: Happenings
Bobby Hutcherson: Stick-Up!
Cecil Taylor: Unit Structures
Cecil Taylor: Conquistador!
Charles Lloyd: Dream Weaver
Charles Tyler: Charles Tyler Ensemble
Chick Corea: Tones For Joan's Bones
Denny Zeitlin: Zeitgeist
Dewey Redman: Look for the Black Star
Don Cherry: Symphony For Improvisers
Duke Ellington: The Far East Suite
Guenter Hampel: Assemblage
Hank Mobley: Straight No Filter
Horace Silver: The Jody Grind
Hugh Masekela: Grrr
Hugh Masekela: The Americanization of Ooga Booga
Hugh Masekela: The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela
Jaki Byard: Sunshine of My Soul
Joe Harriott: Indo-Jazz Suite
Joe Harriott: Indo-Jazz Fusions
John Coltrane: Ascension
John Coltrane: Meditations
Joseph Jarman: Song For
Larry Young: Of Love And Peace
Lee Morgan: Delightfulee
Patty Waters: College Tour
Roscoe Mitchell: Sound
Sonny Simmons: Music from the Spheres
Steve Lacy: Sortie
Steve Lacy: The Forest And The Zoo
Sun Ra: Strange Strings
Sunny Murray: Sunny Murray Quintet
Wayne Shorter: Adam's Apple
Wayne Shorter: Speak No Evil

Standards

Deaths

February

10 – Osie Johnson, American drummer, arranger, and singer (born 1923).
23 – Billy Kyle, American pianist (born 1914).

March

28 – Kid Howard, American trumpeter (born 1908).

May

11 – Isaiah Morgan, American trumpeter (born 1897).
30 – Thelma Terry, American bandleader and upright bassist (born 1901).

June

17 – Johnny St. Cyr, American banjoist and guitarist (born 1890).

July

31 – Bud Powell, American pianist (born 1924).

August

2 – Boyd Raeburn, American bandleader and bass saxophonist (heart attack) (born 1913).
17 – Rolf Billberg, Swedish alto saxophonist (born 1930).

September

2 – Darnell Howard, American clarinetist and violinist (born 1895).
28 – Lucky Millinder, African-American bandleader (born 1910).

October

3 – Dave Lambert, American lyricist and singer (born 1917).
7 – Smiley Lewis, American singer and guitarist (born 1913).
10 – Colette Bonheur, Canadian singer (born 1927).
15 – Lee Blair, American banjoist and guitarist (born 1903).
29 – Wellman Braud, American upright bassist (born 1891).

November

8 – Shorty Baker, American trumpeter (born 1914).

December

17 – Sylvia Telles, Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer (born 1934).

Unknown date

Nikele Moyake, South African tenor saxophonist, The Blue Notes (born 1933).

Births

January

10 – Kristin Sevaldsen, Norwegian saxophonist.
12 – Ingrid Jensen, Canadian trumpeter.
28 – Julian Argüelles, English saxophonist.

February

2 – Greg Gisbert, American trumpeter and flugelhornist.
6
- Larry Grenadier, American upright bassist.
- Michael Mondesir, English bass guitarist and composer.
7 – Henrik Andersen, Danish guitarist, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and vocal percussionist.
21 – Margareta Bengtson, Swedish soprano singer, The Real Group.

March

5 – Ann Farholt, Danish singer.
14 – Raul Midón, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
22 – Jan Lundgren, Swedish pianist and composer.
25 – Jeff Healey, Canadian singer and guitarist (died 2008).^[3]

April

2 – Michael Cain, American pianist and composer.
12
- Nils-Olav Johansen, Norwegian guitarist.
- Rigmor Gustafsson, Swedish singer.
15 – Warren Hill, Canadian alto saxaphonist.
16 – Jarle Vespestad, Norwegian drummer.
22 – Nina Shatskaya, Russian singer and actress.
25 – Karen Mantler, American singer, composer, piano, organ, and chromatic harmonica player.

May

11 – Julian Joseph, British pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and broadcaster.
13 – Julian Siegel, British saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and arranger.
20 – Sheryl Bailey, American guitarist and educator
28 – Theo Bleckmann, German vocalist and composer.

June

8 – John Rae, Scottish drummer, composer, and band leader.
19 – Silje Nergaard, Norwegian singer.

July

12 – Luciana Souza, Brazilian singer and composer.

August

5 – Roberto Tola, Italian guitarist and composer.
6 – Regina Carter, American violinist.
7 – Torstein Ellingsen, Norwegian drummer.
11 – Donny McCaslin, American saxophonist.
30 – John Gunther, American saxophonist.

September

4 – Biréli Lagrène, French guitarist.
17 – Makiko Hirabayashi, Japanese pianist.

October

1 – Siri Gellein, Norwegian singer.
6 – Mark Whitfield, American guitarist.
12 – Harry Allen, American tenor saxophonist.
15 – Bill Charlap, American pianist.
18 – Bill Stewart, American drummer.
27 – Nathalie Loriers, Belgian pianist and composer.

November

5 – Øystein B. Blix, Norwegian trombonist.
12 – Anthony Joseph, British-Trinidadian poet, novelist, musician, and academic.
25 – Jacky Terrasson, American pianist.