This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2021.
2021 in jazz | |
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Decade | 2020s in jazz |
Music | 2021 in music |
Standards | List of jazz standards |
See also | 2020 in jazz – 2022 in jazz |
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Events
editJanuary
edit- January 14 – The 2020 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll rates Maria Schneider's Data Lords as the best album of 2020.[1]
February
editMarch
edit- March 14 - The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards occur.[2] Jazz winners include:
- Kurt Elling wins Best Jazz Vocal Album for his 2019 album Secrets are the Best Stories
- Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade win Best Jazz Instrumental Album for their 2021 album Trilogy 2[3]
- The Maria Schneider Orchestra wins Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for its 2020 album Data Lords
- Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra win Best Latin Jazz Album for their album Four Questions
April
editMay
editJune
editJuly
edit- July 30 - Shabaka Hutchings from Sons Of Kemet founds a new UK Jazz record label, "Native Rebel Recordings"[4]
- July 30-August 1 – The Newport Jazz Festival takes place in the US state of Rhode Island. Performers include Gerald Clayton, Charles Lloyd, Mavis Staples, Trombone Shorty, Kamasi Washington and Brandee Younger.[5]
August
editSeptember
editOctober
- October 21 - Takuya Kuroda releases "Midnight Crisp" [6]
November
December
edit- December 4 - Promises (Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra album) is named album of the year 2021 by TIME magazine[7]
Albums
editMonth | Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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March | 26 | Daring Mind | Jihye Lee Orchestra | Motema Music | [8] | |
26 | Promises | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra | Luaka Bop | [9] | ||
April | 9 | Uneasy (album) | Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey | ECM Records | [10][11] | |
May | 14 | Black To The Future | Sons Of Kemet | Impulse! Records | [12][13] | |
28 | Nafs at Peace | Jaubi | Astigmatic Records | [14] | ||
June | 11 | Squint | Julian Lage | Blue Note Records | [15] | |
August | 27 | Sounds from the Ancestors | Kenny Garrett | Mack Avenue Records | [16] | |
September | 3 | Kinds of Love | Renee Rosnes | Smoke Sessions Records | [17][18] | |
10 | Side-Eye (V1. IV) | Pat Metheny | BMG Modern Recordings | [19] | ||
14 | The Cave Of Winds | Tony Malaby | Pyroclastic | [20] | ||
October | 8 | SuperBlue | Kurt Elling | Edition Records | [21] | |
November | 12 | Crisis | Louis Hayes | Savant Records | [22] | |
19 | A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday | Jack DeJohnette, Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith | TUM Records | [23] | ||
December | 3 | New Standards | Kenny G | Concord Records | [24] |
Deaths
edit- January 6 – Bobby Few, 85, American jazz pianist[25]
- January 17 – Sammy Nestico, 96, American composer and arranger[26]
- January 20 – Keith Nichols, 75, British instrumentalist and bandleader (COVID-19)[27]
- January 23 – Jonas Gwangwa, 83, South African jazz trombonist[28]
- February 9 – Chick Corea, 79, American pianist, composer and bandleader[29]
- February 12 – Milford Graves, 79, American drummer and polymath[30]
- March 2 – Chris Barber, 90, British bandleader and trombonist[31]
- March 7 – Josky Kiambukuta, 72, Congolese singer (TPOK Jazz)[32]
- March 8 – Julien-François Zbinden, 103, Swiss composer and jazz pianist[33]
- March 10 – János Gonda, 89, Hungarian jazz pianist[34]
- March 19 – Cristián Cuturrufo, 48, Chilean jazz trumpeter (COVID-19)[35]
- March 28 – Malcolm Cecil, 84, British jazz bassist and record producer[36]
- April 7 – Sonny Simmons, 87, American jazz saxophonist[37]
- May 8 – Curtis Fuller, 88, American jazz trombonist[38]
- May 15 – Mario Pavone, 80, American jazz bassist, composer and bandleader[39]
- June 21 – Nobuo Hara, 94, Japanese saxophonist[40]
- July 4 – Rick Laird, 80, Irish jazz bassist (Mahavishnu Orchestra)[41]
- July 31 – Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, 93, Polish jazz musician and composer[42]
- August 28 – Francesc Burrull, 86, Spanish musician and composer[43]
- September 16 –George Mraz, 77, Czech-American jazz bassist[44]
- September 28 - Dr. Lonnie Smith, 79, American jazz Hammond B3 organist
- October 18 – Franco Cerri, 95, Italian jazz guitarist.[45]
- November 1 – Pat Martino, 77, American jazz guitarist.[46]
- November 18 - Slide Hampton, 89, American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger.
- December 8 - Barry Harris, 91, American jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Francis Davis (14 January 2021). "The 2020 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll". NPR. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ 2020 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List: 2020 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List, accessdate: June 1, 2023
- ^ 2021 GRAMMY Awards Show: Chick Corea Wins Best Improvised Jazz Solo & Best Jazz Instrumental Album | 2021 GRAMMY Awards Show, accessdate: May 23, 2023
- ^ Music Week: Sons Of Kemet's Shabaka Hutchings on his new label | Labels | Music Week, accessdate: May 23, 2023
- ^ Paul Robicheau (August 3, 2021). "Concert Review: Newport Jazz Festival 2021 — A Musical Affirmation". The Arts Fuse. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ^ "Midnight Crisp, by Takuya Kuroda". Takuya Kuroda. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Chow, Andrew R.; Lang, Cady (4 December 2021). "The 10 Best Albums of 2021". Time. Archived from the original on 2022-08-17. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- ^ Morgan Enos (April 12, 2021). "Jihye Lee: Daring to Lead". Jazz Times. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ^ Shaffer, Claire (16 February 2021). "Pharoah Sanders Announces First Album in a Decade With Floating Points". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- ^ Vijay Iyer, Vijay Iyer Trio - Uneasy Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
- ^ Jazz, All About (2021-04-29). "Vijay Iyer: Uneasy album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
- ^ Allnutt, Chris (28 April 2021). "Saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings: 'If I stop playing, I feel that physical yearning'". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Black to the Future by Sons of Kemet". Metacritic. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ Kalia, Ammar (2021-04-30). "Jaubi: Nafs at Peace review – Pakistani band battle ego with improv". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
- ^ Julian Lage - Squint Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
- ^ Sounds from the Ancestors - Kenny Garrett | Releases | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
- ^ Renee Rosnes - Kinds Of Love, 2021-09-03, retrieved 2023-07-01
- ^ Jazz, All About (2021-12-11). "Renee Rosnes: Kinds of Love album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
- ^ John Fordham (December 19, 2021). "The 10 best jazz albums of 2021". The Guardian. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ^ Mike Shanley (December 31, 2021). "Tony Malaby's Sabino: The Cave of Winds (Pyroclastic)". Jazz Times. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ SuperBlue - Kurt Elling | Releases | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
- ^ Crisis - Louis Hayes | Releases | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
- ^ A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday - Jack DeJohnette, Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith | Releases | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
- ^ "New Standards Out Now". kennyg.com. 3 December 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
- ^ Denis, Jacques (7 January 2021). "Mort de Bobby Few, pianiste sans chapelle". Libération (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ admin (January 17, 2021). "American Composer and Arranger Sammy Nestico has Passed Away". Talk Zone. Archived from the original on January 17, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
- ^ Bebco, Joe. "British Bandleader Keith Nichols has died. – The Syncopated Times". syncopatedtimes.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Legendary South African musician Jonas Gwangwa, 83, dies". News 24. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ Shteamer, Hank (February 11, 2021). "Chick Corea, Jazz Pianist Who Expanded the Possibilities of the Genre, Dead at 79". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ^ Bruce, Jasper (13 February 2021). "Influential jazz drummer Milford Graves has passed away at 79". NME. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ "Chris Barber, one of the greatest figures in the history of British jazz – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Veteran Congolese singer Josky Kiambukuta dies in Kinshasa". The East African. 8 March 2021.
- ^ "Le compositeur romand Julien-François Zbinden est mort à 103 ans". rts.ch (in French). 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ^ Pál Tamás (10 March 2021). "Meghalt Gonda János dzsesszzenész". Telex (in Hungarian). Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ Warner, Amelia (19 March 2021). "Trumpeter Cristián Cuturrufo Dies, Victim Of COVID-19". Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Malcolm Cecil, influential producer and Stevie Wonder collaborator, has died". NME. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Sonny Simmons 1933–2021". jazztimes.com. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Curtis Fuller, Leading Trombonist Of Jazz's Detroit Wave, Dies At 88". krvs.org. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ Hardman, Ray (16 May 2021). "Jazz Legend, Connecticut Native Mario Pavone Dies at 80". NPR. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ ジャズのサックス奏者・原信夫さん死去、94歳…「シャープス&フラッツ」リーダー (in Japanese)
- ^ Hopkins, Scott (5 July 2021). "Rick Laird, Bassist for Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dead at 80". Music Fest News. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Polish jazz pioneer passes away aged 93". Poland In. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ Jurado, Miquel (August 28, 2021). "Muere a los 86 años Francesc Burrull, el hombre que moldeó la 'Nova Cançó'". EL PAÍS (in Spanish).
- ^ "George Mraz,consummate jazz bassist, dies at 77". New York Times. 25 September 2021.
- ^ "È morto Franco Cerri, grande chitarrista del jazz italiano". La Repubblica (in Italian). 18 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ "Pat Martino, Jazz Guitarist Who Overcame Amnesia, Dies at 77". Ny Times. 1 November 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-11-02.