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This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2021.

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Month Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
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]

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References

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  1. ^ Francis Davis (14 January 2021). "The 2020 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll". NPR. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  2. ^ 2020 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List: 2020 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List, accessdate: June 1, 2023
  3. ^ 2021 GRAMMY Awards Show: Chick Corea Wins Best Improvised Jazz Solo & Best Jazz Instrumental Album | 2021 GRAMMY Awards Show, accessdate: May 23, 2023
  4. ^ Music Week: Sons Of Kemet's Shabaka Hutchings on his new label | Labels | Music Week, accessdate: May 23, 2023
  5. ^ Paul Robicheau (August 3, 2021). "Concert Review: Newport Jazz Festival 2021 — A Musical Affirmation". The Arts Fuse. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  6. ^ "Midnight Crisp, by Takuya Kuroda". Takuya Kuroda. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Morgan Enos (April 12, 2021). "Jihye Lee: Daring to Lead". Jazz Times. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  9. ^ Shaffer, Claire (16 February 2021). "Pharoah Sanders Announces First Album in a Decade With Floating Points". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  10. ^ Vijay Iyer, Vijay Iyer Trio - Uneasy Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
  11. ^ Jazz, All About (2021-04-29). "Vijay Iyer: Uneasy album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  12. ^ Allnutt, Chris (28 April 2021). "Saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings: 'If I stop playing, I feel that physical yearning'". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Black to the Future by Sons of Kemet". Metacritic. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Julian Lage - Squint Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
  16. ^ Sounds from the Ancestors - Kenny Garrett | Releases | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
  17. ^ Renee Rosnes - Kinds Of Love, 2021-09-03, retrieved 2023-07-01
  18. ^ Jazz, All About (2021-12-11). "Renee Rosnes: Kinds of Love album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  19. ^ John Fordham (December 19, 2021). "The 10 best jazz albums of 2021". The Guardian. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  20. ^ Mike Shanley (December 31, 2021). "Tony Malaby's Sabino: The Cave of Winds (Pyroclastic)". Jazz Times. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  21. ^ SuperBlue - Kurt Elling | Releases | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
  22. ^ Crisis - Louis Hayes | Releases | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
  23. ^ A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday - Jack DeJohnette, Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith | Releases | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
  24. ^ "New Standards Out Now". kennyg.com. 3 December 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  25. ^ Denis, Jacques (7 January 2021). "Mort de Bobby Few, pianiste sans chapelle". Libération (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  26. ^ 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.
  27. ^ Bebco, Joe. "British Bandleader Keith Nichols has died. – The Syncopated Times". syncopatedtimes.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  28. ^ "Legendary South African musician Jonas Gwangwa, 83, dies". News 24. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  29. ^ 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.
  30. ^ Bruce, Jasper (13 February 2021). "Influential jazz drummer Milford Graves has passed away at 79". NME. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  31. ^ "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.
  32. ^ "Veteran Congolese singer Josky Kiambukuta dies in Kinshasa". The East African. 8 March 2021.
  33. ^ "Le compositeur romand Julien-François Zbinden est mort à 103 ans". rts.ch (in French). 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  34. ^ Pál Tamás (10 March 2021). "Meghalt Gonda János dzsesszzenész". Telex (in Hungarian). Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  35. ^ Warner, Amelia (19 March 2021). "Trumpeter Cristián Cuturrufo Dies, Victim Of COVID-19". Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  36. ^ "Malcolm Cecil, influential producer and Stevie Wonder collaborator, has died". NME. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  37. ^ "Sonny Simmons 1933–2021". jazztimes.com. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  38. ^ "Curtis Fuller, Leading Trombonist Of Jazz's Detroit Wave, Dies At 88". krvs.org. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  39. ^ Hardman, Ray (16 May 2021). "Jazz Legend, Connecticut Native Mario Pavone Dies at 80". NPR. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  40. ^ 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)
  41. ^ Hopkins, Scott (5 July 2021). "Rick Laird, Bassist for Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dead at 80". Music Fest News. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  42. ^ "Polish jazz pioneer passes away aged 93". Poland In. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  43. ^ Jurado, Miquel (August 28, 2021). "Muere a los 86 años Francesc Burrull, el hombre que moldeó la 'Nova Cançó'". EL PAÍS (in Spanish).
  44. ^ "George Mraz,consummate jazz bassist, dies at 77". New York Times. 25 September 2021.
  45. ^ "È morto Franco Cerri, grande chitarrista del jazz italiano". La Repubblica (in Italian). 18 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  46. ^ "Pat Martino, Jazz Guitarist Who Overcame Amnesia, Dies at 77". Ny Times. 1 November 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-11-02.
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