This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1965.
Events
July 1 – The 12th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 1 – 4).
Unknown dates Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club opens in larger premises at 47 Frith Street, in London's Soho district. Carla Bley divorced Paul Bley.
Album releases
Andrew Hill: Compulsion Archie Shepp: Fire Music Ben Webster: Stormy Weather Bobby Hutcherson: Components Bobby Hutcherson: Dialogue Don Cherry: Complete Communion Eddie Palmieri: Mozambique Frank Wright: Frank Wright Trio Gabor Szabo: Gypsy George Finola: Jazz Of The Chosen Few Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage Horace Silver: The Cape Verdean Blues Horace Silver: Song for My Father John Coltrane: A Love Supreme John Coltrane: The John Coltrane Quartet Plays Lee Morgan: Cornbread Lee Morgan: The Gigolo Marion Brown: Marion Brown Quartet Milford Graves: Percussion Ensemble Wes Montgomery: Bumpin' New York Art Quartet: Mohawk Ornette Coleman: Chappaqua Suite Patty Waters: Sings Prince Lasha: Inside Story Roland Kirk: Rip, Rig and Panic Roswell Rudd: Roswell Rudd Sam Rivers: Contours Sun Ra: The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two Sun Ra: The Magic City Vince Guaraldi: A Charlie Brown Christmas Wayne Shorter: The All Seeing Eye Wayne Shorter: Soothsayer
Standards
Deaths
January 29 – Jack Hylton, English pianist, composer, band leader, and impresario (born 1892).
February 12 – Bonnie Wetzel, American upright bassist (born 1926). 15 – Nat King Cole, American pianist and singer (born 1919).
March 8 – Tadd Dameron, American composer, arranger, and pianist (born 1917).
May 1 – Spike Jones, American musician and bandleader (born 1911). 14 – Joe Sanders, American pianist, singer, and bandleader (born 1896). 24 – Denzil Best, American percussionist and composer (born 1917).
June 25 – Keg Purnell, American drummer (born 1915).
July 1 – Claude Thornhill, American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (born 1909). 4 – Valdemar Eiberg, Danish musician and orchestra leader (born 1892). 8 – Willie Dennis, American trombonist (born 1926). 14 – Spencer Williams, African-American pianist, singer, and composer (born 1889).
August 10 – Freddie Slack, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1910).
September 15 – Steve Brown, American upright bassist (born 1896).
October 10 – Gerorge Tucker, American upright bassist (born 1927). 27 – Edythe Wright, American singer (born 1914). 28 – Earl Bostic, American alto saxophonist (born 1913).
November 6 – Clarence Williams, American pianist, vocalist, and composer (born 1898). 14 – Buster Harding, Canadian-born American pianist (born 1912). 18 – Lou Black, American banjo player (born 1901). 21 – Cecil Brower, American violinist (perforated ulcer) (born 1914). Warren Tartaglia, American saxophonist (born 1944).
December 2 – Hank D'Amico, American clarinetist (born 1915). 11 – Dave Barbour, American guitarist (born 1912). 20 – Charlie Burse, American ukulele, banjo, and guitar player (born 1901). 26 – Peter Packay, Belgian trumpeter, arranger, and composer (born 1904).
Births
January 1 – Miki Higashino, Japanese pianist and video game composer. 3 – Sheila Majid, Malaysian singer. 19 – Antonio Faraò, Italian pianist.
February 13 – Ole Mathisen, Norwegian saxophonist. 24 – Tone Åse, Norwegian singer. 27 – Joey Calderazzo, American pianist.
March 2 – Wolfgang Muthspiel, Austrian guitarist and record label owner. 8 – Karin Mensah, Cape Verdean singer. 12 – Liv Stoveland, Norwegian singer. 22 – David Linx, Belgian singer and songwriter. 24 – Patrick Scales, British-German bass guitarist.
April 7 – Sylvain Luc, French guitarist. 10 – Omar Sosa, Cuban composer, bandleader, and pianist. 20 – Darko Jurković, Croatian guitarist and composer. 29 – Rain Sultanov, Azerbaijani saxophonist.
May 3 – Magnus Öström, Swedish drummer, Esbjörn Svensson Trio or e.s.t. 10 – Philip Harper, American trumpeter. 16 – Javon Jackson, American tenor saxophonist.
June 3 Derrick Gardner, American trumpeter. Mirko Fait, Italian saxophonist and composer. 9 – Helge Sunde, Norwegian trombonist and multi-instrumentalist. 27 – Magnus Broo, Swedish trumpeter, Atomic.
July 5 – Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli pianist. 16 – Odd André Elveland, Norwegian saxophonist. 19 – Evelyn Glennie, Scottish percussionist. 28 – Delfeayo Marsalis, American trombonist and record producer.
August 4 – Terri Lyne Carrington, American drummer, composer, singer, record producer, and entrepreneur. 6 – Ravi Coltrane, American saxophonist. 21 – Leon Parker, American percussionist and composer. 29 – Mark d'Inverno, British pianist, composer, and computer scientist.
September 5 – Björn Meyer, Swedish bassist and composer. 11 – Jesse Davis, American saxophonist. 24 – Njål Ølnes, Norwegian saxophonist. 28 – Hans Ulrik, Danish saxophonist, and composer.
October 9 – Geir Lysne, Norwegian saxophonist and orchestra leader. 12 – Luis Bonilla, American trombonist, producer, composer and educator. 18 – Curtis Stigers, American vocalist, saxophonist, guitarist, and songwriter.
November 2 – Andrew D'Angelo, American saxophonist. 10 – Mark Turner, American saxophonist. 21 – Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter.
December 5 – Hildegunn Øiseth, Norwegian trumpeter and hornist. 7 – Wolfgang Haffner, German drummer. 29 – Danilo Perez, Panamanian pianist and composer. 30 – Ron Affif, American guitarist.
Unknown date Arturo Tappin, Barbadian saxophonist and composer. Bradley Joseph, American pianist. Helge Andreas Norbakken, Norwegian percussionist. Kostas Theodorou, Greek upright bassist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.
See also
1960s in jazz List of years in jazz 1965 in music
References
Bibliography
External links History Of Jazz Timeline: 1965 at All About Jazz