This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2020.
Events
January February March April May May 6 – Gregory Porter's brother Lloyd dies of COVID-19, two months after the singer is forced to interrupt his world tour by the pandemic. June June 26 - Immanuel Wilkins signs with Blue Note RecordsImmanuel Wilkins signs to Blue Note: Immanuel Wilkins signs to Blue Note, accessdate: May 26, 2023 July August August 6-8 – The Newport Jazz Festival is replaced by a programme of virtual events created by founder George Wein. September October November December
Albums MonthDayAlbumArtistLabelNotes Ref.January17Is That So?John McLaughlin (musician), Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain (musician)Abstract Logix February14Life Goes OnCarla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow ECM Records21 From This Place Pat Metheny Nonesuch Records March20Elegant TravellerJocelyn GouldRejoiceHugh Masekela and Tony AllenWorld CircuitMasekela died in 201827Big ViciousAvishai Cohen (trumpeter)ECM RecordsPursuance : The ColtranesLakecia BenjaminRopeadope Records April 10Iron StarletConnie HanMack Avenue RecordsDownBeat Reviews: DownBeat Reviews, accessdate: June 19, 2023Connie Han: Iron Starlet album review @ All About Jazz: Connie Han: Iron Starlet album review @ All About Jazz, accessdate: June 19, 2023June12Angels AroundKurt Rosenwinkel20Swallow TalesJohn Scofield and Steve SwallowECM Records July10RoundAgainJoshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Brian BladeNonesuchAugust7Just Coolin''' |Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers | rowspan="2" |Blue Note Records |recorded in 1959.
|14 |Omega|Immanuel Wilkins
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |21 |Source|Nubya Garcia |Concord | |Pitchfork: Nubya Garcia: Source Album Review | Pitchfork, accessdate: June 19, 2023 |- | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |28 |The Call Within|Tigran Hamasyan |Nonesuch
|Axiom |Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah |Ropeadope Records
| rowspan="2" |September |11 |Artemis|Artemis (Renee Rosnes, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Anat Cohen, Melissa Aldana, Ingrid Jensen, Noriko Ueda, Allison Miller) |Blue Note Records
|23 |Van |Clown Core | |Songs released individually initially
|October |30 |Artlessly Falling''Mary Halvorson's Code Girl
Deaths January 10 – Wolfgang Dauner, 84, German jazz pianist February 10 – Lyle Mays, 66, American jazz fusion keyboardist (Pat Metheny Group) February 16 – Graeme Allwright, 93, New Zealand-French folk and jazz singer-songwriter February 18 – Jon Christensen, 76m Norwegian jazz drummer March 2 – Susan Weinert, 54, German jazz fusion guitarist (cancer) March 6 – McCoy Tyner, 81, American jazz pianist March 10 – Marcelo Peralta, 59, Argentine jazz saxophonist (COVID-19) April 1 - Ellis Marsalis, Jr., 85, American jazz pianist and educator April 15 - Lee Konitz, 92, American jazz saxophonist October 17 – Toshinori Kondo, 71, Japanese jazz and jazz fusion trumpeter October 31 – Marc Fosset, 71, French jazz guitarist November 1 – Pedro Iturralde, 91, Spanish jazz saxophonist November 7 – Cándido Camero, 99, Cuban jazz percussionist November 11 – Andrew White, 78, American jazz saxophonist November 26 – Allan Botschinsky, 80, Danish jazz trumpeter December 30 – Eugene Wright, 97, American jazz bassist (Dave Brubeck Quartet)
See also
List of 2020 albums List of jazz festivals List of years in jazz 2020s in jazz 2020 in music
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