1994 in jazz

1994 in jazz
Ornette Coleman, 1994
Decade	1990s in jazz
Music	1994 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1993 in jazz – 1995 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1994.

Events

Album releases

Deaths

January

• 1 – James Clay, American tenor saxophonist and flutist (born 1935).

February

• 8 – Raymond Scott, American composer, band leader, pianist, and electronic instrument inventor (born 1908).

March

• 9 – Maurice Purtill or Moe Purtill, American drummer, Glenn Miller Orchestra (born 1916).
• 19 – Rafig Babayev, Azerbaijani musician and composer (born 1937).
• 24 – Tommy Benford, American drummer (born 1905).

April

• 2 – Rowland Greenberg, Norwegian trumpeter (born 1920).
• 6 – Dick Cary, American trumpeter, composer, and arranger (born 1916).
• 16 – Ralph Ellison, American novelist and literary critic (born 1913).
• 22 – Jack Bentley, English trombonist, journalist, and scriptwriter (born 1913).

May

• 23 – Joe Pass, American guitarist of Sicilian descent (born 1929).
• 25 – Eric Gale, American guitarist (born 1938).
• 26
  • Gil Fuller, American composer and arranger (born 1920).
  • Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist (born 1940).
• 27 – Red Rodney, American trumpeter (born 1927).
• 29 – Oliver Jackson, American drummer (born 1933).
• 30 – Jean Omer, Belgian reedist and bandleader (born 1912).

June

• 7 – Willie Humphrey, American clarinetist (born 1900).^[13]
• 14
  • Henry Mancini, American composer, conductor, and arranger (born 1924).
  • Lionel Grigson, British pianist, cornettist, trumpeter, and composer (born 1942).
• 21 – Dennis Berry, English saxophonist, composer, arranger, and producer (born 1921).

July

• 11 – Lex Humphries, American drummer (born 1936).

August

• 6 – Jacques Pelzer, Belgian alto saxophonist and flautist (born 1924).^[14]
• 12 – Gene Cherico, American upright bassist (born 1935).
• 18 – Charles Redland, Swedish saxophonist, bandleader, and composer (born 1911).

September

• 5 – Billy Usselton, American jazz reed player (born 1926).
• 6 – Max Kaminsky, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1908).^[15]
• 13 – John Stevens, English drummer, Spontaneous Music Ensemble (born 1940).
• 16 – Bernie Leighton, American pianist (born 1921).
• 20 – Jimmy Hamilton, American clarinetist, tenor saxophonist, and composer (born 1917).
• 22
  • Bob Lively, American saxophonist (born 1923).
  • Leonard Feather, British pianist, composer, and producer (born 1914).
• 29 – David van Kriedt, American composer, saxophonist, and music teacher (born 1922).

October

• 4 – Danny Gatton, American guitarist (born 1945).
• 5 – Nini Rosso, Italian jazz trumpeter and composer (born 1926).
• 8 – John Neely, American tenor saxophonist and arranger (born 1930).
• 21
  • Lanny Steele, American pianist and composer (born 1933).
  • Thore Ehrling, Swedish trumpeter, composer, and bandleader (born 1912).

November

• 4 – Jack Sharpe, English saxophonist and bandleader (born 1930).
• 7 – Shorty Rogers, American trumpeter and flugelhornist (born 1924).
• 10 – Carmen McRae, American singer, composer, pianist, and actress (born 1922).
• 18 – Cab Calloway, American singer and bandleader (born 1907).
• 28 – Al Levitt, American drummer (born 1932).
• 30 – Connie Kay, American drummer (born 1927).

December

• 8 – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian composer, pianist, songwriter, arranger, and singer (born 1927).
• 14 – Mary Ann McCall, American singer (born 1919).
• 19
  • Bill Douglass, American drummer (born 1923).
  • Noel Pointer, American jazz violinist and record producer (born 1954).

Nikki Yanofsky

Births

February

• 8 – Nikki Yanofsky, Canadian singer.

March

• 23 – Gentle Bones, Singaporean singer and composer.

April

• 9 – Jo David Meyer Lysne, Norwegian guitarist and composer.

May

• 3 – Signe Førre, Norwegian singer, upright bassist, and composer.

Unknown date

• Amalie Holt Kleive, Norwegian singer and composer.
• Billie Black, British singer.

See also

• 1990s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1994 in music

References

External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 1994 at All About Jazz

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