1999 in jazz

January March • 26 – The 26th Vossajazz started in Vossavangen, Norway (March 26 – 28). May • 13 – The 27th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 13 – 29). • 21 – The 28th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 21 – 24). June • 30 – The 35th Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (June 30 – July 3). July • 1 – The 20th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (July 1 – 11). • 2 – The 9th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (July 2 – 10). • 3 – The 33rd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 3 – 18). • 10 • The 24th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague (July 10 – 12). • The 34th Pori Jazz started in Pori, Finland (July 10 – 19). • 11 – The 52nd Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 11 – 18). • 12 – The 39th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 12 – 17). • 21 – The 34th San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 22 – 27). August • 9 – The 14th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 9 – 15). September • 17 – The 42nd Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 17 – 19). Unknown date • "Don't Know Why" by Jesse Harris appears on his 1999 album, Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos. • The Magic City Jazz Orchestra (MCJO) American jazz ensemble is founded. • The Pulitzer Prize Board bestows a special posthumous honor on Duke Ellington. • WEAA is named 1999 Jazz Station of the Year by Gavin magazine. • Atomic, Norwegian / Swedish jazz band formed. • Radioactive Sago Project, a Filipino jazz rock band formed in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. • III Records, a record label based in Japan is founded. • Zoe Rahman, British jazz composer and pianist, won the "Perrier Young Jazz Musician of the Year" Award. ==Album releases==

July With Wikipedia articles • 1999 Remixes, the third compilation album released by British acid jazz band Jamiroquai • April Kisses, by Bucky Pizzarelli • Contemporary Jazz, by the Branford Marsalis Quartet • Continuance, by jazz fusion band Greetings From Mercury, recorded live at Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium • Live at the Floating Jazz Festival, from the 1997 jazz festival of the same name by violinist Johnny Frigo and his quartet. • Peculiar Situation, a smooth jazz studio album by Earl Klugh • Synergy, studio album by jazz-fusion group Dave Weckl Band • ''Time's Mirror'', big band album by jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger, Tom Harrell • Without Kuryokhin, American jazz multi-instrumentalist Kenny Millions and Japanese experimental musician Otomo Yoshihide. • Barefoot on the Beach, by American smooth jazz vocalist Michael Franks. Other • Jane Ira Bloom: The Red Quartets • Steve Coleman: The Sonic Language of Myth – Believing Learning Knowing • Marty Ehrlich: ''Malinke's Dance'' • Bill Dixon: Papyrus I • Guillermo Gregorio: Red Cubed • Paul Dunmall: Bebop Starburst • Matthew Shipp: Expansion, Power, Release • Misha Mengelberg: Solo • Marilyn Crispell: ⋅Red • Marilyn Crispell: Blue • Evan Parker: After Appleby • Joshua Redman: Beyond • Maybe Monday: ''Saturn's Finger'' • Richard Lee Johnson: Fingertip Ship (Metro Blue) ==Deaths==

; January • 6 – Michel Petrucciani, French pianist and composer (born 1962). • 7 – Fred Hopkins, American upright bassist (born 1947). ; February • 1 – Julius Wechter, American vibraphonist and composer (born 1935). • 5 – Colin Purbrook, English pianist, upright bassist, and trumpeter (born 1936). • 6 – Jimmy Roberts, American singer (born 1923). • 8 – Richard B. Boone, American jazz musician, trombonist, and vocalist (born 1930). • 7 – Bobby Troup, American pianist and songwriter (born 1918). • 11 – Jaki Byard, American jazz pianist and composer who also played trumpet and saxophone (born 1922). • 16 – Betty Roché, American singer (born 1918). • 19 • Lauderic Caton, Trinidadian guitarist (born 1910). • Trudy Desmond, Canadian singer (born 1945). • 27 – Horace Tapscott, American pianist and composer (born 1934). ; March • 3 – John Roache, American pianist and composer of Ragtime (born 1940). • 4 – Teddy McRae, American tenor saxophonist and arranger (born 1908). • 12 – Yehudi Menuhin, Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor (born 1916). • 22 – Rick Fay, American clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1926). • 29 – Joe Williams, American vocalist (born 1918). ; April • 1 – Jesse Stone, American pianist and songwriter (born 1901). • 3 – Herman Foster, American pianist (born 1928). • 6 – Red Norvo, American vibraphonist (born 1908). • 21 – Charles Rogers, American film actor and musician (born 1904). • 23 – Melba Liston, American trombonist, composer, and musical arranger (born 1926). • 27 – Al Hirt, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1922). ; May • 8 – Leon Thomas, American avant-garde jazz singer (born 1937). • 18 – Freddy Randall, English jazz trumpeter and bandleader (born 1921). • 19 – Candy Candido, American bassist and vocalist (born 1913). ;June • 2 – Andy Simpkins, American bassist (born 1932). • 5 • Ernie Wilkins, American tenor saxophonist (born 1922). • Mel Tormé, American singer (born 1925). • 8 – Rosy McHargue, American clarinetist (born 1902). • 15 – Fausto Papetti, Italian alto saxophonist (born 1923). ; July • 9 – Talib Dawud, American trumpeter (born 1923). • 11 – Helen Forrest, American singer (born 1917). • 22 – Gar Samuelson, American drummer (born 1958). • 27 – Sweets Edison, American trumpeter (born 1915). ; August • 3 – Leroy Vinnegar, American bassist (born 1928). • 24 – Warren Covington, American trombonist (born 1921). • 25 – Spiegle Willcox, American trombonist (born 1903). ; September • 6 – Arnold Fishkind, American bassist (born 1919). • 8 – Moondog, American musician, composer, theoretician, poet and inventor (born 1916). • 30 – Anna Mae Winburn, African-American vocalist and bandleader (born 1913). ; October • 2 – Sal Salvador, American bebop jazz guitarist and a prominent music educator (born 1925). • 4 – Art Farmer, American trumpeter and flugelhorn player (born 1928). • 8 – Manfredo Fest, Brazilian pianist and keyboardist (born 1936). • 9 – Milt Jackson, American vibraphonist (born 1923). • 18 – Tony Crombie, English jazz drummer, pianist, bandleader, and composer (born 1925). • 21 – LaMont Johnson, American pianist who played in the hard bop and post-bop genres (born 1941). • 31 – Wyatt Ruther, American upright bassist (born 1923). ; November • 8 – Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (born 1941). • 13 • John Benson Brooks, American jazz pianist, songwriter, arranger, and composer (born 1917). • Donald Mills, American singer, The Mills Brothers (born 1915). • 26 • Clifford Jarvis, American hard bop and free jazz drummer (born 1941). • Henry Nemo, American musician, songwriter, and actor (born 1909). • 30 – Don "Sugarcane" Harris, American violinist (born 1938). ; December • 2 – Charlie Byrd, American guitarist (born 1925). • 4 – Edward Vesala, Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer (born 1945). • 7 – Kenny Baker, English trumpeter, cornetist, flugelhornist, and composer (born 1921). • 11 – Charles Earland, American jazz composer, organist and saxophonist in the soul jazz idiom (born 1941). • 14 – Walt Levinsky, American big band and orchestral player, composer, arranger, and band leader (born 1929). • 17 – Grover Washington Jr., American saxophonist (born 1943). • 26 – Curtis Mayfield, American singer and songwriter (born 1942). • 28 – Terry Rosen, American guitarist, concert promoter and radio DJ (born 1939). • 30 – Sam Ranelli, American drummer (born 1920). ==Births==

; October • 3 – Tom Ibarra, French guitarist and composer. ==See also==