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(Top) 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 December 2 Albums 3 Deaths 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

2021 in jazz

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2021 in jazz
Maria Schneider, whose album Data Lords was voted best of 2020 by critics in January 2021
Decade	2020s in jazz
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This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2021.

Events

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January

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January 14 – The 2020 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll rates Maria Schneider's Data Lords as the best album of 2020.^[1]

February

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March

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March 14 - The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards occur.^[2] Jazz winners include:
- Kurt Elling wins Best Jazz Vocal Album for his 2019 album Secrets are the Best Stories
- Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade win Best Jazz Instrumental Album for their 2021 album Trilogy 2^[3]
- The Maria Schneider Orchestra wins Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for its 2020 album Data Lords
- Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra win Best Latin Jazz Album for their album Four Questions

April

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May

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June

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July

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July 30 - Shabaka Hutchings from Sons Of Kemet founds a new UK Jazz record label, "Native Rebel Recordings"^[4]
- July 30-August 1 – The Newport Jazz Festival takes place in the US state of Rhode Island. Performers include Gerald Clayton, Charles Lloyd, Mavis Staples, Trombone Shorty, Kamasi Washington and Brandee Younger.^[5]

August

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September

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October

October 21 - Takuya Kuroda releases "Midnight Crisp" ^[6]

November

December

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December 4 - Promises (Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra album) is named album of the year 2021 by TIME magazine^[7]

Albums

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Month	Day	Album	Artist	Label	Ref.
March	26	Daring Mind	Jihye Lee Orchestra	Motema Music	^[8]
March	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]
May	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]
November	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]

Deaths

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January 6 – Bobby Few, 85, American jazz pianist^[25]
January 17 – Sammy Nestico, 96, American composer and arranger^[26]
January 20 – Keith Nichols, 75, British instrumentalist and bandleader (COVID-19)^[27]
January 23 – Jonas Gwangwa, 83, South African jazz trombonist^[28]
February 9 – Chick Corea, 79, American pianist, composer and bandleader^[29]
February 12 – Milford Graves, 79, American drummer and polymath^[30]
March 2 – Chris Barber, 90, British bandleader and trombonist^[31]
March 7 – Josky Kiambukuta, 72, Congolese singer (TPOK Jazz)^[32]
March 8 – Julien-François Zbinden, 103, Swiss composer and jazz pianist^[33]
March 10 – János Gonda, 89, Hungarian jazz pianist^[34]
March 19 – Cristián Cuturrufo, 48, Chilean jazz trumpeter (COVID-19)^[35]
March 28 – Malcolm Cecil, 84, British jazz bassist and record producer^[36]
April 7 – Sonny Simmons, 87, American jazz saxophonist^[37]
May 8 – Curtis Fuller, 88, American jazz trombonist^[38]
May 15 – Mario Pavone, 80, American jazz bassist, composer and bandleader^[39]
June 21 – Nobuo Hara, 94, Japanese saxophonist^[40]
July 4 – Rick Laird, 80, Irish jazz bassist (Mahavishnu Orchestra)^[41]
July 31 – Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, 93, Polish jazz musician and composer^[42]
August 28 – Francesc Burrull, 86, Spanish musician and composer^[43]
September 16 –George Mraz, 77, Czech-American jazz bassist^[44]
September 28 - Dr. Lonnie Smith, 79, American jazz Hammond B3 organist
October 18 – Franco Cerri, 95, Italian jazz guitarist.^[45]
November 1 – Pat Martino, 77, American jazz guitarist.^[46]
November 18 - Slide Hampton, 89, American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger.
December 8 - Barry Harris, 91, American jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator

References

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^ Francis Davis (14 January 2021). "The 2020 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll". NPR. Retrieved January 26, 2021.

^ 2020 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List: 2020 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List, accessdate: June 1, 2023

^ 2021 GRAMMY Awards Show: Chick Corea Wins Best Improvised Jazz Solo & Best Jazz Instrumental Album | 2021 GRAMMY Awards Show, accessdate: May 23, 2023

^ Music Week: Sons Of Kemet's Shabaka Hutchings on his new label | Labels | Music Week, accessdate: May 23, 2023

^ Paul Robicheau (August 3, 2021). "Concert Review: Newport Jazz Festival 2021 — A Musical Affirmation". The Arts Fuse. Retrieved August 5, 2021.

^ "Midnight Crisp, by Takuya Kuroda". Takuya Kuroda. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

^ 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.

^ Morgan Enos (April 12, 2021). "Jihye Lee: Daring to Lead". Jazz Times. Retrieved January 16, 2021.

^ Shaffer, Claire (16 February 2021). "Pharoah Sanders Announces First Album in a Decade With Floating Points". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 17, 2022.

^ Vijay Iyer, Vijay Iyer Trio - Uneasy Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01

^ Jazz, All About (2021-04-29). "Vijay Iyer: Uneasy album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2023-07-01.

^ Allnutt, Chris (28 April 2021). "Saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings: 'If I stop playing, I feel that physical yearning'". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

^ "Black to the Future by Sons of Kemet". Metacritic. Retrieved 22 May 2021.

^ 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.

^ Julian Lage - Squint Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01

^ Sounds from the Ancestors - Kenny Garrett | Releases | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01

^ Renee Rosnes - Kinds Of Love, 2021-09-03, retrieved 2023-07-01

^ Jazz, All About (2021-12-11). "Renee Rosnes: Kinds of Love album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2023-07-01.

^ John Fordham (December 19, 2021). "The 10 best jazz albums of 2021". The Guardian. Retrieved January 16, 2021.

^ Mike Shanley (December 31, 2021). "Tony Malaby's Sabino: The Cave of Winds (Pyroclastic)". Jazz Times. Retrieved January 16, 2022.

^ SuperBlue - Kurt Elling | Releases | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01

^ Crisis - Louis Hayes | Releases | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01

^ A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday - Jack DeJohnette, Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith | Releases | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01

^ "New Standards Out Now". kennyg.com. 3 December 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2022.

^ Denis, Jacques (7 January 2021). "Mort de Bobby Few, pianiste sans chapelle". Libération (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2021.

^ 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.

^ Bebco, Joe. "British Bandleader Keith Nichols has died. – The Syncopated Times". syncopatedtimes.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

^ "Legendary South African musician Jonas Gwangwa, 83, dies". News 24. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

^ 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.

^ Bruce, Jasper (13 February 2021). "Influential jazz drummer Milford Graves has passed away at 79". NME. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

^ "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.

^ "Veteran Congolese singer Josky Kiambukuta dies in Kinshasa". The East African. 8 March 2021.

^ "Le compositeur romand Julien-François Zbinden est mort à 103 ans". rts.ch (in French). 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2021-03-13.

^ Pál Tamás (10 March 2021). "Meghalt Gonda János dzsesszzenész". Telex (in Hungarian). Retrieved 10 March 2021.

^ Warner, Amelia (19 March 2021). "Trumpeter Cristián Cuturrufo Dies, Victim Of COVID-19". Retrieved 20 March 2021.

^ "Malcolm Cecil, influential producer and Stevie Wonder collaborator, has died". NME. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.

^ "Sonny Simmons 1933–2021". jazztimes.com. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

^ "Curtis Fuller, Leading Trombonist Of Jazz's Detroit Wave, Dies At 88". krvs.org. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

^ Hardman, Ray (16 May 2021). "Jazz Legend, Connecticut Native Mario Pavone Dies at 80". NPR. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

^ 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)

^ Hopkins, Scott (5 July 2021). "Rick Laird, Bassist for Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dead at 80". Music Fest News. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

^ "Polish jazz pioneer passes away aged 93". Poland In. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

^ Jurado, Miquel (August 28, 2021). "Muere a los 86 años Francesc Burrull, el hombre que moldeó la 'Nova Cançó'". EL PAÍS (in Spanish).

^ "George Mraz,consummate jazz bassist, dies at 77". New York Times. 25 September 2021.

^ "È morto Franco Cerri, grande chitarrista del jazz italiano". La Repubblica (in Italian). 18 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

^ "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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