2006 in jazz

2006 in jazz
John Scofield at Moers Festival, June 2006, Germany.
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2006.

Monty Alexander at Ronnie Scotts Jazz venue, London 2006.

Events

Arve Henriksen at Moers Festival,
June 2006, Germany.

Eivind Aarset at Moers Festival,
June 2006, Germany.

Nils Petter Molvaer
at Moers Festival, Germany 2006.

January

• 13 – The very first Ice Music Festival Festival started in Geilo, Norway (January 13 - 15).^[1]
• 26 – The 9th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 26 - 28).^[2][3]

March

• 3 – The 2nd Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (January 3 – 5).^[4]

April

• 7
  • The 33rd Vossajazz started at Voss, Norway (April 7 – 9).^[5]
  • Yngve Moe was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2006.^[6]
• 8 – Trygve Seim performs the commissioned work Reiser for Vossajazz 2006.^[7]

May

• 23 – The 34th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 24 – June 3).^[8]

June

• 2 – The 35th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 2 – 5).^[9]
• 29
  • The 27th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Canada (June 29 - July 9).^[10]
  • The 18th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 29 – July 16).^[11]
• 30 – The 40th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 30 – July 15).^[12]

July

• 5 – The 42nd Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (July 5 – 8).^[13]
• 7 – The 28th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 7 – 16).^[14]
• 14 – The 31st North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, The Netherlands (July 14 – 16).^[15]
• 15 – The 41st Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 15 – 23).^[16]
• 17 – The 46th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 17 – 22).^[17]
• 18 – The 23rd Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (July 18 – 22).^[18]
• 19 – The 59th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 19 – 26).^[19]
• 21 – The 41st San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 21 – 26).^[20]

August

• 9 – The 20th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 9 – 13).^[21]
• 12
  • The 52nd Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (April 12 – 14).^[22]
• 11 – The 23rd Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 11 – 13).^[23]
• 13 – The 21st Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 13 – 19).^[24]
• 24 – The 2nd Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (August 24–26).^[25]

September

• 15 – The 49th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17).^[26]

November

• 10 – The 15th London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 10 – 19).^[27]

Album released

January

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
27	Arcoluz	Renaud Garcia-Fons	Enja Records		[28]

September

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
12	Metheny/Mehldau	Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau	Nonesuch Records		[29]
26	Heartplay	Charlie Haden and Antonio Forcione	Naim Label	Produced by Charlie Haden	[30]

December

Deaths

January

• 6 — Lou Rawls (72), American singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer.^[31]

February

• 3 — Romano Mussolini (78), Italian pianist.^[32]
• 8 — Elton Dean (60), English saxophonist.^[33]

March

• 17 — Narvin Kimball (97), American musician.^[34]
• 30 – Jackie McLean (74), American alto saxophonist.^[35]

May

• 10 — John Hicks (64), American pianist.^[36]

June

• 6 — Hilton Ruiz (54), Puerto Rican-American pianist.^[37]

July

• 11 — Bill Miller (91), American pianist.^[38]
• 16 — Malachi Thompson (56), American trumpeter.^[39]
• 31 — Rufus Harley (70), American bagpiper.^[40]

August

• 23 – Maynard Ferguson (78), Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader.^[41]

October

• 10 – Ed Summerlin (78), American composer, arranger, saxophonist and music educator.^[42]

November

• 17 — Ruth Brown (78), American singer-songwriter and actress.^[43]
• 23 — Anita O'Day (87), Canadian pianist.^[44]

Desember

• 7 — Jay McShann (90), American pianist and bandleader.^[45]
• 8 — Martha Tilton (91), American singer.^[46]
• 24 — Kenneth Sivertsen (45), Norwegian composer and guitarist.^[47]

Births

January

• 10 — Angelina Jordan, Norwegian singer.^[48]

See also

• List of years in jazz
• 2000s in jazz
• 2006 in music

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