# 1980 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1980.

## Events
### March

* 28 – The 7th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 28 – 30).
** Featured artists on Vossajazz was Cross Section, E`Olen, Elton Dean Quartet with Kenny Wheeler, Hariprasad Chaurasia Ensemble, Johnny Griffin Quartet, Kristian Bergheim / Andreas Skjold Sextet with Finn Otto Hansen, Kristiansen / Jørgensen Quintet, McCoy Tyner Sextett, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen / Rune Gustafsson Duo, Radka Toneff Quintet, and Stubø / Bjørklund Quartet.

### May

* 21 – 8th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 21 – June 4).
* 23 – 9th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 23 – 26).

### June

* 4 - The Bill Evans Trio starts a four-day stint at the Village Vanguard. It is released after his death in a 6-CD box set on Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings in 1996.

### July

* 2 – The very first Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (July 2 – 10).
* 4 – The 14th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 4 – 20).
* 11 – The 5th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 11 – 13).

### September

* 19 – The 23rd Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 19 – 21).

## Album releases

* Chuck Mangione: Fun and Games
* George Benson: Give Me the Night
* Grover Washington Jr.: Winelight
* Larsen Feyten Band: Larsen Feyten Band
* James Ulmer: Are You Glad to Be in America?
* Ronald Shannon Jackson: Eye on You
* Michael Franks: One Bad Habit
* Anthony Davis: Lady of the Mirrors
* Rova Saxophone Quartet: Invisible Frames
* Om: Cerberus
* Pat Metheny: 80/81
* Pat Metheny: As Falls Wichita, so Falls Wichita Falls
* Billy Bang: Changing Seasons
* Julius Hemphill: Flat-Out Jump Suite
* Charles Noyes: Free Mammals
* Steve Tibbetts: YR
* World Saxophone Quartet: WSQ
* David Murray: Ming
* Ganelin Trio: Ancora da Capo
* Joanne Brackeen: Ancient Dynasty
* Ran Blake: Film Noir
* Muhal Richard Abrams: Mama and Daddy
* Derek Bailey: Aida
* Evan Parker: Six of One
* Steps Ahead: Step by Step
* Steve Beresford: Double Indemnity
* Music Revelation Ensemble: No Wave
* Jan Garbarek: Eventyr
* David Liebman: If They Only Knew
* Tom Varner: Quartet
* Harvie Swartz: Underneath It All
* Paul Winter: Callings
* World Saxophone Quartet: Revue
* Chico Freeman: Peaceful Heart, Gentle Spirit
* Jack DeJohnette: Tin Can Alley
* Jay Clayton: All Out
* Art Pepper: Winter Moon
* Herbie Hancock: Mr. Hands

## Deaths
### January

* 6 – Poley McClintock, American singer (born 1900).
* 22 – Ed Garland, American upright bassist (born 1895).
* 23 – Babs Gonzales, American vocalist (born 1919).
* 28 – Jimmy Crawford, American drummer (born 1910).
* 29 – Jimmy Durante, American singer, pianist, comedian, and actor (born 1893).

### February

* 9 – Charles Fowlkes, American baritone saxophonist, Count Basie Orchestra (born 1916).
* 12 – Norman Keenan, American upright bassist (born 1916).
* 18 – Paul Howard, American saxophonist and clarinetist (born 1895).
* 19 – Shorty Sherock, American trumpeter (born 1915).

### March

* 4 – Don Albert, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1908).
* 6 – Bobby Jones, American saxophonist (born 1928).

### April

* 20 – Ronnie Boykins, American upright bassist (born 1935).
* 22 – Jane Froman, American singer and actress (born 1907).
* 28 – Chino Pozo, Cuban drummer (born 1915).

### May

* 4 – Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson, British pianist (born 1920).
* 31 – Sonny Burke, American musical arranger, composer, big band leader, and producer, Duke Ambassadors (born 1914).

### June

* 12 – Stu Martin, American drummer (born 1938).
* 14 – Herman Autrey, American trumpeter (born 1904).
* 27 – Barney Bigard, American clarinetist (born 1906).

### July

* 2 – Amos White, American trumpeter (born 1889).
* 9 – Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian singer, poet, lyricist, essayist, and playwright (born 1913).
* Harlan Lattimore, African-American singer (born 1908).

### August

* 4
** Duke Pearson, American pianist and composer (born 1932).
** Pekka Pöyry, Finnish saxophonist and flutist (born 1939).
* 26 – Jimmy Forrest, American tenor saxophonist (born 1920).

### September

* 5 – Don Banks, Australian composer (born 1923).
* 15 – Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (born 1929).
* 18 – Dick Stabile, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1909).
* 22 – Jimmy Bryant, American guitarist (born 1925).

### October

* 14 – Oscar Alemán, Argentine guitarist, singer, and dancer (born 1909).
* 31
** Chauncey Morehouse, American drummer (born 1902).
** Jan Werich, Czech singer, actor, playwright, and writer (born 1905).

### November

* 22 – Uffe Baadh, Danish-American drummer (born 1923).

### December

* 16 – Keith Christie, English trombonist (born 1931).
* 26 – Peck Kelley, American pianist (born 1898).
* 29 – Lennie Felix, British pianist (born 1920).
* 31 – Irmgard Österwall, Swedish singer (born 1914).

### Unknown date

* Aldo Rossi, Italian reedist and bandleader (born 1911).
* Cosimo Di Ceglie, Italian guitarist (born 1913).

## Births
### January

* 3 – David Arthur Skinner, British pianist and composer.
* 12 – Dominic Lash, British upright bassist and composer.
* 15 – Christoffer Andersen, Norwegian guitarist.
* 22 – Lizz Wright, American singer.

### February

* 9 – Jackiem Joyner, American saxophonist.
* 21 – Takuya Kuroda, Japanese trumpeter.
* 27 – Federico Casagrande, Italian guitarist and composer.

### March

* 10 – Lars Horntveth, Norwegian saxophonist, clarinetist, percussionist, guitarist, composer, and band leader, Jaga Jazzist.
* 22 – Jay Foote, American bassist and singer.
* 31 – Sasha Dobson, American singer-songwriter.

### April

* 10 – Jimmy Rosenberg, Dutch guitarist.
* 24
** Jelle van Tongeren, Dutch violinist.
** Vincent Peirani, French accordionist, vocalist, and composer.

### May

* 5 – Stian Omenås, Norwegian Jazz musician (trumpet), music conductor and composer
* 28 – Benedikt Jahnel, German jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader.

### June

* 18 – Jasser Haj Youssef, Tunisian violinist.

### July

* 8
** Kendrick Scott, American drummer, bandleader, and composer.
** Tyshawn Sorey, American multi-instrumentalist, and composer.
* 10 – Julie Crochetière, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist.

### August

* 16 – Øystein Moen, Norwegian pianist, keyboarder, and composer, Jaga Jazzist.
* 25 – Pål Hausken, Norwegian drummer, percussion, and composer, In The Country.

### September

* 2 – Mark Guiliana, American drummer, composer and bandleader.
* 18 – Gustav Lundgren, Swedish guitarist, composer, and record label director.
* 25 – Christina Bjordal, Norwegian singer.

### October

* 16 – Mary Halvorson, American guitarist.
* 17
** Alberto Porro Carmona, Spanish conductor, composer, author, music lecturer, teacher, and saxophonist.
** Manuel Valera, Cuban pianist and composer.
* 19
** Morten Schantz, Danish pianist, composer, and band leader, JazzKamikaze.
** Simin Tander, German singer, pianist, and composer.

### November

* 4 – Ruslan Sirota, Ukrainian pianist, composer, and producer.
* 6 – Lena Nymark, Norwegian jazz singer.
* 17 – Colin Vallon, Swiss pianist.

### December

* 5 – Ibrahim Maalouf, French-Lebanese trumpeter and composer.
* 9 – Anton Eger, Norwegian-Swedish Jazz drummer, JazzKamikaze.
* 28 – Andreas Amundsen, Norwegian bassist.

### Unknown date

* Brandi Disterheft, Canadian upright bassist and composer.
* Elana Stone, Australian vocalist, songwriter, pianist, accordion player, and band leader.
* Hannah Marshall, British cellist, vocalist, and composer.
* Martin Blanes, Galician-Spanish guitarist.
* Tim Giles, English drummer and composer.
* Yasek Manzano Silva, Cuban trumpeter and composer