# 1973 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1973.

## Events
### May

* 23 – The very first Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 6).

### June

* 9 – The 2nd Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 9 – 11).
* 29
** The 20th Newport Jazz Festival started in New York, New York for its second year there. (June 29 – July 8).
** The 7th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 29 – July 15).

### September

* 21 – The 16th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 21 – 23).

## Album releases

* Art Ensemble of Chicago: Fanfare For The Warriors
* Gato Barbieri: Chapter One: Latin America
* Paul Bley
** Paul Bley & Scorpio
** Paul Bley/NHØP
* Dollar Brand
** African Portraits
** African Space Program
** Sangoma
* Marion Brown: Geechee Recollections
* Betty Carter: Album (Betty Carter album)
* Don Cherry: Relativity Suite
* Billy Cobham Spectrum
* Charles Earland: Charles III (album)
* Michael Franks: Michael Franks
* Hal Galper: Inner Journey
* Herbie Hancock
** Head Hunters
** Sextant
* Keith Jarrett: Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne
* Roland Kirk: Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle
* David Liebman: First Visit
* Frank Lowe: Black Beings
* Mahavishnu Orchestra – Birds of Fire
* Michael Mantler: No Answer
* Paul Motian: Conception Vessel
* Oregon: Distant Hills
* Joe Pass: Virtuoso (Joe Pass album)
* Oscar Peterson: The Trio
* Flora Purim: Butterfly Dreams
* Dewey Redman: The Ear of the Behearer
* Sam Rivers: Streams
* Roswell Rudd: Numatik Swing Band
* Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Mouthpiece
* John Surman: Morning Glory
* Cecil Taylor: Solo
* Cecil Taylor: Spring of Two Blue J's
* Ralph Towner: Diary
* McCoy Tyner: Enlightenment
* Mal Waldron: Up Popped the Devil
* Weather Report: Sweetnighter
* Eberhard Weber: The Colours of Chloë
* Frank Wright: Church Number Nine

## Deaths
### January

* 2 – Joe Harriott, Jamaican saxophonist and composer (born 1928).
* 3 – Wilbur de Paris, American trombonist and bandleader (born 1900).
* 23 – Kid Ory, American trombonist and bandleader(born 1886).

### February

* 3 – Andy Razaf, African-American poet, composer, and lyricist (born 1895).
* 19 – Leon Washington, American tenor saxophonist (leukemia) (born 1909).

### March

* 2 – Spanky DeBrest, American upright bassist (born 1937).

### April

* 18 – Willie "The Lion" Smith, American pianist (born 1897).

### May

* 14 – Elmer Snowden, American banjo and guitar player (born 1900).
* 24 – Sid Phillips, English clarinettist, bandleader, and arranger (born 1907).

### June

* 8 – Tubby Hayes, English saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist (born 1935).

### August

* 4 – Eddie Condon, American banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader (born 1905).
* 21 – Bill Harris, American trombonist (born 1916).

### September

* 20 – Ben Webster, American tenor saxophonist (born 1909).
* 26 – Bernard Etté, German violinist and conductor (born 1898).

### October

* 16 – Gene Krupa, American drummer, band leader, actor, and composer (born 1909).

### December

* 3 – Emile Christian, American trombonist (born 1895).

## Births
### January

* 4
** Bartlomiej Oles, Polish drummer, composer, and record producer.
** Marcin Oles, Polish bassist, composer and record producer.
* 12 – Brian Culbertson, American keyboardist and trombonist.
* 31 – Petr Kroutil, Czech clarinettist, saxophonist, bansuri player, vocalist, composer, and arranger.

### February

* 3 – Timuçin Şahin, Turkish guitarist and composer.
* 11 – Ethan Iverson, American pianist, composer, and critic.
* 22 – Gustavo Assis-Brasil, Brazilian-American guitarist.

### March

* 23 – Stefon Harris, American vibraphonist.

### April

* 17 – Moses Taiwa Molelekwa, South African pianist (died 2001).
* 30 – Frédéric Yonnet, French harmonica player and producer.

### May

* 14 – Clare Teal, English singer.
* 23 – Nikki Yeoh, British pianist and composer.
* 24 – Hallgeir Pedersen, Norwegian guitarist and composer.

### June

* 3 – Ebru Aydın, Turkish singer and songwriter.
* 4
** Gunhild Seim, Norwegian trumpeter and composer.
** Scott Hammond, English drummer, Jethro Tull.

### July

* 2 – Teodross Avery, American tenor saxophonist.
* 8 – Magne Thormodsæter, Norwegian upright bassist and composer.
* 21 – Susheela Raman, British-Indian singer and songwriter.

### August

* 9 – Meg Okura, American violinist, ehru player, and composer.
* 11 – Torbjørn Sletta Jacobsen, Norwegian saxophonist and composer.

### September

* 3 – Norihiko Hibino, Japanese video game composer and saxophonist.
* 4 – Wetle Holte, Norwegian drummer and composer.
* 7 – Thomas T. Dahl, Norwegian guitarist and composer, Krøyt and Dingobats.
* 9 – John Blackwell American drummer, Prince (died 2017).
* 12 – Dorota Miśkiewicz, Polish singer, songwriter, composer, and violinist.
* 21 – Fredrik Wallumrød, Norwegian drummer and composer.
* 26
** Nelson Williams, American trumpeter.
** Nicholas Payton, American trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist.

### October

* 3
** Eirik Hegdal, Norwegian saxophonist, composer, and arranger.
** Marius Reksjø, Norwegian upright bassist.

### November

* 3 – Eivind Austad, Norwegian pianist, composer, and music teacher.
* 8 – Chris Dave, American drummer and composer.

### December

* 18 – Christian Jaksjø, Norwegian trombone and euphonium player.
* 29 – Kalle Kalima, Finnish guitarist and composer.

### Unknown date

* Ben Castle, British clarinettist and saxophonist.
* Eivind Opsvik, Norwegian upright bassist and composer.
* Janne Mark, Danish vocalist and composer.
* Kate Dimbleby, English cabaret singer and songwriter.
* Maria Markesini, Greek singer and pianist.
* Özay Fecht, Turkish-German actress and singer.
* Titilayo Adedokun, Nigerian-American singer.