# 1966 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1966.

## Events
### January

* 14 – The Jazz Crusaders record Live at the Lighthouse '66 at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California (January 14 – 16).

### July

* 1 – The 13th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 1 – 4).

## Album releases

* Alex Schlippenbach: Globe Unity
* Archie Shepp: Mama Too Tight
* Bill Evans: Bill Evans at Town Hall
* Bobby Hutcherson: Happenings
* Bobby Hutcherson: Stick-Up!
* Cecil Taylor: Unit Structures
* Cecil Taylor: Conquistador!
* Charles Lloyd: Dream Weaver
* Charles Tyler: Charles Tyler Ensemble
* Chick Corea: Tones For Joan's Bones
* Denny Zeitlin: Zeitgeist
* Dewey Redman: Look for the Black Star
* Don Cherry: Symphony For Improvisers
* Duke Ellington: The Far East Suite
* Guenter Hampel: Assemblage
* Hank Mobley: Straight No Filter
* Horace Silver: The Jody Grind
* Hugh Masekela: Grrr
* Hugh Masekela: The Americanization of Ooga Booga
* Hugh Masekela: The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela
* Jaki Byard: Sunshine of My Soul
* Joe Harriott: Indo-Jazz Suite
* Joe Harriott: Indo-Jazz Fusions
* John Coltrane: Ascension
* John Coltrane: Meditations
* Joseph Jarman: Song For
* Larry Young: Of Love And Peace
* Lee Morgan: Delightfulee
* Patty Waters: College Tour
* Roscoe Mitchell: Sound
* Sonny Simmons: Music from the Spheres
* Steve Lacy: Sortie
* Steve Lacy: The Forest And The Zoo
* Sun Ra: Strange Strings
* Sunny Murray: Sunny Murray Quintet
* Wayne Shorter: Adam's Apple
* Wayne Shorter: Speak No Evil

## Deaths
### February

* 10 – Osie Johnson, American drummer, arranger, and singer (born 1923).
* 23 – Billy Kyle, American pianist (born 1914).

### March

* 28 – Kid Howard, American trumpeter (born 1908).

### May

* 11 – Isaiah Morgan, American trumpeter (born 1897).
* 30 – Thelma Terry, American bandleader and upright bassist (born 1901).

### June

* 17 – Johnny St. Cyr, American banjoist and guitarist (born 1890).

### July

* 31 – Bud Powell, American pianist (born 1924).

### August

* 2 – Boyd Raeburn, American bandleader and bass saxophonist (heart attack) (born 1913).
* 17 – Rolf Billberg, Swedish alto saxophonist (born 1930).

### September

* 2 – Darnell Howard, American clarinetist and violinist (born 1895).
* 28 – Lucky Millinder, African-American bandleader (born 1910).

### October

* 3 – Dave Lambert, American lyricist and singer (born 1917).
* 7 – Smiley Lewis, American singer and guitarist (born 1913).
* 10 – Colette Bonheur, Canadian singer (born 1927).
* 15 – Lee Blair, American banjoist and guitarist (born 1903).
* 29 – Wellman Braud, American upright bassist (born 1891).

### November

* 8 – Shorty Baker, American trumpeter (born 1914).

### December

* 17 – Sylvia Telles, Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer (born 1934).

### Unknown date

* Nikele Moyake, South African tenor saxophonist, The Blue Notes (born 1933).

## Births
### January

* 10 – Kristin Sevaldsen, Norwegian saxophonist.
* 12 – Ingrid Jensen, Canadian trumpeter.
* 28 – Julian Argüelles, English saxophonist.

### February

* 2 – Greg Gisbert, American trumpeter and flugelhornist.
* 6
** Larry Grenadier, American upright bassist.
** Michael Mondesir, English bass guitarist and composer.
* 7 – Henrik Andersen, Danish guitarist, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and vocal percussionist.
* 21 – Margareta Bengtson, Swedish soprano singer, The Real Group.

### March

* 5 – Ann Farholt, Danish singer.
* 14 – Raul Midón, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
* 22 – Jan Lundgren, Swedish pianist and composer.
* 25 – Jeff Healey, Canadian singer and guitarist (died 2008).

### April

* 2 – Michael Cain, American pianist and composer.
* 12
** Nils-Olav Johansen, Norwegian guitarist.
** Rigmor Gustafsson, Swedish singer.
* 15 – Warren Hill, Canadian alto saxaphonist.
* 16 – Jarle Vespestad, Norwegian drummer.
* 22 – Nina Shatskaya, Russian singer and actress.
* 25 – Karen Mantler, American singer, composer, piano, organ, and chromatic harmonica player.

### May

* 11 – Julian Joseph, British pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and broadcaster.
* 13 – Julian Siegel, British saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and arranger.
* 20 – Sheryl Bailey, American guitarist and educator
* 28 – Theo Bleckmann, German vocalist and composer.

### June

* 8 – John Rae, Scottish drummer, composer, and band leader.
* 19 – Silje Nergaard, Norwegian singer.

### July

* 12 – Luciana Souza, Brazilian singer and composer.

### August

* 5 – Roberto Tola, Italian guitarist and composer.
* 6 – Regina Carter, American violinist.
* 7 – Torstein Ellingsen, Norwegian drummer.
* 11 – Donny McCaslin, American saxophonist.
* 30 – John Gunther, American saxophonist.

### September

* 4 – Biréli Lagrène, French guitarist.
* 17 – Makiko Hirabayashi, Japanese pianist.

### October

* 1 – Siri Gellein, Norwegian singer.
* 6 – Mark Whitfield, American guitarist.
* 12 – Harry Allen, American tenor saxophonist.
* 15 – Bill Charlap, American pianist.
* 18 – Bill Stewart, American drummer.
* 27 – Nathalie Loriers, Belgian pianist and composer.

### November

* 5 – Øystein B. Blix, Norwegian trombonist.
* 12 – Anthony Joseph, British-Trinidadian poet, novelist, musician, and academic.
* 25 – Jacky Terrasson, American pianist.

### Unknown date

* Carl Ludwig Hübsch, German tubist and composer.
* Hilmar Jensson, Icelandic guitarist and composer.
* Lars Møller, Danish saxophonist.
* Nils Davidsen, Danish bassist.
* Ricardo Garcia, Spanish guitarist and bandleader.
* Tony Kofi, British saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist.
* Toshimaru Nakamura, Japanese guitarist and electronica artist.
* Wessell Anderson, American alto and sopranino saxophonist.