# 2019 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2019.

## Events
### January

* 10 – The 18th All Ears festival starts in Oslo (January 10 – 12).
* 11 – The 5th annual Tucson Jazz Festival starts in Tucson, Arizona (January 11 – 21).
* 24 – The 38th annual Djangofestival starts on Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway (January 24–26).
* 31
** The 8th Bodø Jazz Open Vinterjazz starts in Bodø, Norway (January 31 – February 2).
** The 21st Polarjazz Festival starts in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 31 – February 3).

### February

* 14 – The 14th Ice Music Festival starts in Geilo, Norway (February 14–16).
* 26 – English saxophonist Trevor Watts celebrates his 80th birthday.
* 28 – American saxophonist Charles Gayle celebrates his 80th birthday.

### March

* 1 – The 15th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival starts in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 1 – 3).
* 6 – The 50th Turku Jazz Festival starts in Åbo, Finland (March 6 – 10).
* 16 – American violinist Jerry Goodman (Mahavishnu Orchestra) celebrates his 70th birthday.
* 22 – The Blue House Youth Jazz Festival starts in Stockholm, Sweden (March 22 – 24).
* 29 – The 20th Cape Town International Jazz Festival starts in Cape Town, South Africa (March 29 – 30).

### April

* 12 – The 46th Vossajazz starts in Voss, Norway (April 12 – 14).
* 24 – The 32nd April Jazz Espoo starts (April 25 – 29).
* 26 – The 8th Torino Jazz Festival starts in Turin (April 26 – May 4).
* 30 – The International Jazz Day.

### May

* 3 – The Balejazz starts in Balestrand (May 3 – 5).
* 6 – The 30th MaiJazz starts in Stavanger, Norway (May 6 – 12).
* 8 – The 15th AnJazz, the Hamar Jazz Festival starts at Hamar, Norway (May 8 – 12).
* 16 – The 18th Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés starts in Paris, France (May 16 – 27).
* 24 – The 47th Nattjazz starts in Bergen, Norway (May 24 – June 1).

### June

* 12 – The Bergenfest starts in Bergen (June 12 – 15).
* 13 – The Norwegian Wood music festival starts in Oslo (June 13 – 15).
* 26 – The Leopolis Jazz Fest (previously Alfa Jazz Fest) opens in Lviv, Ukraine (June 26–30).
* 27 – The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal opens in Montréal, Canada (June 27 - July 6).
* 28
** The 39th Jazz à Vienne starts in Vienne, France (June 28 - July 13).
** The 53rd Montreux Jazz Festival starts in Montreux, Switzerland (June 28 - July 13).

### July

* 3 – The Kongsberg Jazzfestival opens at Kongsberg consert (August 3 – 6).
* 4 – The 23rd Skånevik Bluesfestival starts in Skånevik, Norway (July 4 – 6).
* 5
** The Baltic Jazz Festival starts in Dalsbruk (July 5 – 7).
** The Love Supreme Jazz Festival starts in Lewes, East Sussex (July 5 – 7).
** The 41st Copenhagen Jazz Festival starts in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 5 – 14).
* 11 – The 18th Stavernfestivalen starts in Stavern (August 11 – 13).
* 12
** The 44th North Sea Jazz Festival starts in The Hague, Netherlands ( July 12–14).
** The 54th Pori Jazz Festival starts in Pori, Finland (July 12 – 20).
** The 46th Umbria Jazz Festival starts in Perugia, Italy (July 12 – 21).
* 13 – The 31st Aarhus Jazz Festival starts in Aarhus, Denmark (July 13 – 20).
* 15 – The Moldejazz starts in Molde (August 15 – 20).
* 16
** The 72nd Nice Jazz Festival starts in Nice, France (July 16 – 20).
** The 43rd Jazz de Vitoria starts in Gasteiz, Spain (July 16 – 20).
* 24 – The 24th Canal Street Festival starts in Arendal (July 24 – 27).

### August

* 2
** The 63rd Newport Jazz Festival starts in Newport, Rhode Island (August 2 – 4).
** The Nišville International Jazz Festival starts in Niš, Serbia (August 2 – 11).
* 6 – The 20th Øyafestivalen starts in Oslo, Norway (August 6 – 10).
* 8 – The 33rd Sildajazz starts in Haugesund, Norway (August 8 – 9).
* 9 – The 35th Brecon Jazz Festival starts in Brecon, Wales (August 9 – 11).
* 11 – The 34th Oslo Jazzfestival starts in Oslo, Norway (August 11 – 17).

### September

* 5 – The 14th Punktfestivalen opens in Kristiansand (September 5–7).
* 27 – The 62nd Monterey Jazz Festival starts in Monterey, California (September 27 – 29).

### October

* 17 – The 37th DølaJazz starts in Lillehammer (October 17 – 20).
* 24 – The 41st Guinness Cork Jazz Festival starts in Cork City, Ireland (October 24 – 28).
* 31 – The 56th JazzFest Berlin, also known as The Berlin Jazz Festival starts in Berlin (October 31 – November 3).

### November

* 3 – American saxophonist and trumpeter Joe McPhee celebrates his 80th birthday.

### December

* 25 – American pianist Bob James celebrates his 80th birthday.

## Albums released

| Month | Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes |
| January | 11 | Heart Songs | Tommy Emmanuel & John Knowles | CGP Sounds/Thirty Tigers | |
| January | 18 | Days on Earth | Mark Lockheart | Edition | |
| January | 18 | Juni | Peter Erskine, Palle Danielsson, John Taylor | ECM | |
| January | 25 | The Expanded 1963 New York Studios Sessions | Eric Dolphy - Musical Prophet | Resonance | |
| January | 25 | Lines In The Sand | Antonio Sánchez | CAM Jazz | |
| January | 25 | Trio Tapestry | Joe Lovano | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| February | 1 | And Then Comes The Nigh | Mats Eilertsen, Harmen Fraanje, Thomas Strønen | ECM | |
| February | 1 | Imaginary Friends | Ralph Alessi, Ravi Coltrane, Andy Milne, Drew Gress, Mark Ferber | ECM | |
| February | 8 | Dualistic | Dualistic (Bernt Moen, Fredrik Sahlander, Tobias Solbakk) | Losen | |
| February | 8 | Tana | Sverre Gjørvad | Losen | |
| February | 8 | Æ | Anton Eger | Edition | Produced by Petter Eldh and Anton Eger, Executive producer Dave Stapleton |
| February | 22 | Circuits | Chris Potter | Edition | |
| February | 22 | Quilter | Thomas T Dahl | Losen | Produced by Thomas T Dahl |
| February | 22 | The Gleaners | Larry Grenadier | ECM | |
| March | 8 | Voyage | Daniel Herskedal | Edition | Produced by Daniel Herskedal, Executive producer Dave Stapleton |
| March | 15 | Immigrance | Snarky Puppy | GroundUP | |
| March | 22 | Sounds Of 3 Edition 2 | Per Mathisen feat. Ulf Wakenius and Gary Husband | Losen | |
| March | 29 | Come What May | Joshua Redman | Nonesuch | |
| May | 17 | Finding Gabriel | Brad Mehldau Trio | Nonesuch | Won Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album |
| May | 24 | Northbound | Eivind Austad Trio | Losen | |
| August | 23 | Love & Liberation | Jazzmeia Horn | Concord | Nominated for Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album |
| August | 30 | Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera | Miguel Zenón | | Nominated for Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album |
| October | 4 | Spectrum | Hiromi Uehara | Telarc | |
| October | 11 | Good Hope | Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Zakir Hussain | Edition | |
| October | 24 | Polyhymnia | Yazz Ahmed | Ropeadope Records | |

## Deaths
### January

* 5 – Alvin Fielder, American drummer (born 1935).
* 9 – Joseph Jarman, American saxophonist, Art Ensemble of Chicago (born 1937).
* 13 – Willie Murphy, American singer and pianist (born 1943).
* 16 – Chris Wilson, Australian singer and guitarist (born 1956).
* 21 – Marcel Azzola, French accordionist (born 1927).
* 23 – Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean guitarist (born 1952).
* 26 – Michel Legrand, French composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist (born 1932).

### February

* 15 – Kofi Burbridge, American keyboardist and flautist, Tedeschi Trucks Band (born 1961).
* 16 – Ken Nordine, American spoken word jazz artist (born 1920).
* 17 – Ethel Ennis, American singer and pianist (born 1932).
* 28 - Ed Bickert, Canadian jazz guitarist

### March

* 5 – Jacques Loussier, French jazz pianist and film score composer (born 1934)

### December

* 7 – Joe McQueen, American saxophonist (born 1919).