# 1960 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1960.

## Events
### October

* 16 – The Cannonball Adderley Quintet records At the Lighthouse at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California.

### June

* 30 – The 7th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (June 30 – July 4).

## Album releases

* Art Blakey
** The Big Beat
** A Night in Tunisia
* Tina Brooks: True Blue
* Betty Carter: The Modern Sound
* June Christy
** The Cool School
** Off-Beat
* Ornette Coleman: Change of the Century
* John Coltrane: Giant Steps
* Eric Dolphy: Outward Bound
* Gil Evans: Out of the Cool
* Jimmy Giuffre: Piece for Clarinet and String Orchestra/Mobiles
* Joe Harriott: Southern Horizons
* the Jazztet
** Big City Sounds
** Meet the Jazztet
* Sam Jones: The Soul Society
* Duke Jordan: Flight to Jordan
* Stan Kenton: Road Show
* Herbie Mann: Flute, Brass, Vibes and Percussion
* Charles Mingus: Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
* Hank Mobley: Soul Station
* Modern Jazz Quartet
** Pyramid
** European Concert
* Wes Montgomery
** The Incredible Jazz Guitar
** Movin' Along
* Oliver Nelson: Taking Care of Business
* David Newman & James Clay: The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!!
* Art Pepper: Gettin' Together
* Max Roach: We Insist!
* Charlie Rouse: Takin' Care of Business
* George Russell
** George Russell Sextet at the Five Spot
** Jazz in the Space Age
** Stratusphunk
* Gunther Schuller [John Lewis]: Jazz Abstractions
* Horace Silver: Horace-Scope
* Jimmy Smith: Back at the Chicken Shack
* Cecil Taylor: The World of Cecil Taylor
* Clark Terry: Color Changes
* Mel Tormé: Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley
* Lennie Tristano: The New Tristano
* Fats Waller: Handful of Keys (released posthumously)
* Randy Weston: Uhuru Afrika
* Phil Woods: Rights of Swing
* John Wright: South Side Soul

## Deaths
### April

* 11 – Zilas Görling, Swedish saxophonist (born 1911).
* 13 – Beverly Kenney, American singer (born 1932).

### June

* 12 – Isidore Barbarin, American cornet and alto horn player (born 1871).

### July

* 3 – Lee Collins, American trumpeter (born 1901).
* 5 – Bill Johnson, American saxophonist, clarinetist, and arranger (born 1912).
* 30 – Arv Garrison, American guitarist (born 1922).

### August

* Jimmy Bertrand, American drummer (born 1900).

### September

* 8 – Oscar Pettiford, American upright bassist, cellist, and composer (born 1922).
* 24 – Mátyás Seiber, Hungarian-born composer (born 1905).

### October

* 10 – June Cole, American bassist, tubist, and singer (born 1903).

### November

* 24 – Edgar Meyer, American bassist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.

### Unknown date

* Lawrence Duhé, clarinetist, and bandleader (born 1887).

## Births
### January

* 1 – Liu Yuan, Chinese saxophonist.
* 3 – Marla Glen, American singer.
* 8
** Dave Weckl, American drummer.
** Lee Tomboulian, American pianist.
* 16
** Richard Elliot, Scottish-American saxophonist.
** Wilhelm Schröter, Brazilian composer and pianist.
* 20 – Jeff "Tain" Watts, American drummer.
* 26 – María Rivas, Venezuelan singer.
* 29 – David Piltch, Canadian bassist and session musician.

### February

* 3 – Craig Bailey, American saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist.
* 11 – Russ Freeman, American guitarist.
* 29 – Khaled, Algerian singer, multti-instrumentalist, and songwriter.

### March

* 2 – Lennart Ginman, Danish bassist, composer, and music producer.
* 19 – Eliane Elias, Brazilian pianist and vocalist.
* 21 – Dominic Miller, Argentinian guitarist and composer, Sting.
* 25 – Chad Wackerman, American drummer.
* 26 – Nelson Rangell, American saxophonist and composer.
* 27 – Victor Bailey, American bassist.
* 29 – Chano Domínguez, Spanish pianist.

### April

* 1 – Banjo Mosele, Botswanan guitarist, singer and composer.
* 3 – Erik Truffaz, French trumpeter.
* 6 – John Pizzarelli, American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.
* 17 – Daniele Sepe, Italian saxophonist and flautist.
* 20 – John Altenburgh, American pianist, composer and arranger.
* 24 – Friðrik Karlsson, Icelandic guitarist and songwriter.
* 25 – Mário Laginha, Portuguese piano player and composer.
* 28 – Rolf Graf, Norwegian bassist (died 2013).
* 30
** Paul Taylor, American saxophonist.
** Rodney Kendrick, American pianist, bandleader, composer, and producer.

### May

* 3 – Alan Thomson, Scottish bassist and vocalist.
* 12 – Lena Willemark, Swedish singer.
* 14 – Alec Dankworth, English bassist and composer.
* 20 – Tore Brunborg, Norwegian saxophonist.
* 24 – Ken Schaphorst, American composer, performer and educator.
* 25 – Wallace Roney, American trumpeter.

### June

* 4 – Fred Thelonious Baker, English guitarist and bass guitarist.
* 8
** Povl Erik Carstensen, Danish comedian, actor, and upright bassist.
** Terje Gewelt, Norwegian upright bassist.
* 14 – Gary Husband, English drummer, pianist, and bandleader.
* 19 – Carmen Bradford, American singer, Count Basie Orchestra.
* 20 – Jeremy Monteiro, Singaporean pianist, singer, and composer.
* 22 – Arturo O'Farrill, Mexican pianist and composer.
* 23 – Donald Harrison, American saxophonist.
* 26 – Zachary Breaux, American guitarist (died 1997).

### July

* 8 – Valarie Pettiford, American actress, dancer, and jazz singer.
* 14 – Angélique Kidjo, Beninese singer-songwriter and activist.
* 15 – Stig Hvalryg, Norwegian upright bassist.
* 20 – Ole Jacob Hystad, Norwegian tenor saxophonist and clarinetist.
* 27 – Jean Toussaint, American tenor and soprano saxophonist.

### August

* 3 – Greg Osby, American saxophonist.
* 12 – Andy Quin, British composer and pianist.
* 14 – Lloyd Swanton, Australian upright bassist, bass guitarist, and composer.
* 17 – Maria Pia De Vito, Italian singer, composer and arranger.
* 21
** Peter Apfelbaum, American pianist, tenor saxophonist, drummer and composer.
** Tom Kennedy, American bassist.
* 26
** Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.
** Jim Beard, American keyboardist.
* 27 – Eldad Tarmu, American vibraphonist and composer.

### September

* 4 – Lonnie Plaxico, African-American upright bassist.
* 8 – Steve Waterman, British trumpeter, composer, and educator.
* 16 – Graham Haynes, American cornetist, trumpeter and composer.
* 18 – Nils Petter Molvær, Norwegian trumpeter, composer, and producer, Masqualero.
* 21 – Mats Rondin, Swedish cellist and conductor (died 2014).

### October

* 2 – Django Bates, British composer, pianist, multi-instrumentalist and band leader.
* 9 – Kenny Garrett, American saxophonist and flautist.
* 10 – John Beasley, American pianist.
* 13 – Orphy Robinson, British vibraphonist and multi-instrumentalist.
* 15 – Henrik Bolberg Pedersen, Danish trumpeter and flugelhorn player
* 16 – Leila Pinheiro, singer and pianist.
* 25 – Michel Massot, Belgian tubist and trombonist.
* 29 – Jens Winther, Danish trumpeter, composer, and bandleader (died 2011).

### November

* 4 – Adrián Iaies, Argentine pianist and composer.
* 5 – Daryl Hayott, American drummer, bassist, percussionist, keyboardist, and trumpeter.
* 15 – Sergio Cammariere, Italian singer-songwriter.
* 23 – Jean-Paul Bourelly, American guitarist.
* 27 – Maria Schneider, American arranger, composer, and big-band leader.

### December

* 1 – Chris Standring, British guitarist.
* 5 – Brian Bromberg, American bassist and producer.
* 7 – Matthew Shipp, American pianist, composer, and bandleader.
* 12 – Sebi Tramontana, Italian trombonist.
* 16 – Mike Fahn, American trombonist.
* 19 – Laurent de Wilde, French pianist, composer, and writer.
* 28 – Ted Nash, American saxophonist and composer.

### Unknown date

* Lekan Babalola, Nigerian singer and percussionist.
* Mark Ledford, American trumpet player, vocalist and guitarist (died 2004).
* Muriel Anderson, American composer, guitarist, and harp-guitarist.
* Paul Taylor (saxophonist), American saxophonist.
* Pharez Whitted, American trumpeter.
* Tino di Geraldo, French-Spanish percussionist, tabla player, drummer, and producer.
* Umberto Petrin, Italian pianist, composer, and poet.