# 2005 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2005.

## Events
### January

* 27 – The 8th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 27 – 29).

### February

* 13 – The 47th Annual Grammy Awards
** Ray Charles & Norah Jones in the categories Record of the Year and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for the song "Here We Go Again"
** Ray Charles & Various Artists in the category Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for Genius Loves Company
** The Maria Schneider Orchestra in the category Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for Concert in the Garden
** Bill Frisell in the category Best Contemporary Jazz Album for Unspeakable
** Herbie Hancock in the category Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for the album Speak Like a Child
** McCoy Tyner with Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride and Lewis Nash in the category Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group for Illuminations
** Nancy Wilson in the category Best Jazz Vocal Album for R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)
** Charlie Haden in the category Best Latin Jazz Album for Land of the Sun

### March

* 3 – The very first Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (January 3 – 5).
* 18
** The 32nd Vossajazz started at Voss, Norway (March 18 – 20).
** Berit Opheim was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2005.
* 19 – Jan Gunnar Hoff performs the commissioned work Free flow songs for Vossajazz 2005.

### May

* 13 – The 34th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 13 – 16).
* 25 – The 33rd Nattjazz 2005 started in Bergen, Norway (May 25 – June 4).

### June

* 23 – The very first Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (June 23–25).
* 28 – The 17th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 28 – July 29).
* 30 – The 26th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 30 - July 10).

### July

* 1
** The 27th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 1 – 10).
** The 39th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 1 – 16).
* 6 – The 41st Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (July 6 – 8).
* 8 – The 30th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 8 – 10).
* 16 – The 40th Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 16 – 24).
* 18 – The 45th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway with Arild Andersen as artist in residence (July 18 – 23).
* 19 – The 22nd Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (July 19 – 23).
* 20 – The 58th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 20 – 27).
* 22 – The 40th San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 22 – 27).

### August

* 10 – The 19th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 10 – 14).
* 12
** The 51st Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 12 – 14).
** The 22nd Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 12 – 14).
* 15 – The 20th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 15 – 21).
* 23 – Hurricane Katrina destroys the "Cradle of Jazz", New Orleans (August 23–31).

### September

* 16 – The 48th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16 – 18).

### November

* 11 – The 14th London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 11 – 20).

### December
## Album released
### January

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 25 | The Way Up | Pat Metheny | Nonesuch Records | Produced by Pat Metheny | |

### October

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 17 | Floating | Ketil Bjørnstad | EmArcy Records | Produced by Ketil Bjørnstad | |

### December
## Deaths
### January

* 4 — Humphrey Carpenter, English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster (born 1946).

### February

* 8 — Jimmy Smith, American jazz organist (born 1928).
* 15 – Bill Potts, American pianist and arranger (born 1928).
* 20 – Pam Bricker, American singer and professor of music (born 1954).

### March

* 8 — Larry Bunker, American drummer (born 1928).

### April

* 7 — José Melis, Cuban-American bandleader and television personality (born 1920).
* 14
** Andrew Bisset, Australian author, music educator, and singer (born 1953).
** Benny Bailey, American bebop and hard-bop trumpeter (born 1925).
* 19
** Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist (heart attack) (born 1946).
** Stan Levey, American drummer (born 1926).
* 22 – Arnie Lawrence, American saxophonist (born 1938).
* 23 – Jimmy Woode, American upright bassist (born 1926).
* 28 – Percy Heath, American upright bassist (born 1923).
* 29 – Dianne Brooks, American singer (born 1939).

### May

* 12 – Monica Zetterlund, Swedish singer and actress (born 1937).
* 13 – Victor Sproles, American bassist (born 1927).
* 29 – Oscar Brown, American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, civil rights activist, and actor (born 1926).

### June

* 15 – Per Henrik Wallin, Swedish pianist and composer (born 1946).
* 16 – Billy Bauer, American cool jazz guitarist (born 1915).
* 18
** Chris Griffin, American trumpeter (born 1915)
** Basil Kirchin, English drummer and composer (born 1927).
* 29 – Mikkel Flagstad, Norwegian saxophonist (born 1930).

### July

* 2 — Tom Talbert, American jazz pianist, composer, and band leader (born 1924).
* 4 — John Stubblefield, American saxophonist, flautist, and oboist (born 1945).
* 16 – Blue Barron, American orchestra leader (born 1913).
* 23 – Ted Greene, American fingerstyle jazz guitarist, columnist, and session musician (born 1946).
* 25 – Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonists and composer (born 1928).
* 27 – Dom Um Romão, Brazilian drummer and percussionist (born 1935).
* 29 – Al McKibbon, American jazz double bassist (born 1919).
* 30 – Lucky Thompson, American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist (born 1924).

### August

* 6 — Keter Betts, American upright bassist (born 1928).
* 12
** Charlie Norman, Swedish pianist and entertainer (born 1920).
** Francy Boland, Belgian composer and pianist (born 1929).
* 15 – Earl Zindars, American composer, Bill Evans (born 1927).
* 23 – Glenn Corneille, Dutch pianist (born 1970).

### September

* 11 – Al Casey, American guitarist, Fats Waller's band (born 1915).
* 17 – Jack Lesberg, American upright bassist (born 1920).
* 25 – Georges Arvanitas, French pianist and organist (born 1931).

### October

* 3 — Alfredo Rodríguez, Cuban pianist (born 1936).
* 14 – Oleg Lundstrem, Soviet and Russian composer and conductor, Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra (born 1916).
* 16 – Elmer Dresslar Jr., American voice actor and singer (born 1925).
* 20 – Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist (born 1934).

### November

* 13 – Harry Gold, British saxophonist and bandleader (born 1907).
* 15 – Roy Brooks, American drummer (born 1938).
* 19 – Bob Enevoldsen, American tenor saxophonist and valve trombonist (born 1920).

### December

* 5 — Harry Pepl (60), Austrian guitarist (born 1945).
* 19 – Billy Amstell, British reedist (born 1911).
* 25 – Derek Bailey, English guitarist (born 1930).
* 26 – Bill DeArango, American guitarist (born 1921).