# 1988 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1988.

## Events
### March

* 25 – The 15th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 25 – 27).

### April

* 6 – Jazz guitarist Larry Carlton is shot in a random gun shooting outside his Los Angeles studios.

### May

* 20 – The 17th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 20 – 23).
* 25 – The 16th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 25 – June 8).

### June

* 30 – The 22nd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 30 – July 16).

### July

* 1 – The 9th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (July 1 – 10).
* 8 – The 13th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 8 – 10).

### August

* 19 – The 5th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 19 – 21).

### September

* 16 – The 31st Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16 – 18).

## Album releases

* Bill Frisell: Before We Were Born
* Henry Threadgill: Rag, Bush and All
* Turtle Island String Quartet: Turtle Island String Quartet
* Lyle Mays: Street Dreams
* Dave Holland: Triplicate
* Jackie McLean: Dynasty
* John Carter: Fields
* Leni Stern: Secrets
* Microscopic Septet: Beauty Based on Science
* Music Revelation Ensemble: Music Revelation Ensemble
* Willem Breuker: Psalm 122
* Steve Turre: Fire and Ice
* Trilok Gurtu: Usfret
* Bobby Previte: Claude's Late Morning
* Bill Frisell: Lookout for Hope
* Misha Mengelberg: Impromptus
* Marcus Roberts: Truth is Spoken Here
* David Ware: Passage to Music
* David Liebman: Trio + One
* Freddie Hubbard: Stardust
* Gary Thomas: Code Violations
* Hilton Ruiz: El Camino
* Phil Woods: Evolution
* Ralph Moore: Rejuvenate
* Matthew Shipp & Rob Brown: Sonic Explorations

## Deaths
### January

* 8 – Ray Bauduc, American drummer (born 1906).

### February

* 24 – Miff Görling, Swedish bandleader, trombonist, arranger, and composer (born 1909).

### March

* 1 – Tommy Potter, American upright-bassist (born 1918).
* 8 – Ken Colyer, English trumpeter and cornetist (born 1928).
* 20 – Gil Evans, Canadian pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader (born 1912).

### April

* 3 – Kai Ewans, Danish reedist (born 1906).
* 15 – Eliza Doolittle, British singer-songwriter.
* 19 – Ed Burke, American violinist and trombonist (born 1909).

### May

* 13 – Chet Baker, American trumpeter and singer (born 1929).
* 28 – Sy Oliver, American trumpeter, singer, composer, arranger and bandleader (born 1910).

### July

* 2 – Eddie Vinson, American alto saxophonist and blues shouter (born 1917).

### August

* 15 – Bill Beason, American drummer (born 1908).
* 27 – Irene Higginbotham, African American songwriter and concert pianist (born 1918).

### September

* 5 – Lawrence Brown, American trombonist (born 1907).
* 27 – J. C. Heard, American drummer (born 1917).

### October

* 8 – Edward Inge, American arranger and reedist (born 1906).

### November

* 30
** Charlie Rouse, American hard bop tenor saxophonist and flautist (born 1924).
** Pannonica de Koenigswarter, British-born jazz patron and writer (born 1913).

### December

* 8
** Gene Quill, American alto saxophonist (born 1927).
** Thore Swanerud, Swedish pianist, vibraphonist, arranger, conductor, and composer (born 1919).

### Unknown date

* Barney Josephson, founder of Café Society in Greenwich Village (born 1902).

## Births
### January

* 28 – Casimir Liberski, Belgian pianist and keyboarder.

### February

* 5 – Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson, Norwegian upright bassist.
* 26 – Christian Meaas Svendsen, Norwegian upright bassist.

### April

* 1 – Sam Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean saxophonist and guitarist (died 2010).
* 22 – Nitcho Reinhardt, French guitarist.

### May

* 29 – Kelly Sweet, American singer and songwriter.

### May

* 2 – Guilherme Rodrigues, Portuguese composer, improviser, and sound artist.
* 7 – David Aleksander Sjølie, Norwegian guitarist.
* 17 – Brittany Anjou, American pianist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.

### July

* 31 – Andreas Wildhagen, Norwegian drummer.

### August

* 17 – Natalie Sandtorv, Norwegian singer, percussionist, and electronica artist.
* 28 – Kjetil Jerve, Norwegian pianist and composer.

### September

* 1 – Martina Bárta, Czech singer and French hornist.

### October

* 19 – Pasquale Grasso, Italian guitarist.

### November

* 25 – Victoria Hart, California-born English singer.
* 27 – Sandra Nankoma, Ugandan singer, songwriter and actress.

### December

* 3 – Melissa Aldana, Chilean tenor saxophonist.
* 23 – Thomai Apergi, Greek singer and guitarist.

### Unknown date

* Jan Martin Gismervik, Norwegian drummer, Monkey Plot.
* Simon Gore, Welch guitarist, keyboarder, composer, and audio/visual artist.