# 1996 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1996.

## Events
### March

* 29 – The 23rd Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 29 – 31).

### May

* 22 – The 24th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 22 – June 2).
* 24 – The 25th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 24 – 27).

### June

* 27 – The 17th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Canada (June 27 – July 7).
* 28 – The 6th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (June 28 – July 13).

### July

* 5 – The 30th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Switzerland (July 5 – 20).
* 12
** The 21st North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 12 – 14).
** The 31st Pori Jazz Festival started in Finland (July 12 – 21).
* 15 – The 37th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 15 – 20).
* 18 – The 49th Nice Jazz Festival started in France (July 18 – 20).
* 21 – The 31st San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 22 – 27).

### August

* 9 – The 13th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 9 – 11).

### September

* 19 – The 39th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 19 – 21).

## Album releases

| Month | Day | Album | Artist | Label |
| January | 1 | Moving In | Chris Potter | Concord |
| January | 8 | Notes of Life | Hugh Masekela | Columbia |
| October | 15 | Shack-man | Medeski Martin & Wood | Rykodisc |
| August |
| September | 20 | Freedom in the Groove | Joshua Redman | Warner Bros. |
| September | 30 | Wisdom of Uncertainty | David S. Ware | AUM Fidelity |
* Matthew Shipp: By the Law of Music
* Guillermo Gregorio: Approximately
* Ivo Perelman: Seeds, Visions and Counterpoint
* Michael Formanek: Nature of the Beast
* David S. Ware: Wisdom of Uncertainty
* Maria Schneider: Coming About
* Zeena Parkins: Mouth=Maul=Betrayer
* Kenny Wheeler: Siren's Song
* Gerry Hemingway: Perfect World
* Ivo Perelman: Sound Hierarchy
* Bob Neill: Triptycal
* Branford Marsalis: The Dark Keys
* Henry Threadgill: Where's Your Cup?
* Evan Parker: Toward the Margins
* Pat Metheny Group: Quartet
* John Scofield: Quiet
* Fred Anderson: Birdhouse
* David S. Ware: Oblations and Blessings
* David S. Ware: DAO
* David S. Ware: Godspelized
* William Parker: Compassion Seizes Bed-Stuy
* Eliane Elias: The Three Americas
* Charlie Haden: Now Is the Hour

## Deaths
### January

* 2 – Viatcheslav Nazarov, American trombonist, pianist and vocalist (born 1952).
* 5 – Gus Bivona, American reedist (born 1915).
* 11 – Ike Isaacs, Burmese-English guitarist (born 1919).
* 13 – Morty Corb, American upright bassist (born 1917).
* 20 – Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist, and clarinetist (born 1927).
* 28 – Pauline Braddy, African-American drummer, International Sweethearts of Rhythm (born 1922).
* 29 – Ray Leatherwood, American upright bassist (born 1914).

### February

* 7 – Tiny Winters, English bassist and vocalist (born 1909).
* 8 – Mercer Ellington, American trumpeter, composer, and arranger (born 1919).
* 12 – Alan Dawson, American drummer (born 1929).

### March

* 5 – Herb Hall, American clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1907).
* 27 – Howard Wyeth, American drummer and pianist

### May

* 1 – Billy Byers, American trombonist and arranger (born 1927).
* 25 – Barney Wilen, American saxophonist and composer (born 1937).
* 27 – Pud Brown, American reedist (born 1917).
* 28 – Jimmy Rowles, American pianist, vocalist, and composer (born 1918).

### June

* 1 – Don Grolnick, American pianist and composer (born 1947).
* 6 – Norma Teagarden, American pianist (born 1911).
* 10 – Frankie Sakai, Japanese comedian, actor, and musician (born 1929).
* 15 – Ella Fitzgerald, American vocalist (born 1917).
* 16 – Gil Cuppini, Italian drummer and bandleader (born 1924).

### July

* 3 – Pim Jacobs, American trumpeter (born 1934).
* 17 – Amancio D'Silva, Indian guitarist and composer (born 1936).

### August

* 6 – Bobby Enriquez, Filipino pianist (born 1943).
* 24 – Carlos Vidal Bolado, American conga drum musician (born 1914).
* 25 – Fred Adison, French vocalist, drummer, and bandleader (born 1908).
* 31 – Milt Larkin, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1910).

### September

* 20 – Paul Weston, American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor (born 1912).

### October

* 11 – Johnny Costa, American pianist (born 1922).

### November

* 2 – Eva Cassidy, American vocalist and guitarist (born 1963).
* 4 – Ray Linn, American trumpeter (born 1920).
* 5 – Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (born 1934).
* 7
** Carmell Jones, American trumpet player (born 1936).
** Kid Sheik, American trumpeter (born 1908).
* 12 – Alan Littlejohn, American trumpeter, flugelhornist, and bandleader (born 1928).
* 13 – Bill Doggett, American pianist and organist (born 1916).
* 23 – Art Porter Jr., American saxophonist (born 1961).

### December

* 19 – Bobby Cole, American singer and pianist (born 1932).
* 23 – Ronnie Scott, English tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner (born 1927).
* 26 – Oscar Valdambrini, Italian jazz trumpeter (born 1924).

## Births
### February

* 2 – Dionne Bromfield, English singer and songwriter.
* 4 – Connie Han, American pianist and composer.

### September

* 8 – Alexander Bone, English saxophonist, pianist, producer, and composer.