# 1990 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1990.

## Events
### April

* 6 – The 17th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 6 – 8).

### May

* 23 – The 18th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 3).

### June

* 1 – The 19th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 1 – 4).

### June

* 1 – The 13th Atlanta Jazz Festival started in Atlanta, Georgia (June 1 – 3, July 6 – 8, August 3 – 5).

### July

* 7 – 24th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Switzerland (July 7 – 22).
* 12 – The 15th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague (July 12 – 15).

### August

* 17 – The 7th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 17 – 19).

### September

* 21 – The 33rd Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 21 – 23).

### Unknown date

* Eliane Elias and Randy Brecker were divorced.

## Album releases

* Ben Sidran: Cool Paradise
* Bill Frisell: Is That You?
* Bobby Previte: Empty Suits
* Butch Morris: Dust To Dust
* Charlie Haden: Dream Keeper
* Danny Gottlieb: Brooklyn Blues
* David Liebman: The Tree
* David Ware: Great Bliss
* Don Pullen: Random Thoughts
* Egberto Gismondi: Infancia
* Elements: Spirit River
* Eric Reed: Soldier's Hymn
* Eliane Elias: Eliane Elias Plays Jobim
* Franz Koglmann: The Use of Memory
* Geri Allen: The Nurturer
* Gerry Hemingway: Down To The Wire
* Gerry Hemingway: Special Detail
* Hank Roberts: Birds Of Prey
* ICP Orchestra: Bospaadje Konijnehol II
* Jazz Passengers: Implement Yourself
* John Pizzarelli: My Blue Heaven
* John Zorn: Naked City
* Keith Tippett: The Journey
* Kenny Wheeler: Music for Large & Small Ensembles
* Kenny Wheeler: Widow in the Window
* Marilyn Crispell: Overlapping Hands: Eight Segments
* Mark Helias: Attack the Future
* Marty Ehrlich: Emergency Peace
* Matthew Shipp: Circular Temple
* Michael Formanek: Wide Open Spaces
* Michael Franks: Blue Pacific
* Muhal Richard Abrams: Blu Blu Blu
* Music Revelation Ensemble: Elec Jazz
* Myra Melford: Jump
* Philip Catherine: I Remember You
* Phil Woods: All Bird's Children
* Ray Anderson: What Because
* Terence Blanchard: Terence Blanchard
* Tom Harrell: Form
* Yellowjackets: Green House

## Deaths
### January

* 3 – Peter van Steeden, Dutch-American composer (born 1904).
* 8 – Georgie Auld, Canadian tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader (born 1919).
* 9 – Buschi Niebergall, German free jazz musician (born 1938).

### February

* 2 – Mel Lewis, American drummer and bandleader (born 1929).
* 4 – Fritz Schulz-Reichel, German pianist (born 1912).
* 5 – King Perry, American saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, and bandleader (born 1914).
* 21 – John Madrid, American trumpeter (born 1948).
* 27 – Arthur Österwall, Swedish band leader, composer, vocalist, and upright bassist (born 1910).
* 28 – Russell Jacquet, American trumpeter (born 1917).

### March

* 12 – Harry South, English pianist, composer, and arranger (born 1929).
* 17 – Jack Noren, American drummer and vocalist (born 1929).
* 23 – Al Sears, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader (born 1910).

### April

* 3 – Sarah Vaughan, American singer (born 1924).
* 5 – Louis Nelson, American trombonist (born 1902).
* 25 – Dexter Gordon, American tenor saxophonist (born 1923).

### May

* 4 – Emily Remler, American guitarist (born 1957).
* 7 – Elizete Cardoso, Argentine singer and actress (born 1920).
* 16 – Sammy Davis Jr., American singer and entertainer (born 1925).
* 17 – Frank Wright, American tenor saxophonist (born 1935).
* 18
** Eje Thelin, Swedish trombonist (born 1938).
** Sing Miller, American pianist (born 1914).
* 26 – Chris McGregor, South African pianist, bandleader, and composer (born 1936).

### June

* 2 – Walter Davis Jr., American pianist (born 1932).
* 7 – Lou Blackburn, American trombonist (born 1922).
* 10 – Hubert Rostaing, Algierian-French clarinetist and tenor saxophonist (born 1918).
* 11 – Clyde McCoy, American trumpeter (born 1903).
* 21 – June Christy, American singer (born 1925).
* 28 – Howard Roberts, American guitarist (born 1929).
* 30 – Dudu Pukwana, South African saxophonist, composer, and pianist (born 1938).

### July

* 21 – Joe Turner, American pianist (born 1907).
* 31 – Lowell Davidson, American pianist (born 1941).

### August

* 12 – Harry Leahey, American guitarist (born 1935).
* 14 – Chester Zardis, American upright bassist (born 1900).
* 17 – Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (born 1918).

### September

* 3 – Betty Glamann, American jazz harpist (born 1923).
* 23 – George Desmond Hodnett, Irish composer, piano, trumpet, and zither player (born 1918).
* 29 – Freddie Kohlman, American drummer, vocalist, and bandleader (born 1918).

### October

* 1 – Phil Napoleon, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1901).
* 5 – Sam Taylor, American tenor saxophonist (born 1916).
* 6 – Asser Fagerström, Finnish pianist, composer, and actor ((born 1912).
* 16 – Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader, The Jazz Messengers (born 1919).
* 25 – Major Holley, American upright bassist (born 1914).
* 27 – Xavier Cugat, bandleader (born 1900).

### November

* 4 – William Leavitt, American guitarist and arranger (born 1925).
* 16 – Lee Castle, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1915).
* 26
** Dave Wilkins, Barbadian trumpeter (born 1914).
** Rita Ora, British singer-songwriter and actor.

### December

* 5 – Bill Hardman, American trumpeter and flugelhornist (born 1933).
* 18 – Bernard Addison, American guitarist (born 1905).

### Unknown date

* Francis Coppieters, Belgian pianist (born 1930).

## Births
### January

* 17 – Diknu Schneeberger, Austrian guitarist.

### February

* 13 – Jonathan Chua, Singaporean drummer.

### March

* 27 – Kimbra Lee Johnson, New Zealand singer and actress.

### April

* 20 – Sebastian Nordström, Swedish bassist.

### July

* 11 – Ole Mofjell, Norwegian drummer.
* 23 – Torgeir Standal, Norwegian guitarist.

### August

* 15 – Benjamin Kheng, Singaporean guitarist/pianist/composer and brony.

### September

* 15 – Laura Jurd, British trumpet and synthesizer player.

### October

* 25
** Austin Peralta, American pianist. At age 15, a featured performer at the 2006 Tokyo Jazz Festival (died 2012).
** Marthe Wang, Norwegian singer and songwriter.

### November

* 27 – Mette Henriette, Norwegian saxophonist, improviser, and autodidact composer.

### December

* 20 – Corrie Dick, Scottish drummer, percussionist, vocalist, and composer.
* 25 – Sandra Riley Tang, Singaporean female double-bassist.

### Unknown date

* Alper Tuzcu, Turkish singer, composer, and music producer.
* Charlotte Dos Santos, Norwegian vocalist, composer, and arranger.
* Martin Masakowski, American bassist.