# 1995 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1995.

## Events
### April

* 7 – The 22nd Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 7 – 9).

### May

* 23 – The 23rd Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 4).

### June

* 2 – The 24th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 2 – 5).
* 29 – The 16th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Canada (June 29 – July 9).

### July

* 1 – The 5th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (July 1 – 12).
* 7 – The 29th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Switzerland (July 7 – 22).
* 14 – The 20th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 14 – 16).
* 15 – The 30th Pori Jazz Festival started in Finland (July 15 – 23).
* 17 – The 36th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 17 – 22).
** The 48th Nice Jazz Festival started in France (July 7 – 16).
* 21 – The 30th San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 21 – 25).

### August

* 11 – The 12th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 11 – 13).

### September

* 15 – The 38th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17).

### Unknown date

* The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz opens their first performance classes of jazz.

## Album releases

* Butch Morris: Testament
* Dave Douglas: In Our Lifetime
* Matthew Shipp: The Flow of X
* Charlie Hunter: Bing, Bing, Bing!
* Marvin Peterson: African Portraits
* Guy Klucevsek: Citrus My Love
* Marty Ehrlich: Just Before The Dawn
* Matthew Shipp: Symbol Systems
* Gerry Hemingway: Marmalade King
* Steve Turre: Rhythm Within
* Medeski Martin and Wood: Friday Afternoon in the Universe
* Reggie Workman: Cerebral Caverns
* Muhal Richard Abrams: One Line, Two Views
* Dave Douglas: Five
* Bill Frisell: Go West
* Pat Metheny Group: We Live Here
* Henry Threadgill: Makin' a Move
* Dave Holland: Dream of the Elders
* Paul Plimley: Everything in Stage
* John Scofield: Groove Elation
* Chick Corea Quartet: Time Warp
* Matthew Shipp: Before the World
* Don Byron: Music for Six Musicians
* Uri Caine: Toys
* Michael Franks: Abandoned Garden
* Roy Campbell:Communion
* Marilyn Crispell: Destiny
* David S. Ware: Cryptology
* Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola, Jean-Luc Ponty: The Rite of Strings

## Deaths
### January

* 1 – Jess Stacy, American pianist (born 1904).

### February

* 6 – Art Taylor, American drummer (born 1929).

### March

* 5 – Vivian Stanshall, English singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet, and wit, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (born 1943).
* 30 – Rozelle Claxton, American pianist (born 1913).
* 31 – Max Brüel, Danish pianist and saxophonist (born 1927).

### April

* 2 – Julius Hemphill, American composer and saxophonist (born 1938).

### May

* 7 – Ray McKinley, American drummer, singer, and bandleader (born 1910).
* 9 – Marshall Royal, American clarinetist and alto saxophonist (born 1912).
* 10
** Jimmy Raney, American guitarist (born 1927).
** Karl Drewo, Austrian saxophonist (born 1929).
* 15 – Minoru Matsuya, Japanese pianist (born 1910).
* 23 – Mick Pyne, English pianist (born 1940).

### June

* 4 – Earle Warren, American alto saxophonist and singer (born 1914).
* 5 – Bucky Calabrese, American upright bassist (born 1927).
* 30 – Phyllis Hyman, American singer and actress (born 1949).

### July

* 13 – Aimé Barelli, French trumpeter, vocalist, and band leader (born 1917).
* 22 – Percy Humphrey, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1905).

### August

* 11 – Phil Harris, American comedian, actor, singer, and musician (born 1904).
* 20 – John Gilmore, American saxophonist (born 1931).

### September

* 12 – Larry Gales, American upright bassist (born 1936).

### October

* 19 – Don Cherry, American trumpeter (born 1936).

### November

* 19 – Don Goldie, American trumpeter (born 1930).

### December

* 30 – Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and arranger (born 1914).

### Unknown date

* Jacques Denjean, French composer and arranger, Les Double Six (born 1929).
* Roger Chaput, French guitarist and visual artist, Quintette du Hot Club de France (born 1909).

## Births
### April

* 21 – Alma Macbride, American pianist, composer, and film maker.

### May

* 9 – Andrea Motis, Spanish singer and trumpeter.

### Unknown date

* 9 – Selma French Bolstad, Norwegian singer, fiddler, and composer.