# 1991 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1991.

## Events
### March

* 22 – The 18th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 22 – 24).

### May

* 17 – The 20th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 17 – 20).
* 22 – The 19th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 22 – June 2).

### July

* 2 – 25th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Switzerland (July 2 – 21).
* 11 – The 16th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague (July 11 – 14).

### August

* 16 – The 8th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 16 – 18).

### September

* 20 – The 34th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 20 – 22).

### Unknown date

* Carla Bley divorced Michael Mantler.
* Carla Bley was married to Steve Swallow.

## Album releases

* Steve Lacy: Remains
* Wayne Horvitz: Bring Your Camera
* John Butcher: Thirteen Friendly Numbers
* Guy Klucevsek: Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse
* Michael Formanek: Extended Animation
* Randy Weston: Spirits Of Our Ancestors
* Bill Frisell: Where in the World?
* Don Byron: Tuskegee Experiments
* Marilyn Crispell: Images
* Chick Corea Elektric Band: Beyond the Mask
* Bobby Previte: Weather Clear, Track Fast
* Music Revelation Ensemble: After Dark
* Sonny Sharrock: Ask the Ages
* Steve Coleman: Black Science
* Joe Lovano: From the Soul
* David Sanborn: Another Hand
* Don Pullen: Kele Mou Bana
* Terje Rypdal: Q.E.D.
* Jackie McLean: Rites of Passage
* Joanne Brackeen: Is It Really True
* John Scofield: Meant to Be
* John Patitucci: Heart of the Bass
* Julius Hemphill: Fat Man and the Hard Blues
* London Jazz Composers' Orchestra: Theoria
* Wynton Marsalis: Blue Interlude
* Marty Ehrlich: Side by Side
* Tim Berne: Can't Put My Finger On It
* Joanne Brackeen: Where Legends Dwell
* Joey Baron: Tongue in Groove
* Max Roach: To the Max
* Robert Dick: Venturi Shadows
* Freddie Hubbard: Temptation
* Fred Hersh: Forward Motion
* Steve Swallow: Swallow
* Marcus Roberts: As Serenity Approaches
* Steve Turre: Right There
* Trilok Gurtu: Living Magic
* Branford Marsalis: The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born
* Christy Doran: What a Band
* Yellowjackets: Politics
* David S. Ware: Great Bliss, Vol. 1
* David S. Ware: Great Bliss, Vol. 2
* Eliane Elias: A Long Story

## Deaths
### January

* 4
** Eddie Barefield, American saxophonist, clarinetist, and arranger (born 19091).
** Leo Wright, American alto saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist (born 1933).
* 10 – Bob Wallis, British trumpeter (born 1934).
* 14 – Miles Copeland Jr., American musician (born 1916).

### February

* 10 – Tío Tom, Afro-Cuban musician (born 1919).
* 26 – Slim Gaillard, American singer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist, vibraphonist, and tenor saxophonist (born 1916).

### March

* 3 – Sal Nistico, American tenor saxophonist (born 1938).
* 15 – Bud Freeman, American tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer (born 1906).
* 20 – Billy Butler, American guitarist (born 1924).
* 25 – Rusty Bryant, American tenor and alto saxophonist (born 1929).
* 31 – John Carter, American clarinetist, saxophonist, and flautist (born 1929).

### April

* 1
** Bjarne Nerem, Norwegian tenor saxophonist, alto saxophonist, and clarinetist (born 1923).
** Jon Eardley, American trumpeter (born 1928).
* 16 – Ove Lind, Swedish clarinetist (born 1926).
* 19 – Barry Rogers, American trombonist (born 1935).

### May

* 3 – Harry Gibson, American pianist, singer, and songwriter (born 1915).
* 8 – Kenny Trimble, American trombonist (born 1919).

### June

* 6 – Stan Getz, American saxophonist (born 1927).
* 23 – Masayuki Takayanagi, Japanese guitarist (born 1932).
* 29 – Richard Holmes, American organist (born 1931).

### July

* 24 – Tullio Mobiglia, Italian saxophonist and bandleader (born 1911).
* 31 – Charlie Beal, American pianist (born 1908).

### August

* 4 – Jeri Southern, American pianist and singer (born 1926).
* 10 – Buster Smith, American alto saxophonist (born 1904).

### September

* 4 – Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1913).
* 28 – Miles Davis American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (born 1926).

### October

* 1 – Stu Williamson, American trumpeter and valve trombonist (born 1933).

### November

* 9 – Lance Hayward, Bermudan-American pianist (born 1916).

### December

* 8 – Buck Clayton, American trumpeter (born 1911).
* 12 – Ronnie Ross, British baritone saxophonist (born 1933).
* 18 – King Kolax, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1912).
* 22 – Beaver Harris, American drummer (born 1936).
* 31 – Pat Patrick, American baritone saxophonist, alto saxophonist, and guitar bassist (born 1929).

## Births
### February

* 4 – Kjetil Mulelid, Norwegian pianist and composer.

### March

* 27 – Braxton Cook, American alto saxophonist and composer.

### April

* 10 – Andreas Skår Winther, Norwegian drummer.
* 23 – Jean Rondeau, French harpsichordist.
* 26 – Will Heard, English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.

### May

* 10 – Jimmy Macbride, American drummer and composer.

### June

* 11 – Aaron M. Johnson, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader.

### July

* 26 – Nathan Hartono, Indonesian multi-instrumentalist and vocalist.

### September

* 21 – Ai Kuwabara, Japanese pianist.
* 25 – Per Kamfjord, Norwegian drummer.

### October

* 20 – Henrik Lødøen, Norwegian drummer.

### Unknown date

* Bendik Baksaas, Norwegian electronica artist.
* Magnus Bakken, Norwegian saxophonist.
* Olli Soikkeli, Finnish guitarist.