# 1972 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1972.

## Events
### April

* 21
** Grant Green records Live at the Lighthouse at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California.

### June

* 10 – The very first Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 10 – 11).
* 16 – The 6th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 16 – August 20).
* 29 – The 19th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (June 29 – July 8).

### September

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

## Album releases

* Neil Ardley: Symphony of Amaranths
* Gato Barbieri: Bolivia (album)
* Paul Bley: Open, to Love
* Anthony Braxton
** Donna Lee
** Saxophone Improvisations
** Town Hall 1972
* Gary Burton: Alone at Last
* Ornette Coleman: Skies of America
* Chick Corea: Return To Forever
* Miles Davis: On The Corner
* Bill Evans: Living Time (with George Russell)
* Gunter Hampel
** Angel (Gunter Hampel album)
** Broadway
** Familie (album)
** Waltz For 11 Universes In A Corridor
* Herbie Hancock: Crossings (album)
* Julius Hemphill: Dogon AD
* Joe Henderson: Black Is The Color
* Keith Jarrett
** Expectations (Keith Jarrett album)
** Facing You
* Eric Kloss: One, Two, Free
* David Liebman: Open Sky (album)
* London Jazz Composers Orchestra: Ode (album)
* Albert Mangelsdorff: Trombirds
* Nucleus: Belladonna (album)
* Oregon: Music Of Another Present Era
* Annette Peacock: I'm the One
* Jean-Luc Ponty: Sonata Erotica
* John Surman: Westering Home
* McCoy Tyner
** Echoes of a Friend
** Sahara (album)
* Weather Report: I Sing the Body Electric
* Randy Weston: Blue Moses
* Stanley Cowell – Illusion Suite
* Stanley Clarke – Children of Forever
* Gary Bartz – Juju Street Songs
* Airto Moreira – Free
* Charles Earland – Charles III
* Stanley Turrentine – Cherry
* Bucky Pizzarelli – Green Guitar Blues

## Deaths
### January

* 27 – Mahalia Jackson, American singer (born 1911).

### February

* 19 – Lee Morgan, American trumpeter, shot dead (born 1938).

### March

* 13 – Clancy Hayes, American vocalist, banjoist and guitarist (born 1908).
* 27 – Sharkey Bonano, American trumpeter, band leader, and vocalist (born 1904).

### April

* 3 – Ferde Grofé, American composer, arranger, and pianist (born 1892).

### May

* 5 – Reverend Gary Davis, American singer, banjoist, guitarist, and harmonica player (born 1896).

### June

* 8 – Jimmy Rushing, American blues shouter, balladeer, singer, and pianist (born 1901).

### July

* 3 – Marty Flax, American saxophonist (born 1924).
* 10 – Lovie Austin, 84, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1887).

### August

* 5 – Mezz Mezzrow, American clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1899).
* 9 – André Ekyan, French reedist (born 1907).
* 20 – Mike Bryan, American guitarist (born 1916).
* 24 – Don Byas, American tenor saxophonist (born 1912).
* 31
** Hideo Shiraki, Japanese drummer and bandleader (born 1933).
** Dalva de Oliveira, Brazilian singer (internal bleeding) (born 1917).

### October

* 13 – Phil Seamen, English drummer (born 1926).
* 25 – Cal Massey, American trumpeter and composer (born 1928).

### November

* 24 – Hall Overton, American composer and pianist (born 1920).

### December

* 3 – Bill Johnson, African-American upright bassist (born 1872).
* 5 – Kenny Dorham, American trumpeter, singer, and composer (born 1924).
* 25 – Dud Bascomb, American trumpeter (born 1916).
* 29 – Hayes Alvis, American upright bassist and tubist (born 1907).

## Births
### January

* 6 – Mina Agossi, French singer-songwriter.

### February

* 1 – Siri Gjære, Norwegian singer.
* 14 – Daniela Schaechter, Italian singer and pianist.

### March

* 7 – Katrine Madsen, Danish singer.
* 12 – Lisa Werlinder, Swedish actress and singer.
* 14 – Noriko Ueda, Japanese upright bassist, pianist, singer, composer, and arranger.
* 21 – Jesse van Ruller, Dutch guitarist and composer.
* 25 – Mimi Jones, American bassist, vocalist, composer, bandleader, and label director.

### April

* 9 – Christos Rafalides, Greek vibraphonist, composer, and educator.
* 15 – Christer Fredriksen, Norwegian guitarist.
* 16 – Øyvind Nypan, Norwegian guitarist.

### May

* 31 – Christian McBride, American bassist.

### July

* 1 – Alex Machacek, Austrian guitarist.
* 4 – Ketil Gutvik, Norwegian guitarist.
* 29 – Roger Johansen, Norwegian drummer.

### August

* 13 – Oscar Peñas, Catalan-American guitarist and composer.
* 21 – Nino Katamadze, Georgian singer.

### September

* 12 – Gerard Presencer, English trumpeter.
* 27 – Lindha Kallerdahl, Swedish singer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.

### October

* 2 – John Daversa, American trumpeter and composer.
* 11 – Federico Ughi, Italian drummer and composer.
* 12 – Eugene Ball, Australian composer and trumpeter.
* 22 – Doug Wamble, American guitarist and vocalist.

### November

* 5 – Neil Cowley, English pianist.

### December

* 2 – Pasquale Stafano, Italian pianist, composer, and arranger.
* 5 – Stefano Bollani, Italian composer, pianist, and singer.
* 7 – Thomas Strønen, Norwegian drummer.
* 28 – Terreon Gully, American drummer.

### Unknown date

* Anders Christensen, Danish upright bassist.
* Ari Poutiainen, Finnish violinist, violist, composer, and researcher.
* Jay Soto, American guitarist.
* Meriç Yurdatapan, Turkish singer.
* Morten Lund, Danish drummer.