# 1964 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1964.

## Events
### July

* 2 – The 11th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 2 – 5).

## Album releases

* Albert Ayler: Witches and Devils
* John Coltrane: Crescent
* Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch!
* Guenter Hampel: Heartplants
* Herbie Hancock: Empyrean Isles
* Joe Henderson: "Our Thing (album)"
* Andrew Hill: Judgment!
* Andrew Hill: Black Fire
* Freddie Hubbard
** Breaking Point
** "Doin' the Thang!"
** "The Body & the Soul"
* Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder
* Lee Morgan: Search For The New Land
* New York Art Quartet: New York Art Quartet
* Duke Pearson: Wahoo!
* Oscar Peterson
** Canadiana Suite
** "The Oscar Peterson Trio Plays"
** Trio Plus One
** "We Get Requests"
* André Previn: My Fair Lady
* Shirley Scott: Blue Flames
* Tony Scott: Music for Zen Meditation
* Wayne Shorter: JuJu
* Ben Webster: See You at the Fair
* Tony Williams: Life Time
* Larry Young: Into Somethin'
* Denny Zeitlin
** Carnival
** Cathexis

## Deaths
### January

* 4 – Artie Bernstein, American upright bassist (born 1909).
* 5 – Cecil Scott, American clarinetist, tenor saxophonist, and bandleader (born 1905).
* 9 – Big Boy Goudie, American saxophonist (born 1899).
* 15 – Jack Teagarden, American trombonist and singer (born 1905).

### February

* 9 – Willie Bryant, American bandleader, vocalist, and disc jockey (born 1908).

### May

* 1 – Håkan von Eichwald, Finnish-Swedish bandleader and conductor (born 1908).
* 7 – Joe Maini, American alto saxophonist (born 1930).

### June

* 29 – Eric Dolphy, American alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist (born 1928).

### July

* 10 – Joe Haymes, American drummer, pianist, bandleader, and arranger (born 1907).

### October

* 7 – Nick Travis, American trumpeter (born 1925).
* 8 – Conrad Gozzo, American trumpeter (born 1922).
* 15 – Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (born 1891).

### November

* 5 – Buddy Cole, American pianist and orchestra leader (born 1916).
* 19 – Vi Burnside, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1915).
* 30 – Don Redman, American arranger, bandleader, saxophonist, and clarinetist (born 1900).

### December

* 11 – Sam Cooke, American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur (born 1931).
* 14 – Francisco Canaro, Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader (born 1888).
* 28 – Dave Bowman, American pianist (born 1914).

## Births
### January

* 18 – Andy Panayi, British saxophonist and flautist.
* 27 – Trond Sverre Hansen, Norwegian drummer.

### February

* 1 – Bugge Wesseltoft, Norwegian pianist and keyboardist.
* 9 – Liane Carroll, English vocalist, pianist, and keyboardist.
* 20 – Iain Ballamy, British composer, and soprano, alto and tenor saxophonist.
* 29 – Martin France, English drummer.

### March

* 10 – Neneh Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter.
* 13 – Reidar Skår, Norwegian keyboardist, composer, and music producer.
* 18 – Courtney Pine, British saxophonist.
* 30 – Tracy Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

### April

* 13 – Tetuzi Akiyama, Japanese guitarist, violinist, and instrument-maker.
* 16 – Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist, e.s.t (died 2008).
* 22 – Johannes Eick, Norwegian bassist.
* 26 – Rebecka Törnqvist, Swedish singer.

### May

* 4 – Terje Isungset, Norwegian drummer and percussionist.
* 13 – Harald Devold, Norwegian saxophonist (died 2016).
* 31 – Carl Petter Opsahl, Norwegian saxophonist, clarinetist, and journalist.

### June

* 8 – Fabrizio Cassol, Belgian saxophonist.
* 9 – Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass guitarist (died 2009).
* 10 – Jimmy Chamberlin, American drummer, The Smashing Pumpkins.
* 11 – Antti Sarpila, Finnish clarinetist.
* 13 – Helge Lilletvedt, Norwegian pianist.
* 21 – Philippe Aerts, Belgian upright bassist.
* 28 – Steve Williamson, English saxophonist and composer.

### July

* 13 – Brent Fischer, American bass guitarist and percussionist.
* 15 – Tobias Delius, English tenor saxophonist and clarinetist.

### August

* 10 – Kåre Kolve, Norwegian saxophonist.
* 13 – Werner Neumann, German guitarist.
* 21 – Jorge Rossy, Spanish drummer, pianist and vibraphonist.
* 28 – Peter Washington, American upright bassist.

### September

* 1 – Dave O'Higgins, English saxophonist and composer.
* 9 – Cæcilie Norby, Danish singer.
* 11 – Victor Wooten, American bassist.
* 16 – Phillip Bent, English flautist.
* 23 – Yutaka Shiina, Japanese pianist and composer.
* 25 – Barbara Dennerlein, German organist.

### October

* 4 – Robert Hurst, American bassist.
* 27 – Scotty Barnhart, American trumpeter, Count Basie Orchestra.
* 29 – Mats Gustafsson, Swedish saxophonist.

### November

* 16 – Diana Krall, Canadian pianist and singer.
* 19 – Vincent Herring, American saxophonist and flautist.
* 28 – Jesse Cook, Canadian guitarist.

### December

* 5 – Arve Furset, Norwegian pianist and keyboardist.
* 12 – Mark Mondesir, English drummer.
* 29 – Ramón Valle, Cuban pianist and composer.

### Unknown date

* Benita Haastrup, Danish drummer, percussionist, educator, and composer.
* Dennis Rollins, English trombonist and bandleader.