1992 in jazz
Chick Corea in concert at Deauville (Normandy, France) in 1992.
Decade	1990s in jazz
Music	1992 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1991 in jazz – 1993 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1992.

Events

April

• 10 – The 19th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 10 – 12).^[1]

May

• 20 – The 20th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 20 – 31).^[2]

June

• 5 – The 21st Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 5 – 8).^[3]

July

• 2 – 26th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Switzerland (July 2 – 18).^[4]
• 10 – The 17th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague (July 10 – 12).^[5]

August

• 13 – The 9th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 13 – 15).^[6]

September

• 18 – The 35th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 18 – 20).^[7]

Album releases

Deaths

January

• 17 – Charlie Ventura, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader (born 1916).

February

• 8 – Denny Wright, English guitarist (born 1924).

March

• 4 – Mary Osborne, American guitarist (born 1921).
• 6 – Hugh Gibb, English drummer and bandleader (born 1916).

April

• 14 – Sammy Price, American pianist and bandleader (born 1908).
• 20 – Leon Abramson or Lee Abrams, American drummer (born 1925).

June

• 10 – Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese songwriter and pianist (born 1931).

August

• 1 – Alfred "Chico" Alvarez, American trumpeter (born 1920).
• 11 – Hayes Pillars, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader (born 1906).

October

• 3 – John Carisi, American trumpeter and composer (born 1922).
• 7 – Ed Blackwell, American drummer (born 1929).

November

• 8 – Red Mitchell, American upright bassist (born 1927).
• 14 – George Adams, American saxophonist (born 1940).
• 24 – June Tyson, American singer (born 1926).

December

• 11 – Andy Kirk, American saxophonist and tubist (born 1898).

Births

January

• 17 – Kristian B. Jacobsen, Norwegian bassist and composer.

March

• 5 – Oddrun Lilja Jonsdottir, Icelandic/Norwegian guitarist, singer, and composer.
• 6 – Lukas Zabulionis, Norwegian saxophonist and composer.
• 15 – Elisabeth Lid Trøen, Norwegian saxophonist.
• 17 – Alf Hulbækmo, Norwegian pianist.

April

• 6 – Mathias Stubø, Norwegian electronica artist.

October

• 1 – Gismo Graf, German guitarist and composer.

December

• 10 – Vincent Ingala, American saxophonist.

Unknown date

• Axel Skalstad, Norwegian drummer.
• Siril Malmedal Hauge, Norwegian singer, composer and band leader.