1993 in jazz
Band at French Quarter Festival, New Orleans. Visible musicians include Dan Levinson, clarinet; George Finola, cornet and leader; David Sager, trombone; Tom Saunders, bass sax. Tom McDermott in hat off stage comments to band
Decade	1990s in jazz
Music	1993 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1992 in jazz – 1994 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1993.

Events

April

• 10 – The 20th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 10–12).^[1]

June

• 2 – The 21st Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (June 2–13).^[2]
• 5 – The 22nd Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 5–8).^[3]
• 29 – The 14th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 29 – July 9).^[4]

July

• 1 – The 3rd Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (July 1 – 15).^[5]
• 2
  • The 16th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 2–11).^[6]
  • The 27th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 2–17).^[7]
• 10
  • The 18th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague (July 10–12).^[8]
  • The 28th Pori Jazz started in Pori, Finland (July 10 – 18).^[9]
• 13 – The 34th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 13 – 18).^[10]

August

• 13 – The 10th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 13–15).^[11]

September

• 17 – The 36th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 17–19).^[12]

Album releases

Deaths

January

• 6 – Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (born 1917).
• 23
  • Charles Greenlee, American trombonist (born 1927).
  • Thomas A. Dorsey, American pianist and band leader (born 1899).
• 27 – Eddie Calhoun, American upright bassist (born 1921).
• 30 – Ryoichi Hattori, Japanese composer (born 1907).

February

• 14 – Elek Bacsik, Hungarian-born American violinist and guitarist (born 1926).
• 15 – George Wallington, American pianist and composer (born 1924).
• 17 – Sammy Lowe, American trumpeter, arranger and conductor (born 1918).
• 24 – Gene Porter, American saxophonist and clarinetist (born 1910).

March

• 3 – Harper Goff, American artist, musician, and actor (born 1911).
• 4 – Art Hodes, American pianist (born 1904).
• 8
  • Billy Eckstine, American singer (born 1914).
  • Singleton Palmer, American multi-instrumentalist and bandleader (born 1913).
• 9 – Bob Crosby, American bandleader and singer (born 1913).
• 15 – Gene Leis, American guitarist and bandleader (born 1920).
• 25 – Jake Porter, American trumpeter and record producer (born 1916).
• 27 – Clifford Jordan, American saxophonist (born 1931).

April

• 3 – Herman Fowlkes Jr., American musician and educator (born 1919).

May

• 22 – Juice Wilson, American violinist (born 1904).
• 30 – Sun Ra, American composer, bandleader, and pianist (born 1914).

June

• 5 – Dupree Bolton, American trumpeter (born 1929).
• 7 – Louie Ramirez, American percussionist, and vibraphonist (born 1938).
• 16 – Lebert Lombardo, Canadian-American trumpeter and singer (born 1905).
• 21 – Al Fairweather, British trumpeter (born 1927).
• 22 – Emmett Berry, American trumpeter (born 1915).
• 25 – Rich Matteson, American musician and collegiate music educator (born 1929).

July

• 11 – Mario Bauza, Afro-Cuban clarinetist, saxophonist, and trumpeter (born 1911).
• 12 – John Jenkins, American saxophonist (born 1931).
• 22
  • Art Porter Sr., American pianist (born 1934).
  • Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker, African American trombonist (born 1906).
• 30 – Don Myrick, American saxophonist, The Pharaohs (born 1940).

August

• 1
  • Bob Carter, American bassist and arranger (born 1922).
  • Max Jones, British jazz author, radio host, and journalist (born 1917).
• 4 – Kenny Drew, American pianist (born 1928).
• 5 – Bob Cooper, American West Coast saxophonist (born 1925).
• 10 – Eva Olmerová, Czech singer (born 1934).

September

• 6 – Bjarne Liller, Danish singer-songwriter (born 1935).
• 7 – Adele Girard, American harpist (born 1913).
• 9 – Jimmy Deuchar, Scottish trumpeter and big band arranger (born 1930).
• 13 – Steve Jordan, American guitarist (born 1919.
• 16 – J. R. Monterose, American saxophonist (born 1927).
• 17 – Elmer Crumbley, American trombonist (born 1908).^[13]
• 27 – Fraser MacPherson, Canadian saxophonist (born 1928).

October

• 2 – Ahmed Abdul-Malik, American upright bassist and oud player (born 1927).
• 9 – Greely Walton, American tenor saxophonist (born 1904).

November

• 7 – Adelaide Hall, American-born UK-based singer (born 1901).
• 8 – Dick Cathcart, American trumpeter (born 1924).
• 11 – Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and big band leader (born 1914).
• 17 – Teddy Powell, American guitarist, composer, and big band leader (born 1905).
• 28 – Bruce Turner, English saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader (born 1922).
• 29 – Alan Clare, British jazz pianist (born 1921).

December

• 4 – Frank Zappa, American guitarist, composer, and band leader (born 1940),
• 9 – Carter Jefferson, American tenor saxophonist (born 1946).
• 25 – Ann Ronell, American composer and lyricist (born 1905).

Births

April

• 19 – Arianna Neikrug, American singer, songwriter, and arranger.

September

• 24 – Narelle Kheng, Singaporean percussionist and vocalist.

November

• 21 – Fredrik Halland, Norwegian singer, songwriter, guitarist, and music producer.

Unknown date

• Alice Phoebe Lou, South African singer and songwriter residing in Berlin.
• Arne Martin Nybo, Norwegian guitarist.
• Rohey Taalah, Norwegian singer and songwriter.