2019 in jazz
Kamasi Washington at Zelt-Musik-Festival 2019 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Decade	2010s in jazz
Music	2019 in music
Standards	List of jazz standards
See also	2018 in jazz – 2020 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2019.

Events

January

• 10 – The 18th All Ears festival starts in Oslo (January 10 – 12).^[1]
• 11 – The 5th annual Tucson Jazz Festival starts in Tucson, Arizona (January 11 – 21).^[2]
• 24 – The 38th annual Djangofestival starts on Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway (January 24–26).^[3]
• 31
  • The 8th Bodø Jazz Open Vinterjazz starts in Bodø, Norway (January 31 – February 2).^[4]
  • The 21st Polarjazz Festival starts in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 31 – February 3).^[5]

February

• 14 – The 14th Ice Music Festival starts in Geilo, Norway (February 14–16).^[6]
• 26 – English saxophonist Trevor Watts celebrates his 80th birthday.^[7]
• 28 – American saxophonist Charles Gayle celebrates his 80th birthday.^[7]

March

• 1 – The 15th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival starts in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 1 – 3).^[8]
• 6 – The 50th Turku Jazz Festival starts in Åbo, Finland (March 6 – 10).^[9]
• 16 – American violinist Jerry Goodman (Mahavishnu Orchestra) celebrates his 70th birthday.
• 22 – The Blue House Youth Jazz Festival starts in Stockholm, Sweden (March 22 – 24).^[10]
• 29 – The 20th Cape Town International Jazz Festival starts in Cape Town, South Africa (March 29 – 30).^[11]

April

• 12 – The 46th Vossajazz starts in Voss, Norway (April 12 – 14).^[12]
• 24 – The 32nd April Jazz Espoo starts (April 25 – 29).^[13]
• 26 – The 8th Torino Jazz Festival starts in Turin (April 26 – May 4).^[14]
• 30 – The International Jazz Day.^[15]

May

• 3 – The Balejazz starts in Balestrand (May 3 – 5).^[16]
• 6 – The 30th MaiJazz starts in Stavanger, Norway (May 6 – 12).^[17]
• 8 – The 15th AnJazz, the Hamar Jazz Festival starts at Hamar, Norway (May 8 – 12).^[18]
• 16 – The 18th Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés starts in Paris, France (May 16 – 27).^[19]
• 24 – The 47th Nattjazz starts in Bergen, Norway (May 24 – June 1).^[20]

June

• 12 – The Bergenfest starts in Bergen (June 12 – 15).^[21]
• 13 – The Norwegian Wood music festival starts in Oslo (June 13 – 15).^[22]
• 26 – The Leopolis Jazz Fest (previously Alfa Jazz Fest) opens in Lviv, Ukraine (June 26–30).^[23]
• 27 – The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal opens in Montréal, Canada (June 27 - July 6).^[24]
• 28
  • The 39th Jazz à Vienne starts in Vienne, France (June 28 - July 13).^[25]
  • The 53rd Montreux Jazz Festival starts in Montreux, Switzerland (June 28 - July 13).^[26]

July

• 3 – The Kongsberg Jazzfestival opens at Kongsberg consert (August 3 – 6).^[27]
• 4 – The 23rd Skånevik Bluesfestival starts in Skånevik, Norway (July 4 – 6).^[28]
• 5
  • The Baltic Jazz Festival starts in Dalsbruk (July 5 – 7).^[29]
  • The Love Supreme Jazz Festival starts in Lewes, East Sussex (July 5 – 7).^[30]
  • The 41st Copenhagen Jazz Festival starts in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 5 – 14).^[31]
• 11 – The 18th Stavernfestivalen starts in Stavern (August 11 – 13).^[32]
• 12
  • The 44th North Sea Jazz Festival starts in The Hague, Netherlands ( July 12–14).^[33]
  • The 54th Pori Jazz Festival starts in Pori, Finland (July 12 – 20).^[34]
  • The 46th Umbria Jazz Festival starts in Perugia, Italy (July 12 – 21).^[35]
• 13 – The 31st Aarhus Jazz Festival starts in Aarhus, Denmark (July 13 – 20).^[36]
• 15 – The Moldejazz starts in Molde (August 15 – 20).^[37]
• 16
  • The 72nd Nice Jazz Festival starts in Nice, France (July 16 – 20).^[38]
  • The 43rd Jazz de Vitoria starts in Gasteiz, Spain (July 16 – 20).^[39]
• 24 – The 24th Canal Street Festival starts in Arendal (July 24 – 27).^[40]

August

• 2
  • The 63rd Newport Jazz Festival starts in Newport, Rhode Island (August 2 – 4).^[41]
  • The Nišville International Jazz Festival starts in Niš, Serbia (August 2 – 11).^[42]
• 6 – The 20th Øyafestivalen starts in Oslo, Norway (August 6 – 10).^[43]
• 8 – The 33rd Sildajazz starts in Haugesund, Norway (August 8 – 9).^[44]
• 9 – The 35th Brecon Jazz Festival starts in Brecon, Wales (August 9 – 11).^[45]
• 11 – The 34th Oslo Jazzfestival starts in Oslo, Norway (August 11 – 17).^[46]

September

• 5 – The 14th Punktfestivalen opens in Kristiansand (September 5–7).^[47]
• 27 – The 62nd Monterey Jazz Festival starts in Monterey, California (September 27 – 29).^[48]

October

• 17 – The 37th DølaJazz starts in Lillehammer (October 17 – 20).^[49]
• 24 – The 41st Guinness Cork Jazz Festival starts in Cork City, Ireland (October 24 – 28).^[50]
• 31 – The 56th JazzFest Berlin, also known as The Berlin Jazz Festival starts in Berlin (October 31 – November 3).^[51]

November

• 3 – American saxophonist and trumpeter Joe McPhee celebrates his 80th birthday.^[7]

December

• 25 – American pianist Bob James celebrates his 80th birthday.

Albums released

January

February

22 February 2019 The Gleaners by Larry Grenadier

March

April

May

October

Deaths

January

• 5 – Alvin Fielder, American drummer (born 1935).^[70]
• 9 – Joseph Jarman, American saxophonist, Art Ensemble of Chicago (born 1937).^[71]
• 13 – Willie Murphy, American singer and pianist (born 1943).^[72]
• 16 – Chris Wilson, Australian singer and guitarist (born 1956).^[73]
• 21 – Marcel Azzola, French accordionist (born 1927).^[74]
• 23 – Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean guitarist (born 1952).^[75]
• 26 – Michel Legrand, French composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist (born 1932).^[76]

February

• 15 – Kofi Burbridge, American keyboardist and flautist, Tedeschi Trucks Band (born 1961).^[77]
• 16 – Ken Nordine, American spoken word jazz artist (born 1920).^[78]
• 17 – Ethel Ennis, American singer and pianist (born 1932).^[79]
• 28 - Ed Bickert, Canadian jazz guitarist^[80]

March

• 5 – Jacques Loussier, French jazz pianist and film score composer (born 1934)^[81]

December

• 7 – Joe McQueen, American saxophonist (born 1919).^[82]