2021 in jazz
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This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2021.

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Albums

Month Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
March 26 Daring Mind Jihye Lee Orchestra Motema Music [8]
26 Promises Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra Luaka Bop [9]
April 9 Uneasy (album) Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey ECM Records [10][11]
May 14 Black To The Future Sons Of Kemet Impulse! Records [12][13]
28 Nafs at Peace Jaubi Astigmatic Records [14]
June 11 Squint Julian Lage Blue Note Records [15]
August 27 Sounds from the Ancestors Kenny Garrett Mack Avenue Records [16]
September 3 Kinds of Love Renee Rosnes Smoke Sessions Records [17][18]
10 Side-Eye (V1. IV) Pat Metheny BMG Modern Recordings [19]
14 The Cave Of Winds Tony Malaby Pyroclastic [20]
October 8 SuperBlue Kurt Elling Edition Records [21]
November 12 Crisis Louis Hayes Savant Records [22]
19 A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday Jack DeJohnette, Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith TUM Records [23]
December 3 New Standards Kenny G Concord Records [24]

Deaths

See also

References

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  2. ^ 2020 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List: 2020 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List, accessdate: June 1, 2023
  3. ^ 2021 GRAMMY Awards Show: Chick Corea Wins Best Improvised Jazz Solo & Best Jazz Instrumental Album | 2021 GRAMMY Awards Show, accessdate: May 23, 2023
  4. ^ Music Week: Sons Of Kemet's Shabaka Hutchings on his new label | Labels | Music Week, accessdate: May 23, 2023
  5. ^ Paul Robicheau (August 3, 2021). "Concert Review: Newport Jazz Festival 2021 — A Musical Affirmation". The Arts Fuse. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  6. ^ "Midnight Crisp, by Takuya Kuroda". Takuya Kuroda. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  7. ^ Chow, Andrew R.; Lang, Cady (4 December 2021). "The 10 Best Albums of 2021". Time. Archived from the original on 2022-08-17. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  8. ^ Morgan Enos (April 12, 2021). "Jihye Lee: Daring to Lead". Jazz Times. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  9. ^ Shaffer, Claire (16 February 2021). "Pharoah Sanders Announces First Album in a Decade With Floating Points". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  10. ^ Vijay Iyer, Vijay Iyer Trio - Uneasy Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
  11. ^ Jazz, All About (2021-04-29). "Vijay Iyer: Uneasy album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  12. ^ Allnutt, Chris (28 April 2021). "Saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings: 'If I stop playing, I feel that physical yearning'". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Black to the Future by Sons of Kemet". Metacritic. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  14. ^ Kalia, Ammar (2021-04-30). "Jaubi: Nafs at Peace review – Pakistani band battle ego with improv". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  15. ^ Julian Lage - Squint Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
  16. ^ Sounds from the Ancestors - Kenny Garrett | Releases | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
  17. ^ Renee Rosnes - Kinds Of Love, 2021-09-03, retrieved 2023-07-01
  18. ^ Jazz, All About (2021-12-11). "Renee Rosnes: Kinds of Love album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  19. ^ John Fordham (December 19, 2021). "The 10 best jazz albums of 2021". The Guardian. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  20. ^ Mike Shanley (December 31, 2021). "Tony Malaby's Sabino: The Cave of Winds (Pyroclastic)". Jazz Times. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  21. ^ SuperBlue - Kurt Elling | Releases | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
  22. ^ Crisis - Louis Hayes | Releases | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
  23. ^ A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday - Jack DeJohnette, Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith | Releases | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
  24. ^ "New Standards Out Now". kennyg.com. 3 December 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  25. ^ Denis, Jacques (7 January 2021). "Mort de Bobby Few, pianiste sans chapelle". Libération (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  26. ^ admin (January 17, 2021). "American Composer and Arranger Sammy Nestico has Passed Away". Talk Zone. Archived from the original on January 17, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  27. ^ Bebco, Joe. "British Bandleader Keith Nichols has died. – The Syncopated Times". syncopatedtimes.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  28. ^ "Legendary South African musician Jonas Gwangwa, 83, dies". News 24. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  29. ^ Shteamer, Hank (February 11, 2021). "Chick Corea, Jazz Pianist Who Expanded the Possibilities of the Genre, Dead at 79". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  30. ^ Bruce, Jasper (13 February 2021). "Influential jazz drummer Milford Graves has passed away at 79". NME. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  31. ^ "Chris Barber, one of the greatest figures in the history of British jazz – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  32. ^ "Veteran Congolese singer Josky Kiambukuta dies in Kinshasa". The East African. 8 March 2021.
  33. ^ "Le compositeur romand Julien-François Zbinden est mort à 103 ans". rts.ch (in French). 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  34. ^ Pál Tamás (10 March 2021). "Meghalt Gonda János dzsesszzenész". Telex (in Hungarian). Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  35. ^ Warner, Amelia (19 March 2021). "Trumpeter Cristián Cuturrufo Dies, Victim Of COVID-19". Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  36. ^ "Malcolm Cecil, influential producer and Stevie Wonder collaborator, has died". NME. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  37. ^ "Sonny Simmons 1933–2021". jazztimes.com. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  38. ^ "Curtis Fuller, Leading Trombonist Of Jazz's Detroit Wave, Dies At 88". krvs.org. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  39. ^ Hardman, Ray (16 May 2021). "Jazz Legend, Connecticut Native Mario Pavone Dies at 80". NPR. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  40. ^ ジャズのサックス奏者・原信夫さん死去、９４歳…「シャープス＆フラッツ」リーダー (in Japanese)
  41. ^ Hopkins, Scott (5 July 2021). "Rick Laird, Bassist for Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dead at 80". Music Fest News. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  42. ^ "Polish jazz pioneer passes away aged 93". Poland In. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  43. ^ Jurado, Miquel (August 28, 2021). "Muere a los 86 años Francesc Burrull, el hombre que moldeó la 'Nova Cançó'". EL PAÍS (in Spanish).
  44. ^ "George Mraz,consummate jazz bassist, dies at 77". New York Times. 25 September 2021.
  45. ^ "È morto Franco Cerri, grande chitarrista del jazz italiano". La Repubblica (in Italian). 18 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  46. ^ "Pat Martino, Jazz Guitarist Who Overcame Amnesia, Dies at 77". Ny Times. 1 November 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-11-02.


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