2011 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2011.

• 20 – The 6th Ice Music Festival started in Geilo, Norway (January 20 – 23).^[2]
• 26 – The first Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø, Norway (January 26 – 29).^[3]

• 3 – The 13th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 3 – 7).^[4]

• 4 – The 7th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 4 – 6).^[5]

• 15 – The 38th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 15 – 17).^[6]
• 16
  • Mari Kvien Brunvoll was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2011.^[7]
  • Mathias Eick performed the commissioned work Voss at Vossajazz ^[8]
• 27 – The 17th SoddJazz started in Inderøy, Norway (April 27 – May 1).^[9]
• 30 – The International Jazz Day.^[10]

• Sons of Kemet is formed by members Shabaka Hutchings, Seb Rochford, Tom Skinner, Theon Cross, and Eddie Hick ^[11]
• 25 – The 39th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 25 – June 4).^[12]

• 10 – The 40th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 10 – 11).^[13]
• 15 – The 23rd Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 15 – July 17).^[14]
• 17 – The 28th Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (June 17 – 19).^[15]
• 25 – The 31st Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 25 – July 4).^[16]

• 1
  • The 33rd Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 1 – 10).^[17]
  • The 45th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 1 – 16).^[18]
• 6 – The 47th Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (July 6 – 9).^[19]
• 8
  • The 36th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 8 – 10).^[20]
  • The 64th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 8 – 12).^[21]
• 9 – The 46th Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 9 – 17).^[22]
• 18 – The 51st Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 18 – 23).^[23]
• 21 – The 46th San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 21 – 25).^[24]

• 5 – The 55th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 5 – 7).^[25]
• 10 – The 25th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 10–14).^[26]
• 12
  • Marius Neset is awarded the Sildajazzprisen 2011.^[27]
  • The 27th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 12 – 14).^[28]
• 15 – The 26th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 15 – 20).^[29]

• 1 – The 7th Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (September 1 – 3).^[30]
• 16 – The 54th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16 – 18).^[31]

• 11 – 20th London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 11 – 20).^[32]

• 18 – Eldbjørg Raknes was awarded the Norwegian jazz award Buddyprisen 2011.^[33]

January

• 1 – Charles Fambrough, American bassist, composer, and record producer (born 1950).
• 27 – Charlie Callas, American drummer, comedian, and actor (born 1924).
• 29 – Milton Babbitt, American composer, music theorist, and teacher (born 1916).^[49]

February

• 3 – Tony Levin, English jazz drummer (born 1940).
• 8 – Eugenio Toussaint, Mexican composer, arranger, and musician (born 1954).
• 14 – George Shearing, British jazz pianist (born 1919).^[50]
• 24 – Jens Winther, Danish jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader (born 1960).

March

• 4 – Tom Vaughn, American pianist (born 1936).
• 11 – Billy Bang, American violinist and composer (born 1947).
• 12 – Joe Morello, American drummer (born 1928).^[51]
• 15 – Melvin Sparks, American guitarist (born 1946).

April

• 26 – Phoebe Snow, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist (born 1950).^[52]

May

• 8 – Cornell Dupree, American guitarist (born 1942).
• 10 – Norma Zimmer, American singer (born 1923).
• 11 – Snooky Young, American trumpeter (born 1919).
• 12 – Ted Nash, American saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist (born 1922).
• 15 – Bob Flanigan, American tenor vocalist and founding member of The Four Freshmen (born 1926).^[53]
• 28 – Alys Robi, French-Canadian singer (born 1923).

June

• 2 – Ray Bryant, American pianist and composer (born 1931).
• 3 – Jack Kevorkian, American flautist, composer, pathologist, and euthanasia proponent (born 1928).
• 10 – György Szabados, Hungarian jazz pianist (born 1939).
• 20 – Ottilie Patterson, Northern Irish singer (born 1932).

July

• 2 – Paul Weeden, American-born Norwegian jazz guitarist (born 1923)^[54]
• 17 – Joe Lee Wilson, American singer (born 1935).
• 23 – Amy Winehouse, English singer and songwriter (born 1983).^[55]
• 24 – Harald Johnsen, Norwegian bassist (heart attack) (born 1970).^[56]
• 26 – Frank Foster, American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer (born 1928).^[57]

August

• 7 – Jiří Traxler, Czech-Canadian pianist, composer, lyricist, and arranger (born 1912).

September

• 7 – Eddie Marshall, American drummer (born 1938).^[58]
• 9 – Graham Collier, English bassist, bandleader, and composer (born 1937).
• 12 – Dinah Kaye, Scottish singer (born 1924).
• 19 – Johnny Răducanu, Romanian pianist (born 1931).^[59]

October

• 1 – Butch Ballard, American drummer (born 1918).
• 8 – Roger Williams, American pianist (born 1924).^[60]
• 10 – Lucy Ann Polk, American singer (born 1927).
• 19 – Lars Sjösten, Swedish pianist and composer (born 1941).
• 28 – Beryl Davis, English singer (born 1924).
• 29 – Walter Norris, American pianist and composer (born 1931).

November

• 1
  • André Hodeir, French violinist, composer, arranger, and musicologist (born 1921).
  • Christiane Legrand, French soprano, The Swingle Singers (born 1930).
• 2 – Papa Bue, Danish trombonist and bandleader (born 1930).
• 6 – Gordon Beck, English pianist and composer (born 1935).
• 11 – Michael Garrick, English pianist and composer (born 1933).
• 19 – Russell Garcia, American composer and music arranger (born 1916).^[61]
• 22 – Paul Motian, American drummer (born 1931).^[62]
• 24 – Ross McManus, Irish-English trumpeter (born 1927).

December

• 2 – Bill Tapia, American guitarist (born 1908).^[63]
• 15 – Bob Brookmeyer, American valve trombonist, pianist, and composer (born 1929).
• 17 – Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer (born 1941).^[64]
• 18 – Ralph MacDonald, Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, and steelpan virtuoso (born 1941).
• 26 – Sam Rivers, American saxophonist, bass clarinetist, flautist, harmonica player and pianist, and composer (born 1923).

• List of 2011 albums
• List of years in jazz
• 2010s in jazz
• 2011 in music

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 2011 at All About Jazz

• 2010s in jazz
• 2011 in music
• Jazz by year

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