1977 in jazz
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| 1977 in jazz | |
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Ben Riley Heath Brothers concert Rockefeller Center, NYC June 1977
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| Decade | 1970s in jazz |
| Music | 1977 in music |
| Standards | List of post-1950 jazz standards |
| See also | 1976 in jazz – 1978 in jazz |
1977 in jazz:
Contents
Events
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Album releases
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- George Lewis: Chicago Slow Dance
- Air: Air Time
- George Lewis: Shadowgraph
- Joe McPhee: Graphics
- James Ulmer: Revealing
- Pat Metheny: Watercolors
- John Scofield: East Meets West
- Leroy Jenkins: Solo Concert
- Julius Hemphill: Blue Boye
- Michael Mantler: Movies
- Abdul Wadud: By Myself
- Roscoe Mitchell: Nonaah
- Joanne Brackeen: Tring A Ling
- Art Lande: Desert Marauders
- Chico Freeman: Kings of Mali
- Art Pepper: No Limit
- Arthur Blythe: Metamorphosis
- Collin Walcott: Grazing Dreams
- David Friesen: Waterfall Rainbow
- Dave Holland: Emerald Tears
- Neil Ardley: Kaleidoscope of Rainbows
- Chico Freeman: Chico
- Frank Lowe: Lowe and Behold
- Vinny Golia: Spirits In Fellowship
- Weather Report: Heavy Weather
- Ernie Krivda: Satanic
- Derek Bailey: Company 5
- Chico Freeman: No Time Left
- Paul Motian: Dance
- Hamiet Bluiett: SOS
- Jan Garbarek: Places
- World Saxophone Quartet: Point Of No Return
- John Tchicai: Real
- Julius Hemphill: Raw Materials and Residuals
- George Russell: Vertical Form 6
- Joanne Brackeen: Aft
- Julius Hemphill: Roi Boye and the Gotham Minstrels
- Kenny Wheeler: Deer Wan
- Irene Schweizer: Hexensabbat
- Leroy Jenkins: Lifelong Ambitions
- Globe Unity: Pearls
- Ralph Towner: Sound and Shadows
- Hamiet Bluiett: Birthright
- Jean-Luc Ponty: Enigmatic Ocean
- Muhal Richard Abrams: 1-OQA+19
- Cecil McBee: Music From the Source
- Steve Lacy: Raps
- Woody Shaw: Rosewood
- Gateway Trio: 2
- Louis Hayes: The Real Thing
- McCoy Tyner: Supertrio
- Al Di Meola: Elegant Gypsy
- Michael Urbaniak: Urbaniak
- Keith Jarrett: My Song
- Arthur Blythe: Bush Baby
- Sheila Jordan: Sheila
- Michael Franks: Sleeping Gypsy
Deaths
- Sonny Criss (October 23, 1927 – November 19, 1977)
- Paul Desmond (November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977)
- Erroll Garner (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977), pianist and composer
- Bennie Green (April 16, 1923 – March 23, 1977)
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk (August 7, 1935 – December 5, 1977)
Births
- Larry Abney (May 19), pianist
- Jeff Ballard (September 17), drummer
- Rhian Benson, Ghanaian-British singer and songwriter
- Dan Cray, pianist
- Quincy Davis, drummer
- Jason Marsalis (March 4), drummer
- Elliot Mason (January 13), trombonist
- Jane Monheit (November 3), vocalist
- Shahin Novrasli (February 10), Azerbaijani pianist
