2004 in jazz

2004 in jazz
File:040530 1344 rothenberg.jpg Ned Rothenberg Double Band at Moers Festival Germany 2004.
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2004.

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Eliane Elias at Grand Rex Paris,
JVC Jazz Festival 2004.

Bill Bruford at Moers Festival 2004.

Events

January

• 22 – The 7th Polarjazz started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 22 – 25).

March

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Ketil Bjørnstad,
at the Moers Festival Germany 2004.

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Kristin Asbjørnsen,
at the Moers Festival Germany 2004.

April

• 2
  • The 31st Vossajazz started at Voss, Norway (April 2 – 4).
  • Magne Thormodsæter was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2004.
• 3 – Svein Folkvord performs the commissioned work Across for Vossajazz 2004.

May

• 19 – The 32nd Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 19 – 29).
• 28 – The 33rd Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 28 – 31).

June

• 28 – The 16th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 28 – July 14).
• 30
  • The 40th Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (June 30 – July 3).
  • The 25th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Canada (June 30 - July 11).

July

• 2
  • The 26th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 2 – 11).
  • The 38th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 2 – 17).
• 9 – The 29th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, The Netherlands (July 9 – 11).
• 12 – The 44th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 12 – 17).
• 17
  • The 21st Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (July 17 – 24).
  • The 39th Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 17 – 25).
• 21 – The 57th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 21 – 28).
• 23 – The 39th San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 23 – 28).

August

• 9 – The 19th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 9 - 15).
• 11
  • The 50th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 11 – 15).
  • The 18th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 11 – 15).
• 13 – The 21th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 13 – 15).

September

• 17 – The 47th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 17 – 19).

November

• 12 – The 13th London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 12 – 21).

Album released

August

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
24	Unspeakable	Bill Frisell	Nonesuch Records	Produced by Hal Willner. Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album
31	Land of the Sun	Charlie Haden	Verve Records	Produced by Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ruth Cameron, Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album
	Genius Loves Company	Ray Charles and Various Artists	Concord/Hear Music	Produced by John Burk and Phil Ramone. Grammy Award for Album of the Year and Record of the Year.

Unknown date

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• Maria Schneider and the Maria Schneider Orchestra: Concert in the Garden

Deaths

May

• 6 – Barney Kessel (80), American guirist (brain cancer).
• 12 – John LaPorta (84), American clarinetist, composer and educator.
• 17 – Elvin Jones (76), American drummer, notably with the John Coltrane Quartet of the 1960s.

June

• 17 – Jackie Paris (77), American guitarist and singer.

July

• 22 – Illinois Jacquet (81), American saxophonist.

October

• 2 – Bjørnar Andresen, Norwegian bassist.

December

• 26 – Sigurd Køhn (45), Norwegian saxophonist (tsunami).
• 30 – Artie Shaw (94), American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and actor.

See also

• List of years in jazz
• 2000s in jazz
• 2004 in music