1960 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1960.

October

 * 16 – The Cannonball Adderley Quintet records At the Lighthouse at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California.

June

 * 30 – The 7th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (June 30 – July 4).

Album releases

 * Art Blakey
 * The Big Beat
 * A Night in Tunisia
 * Tina Brooks: True Blue
 * Betty Carter: The Modern Sound
 * June Christy
 * The Cool School
 * Off-Beat
 * Ornette Coleman: Change of the Century
 * John Coltrane: Giant Steps
 * Eric Dolphy: Outward Bound
 * Gil Evans: Out of the Cool
 * Jimmy Giuffre: Piece for Clarinet and String Orchestra/Mobiles
 * Joe Harriott: Southern Horizons
 * the Jazztet
 * Big City Sounds
 * Meet the Jazztet
 * Sam Jones: The Soul Society
 * Duke Jordan: Flight to Jordan
 * Stan Kenton: Road Show
 * Herbie Mann: Flute, Brass, Vibes and Percussion
 * Charles Mingus: Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
 * Hank Mobley: Soul Station
 * Modern Jazz Quartet
 * Pyramid
 * European Concert
 * Wes Montgomery
 * The Incredible Jazz Guitar
 * Movin' Along
 * Oliver Nelson: Taking Care of Business
 * David Newman & James Clay: The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!!
 * Art Pepper: Gettin' Together
 * Max Roach: We Insist!
 * Charlie Rouse: Takin' Care of Business
 * George Russell
 * George Russell Sextet at the Five Spot
 * Jazz in the Space Age
 * Stratusphunk
 * Gunther Schuller [John Lewis]: Jazz Abstractions
 * Horace Silver: Horace-Scope
 * Jimmy Smith: Back at the Chicken Shack
 * Cecil Taylor: The World of Cecil Taylor
 * Clark Terry: Color Changes
 * Mel Tormé: Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley
 * Lennie Tristano: The New Tristano
 * Fats Waller: Handful of Keys (released posthumously)
 * Randy Weston: Uhuru Afrika
 * Phil Woods: Rights of Swing
 * John Wright: South Side Soul

Deaths

 * April
 * 11 – Zilas Görling, Swedish saxophonist (born 1911).
 * 13 – Beverly Kenney, American singer (born 1932).


 * June
 * 12 – Isidore Barbarin, American cornet and alto horn player (born 1871).


 * July
 * 3 – Lee Collins, American trumpeter (born 1901).
 * 5 – Bill Johnson, American saxophonist, clarinetist, and arranger (born 1912).
 * 30 – Arv Garrison, American guitarist (born 1922).


 * August
 * Jimmy Bertrand, American drummer (born 1900).


 * September
 * 8 – Oscar Pettiford, American upright bassist, cellist, and composer (born 1922).
 * 24 – Mátyás Seiber, Hungarian-born composer (born 1905).


 * October
 * 10 – June Cole, American bassist, tubist, and singer (born 1903).


 * November
 * 24 – Edgar Meyer, American bassist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.


 * Unknown date
 * Lawrence Duhé, clarinetist, and bandleader (born 1887).

Births





 * January
 * 1 – Liu Yuan, Chinese saxophonist.
 * 3 – Marla Glen, American singer.
 * 8
 * Dave Weckl, American drummer.
 * Lee Tomboulian, American pianist.
 * 16
 * Richard Elliot, Scottish-American saxophonist.
 * Wilhelm Schröter, Brazilian composer and pianist.
 * 20 – Jeff "Tain" Watts, American drummer.
 * 26 – María Rivas, Venezuelan singer.
 * 29 – David Piltch, Canadian bassist and session musician.


 * February
 * 3 – Craig Bailey, American saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist.
 * 11 – Russ Freeman, American guitarist.
 * 29 – Khaled, Algerian singer, multti-instrumentalist, and songwriter.


 * March
 * 2 – Lennart Ginman, Danish bassist, composer, and music producer.
 * 19 – Eliane Elias, Brazilian pianist and vocalist.
 * 21 – Dominic Miller, Argentinian guitarist and composer, Sting.
 * 25 – Chad Wackerman, American drummer.
 * 26 – Nelson Rangell, American saxophonist and composer.
 * 27 – Victor Bailey, American bassist.
 * 29 – Chano Domínguez, Spanish pianist.


 * April
 * 1 – Banjo Mosele, Botswanan guitarist, singer and composer.
 * 3 – Erik Truffaz, French trumpeter.
 * 6 – John Pizzarelli, American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.
 * 17 – Daniele Sepe, Italian saxophonist and flautist.
 * 20 – John Altenburgh, American pianist, composer and arranger.
 * 24 – Friðrik Karlsson, Icelandic guitarist and songwriter.
 * 25 – Mário Laginha, Portuguese piano player and composer.
 * 28 – Rolf Graf, Norwegian bassist (died 2013).
 * 30
 * Paul Taylor, American saxophonist.
 * Rodney Kendrick, American pianist, bandleader, composer, and producer.


 * May
 * 3 – Alan Thomson, Scottish bassist and vocalist.
 * 12 – Lena Willemark, Swedish singer.
 * 14 – Alec Dankworth, English bassist and composer.
 * 20 – Tore Brunborg, Norwegian saxophonist.
 * 24 – Ken Schaphorst, American composer, performer and educator.
 * 25 – Wallace Roney, American trumpeter.


 * June
 * 4 – Fred Thelonious Baker, English guitarist and bass guitarist.
 * 8
 * Povl Erik Carstensen, Danish comedian, actor, and upright bassist.
 * Terje Gewelt, Norwegian upright bassist.
 * 14 – Gary Husband, English drummer, pianist, and bandleader.
 * 19 – Carmen Bradford, American singer, Count Basie Orchestra.
 * 20 – Jeremy Monteiro, Singaporean pianist, singer, and composer.
 * 22 – Arturo O'Farrill, Mexican pianist and composer.
 * 23 – Donald Harrison, American saxophonist.
 * 26 – Zachary Breaux, American guitarist (died 1997).


 * July
 * 8 – Valarie Pettiford, American actress, dancer, and jazz singer.
 * 14 – Angélique Kidjo, Beninese singer-songwriter and activist.
 * 15 – Stig Hvalryg, Norwegian upright bassist.
 * 20 – Ole Jacob Hystad, Norwegian tenor saxophonist and clarinetist.
 * 27 – Jean Toussaint, American tenor and soprano saxophonist.


 * August
 * 3 – Greg Osby, American saxophonist.
 * 12 – Andy Quin, British composer and pianist.
 * 14 – Lloyd Swanton, Australian upright bassist, bass guitarist, and composer.
 * 17 – Maria Pia De Vito, Italian singer, composer and arranger.
 * 21
 * Peter Apfelbaum, American pianist, tenor saxophonist, drummer and composer.
 * Tom Kennedy, American bassist.
 * 26
 * Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.
 * Jim Beard, American keyboardist.
 * 27 – Eldad Tarmu, American vibraphonist and composer.


 * September
 * 4 – Lonnie Plaxico, African-American upright bassist.
 * 8 – Steve Waterman, British trumpeter, composer, and educator.
 * 16 – Graham Haynes, American cornetist, trumpeter and composer.
 * 18 – Nils Petter Molvær, Norwegian trumpeter, composer, and producer, Masqualero.
 * 21 – Mats Rondin, Swedish cellist and conductor (died 2014).


 * October
 * 2 – Django Bates, British composer, pianist, multi-instrumentalist and band leader.
 * 9 – Kenny Garrett, American saxophonist and flautist.
 * 10 – John Beasley, American pianist.
 * 13 – Orphy Robinson, British vibraphonist and multi-instrumentalist.
 * 15 – Henrik Bolberg Pedersen, Danish trumpeter and flugelhorn player
 * 16 – Leila Pinheiro, singer and pianist.
 * 25 – Michel Massot, Belgian tubist and trombonist.
 * 29 – Jens Winther, Danish trumpeter, composer, and bandleader (died 2011).


 * November
 * 4 – Adrián Iaies, Argentine pianist and composer.
 * 5 – Daryl Hayott, American drummer, bassist, percussionist, keyboardist, and trumpeter.
 * 15 – Sergio Cammariere, Italian singer-songwriter.
 * 23 – Jean-Paul Bourelly, American guitarist.
 * 27 – Maria Schneider, American arranger, composer, and big-band leader.


 * December
 * 1 – Chris Standring, British guitarist.
 * 5 – Brian Bromberg, American bassist and producer.
 * 7 – Matthew Shipp, American pianist, composer, and bandleader.
 * 12 – Sebi Tramontana, Italian trombonist.
 * 16 – Mike Fahn, American trombonist.
 * 19 – Laurent de Wilde, French pianist, composer, and writer.
 * 28 – Ted Nash, American saxophonist and composer.


 * Unknown date
 * Lekan Babalola, Nigerian singer and percussionist.
 * Mark Ledford, American trumpet player, vocalist and guitarist (died 2004).
 * Muriel Anderson, American composer, guitarist, and harp-guitarist.
 * Paul Taylor (saxophonist), American saxophonist.
 * Pharez Whitted, American trumpeter.
 * Tino di Geraldo, French-Spanish percussionist, tabla player, drummer, and producer.
 * Umberto Petrin, Italian pianist, composer, and poet.