1964 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1964.

July

 * 2 – The 11th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 2 – 5).

Album releases

 * Albert Ayler: Witches and Devils
 * John Coltrane: Crescent
 * Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch!
 * Guenter Hampel: Heartplants
 * Herbie Hancock: Empyrean Isles
 * Joe Henderson: "Our Thing (album)"
 * Andrew Hill: Judgment!
 * Andrew Hill: Black Fire
 * Freddie Hubbard
 * Breaking Point
 * "Doin' the Thang!"
 * "The Body & the Soul"
 * Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder
 * Lee Morgan: Search For The New Land
 * New York Art Quartet: New York Art Quartet
 * Duke Pearson: Wahoo!
 * Oscar Peterson
 * Canadiana Suite
 * "The Oscar Peterson Trio Plays"
 * Trio Plus One
 * "We Get Requests"
 * André Previn: My Fair Lady
 * Shirley Scott: Blue Flames
 * Tony Scott: Music for Zen Meditation
 * Wayne Shorter: JuJu
 * Ben Webster: See You at the Fair
 * Tony Williams: Life Time
 * Larry Young: Into Somethin'
 * Denny Zeitlin
 * Carnival
 * Cathexis

Deaths

 * January
 * 4 – Artie Bernstein, American upright bassist (born 1909).
 * 5 – Cecil Scott, American clarinetist, tenor saxophonist, and bandleader (born 1905).
 * 9 – Big Boy Goudie, American saxophonist (born 1899).
 * 15 – Jack Teagarden, American trombonist and singer (born 1905).


 * February
 * 9 – Willie Bryant, American bandleader, vocalist, and disc jockey (born 1908).


 * May
 * 1 – Håkan von Eichwald, Finnish-Swedish bandleader and conductor (born 1908).
 * 7 – Joe Maini, American alto saxophonist (born 1930).


 * June
 * 29 – Eric Dolphy, American alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist (born 1928).


 * July
 * 10 – Joe Haymes, American drummer, pianist, bandleader, and arranger (born 1907).


 * October
 * 7 – Nick Travis, American trumpeter (born 1925).
 * 8 – Conrad Gozzo, American trumpeter (born 1922).
 * 15 – Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (born 1891).


 * November
 * 5 – Buddy Cole, American pianist and orchestra leader (born 1916).
 * 19 – Vi Burnside, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1915).
 *  30 – Don Redman, American arranger, bandleader, saxophonist, and clarinetist (born 1900).


 * December
 * 11 – Sam Cooke, American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur (born 1931).
 * 14 – Francisco Canaro, Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader (born 1888).
 * 28 – Dave Bowman, American pianist (born 1914).

Births

 * January
 * 18 – Andy Panayi, British saxophonist and flautist.
 * 27 – Trond Sverre Hansen, Norwegian drummer.


 * February
 * 1 – Bugge Wesseltoft, Norwegian pianist and keyboardist.
 * 9 – Liane Carroll, English vocalist, pianist, and keyboardist.
 * 20 – Iain Ballamy, British composer, and soprano, alto and tenor saxophonist.
 * 29 – Martin France, English drummer.


 * March
 * 10 – Neneh Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter.
 * 13 – Reidar Skår, Norwegian keyboardist, composer, and music producer.
 * 18 – Courtney Pine, British saxophonist.
 * 30 – Tracy Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.


 * April
 * 13 – Tetuzi Akiyama, Japanese guitarist, violinist, and instrument-maker.
 * 16 – Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist, e.s.t (died 2008).
 * 22 – Johannes Eick, Norwegian bassist.
 * 26 – Rebecka Törnqvist, Swedish singer.


 * May
 * 4 – Terje Isungset, Norwegian drummer and percussionist.
 * 13 – Harald Devold, Norwegian saxophonist (died 2016).
 * 31 – Carl Petter Opsahl, Norwegian saxophonist, clarinetist, and journalist.


 * June
 * 8 – Fabrizio Cassol, Belgian saxophonist.
 * 9 – Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass guitarist (died 2009).
 * 10 – Jimmy Chamberlin, American drummer, The Smashing Pumpkins.
 * 11 – Antti Sarpila, Finnish clarinetist.
 * 13 – Helge Lilletvedt, Norwegian pianist.
 * 21 – Philippe Aerts, Belgian upright bassist.
 * 28 – Steve Williamson, English saxophonist and composer.


 * July
 * 13 – Brent Fischer, American bass guitarist and percussionist.
 * 15 – Tobias Delius, English tenor saxophonist and clarinetist.


 * August
 * 10 – Kåre Kolve, Norwegian saxophonist.
 * 13 – Werner Neumann, German guitarist.
 * 21 – Jorge Rossy, Spanish drummer, pianist and vibraphonist.
 * 28 – Peter Washington, American upright bassist.


 * September
 * 1 – Dave O'Higgins, English saxophonist and composer.
 * 9 – Cæcilie Norby, Danish singer.
 * 11 – Victor Wooten, American bassist.
 * 16 – Phillip Bent, English flautist.
 * 23 – Yutaka Shiina, Japanese pianist and composer.
 * 25 – Barbara Dennerlein, German organist.


 * October
 * 4 – Robert Hurst, American bassist.
 * 27 – Scotty Barnhart, American trumpeter, Count Basie Orchestra.
 * 29 – Mats Gustafsson, Swedish saxophonist.


 * November
 * 16 – Diana Krall, Canadian pianist and singer.
 * 19 – Vincent Herring, American saxophonist and flautist.
 * 28 – Jesse Cook, Canadian guitarist.


 * December
 * 5 – Arve Furset, Norwegian pianist and keyboardist.
 * 12 – Mark Mondesir, English drummer.
 * 29 – Ramón Valle, Cuban pianist and composer.


 * Unknown date
 * Benita Haastrup, Danish drummer, percussionist, educator, and composer.
 * Dennis Rollins, English trombonist and bandleader.