1992 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1992.

April

 * 10 – The 19th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 10 – 12).

May

 * 20 – The 20th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 20 – 31).

June

 * 5 – The 21st Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 5 – 8).

July

 * 2 – 26th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Switzerland (July 2 – 18).
 * 10 – The 17th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague (July 10 – 12).

August

 * 13 – The 9th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 13 – 15).

September

 * 18 – The 35th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 18 – 20).

Album releases

 * Jane Ira Bloom: Art and Aviation
 * Maria Schneider: Evanescence
 * Geri Allen: Maroons
 * Wynton Marsalis: Citi Movement
 * Joe Lovano: Universal Language
 * Terence Blanchard: The Malcolm X Jazz Suite
 * Sergey Kuryokhin: Some Combination of Fingers and Passion
 * Medeski Martin & Wood: Notes From the Underground
 * Courtney Pine: To The Eyes Of Creation
 * Hank Roberts: Little Motor People
 * Zeena Parkins: Ursa's Door
 * Steve Turre: Sanctified Shells
 * Pat Metheny: Secret Story
 * Charles Gayle: Repent
 * Michael Formanek: Loose Cannon
 * Franz Koglmann: L'Heure Bleue
 * Bill Frisell: Have a Little Faith
 * Michael Mantler: Folly Seeing All This
 * Bill Frisell: This Land
 * Kenny Wheeler: Kayak
 * Chick Corea & Bobby McFerrin: Play
 * Aydin Esen: Anadolu
 * Christy Doran: Corporate Art
 * Hal Russell: Hal's Bells
 * Joachim Kuhn: Dynamics
 * John Scofield: What We Do
 * Mulgrew Miller: Hand In Hand
 * Paul Plimley: When Silence Pulls
 * Ray Anderson: Every One of Us
 * Uri Caine: Sphere Music
 * Sonny Simmons: Ancient Ritual
 * John Pizzarelli: All of Me
 * Roy Campbell: New Kingdom
 * David S. Ware: Flight of I
 * Matthew Shipp: Circular Temple
 * Eliane Elias: Fantasia
 * Hugh Masekela: Beatin' Aroun de Bush
 * Yellowjackets: Live Wires

Deaths

 * January
 * 17 – Charlie Ventura, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader (born 1916).


 * February
 * 8 – Denny Wright, English guitarist (born 1924).


 * March
 * 4 – Mary Osborne, American guitarist (born 1921).
 * 6 – Hugh Gibb, English drummer and bandleader (born 1916).


 * April
 * 14 – Sammy Price, American pianist and bandleader (born 1908).
 * 20 – Leon Abramson or Lee Abrams, American drummer (born 1925).


 * June
 * 10 – Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese songwriter and pianist (born 1931).


 * August
 * 1 – Alfred "Chico" Alvarez, American trumpeter (born 1920).
 * 11 – Hayes Pillars, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader (born 1906).


 * October
 * 3 – John Carisi, American trumpeter and composer (born 1922).
 * 7 – Ed Blackwell, American drummer (born 1929).


 * November
 * 8 – Red Mitchell, American upright bassist (born 1927).
 * 14 – George Adams, American saxophonist (born 1940).
 * 24 – June Tyson, American singer (born 1926).


 * December
 * 11 – Andy Kirk, American saxophonist and tubist (born 1898).

Births

 * January
 * 17 – Kristian B. Jacobsen, Norwegian bassist and composer.


 * March
 * 5 – Oddrun Lilja Jonsdottir, Icelandic/Norwegian guitarist, singer, and composer.
 * 6 – Lukas Zabulionis, Norwegian saxophonist and composer.
 * 15 – Elisabeth Lid Trøen, Norwegian saxophonist.
 * 17 – Alf Hulbækmo, Norwegian pianist.


 * April
 * 6 – Mathias Stubø, Norwegian electronica artist.


 * October
 * 1 – Gismo Graf, German guitarist and composer.


 * December
 * 10 – Vincent Ingala, American saxophonist.


 * Unknown date
 * Axel Skalstad, Norwegian drummer.
 * Siril Malmedal Hauge, Norwegian singer, composer and band leader.