1995 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1995.

April

 * 7 – The 22nd Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 7 – 9).

May

 * 23 – The 23rd Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 4).

June

 * 2 – The 24th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 2 – 5).
 * 29 – The 16th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Canada (June 29 – July 9).

July

 * 1 – The 5th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (July 1 – 12).
 * 7 – The 29th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Switzerland (July 7 – 22).
 * 14 – The 20th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 14 – 16).
 * 15 – The 30th Pori Jazz Festival started in Finland (July 15 – 23).
 * 17 – The 36th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 17 – 22).
 * The 48th Nice Jazz Festival started in France (July 7 – 16).
 * 21 – The 30th San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 21 – 25).

August

 * 11 – The 12th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 11 – 13).

September

 * 15 – The 38th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17).

Unknown date

 * The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz opens their first performance classes of jazz.

Album releases

 * Butch Morris: Testament
 * Dave Douglas: In Our Lifetime
 * Matthew Shipp: The Flow of X
 * Charlie Hunter: Bing, Bing, Bing!
 * Marvin Peterson: African Portraits
 * Guy Klucevsek: Citrus My Love
 * Marty Ehrlich: Just Before The Dawn
 * Matthew Shipp: Symbol Systems
 * Gerry Hemingway: Marmalade King
 * Steve Turre: Rhythm Within
 * Medeski Martin and Wood: Friday Afternoon in the Universe
 * Reggie Workman: Cerebral Caverns
 * Muhal Richard Abrams: One Line, Two Views
 * Dave Douglas: Five
 * Bill Frisell: Go West
 * Pat Metheny Group: We Live Here
 * Henry Threadgill: Makin' a Move
 * Dave Holland: Dream of the Elders
 * Paul Plimley: Everything in Stage
 * John Scofield: Groove Elation
 * Chick Corea Quartet: Time Warp
 * Matthew Shipp: Before the World
 * Don Byron: Music for Six Musicians
 * Uri Caine: Toys
 * Michael Franks: Abandoned Garden
 * Roy Campbell:Communion
 * Marilyn Crispell: Destiny
 * David S. Ware: Cryptology
 * Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola, Jean-Luc Ponty: The Rite of Strings

Deaths

 * January
 * 1 – Jess Stacy, American pianist (born 1904).


 * February
 * 6 – Art Taylor, American drummer (born 1929).


 * March
 * 5 – Vivian Stanshall, English singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet, and wit, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (born 1943).
 * 30 – Rozelle Claxton, American pianist (born 1913).
 * 31 – Max Brüel, Danish pianist and saxophonist (born 1927).


 * April
 * 2 – Julius Hemphill, American composer and saxophonist (born 1938).


 * May
 * 7 – Ray McKinley, American drummer, singer, and bandleader (born 1910).
 * 9 – Marshall Royal, American clarinetist and alto saxophonist (born 1912).
 * 10
 * Jimmy Raney, American guitarist (born 1927).
 * Karl Drewo, Austrian saxophonist (born 1929).
 * 15 – Minoru Matsuya, Japanese pianist (born 1910).
 * 23 – Mick Pyne, English pianist (born 1940).


 * June
 * 4 – Earle Warren, American alto saxophonist and singer (born 1914).
 * 5 – Bucky Calabrese, American upright bassist (born 1927).
 * 30 – Phyllis Hyman, American singer and actress (born 1949).


 * July
 * 13 – Aimé Barelli, French trumpeter, vocalist, and band leader (born 1917).
 * 22 – Percy Humphrey, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1905).


 * August
 * 11 – Phil Harris, American comedian, actor, singer, and musician (born 1904).
 * 20 – John Gilmore, American saxophonist (born 1931).


 * September
 * 12 – Larry Gales, American upright bassist (born 1936).


 * October
 * 19 – Don Cherry, American trumpeter (born 1936).


 * November
 * 19 – Don Goldie, American trumpeter (born 1930).


 * December
 * 30 – Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and arranger (born 1914).


 * Unknown date
 * Jacques Denjean, French composer and arranger, Les Double Six (born 1929).
 * Roger Chaput, French guitarist and visual artist, Quintette du Hot Club de France (born 1909).

Births

 * April
 * 21 – Alma Macbride, American pianist, composer, and film maker.


 * May
 * 9 – Andrea Motis, Spanish singer and trumpeter.


 * Unknown date
 * 9 – Selma French Bolstad, Norwegian singer, fiddler, and composer.