This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1978.

1978 in jazz
Pharoah Sanders, Reggie Workman, and unidentified drummer, c. 1978
Decade1970s in jazz
Music1978 in music
StandardsList of post-1950 jazz standards
See also1977 in jazz1979 in jazz
List of years in jazz
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Events

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Lester Bowie at moers festival 1978.

March

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July

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September

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Album releases

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Deaths

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January
February
March
April
  • 3Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, arranger, radio comedian, and actor (born 1903).
May
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July
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December
  • 17Don Ellis, American big-bandleader, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and film composer (born 1934).
  • 29Happy Caldwell, American clarinetist and tenor saxophonist (born 1903).
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Births

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January
February
  • 9Clarice Assad, Brazilian-American composer, pianist, and singer.
  • 12Masayuki Hiizumi, Japanese keyboardist and producer.
  • 14Cem Tuncer, Turkish guitarist, composer, arranger, and producer.
March
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May
June
August
June
September
October
November
December
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  • Marc Demuth, Luxembourgian upright bassist, bass guitarist, and composer.
  • Mikkel Ploug, Danish guitarist and composer.
  • Niels Klein, German saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.
  • Robi Botos, Hungarian-Canadian pianist and composer.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Vossajazz". Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  2. ^ "Moers International New Jazz Festival : 12–15 May 1978". OneFinalNote.com. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  3. ^ "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  4. ^ "Newport Jazz Festival 1978 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  5. ^ "Montreux Jazz Festival 1978 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  6. ^ "North Sea Jazz Festival 1978". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  7. ^ "Jazz in Marciac – Depuis 1978" (PDF). Jazz in Marciac. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  8. ^ "Monterey Jazz Festival 1978 Poster". EarlNewmanPrints.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
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