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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2013.

Events

January

• 23 – The 2nd Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø, Norway (January 23 – 27).
• 24 – The 8th Ice Music Festival started in Geilo, Norway (January 24 – 27).
• 31 – The 15th Polarjazz Festival 2013 started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 31 – February 7).

February

March

• 1 – The 9th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 1 – 3).
• 22 – The 40th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 22 – 24).
• 23
  • Tore Brunborg was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2013 as well as the Buddyprisen 2012 at Vossajazz.
  • Stian Carstensen performed the commissioned work Flipp for Vossajazz 2013.

April

• 24 – The 19th SoddJazz 2013 started in Inderøy, Norway (April 24 – 28).
• 26 – The 2nd Torino Jazz Festival started in Turin (April 26 – May 1).
• 30 – The International Jazz Day.

May

• 17 – The 42nd Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 17 – 20).
• 23 – The 41st Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 1)

June

• 17 – The 25th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 17 – July 10).
• 28 – The 33rd Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 28 – July 7).

July

• 3 – The 49th Kongsberg Jazzfestival started at Kongsberg, Norway (July 3 – 6).
• 5 – The 47th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 5 – July 20).
• 8 – The 66th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 8 – 12).
• 12
  • The 38th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 12 – 14).
  • The 35th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 12 – 14).
  • The 48th Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 12 – 21).
• 15 – The 53rd Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway with Jason Moran as artist in residence (July 15 – 20).

August

• 3 – The 57th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 3 – 5).
• 7 – The 27th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 7 – 11).
• 9 – The 29th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 9 – 11).
• 12 – The 28th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 12 – 17).
• 13 – Erlend Skomsvoll was recipient of the Ella-prisen 2013 at the Oslo Jazzfestival.

September

• 6 – The 9th Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (September 6 – 8).
• 19 – The 56th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 19 – 21).

October

• 14 – The 30th Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (October 14 – 20).
• 24 – Eliane Elias, Marc Johnson and Mauricio Zottarelli live at USF Verftet, Bergen, Norway.

November

• 15 – The 22nd London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 15 – 24).

December

• Sons of Kemet wins Best Jazz Act in the 2013 MOBO Awards.

Albums

Deaths

January

• 10 – Claude Nobs, Swiss founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival (born 1936).
• 28 – Brian Brown, Australian musician and educator (born 1933).
• 29 – Butch Morris, American cornetist, composer, and conductor (born 1947).

February

• 1 – Rudolf Dašek, Czech guitarist (born 1933).
• 4
  • Donald Byrd, American trumpeter (born 1932).
  • Pat Halcox, English trumpeter (born 1930).
• 23 – Sonny Russo, American trombonist (born 1929).
• 25 – Stewart "Dirk" Fischer, American composer, trumpeter, and valve trombonist (born 1924).
• 28 – Armando Trovajoli, Italian film composer and pianist (born 1917).

March

• 5 – Melvin Rhyne, American organist (born 1936).
• 6 – Alvin Lee, English singer and guitarist (born 1944).
• 7 – Kenny Ball, English trumpeter, bandleader, and vocalist (born 1930).
• 15 – Terry Lightfoot, British clarinettist and bandleader (born 1935).
• 22 – Bebo Valdés, Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer, and arranger (born 1918).
• 29 – Enzo Jannacci, Italian singer-songwriter, pianist, actor, and stand-up comedian (born 1935).
• 30 – Phil Ramone, South African-born American recording engineer, record producer, violinist and composer (born 1934).

April

• 2 – Linda Vogt, Australian flautist (born 1922).
• 5 – Terry Devon, British singer (born 1922).
• 6 – Don Shirley, American-Jamaican pianist and composer (born 1927).
• 11 – Don Blackman, American jazz-funk pianist, singer, and songwriter (born 1953).
• 17 – Yngve Moe, Norwegian bass guitarist (fell in coma, after drowning in Tenerife, Spain), Dance with a Stranger (born 1957).
• 18 – Tom Parker, British pianist (born 1944).

May

• 24 – Ed Shaughnessy, American drummer (born 1929).

June

• 4 – Ben Tucker, American upright-bassist (murder) (born 1930).
• 8 – Mulgrew Miller, American pianist, composer, and educator (born 1955).
• 11 – Johnny Smith, American cool jazz and mainstream jazz guitarist (born 1922).
• 13 – Sam Most, American jazz flautist, clarinetist and tenor saxophonist (born 1930).
• 26 – Henrik Otto Donner, Finnish composer and trumpeter (born 1939).
• 29 – Paul Smith, American jazz pianist (born 1922).

July

• 1 – Rolf Graf, Norwegian bass guitarist in the band Lava (cancer) (born 1960).
• 2 – Bengt Hallberg, Swedish pianist, composer, and arranger (born 1932).
• 18 – Carline Ray, American singer, pianist, and guitarist, International Sweethearts of Rhythm (born 1925).
• 25 – Steve Berrios, American drummer and percussionist (born 1945).
• 28 – Rita Reys, Duch singer (died 1924).

August

• 5 – George Duke, American keyboardist and composer (born 1946).
• 15 – Jane Harvey, American singer (born 1925).
• 18 – Rolv Wesenlund, Norwegian comedian, singer, clarinetist, and saxophonist (died 1936).
• 19
  • Cedar Walton, American pianist (died 1934).
  • Donna Hightower, American singer (born 1926).
• 20
  • Marian McPartland, English-American pianist (born 1918).
  • Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African vocalist and composer (born 1936).

September

• 7 - Lee Tanner, American Jazz photographer, 82
• 16 – Jimmy Ponder, American guitarist (born 1946).
• 17 – Bernie McGann, Australian alto saxophonist (born 1937).
• 18 – Lindsay Cooper, English bassoon and oboe player, composer, and political activist (born 1951).
• 23
  • Gia Maione, American singer (born 1941).
  • Paul Kuhn, German pianist, singer, and band leader (born 1928).

October

• 5 – Butch Warren, American upright bassist (born 1939).
• 13 – Tommy Whittle, British saxophonist (born 1926).
• 15
  • Donald Bailey, American drummer (born 1933).
  • Gloria Lynne, American singer (born 1929).
• 19 – Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer (born 1940).
• 30 – Frank Wess, American saxophonist and flautist (born 1922).

November

• 9 – Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, American tenor saxophonist (born 1936).
• 25 – Chico Hamilton, American drummer (born 1921).

December

• 6 – Stan Tracey, British pianist and composer (born 1926).
• 10 – Jim Hall, American guitarist (born 1930).
• 19 – Herb Geller, American saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1928).
• 21 – Trigger Alpert, American bassist (born 1916).
• 23 – Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist and composer (born 1920).
• 25 – Kaj Backlund, Finnish trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (born 1945).
• 28 – Dwayne Burno, American upright bassist (born 1970).
• 29 – Red Balaban, American tubist and sousaphonist (born 1929).
• 31 – Al Porcino, American trumpeter (born 1925).

See also

• List of 2013 albums
• List of years in jazz
• 2010s in jazz
• 2013 in music

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External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 2013 at All About Jazz

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