1965 in jazz
Jazz band playing at Preservation Hall, New Orleans, 1965, includingKid Sheik Colar,Captain John Handy, and drummer Alex Bigard.
Decade	1960s in jazz
Music	1965 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1964 in jazz –1966 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events ofJazz in the year 1965.

• 1 – The 12thNewport Jazz Festival started inNewport, Rhode Island (July 1 – 4).^[1]

• Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club opens in larger premises at 47Frith Street, inLondon'sSoho district.
• Carla Bley divorcedPaul Bley.^[2]

January

• 29 –Jack Hylton, English pianist, composer, band leader, and impresario (born 1892).

February

• 12 –Bonnie Wetzel, American upright bassist (born1926).
• 15 –Nat King Cole, American pianist and singer (born1919).

March

• 8 –Tadd Dameron, American composer, arranger, and pianist (born1917).

May

• 1 –Spike Jones, American musician and bandleader (born1911).
• 14 –Joe Sanders, American pianist, singer, and bandleader (born 1896).
• 24 –Denzil Best, American percussionist and composer (born1917).

June

• 25 –Keg Purnell, American drummer (born1915).

July

• 1 –Claude Thornhill, American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (born1909).
• 4 –Valdemar Eiberg, Danish musician and orchestra leader (born 1892).
• 8 –Willie Dennis, American trombonist (born1926).
• 14 –Spencer Williams, African-American pianist, singer, and composer (born 1889).

August

• 10 –Freddie Slack, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born1910).

September

• 15 –Steve Brown, American upright bassist (born 1896).

October

• 10 –Gerorge Tucker, American upright bassist (born1927).
• 27 –Edythe Wright, American singer (born1914).
• 28 –Earl Bostic, American alto saxophonist (born1913).

November

• 6 –Clarence Williams, American pianist, vocalist, and composer (born 1898).
• 14 –Buster Harding, Canadian-born American pianist (born1912).
• 18 –Lou Black, American banjo player (born1901).
• 21 –Cecil Brower, American violinist (perforated ulcer) (born1914).
• Warren Tartaglia, American saxophonist (born1944).

December

• 2 –Hank D'Amico, American clarinetist (born1915).
• 11 –Dave Barbour, American guitarist (born1912).
• 20 –Charlie Burse, American ukulele, banjo, and guitar player (born1901).
• 26 –Peter Packay, Belgian trumpeter, arranger, and composer (born1904).

January

• 1 –Miki Higashino, Japanese pianist and video game composer.
• 3 –Sheila Majid, Malaysian singer.
• 19 –Antonio Faraò, Italian pianist.

February

• 13 –Ole Mathisen, Norwegian saxophonist.
• 24 –Tone Åse, Norwegian singer.
• 27 –Joey Calderazzo, American pianist.

March

• 2 –Wolfgang Muthspiel, Austrian guitarist and record label owner.
• 8 –Karin Mensah, Cape Verdean singer.
• 12 –Liv Stoveland, Norwegian singer.
• 22 –David Linx, Belgian singer and songwriter.
• 24 –Patrick Scales, British-German bass guitarist.

April

• 7 –Sylvain Luc, French guitarist.
• 10 –Omar Sosa, Cuban composer, bandleader, and pianist.
• 20 –Darko Jurković, Croatian guitarist and composer.
• 29 –Rain Sultanov, Azerbaijani saxophonist.

May

• 3 –Magnus Öström, Swedish drummer,Esbjörn Svensson Trio or e.s.t.
• 10 –Philip Harper, American trumpeter.
• 16 –Javon Jackson, American tenor saxophonist.

June

• 3
  • Derrick Gardner, American trumpeter.
  • Mirko Fait, Italian saxophonist and composer.
• 9 –Helge Sunde, Norwegian trombonist and multi-instrumentalist.
• 27 –Magnus Broo, Swedish trumpeter,Atomic.

July

• 5 –Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli pianist.
• 16 –Odd André Elveland, Norwegian saxophonist.
• 19 –Evelyn Glennie, Scottish percussionist.
• 28 –Delfeayo Marsalis, American trombonist and record producer.

August

• 4 –Terri Lyne Carrington, American drummer, composer, singer, record producer, and entrepreneur.
• 6 –Ravi Coltrane, American saxophonist.
• 21 –Leon Parker, American percussionist and composer.
• 29 –Mark d'Inverno, British pianist, composer, and computer scientist.^[3]

September

• 5 –Björn Meyer, Swedish bassist and composer.
• 11 –Jesse Davis, American saxophonist.
• 24 –Njål Ølnes, Norwegian saxophonist.
• 28 –Hans Ulrik, Danish saxophonist, and composer.

October

• 9 –Geir Lysne, Norwegian saxophonist and orchestra leader.
• 12 –Luis Bonilla, American trombonist, producer, composer and educator.
• 18 –Curtis Stigers, American vocalist, saxophonist, guitarist, and songwriter.

November

• 2 –Andrew D'Angelo, American saxophonist.
• 10 –Mark Turner, American saxophonist.
• 21 –Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter.

December

• 5 –Hildegunn Øiseth, Norwegian trumpeter and hornist.
• 7 –Wolfgang Haffner, German drummer.
• 29 –Danilo Perez, Panamanian pianist and composer.
• 30 –Ron Affif, American guitarist.

Unknown date

• Arturo Tappin, Barbadian saxophonist and composer.
• Bradley Joseph, American pianist.
• Helge Andreas Norbakken, Norwegian percussionist.
• Kostas Theodorou, Greek upright bassist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.

• 1960s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1965 in music

• The New Real Book, Volume I. Sher Music. 1988.ISBN 0-9614701-4-3.
• The New Real Book, Volume II. Sher Music. 1991.ISBN 0-9614701-7-8.
• The New Real Book, Volume III. Sher Music. 1995.ISBN 1-883217-30-X.
• The Real Book, Volume I (6th ed.). Hal Leonard. 2004.ISBN 0-634-06038-4.
• The Real Book, Volume II (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2007.ISBN 978-1-4234-2452-9.
• The Real Book, Volume III (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2006.ISBN 0-634-06136-4.
• The Real Jazz Book. Warner Bros.ISBN 978-91-85041-36-7.
• The Real Vocal Book, Volume I. Hal Leonard. 2006.ISBN 0-634-06080-5.

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 1965 atAll About Jazz

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