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2020 in jazz
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This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2020.

Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Albums

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Month Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
January 17 Is That So? John McLaughlin (musician), Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain (musician) Abstract Logix [4]
February 14 Life Goes On Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow ECM Records [5][6][7][8]
21 From This Place Pat Metheny Nonesuch Records [9]
March 20 Elegant Traveller Jocelyn Gould [10]
Rejoice Hugh Masekela and Tony Allen World Circuit Masekela died in 2018[11] [12]
27 Big Vicious Avishai Cohen (trumpeter) ECM Records [13]
Pursuance : The Coltranes Lakecia Benjamin Ropeadope Records [14]
April 10 Iron Starlet Connie Han Mack Avenue Records [15][16]
June 12 Angels Around Kurt Rosenwinkel [17]
20 Swallow Tales John Scofield and Steve Swallow ECM Records [18]
July 10 RoundAgain Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Brian Blade Nonesuch [19]
August 7 Just Coolin' Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers Blue Note Records recorded in 1959. [20]
14 Omega Immanuel Wilkins [21]
21 Source Nubya Garcia Concord [22][23]
28 The Call Within Tigran Hamasyan Nonesuch [24]
Axiom Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah Ropeadope Records [25]
September 11 Artemis Artemis (Renee Rosnes, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Anat Cohen, Melissa Aldana, Ingrid Jensen, Noriko Ueda, Allison Miller) Blue Note Records [26]
23 Van Clown Core Songs released individually initially [27]
October 30 Artlessly Falling Mary Halvorson's Code Girl [28]

Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Sue Crawford (25 September 2020). "Sixty Seconds: Gregory Porter on losing his brother to Covid, waking up the Queen and a love of hats". Metro. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. ↑ Immanuel Wilkins signs to Blue Note: Immanuel Wilkins signs to Blue Note, accessdate: May 26, 2023
  3. ↑ "Newport Jazz Festival Announces Newport Jazz Revival 2020". What's Up New?. July 23, 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. ↑ Is That So? - John McLaughlin, Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain | Releases | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
  5. ↑ "Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow – Life Goes On (ECM)". JAZZIZ Magazine. 24 May 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  6. ↑ Whitehaed, Kevin (February 24, 2020). "Carla Bley's Trio Brings A Scaled-Down Dynamic To 'Life Goes On'". NPR. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "LIFE GOES ON by CARLA BLEY, ANDY SHEPPARD, STEVE SWALLOW". ECM Records. 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  8. ↑ Gehr, Richard (27 February 2020). "Carla Bley/Andy Sheppard/Steve Swallow: Life Goes On". Relix. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  9. ↑ Layman, Will (April 13, 2020). "Pat Metheny Adds Strings to His Quartet on From This Place". PopMatters. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  10. ↑ Jazz, All About (2020-04-08). "Jocelyn Gould: Elegant Traveler album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  11. ↑ "Hugh Masekela, South African jazz trumpeter, dies". 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  12. ↑ Rejoice - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela | Album | AllMusic, retrieved 2024-12-28
  13. ↑ "Big Vicious". ECM Records. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  14. ↑ "Pursuance : The Coltranes, by Lakecia Benjamin". Lakecia Benjamin. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
  15. ↑ DownBeat Reviews: DownBeat Reviews, accessdate: June 19, 2023
  16. ↑ Connie Han: Iron Starlet album review @ All About Jazz: Connie Han: Iron Starlet album review @ All About Jazz, accessdate: June 19, 2023
  17. ↑ Angels Around - Kurt Rosenwinkel | Releases | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
  18. ↑ Cohen, Aaron (August 2020). "John Scofield: Swallow Tales (ECM)". DownBeat. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  19. ↑ Harris, Selwyn (July 2018). "Reviews". Jazzwise. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  20. ↑ Art Blakey, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Just Coolin' Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-01
  21. ↑ Immanuel Wilkins - Omega, 2020-08-14, retrieved 2024-12-28
  22. ↑ Pitchfork: Nubya Garcia: Source Album Review | Pitchfork, accessdate: June 19, 2023
  23. ↑ Homewood, Ben (26 August 2020). "On The Radar: Nubya Garcia". Music Week. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  24. ↑ Tamarkin, Jeff (September 15, 2020). "Tigran Hamasyan: The Call Within (Nonesuch)". JazzTimes. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  25. ↑ "Axiom, by Chief Adjuah". Chief Adjuah. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
  26. ↑ Artemis - Artemis | Album | AllMusic, retrieved 2025-02-22
  27. ↑ "Van by Clown Core". Genius. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
  28. ↑ "Artlessly Falling, by Mary Halvorson's Code Girl". Mary Halvorson. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  29. ↑ Schleider, Tim (10 January 2020). "Stuttgarter Jazzlegende / Wolfgang Dauner ist tot". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  30. ↑ West, Michael J. (11 February 2020). "Lyle Mays 1953–2020". JazzTimes. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  31. ↑ "Le chanteur folk Graeme Allwright est mort". Le Monde. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  32. ↑ "Jon Christensen er død". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 18 February 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  33. ↑ Jacobi, Elke (5 March 2020). "Die begnadete Gitarristin starb im Alter von 54 Jahren: Susan Weinert ist tot". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  34. ↑ "McCoy Tyner 1938 – 2020". JazzTimes. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  35. ↑ "El saxofonista argentino Marcelo Peralta murió por coronavirus en Madrid" (in Spanish). perfil.com. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  36. ↑ "Toshinori Kondo, Trailblazing Modern Trumpeter, Dies At 71". NPR. 2020-10-17. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  37. ↑ "Décès du guitariste Marc Fosset". France Musique (in French). Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  38. ↑ "Muere Pedro Iturralde, gran maestro del jazz español" (in Spanish). ABC. 1 November 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020.
  39. ↑ Genzlinger, Neil (2020-11-22). "Cándido Camero, Conga Master Who Transformed Jazz, Dies at 99". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  40. ↑ West, Michael J. (13 November 2020). "Andrew White, Prolific Multi-Instrumentalist, Scholar and Washington, D.C. Legend, Dies at 78". wbgo.com. Retrieved 13 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  41. ↑ "Dansk musiklegende død" (in Danish). 29 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  42. ↑ Ben Beaumont-Thomas (1 Jan 2021). "Eugene Wright, bassist with classic Dave Brubeck Quartet, dies aged 97". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 Jan 2021.
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