This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1982.

1982 in jazz
Drummer J.R. Mitchell in an appearance with his quintet at the 1982 Kool Jazz Festival in New York
Decade1980s in jazz
Music1982 in music
StandardsList of post-1950 jazz standards
See also1981 in jazz1983 in jazz
List of years in jazz
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Events

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Radka Toneff in Bergen, Norway 1982.

April

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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
  • 9Vido Musso, Italian-American tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader (born 1913).
February
March
  • 9Leonid Utyosov, Soviet singer and comic actor (born 1895).
  • 23Sonny Greer, American drummer and vocalist (born 1895).
May
  • 5Cal Tjader, American vibraphonist, drummer, and percussionist (born 1925).
June
  • 11Al Rinker, American singer and composer (born 1907).
  • 15Art Pepper, American alto saxophonist and clarinetist (born 1925).
  • 25Alex Welsh, Scottish singer, cornetist, and trumpeter (born 1929).
July
October
November
December
 
Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen in 2012.

Births

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Malene Mortensen at the 2016 Copenhagen Jazz Festival.
 
Veronika Harcsa 2016.
 
Jessy J 2009.
January
February
March
April
  • 2Daniel Herskedal, Norwegian tubist.
  • 3Irene Kepl, Austrian violinist and composer.
  • 9Øyvind Skarbø, Norwegian drummer and composer.
  • 13Nellie McKay, British comedian, singer, songwriter, actor, and composer.
  • 30 – Tyler Gilmore, American composer and orchestra conductor.
May
July
August
September
  • 11Michel Reis, Luxembourgian jazz pianist and composer.
October
November
  • 9Jamie Lenman, British guitarist, musician, songwriter, singer, and illustrator.
December
  • 3Eric Darius, American saxophonist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer.
  • 4Adam Blackstone, American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, and bassist.
  • 6Ulysses Owens, American drummer and percussionist.
  • 17Stephan Meidell, Norwegian guitarist and composer.
  • 20Jessy J or Jessica Arellano, American saxophonist, flautist, singer, and pianist.
  • 30Nir Felder, American jazz and session guitarist, composer, and music producer.
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References

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  1. ^ "Vossajazz". Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  2. ^ "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  3. ^ "Moers Festival 1982". Moers Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  4. ^ "Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 1982". Montreal International Jazz Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  5. ^ "Montreux Jazz Festival 1982 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  6. ^ "North Sea Jazz Festival 1982". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  7. ^ "Monterey Jazz Festival 1982 Poster". EarlNewmanPrints.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
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