2016 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting jazz events in the year 2016.

2016 in jazz
Angelo Debarre Quartet performs at Cosmopolite venue in Oslo, Norway during the Django festival 2016.
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Kamasi Washington performing at the 2016 Coachella event

GoGo Penguin performing at a concert in Vienna, Austria

Abdullah Ibrahim at the Oslo Jazzfestival

Tord Gustavsen with Simin Tander 2016 at Cosmopolite, Oslo, Norway

Tomasz Stanko 2016 at Cosmopolite, Oslo, Norway

Allan Harris 2016 at Cosmopolite, Oslo, Norway

Knut Reiersrud Band 2016 at Cosmopolite, Oslo, Norway

Natalie Sandtorv
at the 2016 Moers Festival

Events

January

February

March

• Blue Note Entertainment Group expands into China, opening a location in Beijing^[1]

April

• April 15-April 24 - The 2016 Coachella event occurs. Jazz musicians in attendance include Kamasi Washington, and GoGo Penguin^[2]

May

June

July

August

September

• 24-26 - The Joy of Jazz Festival, one of the premiere Jazz festivals in South Africa, occurs^[3]

October

November

December

Albums

January

Month	Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
January	8	Blackstar	David Bowie	ISO, Columbia, RCA, Sony Music	Produced by David Bowie, Tony Visconti	^[4]
		Kindred Spirits Live at Chan's	Greg Abate and Phil Woods	Whaling City Sound		^[5]
	15	Amorphae	Ben Monder, Pete Rende, Andrew Cyrille, Paul Motian	ECM	Produced by Sun Chung	^[6]
		The Bell	Ches Smith	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher
		I Long To See You	Charles Lloyd & The Marvels	Blue Note		^[7]
		River Silver	Michel Benita Ethics	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher
	19	Quiver	Ralph Alessi, Gary Versace, Drew Gress, Nasheet Waits	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	^[8]
	21	The Boop-A-Doo	Cherry Poppin' Daddies	Space Age Bachelor Pad Records	Produced by Steve Perry	^[8]
	22	Klangkammer 2	Stian Omenås	NorCD	Executive producer Karl Seglem
	29	Groove Travels	Gerard Presencer	Edition		^[9]
		Into The Silence	Avishai Cohen	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher
		Momento	Ayumi Tanaka Trio	AMP Records
		Some Other Time – A Tribute To Leonard Bernstein	Nils Landgren with Janis Siegel	ACT	Produced by Nils Landgren, executive producer Siggi Loch	^[10]
		What Was Said	Tord Gustavsen, Simin Tander, Jarle Vespestad	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	^[11]
		When You Wish Upon a Star	Bill Frisell	Okeh	Produced by Lee Townsend
February	1	Forms & Poses	Christian Meaas Svendsen	Nakama	Produced by Christian Meaas Svendsen	^[12]
		Lars Danielsson Songbook	Lars Danielsson	ACT		^[13]
	5	Kuria Suite	Knut Kristiansen and Bergen Big Band	Grappa		^[14]
	11	District Six	Andreas Loven	Losen		^[15]
	12	The Distance	Michael Formanek and Ensemble Kolossus	ECM
		Dream Keeper	André Fernandes	Edition		^[16]
		The Theory Of Joy	Ian Shaw	Jazz Village		^[17]
		Warp	Jon Balke	ECM	Produced by Jon Balke and Manfred Eicher	^[18]
	14	Story Of I	Myrna	Tomtom & Braza		^[19]
	16	Mare Nostrum II	Jan Lundgren	ACT	Produced by René Hess / HR Music, executive producer Siggi Loch	^[20]
	19	Birdwatching	Anat Fort Trio with Gianluigi Trovesi	ECM		^[21]
		Quiver	Ralph Alessi	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher
	26	Eastern Smiles	Hanna Paulsberg Concept	Odin
		In The End His Voice Will Be The Sound Of Paper	Trondheim Jazz Orchestra with Kim Myhr and Jenny Hval	Hubro	Produced by Kim Myhr
		Klangspuren	Michael Wollny Trio	ACT	Executive producer Siggi Loch (CD)	^[22]
March	3	Kanestrøm	Frode Alnæs	Øra Fonogram		^[23]
	4	Continuum	Nik Bärtsch's Mobile	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher
		Emily's D+Evolution	Esperanza Spalding	Concord	Produced by Esperanza Spalding and Tony Visconti	^[24]
	11	Arclight	Julian Lage	Mack Avenue	Produced by Jesse Harris	^[25]
		A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke	Vijay Iyer / Wadada Leo Smith	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher
		Culturen	Skadedyr	Hubro	International release in May 2016	^[26]
		Ferenc Snétberger in Concert	Ferenc Snétberger	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher
	18	Beauty & Truth	Joachim Kühn	ACT	Produced by Joachim Kühn, executive producer Siggi Loch	^[27]
		Crystal Rain	Céline Bonacina Crystal Quartet	Cristal Records
	25	Full Circle	Brian Bromberg	Artistry Music		^[28]
		Let's Dance	Per Oddvar Johansen	Edition		^[29]
	30	The Dance Upon My Grave	COKKO (Marte Eberson, Natalie Sandtorv, Ole Mofjell)	Playdate Records
April	1	Alba	Markus Stockhausen / Florian Weber	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher
		Black Ice	Wolfert Brederode Trio	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher
		Black Orpheus	Masabumi Kikuchi	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher
		Ulv Ulv	Moskus	Hubro Records	Produced by Andreas Risanger Meland and Moskus. International release June 3, 2016.	^[30]
	3	Tocororo	Alfredo Rodriguez	Mack Avenue		^[31]
	7	Debonaire	Ike Moriz	Mosquito Records London Pty Ltd.	Recorded at Paris Studios, Cape Town	^[32]
	8	Parallax	Phronesis	Edition Records	Produced by Phronesis
	15	Live at Montreux 1993	Al Jarreau	Eagle Rock Records		^[33]
		Thick as Thieves	Mongrel – Thomas Litleskare, Ayumi Tanaka, Stian Andersen, Tore Flatjord	Losen Records		^[34]
	22	Cohearence	Yellowjackets	Mack Avenue	Produced by Bob Mintzer, Dane Alderson, Maria Ehrenreich, Russell Ferrante, William Kennedy, Yellowjackets, production manager Jeff Neben
		Kem Som Kan Å Leve	Building Instrument – Mari Kvien Brunvoll, Åsmund Weltzien, Øyvind Hegg-Lunde	Hubro Records	Produced by Building Instrument, Jørgen Træen
		Triangle	Susanna	SusannaSonata		^[35]
	29	Amputation	Stian Westerhus	House of Mythology
		Culcha Vulcha	Snarky Puppy	Ropeadope Records		^[36]
		Held	Jason Rebello	Edition Records	Produced by Dave Stapleton & Jason Rebello	^[37]
		Sun Blowing	Danielsson Neset Lund	ACT Music	Produced by Morten Lund & Lars Danielsson, executive producer Siggi Loch	^[38]
		The Ystad Concert - A Tribute To Jan Johansson	Jan Lundgren	ACT Music	Produced by Jan Lundgren, executive producer Siggi Loch	^[39]
May	6	Andando El Tiempo	Carla Bley / Andy Sheppard / Steve Swallow	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher
		Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny	Cuong Vu Trio meets Pat Metheny	Nonesuch Records	Produced by Cuong Vu	^[40]
		In Movement	Jack DeJohnette / Ravi Coltrane / Matthew Garrison	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher
		One	Tim Garland	Edition Records	Produced by Tim Garland	^[41]
		The Unity Sessions	Pat Metheny	Nonesuch Records	Produced by Pat Metheny
		Camp Echo	Highasakite	Propeller Recordings	Produced by Kåre Vestrheim	^[42]
	20	La Mascarade	Rolf Lislevand	ECM Records	Produced by Manfred Eicher	^[43]
	23	Grand Line	Nakama	Nakama Records	Produced by Nakama & Christian Obermayer	^[44]
	26	Vyamanikal	Kit Downes & Tom Challenger	Slip Records		^[45]
	27	Everything's Beautiful	Miles Davis & Robert Glasper	Columbia, Blue Note, Legacy – 88875157812	Produced Robert Glasper, associate producer Rashad Ringo Smith
		Invisible Man	Jukka Perko Avara	ACT Music	Produced by Siggi Loch
		Logos	Gerardo Nunez, Ulf Wakenius & Cepillo	ACT Music	Produced by Gerardo Núñez, executive producer Siggi Loch
		Solitary Moon	Liv Stoveland	Ponca Jazz Records		^[46]
		Stranger Things Have Happened	Clare Maguire	Virgin Records	Produced by Clare Maguire	^[47]^[48]

June

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
3	Blues and Ballads	Brad Mehldau Trio	Nonesuch Records	Produced by Brad Mehldau	^[49]
	Tracé Provisoire	Dominique Pifarély Quartet	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher
	Upward Spiral	Branford Marsalis Quartet & Kurt Elling	Sony Music Entertainment		^[50]
10	Convergence	Warren Wolf	Mack Avenue Records		^[51]
	Short Stories	Dominick Farinacci	Mack Avenue Records		^[52]
	Wolf Valley	Eyolf Dale	Edition Records		^[53]
24	Arclight	Julian Lage	Mack Avenue	Produced by Jesse Harris
	New Breed	Jeff Parker	International Anthem Recording Company	Mastered at Elysian Masters
	The Way We Play	Marquis Hill	Concord Jazz		^[54]
28	Now Is The Time	Spirit In The Dark (Audun Erlien, Anders Engen, David Wallumrød)	Jazzland Recordings	Produced by Spirit in the Dark

July

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
1	Freetown Sound	Blood Orange	Domino	Produced by Dev Hynes	^[55]
9	Sounds of 3	Per Mathisen Trio (including Frode Alnæs and Gergő Borlai)	Losen Records		^[56]
22	Everybody Has A Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth	Charlie Hunter	Ground Up		^[57]
29	The Magical Forest	Sinikka Langeland	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	^[58]
	Rubicon	Mats Eilertsen	ECM Records	Produced by Manfred Eicher	^[59]
	Unstatic	Manu Katche	Anteprima Productions		^[60]

August

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
5	Apokaluptein	Live Maria Roggen	Kirkelig Kulturverksted	Produced by Live Maria Roggen	^[61]
19	Femte	Isglem	NorCD	Produced by Karl Seglem	^[62]
	Norwegian Caravan	Come Shine - Kringkastingsorkesteret	Lawo Classics	Produced by Erlend Skomsvoll, Vegard Landaas	^[63]
	Presents MONK'estra, Volume 1	John Beasley	Mack Avenue Records		^[64]
26	Air	Frode Haltli with the Trondheim Soloists and Arditti Quartet	ECM Records	Executive producer Manfred Eicher	^[65]
	How Long Is Now?	Rantala Danielsson Erskine	ACT Music	Produced by Siggi Loch	^[66]
	Into The Mystic	David Helbock	ACT Music	Produced by Siggi Loch	^[67]
	It's Hard	The Bad Plus	Okeh Records		^[68]
	Rumi Songs	Trygve Seim	ECM Records	Produced by Manfred Eicher	^[69]
	Snowmelt	Marius Neset	ACT Music	Produces by Marius Neset with Anton Eger	^[70]

September

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
2	Buoyancy	Nils Petter Molvær	Okeh Records	Produced by Jo Berger Myhre, Nils Petter Molvær
	Ida Lupino	Giovanni Guidi / Gianluca Petrella / Louis Sclavis / Gerald Cleaver	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher
	Jazz, Fritt Etter Hukommelsen	Bushman's Revenge	Rune Grammofon		^[71]
	Salmeklang	Gjermund Larsen Trio	Heilo	Recipient of the composer Spellemannprisen	^[72]^[73]
	The Good Life	Till Brönner	Sony Masterworks
9	Atmosphères	Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, and Jan Bang	ECM Records		^[74]
	Changing Tides	Lukas Zabulionis	Curling Legs
	Cosmic Adventure	Scott Tixier	Sunnyside Records	Produced by Corelli Savarez, Donald Brown, François Zalacain, Schertler Group
	Grand White Silk	Torun Eriksen	Jazzland Recordings	Produced by Kjetil Dalland, Torun Eriksen
	Nearness	Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau	Nonesuch Records
	The Deer’s Cry	Vox Clamantis – compositions by Arvo Pärt	ECM Records		^[75]
16	Sunrain	Haakon Graf Trio, including Erik Smith and Per Mathisen	Losen Records	Produces by Graf, Smith, and Mathisen	^[76]
	Together, As One	Dinosaur	Edition Records		^[77]
20	Diwan Of Beauty And Odd	Dhafer Youssef	Okeh Records
23	Bloom	Kim Myhr	Hubro
	Country For Old Men	John Scofield	Impulse Records	Produced by John Scofield	^[78]
	Streams	Jakob Bro	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher
	The Art of Elegance	Kristin Chenoweth	Concord Records	Produced by Steve Tyrell	^[79]^[80]
	The Declaration of Musical Independence	Andrew Cyrille Quartet	ECM Records	Produced by Sun Chung	^[81]
30	It's Another Wor d	Sigrun Tara Øverland with Picidae	NorCD		^[82]
	Somewhere In Between	Bugge Wesseltoft	Jazzland Recordings

October

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
7	Day Breaks	Norah Jones	Blue Note	Produced by Eli Wolf, Norah Jones, Sarah Oda	^[83]^[84]
	Kurzsam And Fulger	Christian Wallumrød Ensemble	Hubro Music		^[85]
	The Monash Sessions	Kate Ceberano	Jazzhead, MGM Distribution	Produced by James Mustafa	^[86]^[87]
10	Tandem	Michael Wollny & Vincent Peirani	ACT Music	Produced by Siggi Loch	^[88]
14	Aziza	Aziza (Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, Eric Harland)	Dare2 Records	Produced by Dave Holland, executive producer Louise Holland	^[89]
	Beyond Now	Donny McCaslin	Motéma Music		^[90]
	Nine Firmaments	Arne Jansen Trio	Traumton Records	Produced by Arne Jansen	^[91]
	Rainbow Session	Harald Lassen	Hagen Recordings	Produced by Harald Lassen	^[92]
21	Her Bor	Frida Ånnevik	Grappa Music	GRLP4529	^[93]
	On Behalf Of Nature	Meredith Monk Ensemble	ECM Records	Produced by Manfred Eicher	^[94]
28	Christmas With My Friends V	Nils Landgren	ACT Music		^[95]
	EST Symphony	EST Symphony	ACT Music		^[96]
	Rising Grace	Wolfgang Muthspiel with Ambrose Akinmusire, Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, and Brian Blade	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	^[97]^[98]
31	No Right No Left	Andreas Wildhagen	Nakama Records	Produced by Andreas Wildhagen	^[99]

November

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
4	A Multitude of Angels	Keith Jarrett	ECM Records	4xCD from solo concerts in Italy in October 1996	^[100]
	Black Focus	Yussef Kamaal	Brownswood Recordings		^[101]
11	December Songs	Olga Konkova and Jens Thoresen	Losen Records		^[102]
	StaiStua	Ulvo / Hole / Haltli	NorCD	Produced by Andreas Ulvo, Musikk I Hedmark	^[103]
	The Mechanical Fair	Ola Kvernberg	Olsen Records	2xLP produced by Todd Terje	^[104]
12	Stories	Jan Gunnar Hoff	2L	Solo piano	^[105]
14	XXX	Scorch Trio (Raoul Björkenheim, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Frank Rosaly)	Rune Grammofon	4xLP	^[105]
17	My Head Is Listening	Motif	Clean Feed	Produced by Motif	^[106]
18	David	Eleni Karaindrou	ECM Records	Produced Manfred Eicher	^[107]
	The Fifth Century	Gavin Bryars	ECM Records		^[108]
19	3 Pianos	Tanaka/Lindvall/Wallumrød	Nakama Records	Produced by Ayumi Tanaka, Johan Lindvall, Christian Wallumrød	^[109]
22	Midt På Natta	Operasjon Hegge	Particular Recordings	P!8	^[110]
25	The Space Between	Stuart McCallum & Mike Walker	Edition Records	Produced by Stuart McCallum	^[111]

December

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
2	Antenna	David Virelles	ECM Records		^[112]
	New Direction	Herlin Riley	Mack Avenue Records		^[113]
12	Most Intimate	Nakama	Nakama Records	Produced by Christian Meaas Svendsen	^[114]
16	New York City Magic	Per Mathisen, Utsi Zimring, and David Kikoski	Alessa Records		^[115]
	Tony Bennett Celebrates 90	Tony Bennett	Columbia		^[116]

Unknown date

#

A

• Quiet Revolution (Newvelle) by Ben Allison solo piano (vinyl LP).^[117]

D

• Return (Newvelle) by Jack DeJohnette solo piano (vinyl LP).^[118]

F

• Strength and Sanity (Newvelle) by Don Friedman Piano Trio (vinyl LP).^[119]

K

• Meantime (Newvelle) by Frank Kimbrough (vinyl LP).^[120]

P

• Some Other Time (Newvelle) by Noah Preminger (vinyl LP).^[121]

Deaths

January

• 3 – Paul Bley, Canadian pianist (born 1932).^[122]
• 4 – Long John Hunter, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (born 1931).^[123]
• 6 – Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, Cuban trumpeter(born 1928).
• 7 – Alan Haven, English organist (born 1935).
• 16 – Hubert Giraud, French composer and lyricist (born 1920).
• 31 – Janusz Muniak, Polish saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer (born 1941).

February

• 4 – Maurice White, American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and bandleader, Earth, Wind & Fire (born 1941).
• 19 – Harald Devold, Norwegian saxophonist (cancer) (born 1964).^[124]
• 25 – John Chilton, British trumpeter and writer (born 1932).

March

• 9 – Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian percussionist (born 1944).^[125]
• 10
  • Ernestine Anderson, American jazz and blues singer (born 1928).
  • Keith Emerson, English pianist and keyboardist (suicide), Emerson, Lake & Palmer (born 1944).^[126]
• 11 – Joe Ascione, American drummer (born 1961).
• 15 – Ryo Fukui, Japanese pianist (born 1948).
• 16 – Frank Sinatra Jr., American singer, songwriter, and conductor (born 1944).^[127]
• 22 – Selçuk Sun, Turkish upright bassist and composer (born 1934).
• 24 – Roger Cicero, German singer and songwriter (born 1970).^[128]
• 26 – David Baker, American symphonic jazz composer (born 1931).

April

• 2 – Gato Barbieri, Argentine saxophonist (born 1932).^[129]
• 3
  • Bill Henderson, American singer and actor (born 1926).^[130]
  • Don Francks, Canadian singer and actor (born 1932).^[131]
• 4 – Getatchew Mekurya, Ethiopian saxophonist (born 1935).^[132]
• 5 – Zena Latto, American clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1925).
• 6 – Dennis Davis, American drummer (cancer) (born 1949).^[133]
• 13
  • Jeremy Steig, American flautist (born 1942).
  • Mariano Mores, Argentine tango composer and pianist (born 1918).^[134]
  • Pete Yellin, American saxophonist and educator (born 1941).
• 21 – Prince Rogers Nelson, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer (born 1958).^[135]
• 24
  • Billy Paul, Congolese singer and musician (born 1934).^[136]
  • Papa Wemba, American soul singer (born 1949).^[137]

May

• 1 – Doug Raney, American guitarist (born 1956).
• 6
  • Candye Kane, American singer and entertainer (pancreatic cancer) (born 1961).^[138]
  • Johannes Bauer, German trombonist (born 1954).
• 11 – Joe Temperley, Scottish saxophonist (born 1929).
• 13 – Buster Cooper, American trombonist (born 1929).
• 16 – Fredrik Norén, Swedish drummer and band leader (born 1941).^[139]

June

• 8 – Terje Fjærn, orchestra conductor ("La det swinge") (born 1942).^[140]
• 16 – Charles Thompson, American swing and bebop pianist, and organist, composer (born 1918).
• 17 – Willy Andresen, Norwegian pianist and band leader (born 1921).^[141]
• 21 – Pat Friday, American singer (born 1921).
• 23 – Shelley Moore, English-born American singer (born 1932).
• 24 – Bernie Worrell, American keyboarder and composer, Parliament-Funkadelic (born 1944).
• 26 – Mike Pedicin, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1917).^[142]
• 30 – Don Friedman, American pianist (born 1935).

July

• 15
  • Charles Davis, American saxophonist and composer (born 1933).
  • Roland Prince, Antiguan guitarist (born 1946).
• 16 – Claude Williamson, American pianist (born 1926).
• 167 – Peter Appleyard, British–Canadian vibraphonist, percussionist, and composer (born 1928).
• 22 – Dominic Duval, American free jazz bassist (born 1944).
• 31 – Jon Klette, Norwegian saxophonist (born 1962).^[143]

August

• 5 – David Attwooll, British drummer, poet, and publisher, Henry Cow (born 1949).
• 6 – Pete Fountain, American clarinetist (born 1930).^[144]
• 13 – Connie Crothers, American pianist (cancer) (born 1941).^[145]
• 15 – Bobby Hutcherson, American vibraphone and marimba player (born 1941).^[146]
• 17 – John Fischer, American pianist, composer, and visual artist (born 1930).
• 18 – Fred Nøddelund, Norwegian flugelhornist and band leader (born 1947).^[147]
• 19
  • Derek Smith, British pianist (born 1931).
  • Horacio Salgán, Argentine tango pianist (born 1916).^[148]
• 20
  • Irving Fields, American pianist and lounge music artist (born 1915).^[149]
  • Louis Stewart, American guitarist (born 1944).
• 22 – Toots Thielemans, Belgian and American harmonica player and guitarist (born 1922).^[150]
• 25 – Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer (born 1924).^[151]
• 29 – Michael Di Pasqua, American drummer and percussionist (cancer) (born 1953).^[152]

September

• 24 – Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordionist and zydeco musician (lung cancer) (born 1947).^[153]
• 26 – Karel Růžička, Czech jazz pianist, composer, and music teacher (born 1940).

October

• 2 – Steve Byrd, English guitarist, Gillan and Kim Wilde (heart attack) (born 1955).^[154]
• 13 – Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thai monarch and saxophonist (born 1927).
• 18 – Mike Daniels, British trumpeter and bandleader (born 1928).
• 24 – Shirley Bunnie Foy, American singer, songwriter, and percussionist (born 1936).
• 27 – Bobby Wellins, Scottish tenor saxophonist (born 1936).

November

• 1 – Pocho La Pantera, Argentine cumbia singer (born 1950).
• 2 – Bob Cranshaw, American bassist (born 1932).
• 3 – Kay Starr, American singer (complications of Alzheimer's disease) (born 1922).
• 9 – Al Caiola, American guitarist, composer, and arranger (born 1920).
• 11 – Victor Bailey, American bass guitarist (born 1960).
• 12 – Guilherme Franco, Brazilian percussionist (born 1946).
• 13 – Leon Russell, American musician and songwriter (born 1942).
• 15 – Mose Allison, American pianist and singer (born 1927).^[155]
• 20 – Hod O'Brien, American pianist (born 1936).
• 24 – Chuck Flores, American drummer (born 1935).
• 28 – Carlton Kitto, Indian guitarist (born 1942).
• 30 – Ivar Thomassen, Norwegian folk singer, songwriter, and jazz pianist (born 1954).^[156]

December

• 6
  • Alonzo Levister, American composer, arranger, music producer, and pianist (born 1925).
  • Michael White, American violinist (born 1933).
• 7 – Greg Lake, English guitarist, bassist, singer, songwriter, and music producer (born 1947).^[157]
• 15 – Dave Shepherd, English clarinetist (born 1929).
• 18 – Léo Marjane, French singer (born 1912).
• 21 – Betty Loo Taylor, Hawaii-American pianist (born 1929).
• 23 – Carlos Averhoff, Cuban tenor saxophonist (born 1947).
• 26 – Alphonse Mouzon, American drummer and the owner of Tenacious Records (born 1948).^[158]
• 28 – Knut Kiesewetter, German trombonist, singer, songwriter, and producer (born 1941).

See also

•  Jazz portal

• List of 2016 albums
• List of years in jazz
• 2010s in jazz
• 2016 in music

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2. Coachella 2016 Lineup: Coachella 2016 Lineup, accessdate: June 10, 2023
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