1973 in jazz:

Events

Album releases

• Sam Rivers: Streams (1973)
• Roland Kirk: Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle (1973)
• Dollar Brand: Sangoma (1973)
• Art Ensemble of Chicago: Fanfare For The Warriors (1973)
• Don Cherry: Relativity Suite (1973)
• Cecil Taylor: Spring of Two Blue J's (1973)
• Keith Jarrett: Solo Concerts (1973)
• McCoy Tyner: Enlightnment (1973)
• Carla Bley: Tropic Appetites (1973)
• Dollar Brand: African Space Program (1973)
• Marion Brown: Geechee Recollections (1973)
• Herbie Hancock: Sextant (1973)
• Frank Wright: Church Number Nine (1973)
• Gato Barbieri: Latin America (1973)
• Frank Lowe: Black Beings (1973)
• Ralph Towner: Diary (1973)
• Dewey Redman: The Ear of the Behearer (1973)
• Eberhard Weber: Colours of Chloe (1973)
• Roswell Rudd: Numatik Swing Band (1973)
• Oregon: Distant Hills (1973)
• Dollar Brand: African Portraits (1973)
• Weather Report: Sweetnighter (1973)
• David Liebman: Lookout Farm (1973)
• Oscar Peterson: Trio (1973)
• Cecil Taylor: Solo (1973)
• John Surman: Morning Glory (1973)
• Betty Carter: Album (1973)
• Mal Waldron: Up Popped the Devil (1973)
• Michael Mantler: No Answer (1973)
• Billy Cobham: Spectrum (1973)
• Herbie Hancock: Headhunters (1973)
• Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Mouthpiece (1973)
• Charles Earland: Leaving This Planet (1973)
• Flora Purim: Butterfly Dreams (1973)
• Herbie Hancock: Thrust (1973)
• Billy Cobham: Crosswinds (1973)

Deaths

• Gene Krupa (January 15, 1909 October 16, 1973)
• Eddie Condon (16 November 1905 4 August 1973)
• Spanky DeBrest (April 24, 1937 1973)
• Kid Ory (December 25, 1886 January 23, 1973)
• Ben Webster (March 27, 1909 September 20, 1973)
• Willie "The Lion" Smith (23 November 1893 18 April 1973)
• Bill Harris (October 28, 1916 - August 21, 1973)

Births

External links

• The Best Jazz Albums of the 1970s