1997 in jazz:

Events

• Award-winning documentary film, Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz, by jazz documentarist and filmmaker Julian Benedikt.^[1]

Album releases

• Guillermo Gregorio: Ellipsis (1997)
• Matthew Shipp: Strata (1997)
• Steve Coleman: Genesis (1997)
• Marcus Roberts: Blues for the New Millennium (1997)
• ICP Orchestra: Jubilee Varia (1997)
• Vandermark 5: Single Piece Flow (1997)
• David Liebman: Time Immemorial (1997)
• Wynton Marsalis: Blood on the Fields (1997)
• Franz Koglmann: O Moon My Pin Up (1997)
• Courtney Pine: Underground (1997)
• Leo Smith: Golden Hearts Remembrance (1997)
• Keith Tippett: Colours Fulfilled (1997)
• Joe Lovano: Trio Fascination (1997)
• David Liebman: The Elements - Water (1997)
• Pat Metheny Group: Imaginary Day (1997)

Deaths

• Anne Lenner,
• Arthur Prysock,
• Bernard Anderson,
• Beverly Peer,
• Big Nick Nicholas,
• Carson Smith,
• Charles Moffett,
• Chuck Andrus,
• Chuck Wayne,
• Dick Marx,
• Dick Shearer,
• Doc Cheatham,
• Duncan Swift,
• Eddie Jones (jazz musician),
• Eric Von Essen,
• George Chisholm (musician),
• George Handy,
• Horst Lippmann,
• Hugh Lawson (jazz pianist),
• Jimmy Witherspoon,
• Joe Roccisano,
• Johnny "Hammond" Smith,
• Johnny Coles,
• Johnny Mince,
• Lou Bennett,
• Louis Barbarin,
• Mouse Randolph,
• Seldon Powell,
• Shake Keane,
• Stan Barker,
• St phane Grappelli,
• Tete Montoliu,
• Thelma Carpenter,
• Thurman Green,
• Tommy Tedesco,
• Tommy Turrentine,
• Tony Williams,
• Wally Rose,
• Zachary Breaux,

External links

• The Best Jazz Albums of the 1990s

References