1966 in jazz

Jazz in 1966: 120 albums, 3 standards, 35 births and 14 deaths.

Albums released in 1966

Satchmo Sings Evergreens 1966 · Stern Musik Strangers in the Night 1966 · Reprise Records Moonlight Sinatra 1966 · Reprise Records That’s Life 1966 · Reprise Records Color Me Barbra 1966 · Columbia Je m’appelle Barbra 1966 · Columbia Walk, Don't Run 1966 · Mainstream Records Ray’s Moods 1966 · ABC-Paramount Crying Time 1966 · ABC-Paramount West Meets East 1966 · His Master’s Voice Ella at Duke’s Place 1966 · Verve Whisper Not 1966 · Verve The World of Miriam Makeba 1966 · RCA Victor The Magic of Makeba 1966 · RCA Victor All About Miriam 1966 · Mercury Records The Magnificent Miriam Makeba 1966 · Mercury Records Concert of Sacred Music 1966 · RCA The Duke At Tanglewood 1966 · RCA Victor Red Seal Movie Song Album 1966 · Columbia A Time for Love 1966 · CBS Blow-Up 1966 · MGM Records Rhapsody In Blue / An American In Paris / Concerto In F 1966 · Columbia Record Club Wild Is the Wind 1966 · Philips Nina Simone With Strings 1966 · Colpix Somewhere There's a Someone 1966 · Reprise Records As Matt Helm Sings Songs From “The Silencers” 1966 · Reprise Records Relaxin’ 1966 · Tower The Hit Sound of Dean Martin 1966 · Reprise Records The Dean Martin Christmas Album 1966 · Reprise Records The Dean Martin TV Show 1966 · Reprise Records Happy In Love 1966 · Capitol Records The Magic of Christmas With Children 1966 · Capitol Records Aaron Copland Conducts: Music for a Great City / Statements 1966 · CBS The Avant-Garde 1966 · Atlantic Meditations 1966 · impulse! Time In 1966 · Columbia Put On a Happy Face 1966 · Verve Soul Español 1966 · Limelight Blues Etude 1966 · Limelight Lena in Hollywood 1966 Soul 1966 · United Artists Merry From Lena 1966 · United Artists The Melody Lingers On 1966 · Limelight Soul Mates 1966 · VSP Pauline Julien chante Boris Vian 1966 · CBS Inside Basie Outside 1966 · VSP Basie Swingin' Voices Singin' 1966 · ABC-Paramount Tom Jobim apresenta 1966 · Elenco Call My Name 1966 · Cadet Records A Merry Mancini Christmas 1966 · RCA Music of Hawaii 1966 · RCA Victor Arabesque 1966 · RCA Victor What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? 1966 · RCA Victor The Best of Fats Domino! 1966 · Artone Chappaqua Suite 1966 · CBS The Empty Foxhole 1966 · Blue Note No Other Love 1966 · RCA Camden Lightly Latin 1966 · RCA Victor Perry Como in Italy 1966 · RCA Victor Movie Greats Of The 60's 1966 · MGM Records Jealous Heart 1966 · MGM Records Connie’s Christmas 1966 · MGM Records Fantastic Feliciano (The Voice And Guitar Of José Feliciano) 1966 · RCA Victor José Feliciano 1966 · RCA Victor A Bag Full of Soul: Folk, Rock and Blues 1966 · RCA Camden East Broadway Run Down 1966 · impulse! Alfie 1966 · impulse! Chico Buarque de Hollanda 1966 · RGE Big $pender 1966 · Capitol Records Guitars Alà Lee 1966 · Capitol Records Pop Artistry 1966 · Mercury Records The New Scene 1966 · Mercury Records The Sounds of ’66 1966 · Reprise Records Sammy Davis Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays 1966 · Reprise Records Serenade to Sweden 1966 · Telestar A Certain Smile A Certain Sadness 1966 · Verve Look to the Rainbow 1966 · Verve Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile 1966 · Atlantic In a Broadway Bag 1966 · Atlantic If I Were a Carpenter 1966 · Atlantic The Shadow of Your Smile 1966 · Atlantic Quietly There 1966 · World Pacific A Simple Matter of Conviction 1966 · Verve Intermodulation 1966 · Verve Mina due 1966 · Ri-Fi Studio uno 66 1966 · Ri-Fi The George Benson Cookbook 1966 · Columbia Grrr 1966 · Mercury Records Hugh Masekela's Next Album 1966 · MGM Records The Emancipation of Hugh Masekala 1966 · UNI Records The Great Arrival 1966 · Atlantic The All Seeing Eye 1966 · Blue Note A Man Called Adam 1966 · Reprise Records Additions to Further Definitions 1966 · impulse! This Is James Last 1966 · Polydor Hammond à gogo Vol. II 1966 · Polydor Christmas Dancing 1966 · Polydor Concerto per Natale 1966 · Polydor Non Stop Dancing ’66 1966 · Polydor Happy Christmas From James Last 1966 · Polydor Trumpet à gogo 1966 · Polydor Classics Up to Date 1966 · Polydor Ännchen von Tharau bittet zum Tanz 1966 · Polydor Drums Unlimited 1966 · Atlantic Hold On, I’m Coming 1966 · Limelight From Nashville With Love 1966 · RCA Victor The “Pops” Goes Country 1966 · RCA Victor Red Seal Music from Nashville, My Home Town 1966 · RCA Camden Chet Atkins Picks on The Beatles 1966 · RCA Victor Nancy - Naturally 1966 · Capitol Records A Touch of Today 1966 · Capitol Records From Broadway With Love 1966 · Capitol Records Tender Loving Care 1966 · Capitol Records Jackie Barnett Presents One of Those Songs 1966 · Warner Bros. Records For the Night People 1966 · Liberty All Through the Night: Julie London Sings the Choicest of Cole Porter 1966 · Liberty Nice Girls Don’t Stay for Breakfast 1966 · Liberty Mumbles 1966 · Mainstream Records Heat Wave 1966 · Cadet Records Getz/Gilberto #2 1966 · Live · Verve

Standards written in 1966

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Alfie Burt Bacharach B♭ major AB · 32 Ballad
Sunny Bobby Hebb A minor A · 16 Rock/pop
Mercy Mercy Mercy Joe Zawinul B♭ major AB · 20 Funk

Died in 1966

Born in 1966

Jeff Healey 1966–2008 · Canadian musician (1966–2008) Biréli Lagrène 1966 · French guitarist and bassist Silje Nergaard 1966 · Norwegian singer Bebel Gilberto 1966 · Brazilian singer Stoyan Yankulov 1966 · Bulgarian drummer Regina Carter 1966 · American jazz violinist Badi Assad 1966 · Brazilian jazz/worldbeat musician Mark Whitfield 1966 · American musician Harry Allen 1966 · American jazz tenor saxophonist Jan Lundgren 1966 · Swedish jazz pianist and composer (born 1966) Donny McCaslin 1966 · American musician Raul Midón 1966 · American musician Bill Stewart 1966 · American jazz drummer Luciana Souza 1966 · Brazilian singer Bill Charlap 1966 · American jazz pianist, also know as the GOAT Kate Ceberano 1966 · Australian singer Julian Argüelles 1966 · British musician Larry Grenadier 1966 · American bassist Dena DeRose 1966 · Jazz pianist and singer, educator Ingrid Jensen 1966 · Canadian jazz trumpet player Indra Lesmana 1966 · Indonesian singer, arranger, composer, and musician Vassilis Tsabropoulos 1966 · Greek pianist, conductor and composer Tim Garland 1966 · British musician Nina Shatskaya 1966 · Russian singer Rosalia de Souza 1966 · Brazilian singer Karen Mantler 1966 · American jazz musician James Genus 1966 · American musician Tony Kofi 1966 · British musician Romeo Franz 1966 · German pianist and politician Shikao Suga 1966 · Japanese singer-songwriter V. Selvaganesh 1966 · Indian musician Jarle Vespestad 1966 · Norwegian musician Dwiki Dharmawan 1966 · Indonesian musician, songwriter, composer and conductor Nils-Olav Johansen 1966 · Norwegian musician Mikołaj Trzaska 1966 · Polish jazz musician