1971 in jazz

Jazz in 1971: 120 albums, 1 standard, 38 births and 22 deaths.

Albums released in 1971

Sinatra & Company 1971 · Reprise Records Barbra Joan Streisand 1971 · CBS Stoney End 1971 · CBS A Time to Be Jolly 1971 · Daybreak Records Smackwater Jack 1971 · A&M Records They Call Me Mister Tibbs 1971 · United Artists Volcanic Action of My Soul 1971 Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (and You Better Believe It) 1971 · Reprise Records 200 Motels 1971 · United Artists Records GmbH New Orleans Suite 1971 · Atlantic Blue 1971 · Reprise Records Love Story 1971 · Columbia Mwandishi 1971 · Warner Bros. Records Here Comes the Sun 1971 · RCA Victor Recital de guitarra de Paco de Lucía 1971 · Philips El mundo del flamenco 1971 You Were Made for Love 1971 · Pickwick/33 Records My Woman, My Woman, My Wife 1971 · Reprise Records For the Good Times 1971 · Reprise Records Appalachian Spring / Lincoln Portrait / Fanfare for the Common Man 1971 · CBS Sun Ship 1971 · impulse! Fillmore East, June 1971 1971 · Live · Reprise Records Summit Sessions 1971 · CBS Reunion Blues 1971 · BASF Nature’s Baby 1971 · Buddah Records Giants 1971 · Perception Records Histoire de Melody Nelson 1971 · Philips Summer of '42 / The Picasso Summer 1971 · Warner Bros. Records Les mariés de l'an deux 1971 · Bell Records Le Mans 1971 · Columbia Masterworks Get Happy With the London Philharmonic Orchestra 1971 · Live · CBS Dream of You 1971 · RCA Camden Never Give An Inch 1971 · MCA Records Gilberto Gil 1971 · Pathé Marconi EMI Fats 1971 · Reprise Records Love Call 1971 · Blue Note Twins 1971 · Atlantic A.R.C. 1971 · ECM Records Piano Improvisations, Volume 1 1971 · ECM Records The Song of Singing 1971 · Blue Note The Sun 1971 · EXPRESS Piano Improvisations, Volume 2 1971 · ECM Records I Think of You 1971 · RCA Victor Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelly 1971 · AMIGA That the Spirit Needs 1971 · RCA Victor En mi soledad / No llores más 1971 · RCA Victor Che Sarà 1971 · RCA Victor In Latin Mood 1971 · RCA Camden Construção 1971 · Philips Where Did They Go 1971 · Capitol Records Caetano Veloso 1971 · Philips A Time 1971 · Mainstream Records Something for Everyone 1971 · Tamla Motown Gilberto with Turrentine 1971 · CTI Blue Bird 1971 · America Records The Bill Evans Album 1971 · Columbia Manu Dibango 1971 · Fiesta Mina 1971 · PDU Viva Natale! 1971 Beyond the Blue Horizon 1971 · CTI White Rabbit 1971 · CTI Chicago III 1971 · CBS Afternoon in Paris 1971 · MPS The Mourning of a Star 1971 · Atlantic Odyssey of Iska 1971 · Blue Note Miracles 1971 · London Records Rock Requiem 1971 · Verve Gets Next to You 1971 · Hi Records Como dizia o poeta 1971 · RGE El Camarón de la Isla con la colaboración especial de Paco de Lucia (1971) 1971 · Philips Zawinul 1971 · Atlantic Polka-Party 1971 · Polydor James Last Around the World: Russia & Italy 1971 · Polydor In Concert 1971 · Polydor Käpt’n James bittet zum Tanz, Folge 2 1971 · Polydor Beachparty 2 1971 · Polydor Voodoo-Party 1971 · Polydor Non Stop Dancing 12 1971 · Polydor Happyning 1971 · Polydor Last of Old England 1971 · Polydor Non Stop Party 12 1971 · Ex Libris Lift Every Voice and Sing 1971 · Atlantic My Goal’s Beyond 1971 · Douglas Where Fortune Smiles 1971 · Dawn For the Good Times and Other Country Moods 1971 · RCA Victor Mr Atkins - Guitar Picker 1971 · RCA Camden Pickin’ My Way 1971 · RCA Victor Sart 1971 · ECM Records Kaleidoscope 1971 · Capitol Records Harmony Row 1971 · Polydor Souvenirs de La Nouvelle Orleans 1971 · Disques Vogue The Sun, Moon & Herbs 1971 · ATCO Records Elizabethan Love Songs 1971 · Swedish Society Discofil Jumpin’ Punkins 1971 · Candid The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys 1971 · Island First Light 1971 · CTI Straight Life 1971 · CTI Escalator Over the Hill 1971 · JCOA Records Brand New 1971 · Fantasy Addio zio Tom 1971 · RCA Original Cast Nella stretta morsa del ragno 1971 · RCA Original Cast B, S & T; 4 1971 · Columbia Maynard Ferguson 1971 · Columbia Buscando una sonrisa 1971 · RCA Victor Chicago at Carnegie Hall 1971 · Live · CBS Love Story 1971 · Columbia You’ve Got a Friend 1971 · Columbia Permette? Rocco Papaleo 1971 · CAM Homo eroticus 1971 · RCA Original Cast Things Have Got to Change 1971 · impulse! Portrait 1971 · Philips Going to the Rainbow 1971 · BASF Peace 1971 · Soultown Records Stomping at the Savoy 1971 · Black Lion Coalition 1971 · Blue Note Genesis 1971 · Blue Note A Brand New Day 1971 · Amos Records Hip Ensemble 1971 · Mainstream Records Vinicius + Bethânia + Toquinho 1971 · Live · Trova Tea For Two 1971 · Black Lion

Standards written in 1971

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
For All We Know Fred Coots E♭ major AB · 32 Ballad

Died in 1971

Fred Guy 1897–1971 · American musician (1897–1971) Zez Confrey 1895–1971 · American composer and pianist (1895–1971) Gary McFarland 1933–1971 · American composer, vibraphonist and vocalist (1933–1971) Harry Arnold 1920–1971 · Swedish jazz saxophonist and bandleader (1920–1971) Joe Sullivan 1906–1971 · American musician (1906–1971) Lil Hardin Armstrong 1898–1971 · American jazz musician (1898-1971) Tab Smith 1909–1971 · American saxophonist (1909–1971) King Curtis 1934–1971 · American saxophonist (1934–1971) Ted Fio Rito 1900–1971 · American composer, orchestra leader, and keyboardist… Cliff Edwards 1895–1971 · American recording artist; musician, singer, actor and… Charlie Shavers 1920–1971 · jazz trumpeter (1920–1971) Louis Armstrong 1901–1971 · American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer (1901–1971) Ambrose 1896–1971 · English bandleader (1896–1971) Ben Pollack 1903–1971 · American musician (1903-1971) Lennie Hayton 1908–1971 · American composer and conductor (1908-1971) Wynton Kelly 1931–1971 · American jazz pianist (1931–1971) Baby Face Willette 1933–1971 · American jazz musician (1933-1971) Alexander Tsfasman 1906–1971 · Soviet Jazz composer, pianist, arranger and conductor… Harry Roy 1900–1971 · British dance band leader and clarinet player (1900-1971) Willie Lewis 1905–1971 · American bandleader, conductor and jazz musician (1905–1971) Ernie Caceres 1911–1971 · American musician (1911–1971) Ted Lewis 1890–1971 · American singer and bandleader (1890-1971)

Born in 1971

Erykah Badu 1971 · American singer-songwriter (born 1971) Till Brönner 1971 · German jazz musician Leszek Możdżer 1971 · Polish musician Lisa Ekdahl 1971 · Swedish jazz pop singer-songwriter Joey DeFrancesco 1971–2022 · American jazz musician (1971–2022) J.Y. Park 1971 · South Korean singer and producer (born 1971) Vijay Iyer 1971 · American composer, pianist, bandleader, producer, and writer Chris Potter 1971 · American jazz saxophonist, composer, and… Gregory Porter 1971 · American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actor Antonio Sánchez 1971 · Mexican jazz drummer Eyvind Kang 1971 · American musician Ed Motta 1971 · Brazilian musician Solveig Slettahjell 1971 · Norwegian jazz vocalist, composer Jamie Saft 1971 · American keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist, composer… Max Beesley 1971 · British actor and musician Claudia Acuña 1971 · Chilean jazz singer Russell Gunn 1971 · American musician Kristin Asbjørnsen 1971 · Norwegian jazz singer Mika Pohjola 1971 · American musician Carla Kihlstedt 1971 · American violinist, singer and composer Omer Avital 1971 · Israeli musician Ingebrigt Håker Flaten 1971 · Norwegian jazz bassist Zoe Rahman 1971 · British musician Christian Wallumrød 1971 · Norwegian jazz musician Keith Carlock 1971 · American musician Descemer Bueno 1971 · Cuban musician Ingar Zach 1971 · Norwegian percussionist and businessman Stella Jones 1971 · German singer, composer and musician Noriko Matsueda 1971 · Japanese composer Stian Carstensen 1971 · Norwegian musician Helge Sten 1971 · Norwegian musician Andrea Menard 1971 · Canadian actress and singer Nik Bärtsch 1971 · Swiss musician, composer, music producer and author. Trygve Seim 1971 · Norwegian jazz musician Scheila Gonzalez 1971 · American musician Nasheet Waits 1971 · American musician Carolyn Leonhart 1971 · Jazz singer Rafael Bittencourt 1971 · Brazilian guitarist