1981 in jazz
Jazz in 1981: 120 albums, 15 births and 23 deaths.
Albums released in 1981
She Shot Me Down
1981 · Frank Sinatra Digital Reprise
“The Dude”
1981 · A&M Records
Top Hat (Songs Made Famous By Fred Astaire)
1981 · His Master’s Voice
Ella Abraça Jobim: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Antonio Carlos Jobim Song Book
1981 · Pablo
You Are What You Is
1981 · Barking Pumpkin Records
Shut Up ’n Play Yer Guitar Some More
1981 · Barking Pumpkin Records
Shut Up ’n Play Yer Guitar
1981 · Barking Pumpkin Records
Return of the Son of Shut Up ’n Play Yer Guitar
1981 · Barking Pumpkin Records
The Man With the Horn
1981 · Columbia
Another Ticket
1981 · PolyGram Records, Inc.
Face Value
1981 · Atlantic
Magic Windows
1981 · Columbia
Barbara Hendricks Sings Gershwin
1981 · Philips
Previn Conducts Gershwin
1981 · His Master’s Voice
Porgy and Bess in Concert / Girl Crazy Overture
1981 · MMG
Castro Marín
1981 · Philips
Sólo quiero caminar
1981 · Philips
At the Circus
1981 · Live · FOO-EEE Records
Tinsel Town Rebellion
1981 · Live
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 40
1981 · Armando Curcio Editore
The Source
1981 · Jazz Man
Mauvaises nouvelles des étoiles
1981 · Philips
Remington Electric Razor
1981 · Live
Kansas City 6
1981
Atlantic City
1981
Happy Love
1981
Luar
1981
Live in Tokyo 1981
1981 · Live
Three Quartets
1981
Brasil
1981
Jose Feliciano
1981
Breakin’ Away
1981
Almanaque
1981
Outras palavras
1981
Songs of the Beatles
1981
Copacabana
1981
Closest of Friends
1981
With Love
1981
What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me
1981
"Broken Wing"
1981
Turn Back
1981
You Must Believe in Spring
1981
La Fête à Boris (Boris Vian, Enregistrement public)
1981 · Live
Ambassador
1981
Salomè
1981
Invocations / The Moth and the Flame
1981
Gotham City
1981
La Pelle (Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film)
1981
The Competition
1981
Higher Plane
1981
Something Special
1981
The League of Gentlemen
1981
Let The Power Fall
1981
Live on Tour
1981 · Live
Ännchen von Tharau bittet zum Träumen
1981
Die schönsten Melodien der letzten 100 Jahre
1981
Hansimania
1981
Tango
1981
Non Stop Dancing ’82: Hits Around the World
1981
Chattahoochee Red
1981
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 57
1981
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
1981
Word of Mouth
1981
Belo Horizonte
1981
Country-After All These Years
1981
Aurora Borealis
1981
Eventyr
1981
Archery
1981
B.L.T.
1981
Black & White
1981
Musical Moments From I Love Lucy
1981
Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack
1981
Magic Man
1981
Yes, the Blues
1981
Edu & Tom
1981
Folk Songs
1981
For Christmas, For Children
1981
Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly!
1981
Les Uns et les Autres
1981
Mingus In Europe Volume I
1981 · Live
Mingus in Europe
1981 · Live
Mistral
1981
Outpost
1981
Back to Birdland
1981
Splash
1981
Social Studies
1981
Paris milonga
1981
Re: Person I Knew
1981 · Live
Quiet Now
1981 · Live
Woody Herman Presents, Volume 2... Four Others
1981
Fantasma d'amore
1981
Alone Together
1981
On Golden Pond
1981
Gracias
1981
Romántico
1981
Jazz On A Sunday Afternoon Vol. I
1981 · Live
Live
1981 · Live
The Montmartre Collection Vol. 1
1981 · Live
The Creeper
1981
Summerwind
1981
This Is Ray Brown
1981
Blowin'
1981
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 21
1981
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 56
1981
The Clarke / Duke Project
1981
I Know About the Life
1981
Super Strings
1981
Patrão
1981
California Message
1981
Tema de Chaka
1981
Das Boot: Die original Filmmusik
1981
Duet
1981
Matsidiso: Piano Solo Live
1981
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 51
1981
Heart to Heart
1981
Friday Night in San Francisco
1981 · Live
Michel Petrucciani
1981
On the Sunny Side
1981
Second Coming
1981
Turi
1981
Died in 1981
Hoagy Carmichael
1899–1981 · American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader…
Sam Jones
1924–1981 · American double bassist and cellist (1924-1981)
Taft Jordan
1915–1981 · Jazz trumpeter (1915-1981)
Bob Eberly
1916–1981 · American singer, vocalist (1916–1981)
Louis Metcalf
1905–1981 · American musician (1905-1981)
Oscar Moore
1916–1981 · American jazz guitarist (1916-1981)
Hazel Scott
1920–1981 · American musician (1920-1981)
Chick Bullock
1898–1981 · American singer (1898-1981)
Helen Humes
1913–1981 · American jazz and blues singer (1913–1981)
Bill Coleman
1904–1981 · American musician (1904-1981)
Mary Lou Williams
1910–1981 · American jazz pianist and composer (1910–1981)
Frank Socolow
1923–1981 · American musician (1923-1981)
Cat Anderson
1916–1981 · American jazz trumpeter (1916–1981)
Eddie Sauter
1914–1981 · American composer and bandleader (1914-1981)
Sherman Edwards
1919–1981 · American songwriter
King Pleasure
1922–1981 · American singer (1922–1981)
Sonny Red
1932–1981 · American jazz saxophonist and composer (1932–1981)
Matty Malneck
1903–1981 · American jazz bandleader, violinist, violist and…
Shep Fields
1910–1981 · American jazz bandleader (1910–1981)
Hugo Montenegro
1925–1981 · American conductor (1925-1981)
Joe Carroll
1919–1981 · American singer (1919–1981)
Bobby Sherwood
1914–1981 · American actor and trumpeter (1914-1980)
Russell Procope
1908–1981 · American musician (1908–1981)
Born in 1981
Caro Emerald
1981 · Dutch female singer
Michelle Dockery
1981 · British actress
Paloma Faith
1981 · British singer
Raphael Gualazzi
1981 · Italian singer and pianist (1981-)
Kamasi Washington
1981 · American saxophonist and bandleader
Elina Duni
1981 · Albanian singer
Ola Kvernberg
1981 · Norwegian jazz musician
Salim Ghazi Saeedi
1981 · Iranian musician
Yaron Herman
1981 · Israeli pianist
Kaori Kobayashi
1981 · Japanese saxophonist, flute player, composer, arranger…
Alexander Hawkins
1981 · British jazz pianist, organist, composer and bandleader
Léo Margarit
1981 · French musician
Matteo Brancaleoni
1981 · actor, journalist and singer
Thomas Morgan
1981 · American musician
Olavi Louhivuori
1981 · Finnish jazz drummer and composer