This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2017.
Events
January 12 The 16th All Ears festival started in Oslo (January 12–15). The 3rd annual Tucson Jazz Festival started in Tucson, Arizona (January 12 – 22). 20 – The 36th annual Djangofestival started on Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway (January 20 – 21). 21 – Hot Club de Norvège headline at the annual Djangofestival at Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway. 28 – Nils Petter Molvær is presented as winner of the 2016 Spellemannprisen Jazz award.
February 1 – The 6th Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø, Norway (February 1 – 4). 2 – The 19th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 2–5). 9 – The 12th Ice Music Festival started in Geilo, Norway (February 9 – 11).
March 3 – The 13th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 3 – 5). 31 – The 18th Cape Town International Jazz Festival started in Cape Town, South Africa (March 31 – April 1).
April 7 – The 44th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 7 – 9). 30 – The International Jazz Day.
May 5 – The Balejazz started in Balestrand (May 5 – 7). 9 – The 28th MaiJazz started in Stavanger, Norway (May 9 – 14). 10 – The 13th AnJazz, the Hamar Jazz Festival started at Hamar, Norway (May 10 – 14). 11 – The 17th Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés started in Paris, France (May 11 – 22). 18 – The 6th Torino Jazz Festival started in Turin (May 18–22). 26 – The 45th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 26 – June 4).
June 1 – Proceedings of the Echo Jazz Awards in Hamburg, Germany. 22 – The 27th JazzBaltica started in Schloss Salzau close to Kiel, Germany (June 22–25). 23 – The 7th Alfa Jazz Fest started in Lviv, Ukraine (June 23–27). 28 – The 28th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 28 – July 10). 29 The 37th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 29 - July 8). The 37th Jazz à Vienne started in Vienne, France (June 29 - July 13). 30 The 5th Love Supreme Festival started in Glynde Place, East Sussex (June 30 – July 2). The 51st Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 30 – July 15).
July 5 – The 53rd Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (July 5 – 8). 6 The 17th Stavernfestivalen started in Stavern, Norway (July 6 – 8). The 21st Skånevik Bluesfestival started in Skånevik, Norway (July 6 – 8). 7 The 39th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 7 – 16). The 44th Umbria Jazz Festival started in Perugia, Italy (July 7 – 16). The 42nd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 7–9). 8 – The 52nd Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 8 – 16). 11 – The 41st Jazz de Vitoria started in Gasteiz, Spain (July 11 – 15). 15 – The 29th Aarhus Jazz Festival started in Aarhus, Denmark (July 15 – 22). 17 The 70th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 17 – 21). The 56th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 17 – 22). 26 – The 22nd Canal Street started in Arendal, Norway (July 26 – 29). 28 – The 40th Jazz in Marciac started in Marciac, France (July 28 – August 14).
August 4 – The 61st Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 4 – 6). 8 – The 18th Øyafestivalen started in Oslo, Norway (August 8 – 12). 10 The Nišville International Jazz Festival started in Niš, Serbia (August 10–13). The 31st Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 10 – 14). 11 – The 33rd Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 11 – 13). 12 – The 32nd Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 12 – 19). 31 – The 12th Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (August 31 - September 2).
September 1 – The 16th Tokyo Jazz Festival, started at North Door in Tokyo, Japan (September 1 – 3). 14 – The 4th Everfest, Sonic Transmissions started at North Door in Austin, Texas (September 14 – 16). 15 – The 60th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17).
October 6 – The 34th Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (October 6 – 15). 19 – The 34th DølaJazz started in Lillehammer, Norway (October 19 – 22). 25 – The 49th Umeå Jazz Festival started in Umeå, Sweden (October 25 – 29). 27 – The 38th Cork Jazz Festival started in Cork, Ireland (October 27 – 30).
November 2 – The 53rd Jazz Fest Berlin started in Berlin, Germany (November 2 – 5). 10 – The 25th London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 10 – 19). 23 – The São Paulo Jazz Festival started in São Paulo, Brazil (November 23 – 26).
December 28 – The 25th Umbria Jazz Winter started in Orvieto, Italy (December 28 – January 1).
Albums released MonthDayAlbumArtistLabelNotes Ref.January6 Pentagon Tapes Dag Arnesen Trio Losen 13 Hà Nội Duo Nguyên Lê featuring Paolo Fresu ACT Executive producer Siggi Loch Danse Colin Vallon Trio ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher Up and Coming John Abercrombie Quartet (Marc Copland, Drew Gress, Joey Baron) Produced by Manfred Eicher The Invariant Benedikt Jahnel Trio (Antonio Miguel, Owen Howard) Produced by Manfred Eicher Politur Passiarer Scheen Jazzorkester & Audun Kleive Losen 20 Chromola 1982 (Nils Økland, Sigbjørn Apeland, Øyvind Skarbø) Heilo Vit Christer Fredriksen Losen Produced by Christer Fredriksen27 Elegy Theo Bleckmann with Ben Monder, Shai Maestro, Chris Tordini, John Hollenbeck ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher Godspeed Morten Schantz Edition Produced by Morten Schantz with Kristian Thomsen Meet Me At The Movies Viktoria Tolstoy ACT Produced by Nils Landgren executive producer Siggi Loch Piano Song Matthew Shipp Trio Thirsty Ear Produced by Peter Gordon Potsdamer Platz Jan Lundgren ACT Produced by Siggi Loch Quiet Dreams Hilde Hefte Ponca Jazz February3 Daylight Ghosts Craig Taborn ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher Ut Og Se Noe Annet Marthe Wang Kirkelig Kulturverksted Produced by Markus Lillehaug Johnsen. Nominated for the folk Spellemannprisen My Foolish Heart Ralph Towner ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher10 La Diversité Nicolas Kummert Edition Third Set Oleta Adams 17 Axis Irabagon, Hegre & Drønen Rune Grammofon 24 Drunk Thundercat Brainfeeder Produced by Flying Lotus, Mono/Poly, Sounwave, Thundercat Potsdamer Platz Jan Lundgren ACT Produced by Siggi Loch The Roc Daniel Herskedal Edition Produced by Daniel Herskedal Sooner And Later Julia Hülsmann Trio ECM Produced by Manfred EicherMarch3 Rímur Trio Mediaeval / Arve Henriksen ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher7 Animals Megalodon Collective Jazzland 17 Asian Field Variations Louis Sclavis, Dominique Pifarely, Vincent Courtois ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher Metrics Stephan Meidell Hubro 24 Dance of Time Eliane Elias Concord Produced by Eliane Elias, Marc Johnson, Steve Rodby Preverbal Matthew Stevens Ropeadope Vessel in Orbit Whit Dickey, Mat Maneri, and Matthew Shipp AUM Fidelity Produced by Whit Dickey31 December Avenue Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher Skinner Plays Skinner David Arthur Skinner Losen Produced by David Arthur SkinnerApril7 Charlie Watts Meets The Danish Radio Big Band Charlie Watts Impulse! East West Time Line Kevin Eubanks Mack Avenue Produced by Kevin Eubanks Gratitude Dayna Stephens Contagious Music Produced by Matt Pierson Nattsongar Erlend Apneseth / Ole Morten Vågan / Hans Hulbækmo Hubro Produced by Andreas R Meland and Erlend Apneseth Nuit Blanche François Couturier, Tarkovsky Quartet ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher Thunder of the Gods Sun Ra and His Arkestra Modern Harmonic Silent Light Dominic Miller ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher14 Walk Against Wind Linda May Han Oh Biophilia 21 The Dreamer Is The Dream Chris Potter, David Virelles, Joe Martin, and Marcus Gilmore ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher Find The Way Aaron Parks, Ben Street, and Billy Hart ECM Guzuguzu Helge Lien Trio Ozella Nominated for the jazz Spellemannprisen Sabiduría Eddie Palmieri Ropeadope Titok Ferenc Snétberger, Anders Jormin, and Joey Baron ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher22 Death to the Planet The Comet Is Coming The Leaf Label Produced by Dan Leavers28 Flowers: Beautiful Life, Volume 2 Jimmy Greene Mack Avenue Produced by Jimmy Greene, executive producer Gretchen Valade Nightfall Quercus (June Tabor, Iain Ballamy, Huw Warren) ECM Produced by Huw Warren, Iain BallamyMay5 Cross My Palm With Silver Avishai Cohen Quartet ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher Fly Or Die Jaimie Branch International Anthem Recording Co. Kingdom Alexi Tuomarila, Mats Eilertsen, and Olavi Louhivuori Edition Produced by Alexi Tuomarila, executive producer Dave Stapleton Towards Language Arve Henriksen Rune Grammofon Produced by Jan Bang, co-produced by Arve Henriksen Turn Up the Quiet Diana Krall Verve Produced by Tommy LiPuma12 La Saboteuse Yazz Ahmed Naim Audio Produced by Noel Jangley and Yazz Ahmed17 She Moves On Youn Sun Nah ACT Produced by Jamie Saft19 Music From Our Soul Charnett Moffett Motema 26 Dizzy Jukka Perko Tritone We Jazz Records Loneliness Road Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow, Bobby Previte, with Iggy Pop RareNoise Records Produced by Christian Castagno, Jamie Saft Planetary Prince Cameron Graves Mack Avenue Produced by Cameron Graves Serenade for Horace Louis Hayes Blue Note Produced by Dezron Douglas, Don Was26 Small Town Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher31 Ruler Rebel Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah Ropeadope Produced by Chris DunnJune16 Bells for the South Side Roscoe Mitchell ECM The Late Trane Denys Baptiste Edition Produced by Jason Yarde A Piece Of The Apple Frode Kjekstad Losen Produced by Frode Kjekstad23 Diaspora Christian Scott Ropeadope Interactions Kåre Kolve Curling Legs Commission for Vossajazz30 Unbreakable Nils Landgren Funk Unit featuring Ray Parker Jr. ACT Produced by Magnum Coltrane Price and Nils Landgren, executive producer Siggi LochJuly7 Saluting Sgt. Pepper Django Bates Edition Produced by Django Bates and Tim Adnitt14 Passin’ Thru Charles Lloyd New Quartet Blue Note 28 Sinatra & Jobim @ 50 John Pizzarelli Concord Jazz Featuring Daniel JobimAugust18 Rathkes Gate 12:21:58 Bendik Hofseth / Jacob Young / Paolo Vinaccia Oslo Session Recordings Aqustico Vol 2 Luca Aquino Losen Produced by RVB – AeA societa cooperativa Utopian Tales Stein Urheim Hubro Produced by Jørgen Træen and Stein Urheim25 Far from Over Vijay Iyer Sextet ECM Incidentals Tim Berne's Snakeoil Produced by David Torn Tangents Gary Peacock Trio including with Marc Copland and Joey Baron Produced by Manfred Eicher Brothers Adam Baldych and Helge Lien Trio featuring Tore Brunborg ACT Produced by Siggi Loch with the artist Kind Of Spain Wolfgang Haffner Produced by Lars Danielsson with Wolfgang Haffner, executive producer & curator Siggi LochSiggi Loch with the artist Stockholm Underground Magnus Lindgren Produced by Nils Landgren and Siggi LochSeptember1 5 Eple Trio Shipwreckords Blank Out Ellen Andrea Wang Jazzland Nominated for the jazz Spellemannprisen Carla. The Fish Espen Rud Curling Legs 4 Some Place Called Where Marilena Paradisi and Kirk Lightsey Losen Produced by Marilena Paradisi8 Clocks Erland Dahlen Hubro Produced by Erland Dahlen Trip Mike Stern Heads Up 15 Åra Erlend Apneseth Trio Hubro Produced by Andreas R Meland and Erlend Apneseth Trio. Nominated for the open class Spellemannprisen Gnosis David Virelles ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher Provenance Björn Meyer Produced by Manfred Eicher22 Bringin' It Christian McBride Big Band Mack Avenue Produced by Christian McBride Old Songs Olga Konkova and Jens Thoresen Losen Produced by Olga Konkova and Jens Thoresen25 Vi Är Ledsna Men Du Får Inte Längre Vara Barn Hegge Particular Recordings Recipient of the jazz Spellemannprisen29 Dreams and Daggers Cécile McLorin Salvant Mack Avenue Produced by Al Pryor