1981 in jazz

1981 in jazz
Max Roach American Jazz Drummer with saxohonist Odeon Pope at Keystone Korner San Francisco Tuesday February 22nd 1981
Decade	1980s in jazz
Music	1981 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1980 in jazz - 1982 in jazz

1981 in jazz:

Events

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Album releases

Deaths

• Stan Getz (February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991)
• Sonny Red (December 17, 1932 – March 20, 1981)
• Mary Lou Williams (May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981)
• Bob Bates (September 1, 1923 - September 13, 1981)
• Cat Anderson (12 September 1916 – 29 April 1981)
• Helen Humes (June 23, 1913 - September 9, 1981)
• Russell Procope (11 August 1908 – 21 January 1981)
• Bill Coleman (August 4, 1904 – August 24, 1981)
• Samuel Jones (12 November 1924 – 15 December 1981)
• Tommy Turk (1927–1981)

Births

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External links

• The Best Jazz Albums of the 1980s

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