2008 in jazz

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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2008.

Events

Barre Phillipsat the 2008 Moers Festival.

January

February

March

April

  • 18
    • The International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) ceased daily operations and filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the United States Federal Bankruptcy Law, ending 40 years of service.[9]
  • 24 – The 14th SoddJazz started in Inderøy, Norway (April 24–28).[10]

May

June

Norwegian/Swedish free jazz trio The Thing plays with Ken Vandermark at Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Norway 2008. From the left is Mats Gustafsson (Sweden), Paal Nilssen-Love (Norway), Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Norway), and Ken Vandermark (Sweden).

July

August

September

October

November

December

Album released

January

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
15 Something for You: Eliane Elias Sings & Plays Bill Evans Eliane Elias Blue Note Produced byEliane Elias, Marc Johnson, Steve Rodby [32]

February

March

April

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
15 Life in Leipzig Ketil Bjørnstad ECM Records Produced by Manfred Eicher [33]

May

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
13 Tokyo Day Trip Pat Metheny with Christian McBride and Antonio Sanchez Nonesuch Records Live EP produced by Pat Metheny and Steve Rodby [34]
20 Floating Point John McLaughlin Abstract Logix [35]

June

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
24 Bossa Nova Stories Eliane Elias Blue Note Produced by Eliane Elias, Steve Rodby [36]

July

August

September

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
2 A Kiss to Build a Dream On Jessica Molaskey Arbors [37]
8 Suite for the Seven Mountains Marius Neset's People Are Machines Edition Records Produced by Marius Neset & Anton Eger [38]

October

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
13 Norwegian Song 2 Dag Arnesen Trio Resonant Music [39]

November

December

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference
1 Aaron Parks Invisible Cinema 88 5 reviews [40]
2 Esbjorn Svensson Trio Leucocyte 83 5 reviews [41]
3 Mathias Eick The Door 81 5 reviews [42]
4 Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis Two Men With The Blues 80 19 reviews [43]
5 Cassandra Wilson Loverly 79 12 reviews [44]

Deaths

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December
Unknown date

See also

References

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