2005 in jazz
Christianssand String Swing Ensemble at Kongsberg Jazzfestival 2005.
Decade	2000s in jazz
Music	2005 in music
Standards	List of jazz standards
See also	2004 in jazz – 2006 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2005.

• 27 – The 8th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 27 – 29).^[1]

• 13 – The 47th Annual Grammy Awards
  • Ray Charles & Norah Jones in the categories Record of the Year and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for the song "Here We Go Again"
  • Ray Charles & Various Artists in the category Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for Genius Loves Company
  • The Maria Schneider Orchestra in the category Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for Concert in the Garden^[2]
  • Bill Frisell in the category Best Contemporary Jazz Album for Unspeakable
  • Herbie Hancock in the category Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for the album Speak Like a Child
  • McCoy Tyner with Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride and Lewis Nash in the category Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group for Illuminations
  • Nancy Wilson in the category Best Jazz Vocal Album for R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)
  • Charlie Haden in the category Best Latin Jazz Album for Land of the Sun^[3]

• 3 – The very first Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (January 3 – 5).^[4]
• 18
  • The 32nd Vossajazz started at Voss, Norway (March 18 – 20).^[5]
  • Berit Opheim was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2005.^[6]
• 19 – Jan Gunnar Hoff performs the commissioned work Free flow songs for Vossajazz 2005.^[7]

• 13 – The 34th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 13 – 16).^[8]
• 25 – The 33rd Nattjazz 2005 started in Bergen, Norway (May 25 – June 4).^[9]

• 23 – The very first Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (June 23–25).^[10]
• 28 – The 17th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 28 – July 29).^[11]
• 30 – The 26th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 30 - July 10).^[12]

• 1
  • The 27th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 1 – 10).^[13]
  • The 39th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 1 – 16).^[14]
• 6 – The 41st Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (July 6 – 8).^[15]
• 8 – The 30th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 8 – 10).^[16]
• 16 – The 40th Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 16 – 24).^[17]
• 18 – The 45th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway with Arild Andersen as artist in residence (July 18 – 23).^[18]
• 19 – The 22nd Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (July 19 – 23).^[19]
• 20 – The 58th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 20 – 27).^[20]
• 22 – The 40th San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 22 – 27).^[21]

• 10 – The 19th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 10 – 14).^[22]
• 12
  • The 51st Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 12 – 14).^[23]
  • The 22nd Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 12 – 14).^[24]
• 15 – The 20th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 15 – 21).^[25]
• 23 – Hurricane Katrina destroys the "Cradle of Jazz", New Orleans (August 23–31).^[26]

• 16 – The 48th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16 – 18).^[27]

• 11 – The 14th London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 11 – 20).^[28]

January

• 4 — Humphrey Carpenter, English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster (born 1946).

February

• 8 — Jimmy Smith, American jazz organist (born 1928).^[31]
• 15 – Bill Potts, American pianist and arranger (born 1928).
• 20 – Pam Bricker, American singer and professor of music (born 1954).

March

• 8 — Larry Bunker, American drummer (born 1928).

April

• 7 — José Melis, Cuban-American bandleader and television personality (born 1920).
• 14
  • Andrew Bisset, Australian author, music educator, and singer (born 1953).
  • Benny Bailey, American bebop and hard-bop trumpeter (born 1925).
• 19
  • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist (heart attack) (born 1946).^[32]
  • Stan Levey, American drummer (born 1926).
• 22 – Arnie Lawrence, American saxophonist (born 1938).
• 23 – Jimmy Woode, American upright bassist (born 1926).
• 28 – Percy Heath, American upright bassist (born 1923).^[33]
• 29 – Dianne Brooks, American singer (born 1939).

May

• 12 – Monica Zetterlund, Swedish singer and actress (born 1937).
• 13 – Victor Sproles, American bassist (born 1927).
• 29 – Oscar Brown, American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, civil rights activist, and actor (born 1926).

June

• 15 – Per Henrik Wallin, Swedish pianist and composer (born 1946).
• 16 – Billy Bauer, American cool jazz guitarist (born 1915).
• 18
  • Chris Griffin, American trumpeter (born 1915)
  • Basil Kirchin, English drummer and composer (born 1927).
• 29 – Mikkel Flagstad, Norwegian saxophonist (born 1930).

July

• 2 — Tom Talbert, American jazz pianist, composer, and band leader (born 1924).
• 4 — John Stubblefield, American saxophonist, flautist, and oboist (born 1945).
• 16 – Blue Barron, American orchestra leader (born 1913).
• 23 – Ted Greene, American fingerstyle jazz guitarist, columnist, and session musician (born 1946).
• 25 – Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonists and composer (born 1928).
• 27 – Dom Um Romão, Brazilian drummer and percussionist (born 1935).
• 29 – Al McKibbon, American jazz double bassist (born 1919).
• 30 – Lucky Thompson, American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist (born 1924).

August

• 6 — Keter Betts, American upright bassist (born 1928).
• 12
  • Charlie Norman, Swedish pianist and entertainer (born 1920).
  • Francy Boland, Belgian composer and pianist (born 1929).
• 15 – Earl Zindars, American composer, Bill Evans (born 1927).
• 23 – Glenn Corneille, Dutch pianist (born 1970).

September

• 11 – Al Casey, American guitarist, Fats Waller's band (born 1915).
• 17 – Jack Lesberg, American upright bassist (born 1920).
• 25 – Georges Arvanitas, French pianist and organist (born 1931).

October

• 3 — Alfredo Rodríguez, Cuban pianist (born 1936).
• 14 – Oleg Lundstrem, Soviet and Russian composer and conductor, Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra (born 1916).
• 16 – Elmer Dresslar Jr., American voice actor and singer (born 1925).
• 20 – Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist (born 1934).^[34]

November

• 13 – Harry Gold, British saxophonist and bandleader (born 1907).
• 15 – Roy Brooks, American drummer (born 1938).
• 19 – Bob Enevoldsen, American tenor saxophonist and valve trombonist (born 1920).

December

• 5 — Harry Pepl (60), Austrian guitarist (born 1945).^[35]
• 19 – Billy Amstell, British reedist (born 1911).
• 25 – Derek Bailey, English guitarist (born 1930).
• 26 – Bill DeArango, American guitarist (born 1921).

• List of years in jazz
• 2000s in jazz
• 2005 in music
• 2005 in Swiss music

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 2005 at All About Jazz