| Year |
Developments in Jazz |
Historical Events |
| 1990 |
- Drummer Mel Lewis dies.
- Vocalist Sarah Vaughan dies.
- Saxophonist Dexter Gordon dies.
- Drummer Art Blakey dies.
- Trumpeter Miles Davis publishes his controversial autobiography Miles: The Autobiography (co-authored by Quincy Troupe).
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- The Gulf War begins.
- The Warsaw Pact collapses.
- The Soviet Union falls.
- Composer Leonard Bernstein dies.
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| 1991 |
- Saxophonist Stan Getz dies.
- Miles Davis appears at the Montreux Jazz Festival with Quincy Jones, performing early work with arranger Gil Evans.
- Miles Davis dies in California.
- Upon winning Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Saxophone Competition, Joshua Redman signs with Warner Bros. Records.
- New York's Lincoln Center establishes jazz division Jazz at Lincoln Center; Wynton Marsails named Artistic Director.
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- Children's book writer Dr. Seuss dies.
- The Tailhook scandal occurs.
- The Gulf War ends.
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| 1992 |
- Miles Davis' final album, Doo-Bop, which features rap, is released.
- Saxophonist Branford Marsalis becomes the bandleader on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, with a group that includes pianist Kenny Kirkland, bassist Bob Hurst, and drummer Jeff Watts.
- Hip hop group US3 has a hit with a song that samples Herbie Hancock's Cantaloupe Island.
- Pianist Herbie Hancock, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, bassist Ron Carter, drummer Tony Williams and trumpeter Wallace Roney tour in a tribute to Miles Davis.
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- Race riots break out in Los Angeles.
- Author Terry McMillan publishes the hit novel Waiting to Exhale.
- Mae Jemison becomes the first African American woman astronaut.
- Carol Moseley-Braun becomes the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
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| 1993 |
- Bandleader Sun Ra dies.
- Saxophonist Joe Henderson receives critical acclaim for his Miles Davis tribute album So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles).
- Pianist Chick Corea's Elektrik Band is refused permission to perform in Germany because of Corea' s membership in the controversial Church of Scientology.
- Saxophonist Jan Garbarek has commercial success with his album Officium.
- Saxophonist Joshua Redman records two albums and establishes himself as the top star in the “young lion” jazz scene.
- Dizzie Gillespie dies of pancreatic cancer.
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- South African Prime Minister F.W. de Klerk and political activist Nelson Mandela win Nobel Peace Prize.
- Poet Maya Angelou delivers a poem for the inauguration of President Clinton.
- Writer Toni Morrison wins the Nobel Prize for literature.
- Bill Clinton becomes president.
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| 1994 |
- Guitarist Joe Pass dies.
- Trumpeter Red Rodney dies.
- A Tribute to Miles, featuring the Miles Davis tribute band, wins a Grammy Award.
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- South Africa has its first multi-racial election.
- Paula Jones files a suit for sexual harassment against President Bill Clinton.
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| 1995 |
- Trumpeter Roy Hargrove ousts Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis in the Down Beat critic polls.
- Film director Robert Altman's film, Kansas City, is released, featuring a reenactment of a 1930's jam session with pianist Geri Allen, saxophonist Joshua Redman, bassist Christian McBride, saxophonist James Carter, and others.
- The Impulse record label is revived after 21 years.
- Drummer Tony Williams dies.
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- Former football star O.J. Simpson is on trial for murder.
- Civil unrest occurs in former Chechnya.
- Oklahoma City Federal building is bombed.
- Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan organizes the Million Man March in Washington, D.C.
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| 1996 |
- Kenny Garrett releases Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane, with Pat Metheny.
- Thelonious Monk Institute produces "A Celebration of America's Music" on ABC TV, the first network television special devoted to jazz in over 25 years.
- Jazz at Lincoln Center becomes full constituent of Lincoln Center, equal in stature with the ten other organizations on campus including the NY Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, and NYC Ballet.
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- A bomb is set off at the Olympic games in Atlanta.
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| 1997 |
- Wayne Shorter wins a Grammy Award for his electric jazz album High Life.
- Saxophonist Joshua Redman, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Brian Blade tour as a trio.
- A $27 million jazz museum opens in Kansas City.
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- Group suicide occurs among religious cult Heaven's Gate members in California.
- Former Princess of Wales Lady Diana dies in a car accident.
- The first successful clone (Dolly, a sheep) occurs.
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| 1998 |
- Guitarist Pat Metheny and bassist Charlie Haden win Grammy Awards for their duet album Beyond the Missouri Sky.
- Guitarist Kevin Eubanks replaces Branford Marsalis as the bandleader on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
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- President Clinton is impeached.
- Google Internet search engine established.
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| 1999 |
- Trumpeter Art Farmer dies.
- Vibraphonist Milt Jackson dies.
- Singer Joe Williams dies.
- Trumpeter Lester Bowie dies.
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- President Clinton is acquitted on impeachment charges after a Senate trial.
- Fifteen high school students are shot dead by two students at Columbine High School in Colorado.
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