1981 in jazz

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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

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1981.