1982 in jazz

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1982 in jazz
1982 in jazz
	Drummer J.R. Mitchell in an appearance with his quintet at the 1982 Kool Jazz Festival in New York
Decade	1980s in jazz
Music	1982 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1981 in jazz – 1983 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1982.