Timeline

Year	Developments in Jazz	Historical Events
2000	Trumpeter Dave Douglas and vocalist Diana Krall rise in popularity. Bassist Dave Holland tours with a group featuring saxophonist Chris Potter. New jazz-related genre, "jam bands," rises in popularity.	Violence erupts in Israel. The U.S. Presidential election results are delayed due to confusion about votes in Florida.
2001	19-hour, 10-part documentary Jazz directed by Ken Burns is presented on PBS and released on DVD. Famed Juilliard School establishes degree program in jazz studies. Dave Brubeck's alma mater, the University of the Pacific, launches the Brubeck Institute. Thelonious Monk Jr. establishes independent record label Thelonious Records. Jazz greats Joe Henderson, John Lewis, J.J. Johnson, Billy Higgins, and Tommy Flanagan die.	George W. Bush becomes president. The World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. are rammed by hijacked jetliners in the worst terror attack on U.S. soil; over 3,000 killed. U.S. and Britain attack targets in Afghanistan as Taliban government refuses to hand over terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden; Taliban regime topples but bin Laden remains at large. Apple Computer introduces the iPod. XM satellite radio begins service.
2002	Wayne Shorter tours and records with his new acoustic quartet. Dave Holland forms critically acclaimed big band. Los Angeles Philharmonic establishes Creative Chair for Jazz; vocalist Dianne Reeves accepts first appointment. The faces of jazz icons Duke Ellington, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstong, and Ella Fitzgerald are placed on French postage stamps. Tom Lord publishes comprehensive jazz discography containing 136,263 recordings (15,000 pages in 26 volumes). Several major record lables shut down or minimize their jazz divisions, effecting a rise in the number of independent jazz labels. Jazz legends Lionel Hampton, Peggy Lee, Ray Brown, and Rosemary Clooney die.	President Bush lables Iran, Iraq, and North Korea as "axis of evil." U.S. Homeland Security cabinet department established. Sirius satellite radio begins service. The word "google" becomes a verb (to google means to perform a Web search); the American Dialect Society chooses the verb as the "most useful word of 2002."
2003	Blue Note recording artist Norah Jones wins 8 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year. Louis Armstrong's Queens, NY home opens as a jazz museum, educational resource, and historical landmark. New development in jazz, "jazztronica" (combining improvisation, 1980's fusion era groove, and studio electronics) arrives on the scene. Resurgence of interest in jazz vocals and pre-rock standards. Jazz legend Benny Carter dies.	Space shuttle Columbia explodes upon reentry into Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts on board. U.S. and Britain wage war against Iraq. President Bush signs $350 billion tax-cut bill. Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein captured in Tikrit by U.S. 4th Infantry Division. Apple Computer launches digital media player application and online music service iTunes. DVDs replace VCRs as the common standard at video stores.
2004	Jazz at Lincoln Center opens Frederick P. Rose Hall, the first-ever performance, education, and broadcast facility devoted exclusively to jazz. As major record lables continue to minify or eliminate their jazz divisions, more and more jazz artists record and release their own CDs on the Internet via such organizations as ArtistShare. Jam band Bad Plus rises in popularity. NEA increases number of Jazz Masters honored each year from 3 to 6 and honorarium from $20,000 to $25,000. Jazz legends Elvin Jones and Illinois Jacquet die.	Sovereignty returned to an interim government in Iraq; U.S. maintains approximately 135,000 troops there to fight growing insurgency. Two Mars exploration robotic rovers successfully reach the surface of the red planet and send detailed data and images of its landscape back to Earth. Tsunami causes devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Maldives, killing approximately 300,000 and prompting the largest humanitarian response for a natural disaster in history. Internet usage surpasses TV viewing. Videogame industry profits surpass movie industry's.
2005	1957 recording of the Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane discoved and released on Blue Note. Jazz DVDs enter market. New Orleans native sons Harry Connick Jr. and Wynton Marsalis (and others) organize telethons, concerts, etc. to help Hurricane Katrina vicitims; despite dark days, jazz contiunes to flourish in New Orleans. Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Nnenna Freeelon, and 8 Monk Institute Fellows tour Vietnam on behalf of the U.S. State Department, commemorating 10th anniversary of normalization of U.S.-Vietnam diplomatic relations. Jazz legend Percy Heath dies.	Terrorists bomb public transport system in London and markets in New Delhi. Hurricane Katrina causes catastrophic damage in Mississippi and Louisiana; 80% of New Orleans flooded; over 1,400 killed; all levels of U.S. government criticized for delayed and inadequate response. Earthquake in Kashmir kills 80,000. Israeli government enacts unilateral disengagement plan, removing Israeli settlements from Gaza. Pope John Paul II dies at age 84 and is succeeded by Pope Benedict XVI. Cell phone carriers add video viewing, internet, and music downloading services.
2006	Tony Bennett, Chick Corea and the late Ray Barretto are named NEA Jazz Masters. Jazz legends Walter Booker and Anita O’Day die.	Coretta Scott King, Civil Rights activist and wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 78. Former Iraqui President Saddam Hussein and two of his senior allies are sentenced to death by hanging after an Iraqi court finds them guilty of crimes against humanity. Google buys YouTube for $1.65 billion. The Blu-Ray disc, Nintendo Wii, and Playstation 3 are released in the U.S.
2007	Ornette Coleman wins a Pulitzer Prize for album Sound Grammar. Monterey Jazz Festival celebrates their 50th year. Jazz legends Alice Coltrane, Michael Brecker, Joe Zawinul, Oscar Peterson, and Max Roach die.	The iPhone is introduced to the public. 32 people are killed in the Virginia Tech massacre on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Russia is once again recognized as a full-fledged superpower by the U.S.
2008	One of the largest and most powerful jazz advocacy groups, the International Association of Jazz Education (IAJE), files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The U.S. Postal Service issues jazz related stamps featuring Frank Sinatra. Herbie Hancock’s album The River: The Joni Letters wins a Grammy for Album of the Year, becoming the first jazz album in 43 years to do so. Miguel Zenon and Alex Ross win John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Genius Fellowships. Geri Allen was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship for music composition. Dave Brubeck and Quincy Jones are inducted into the California Museum’s California Hall of Fame.	Barack Obama is elected the 44th President of the U.S., becoming the first U.S. African-American President. This election also marks the first time the Republican Party nominated a woman for Vice-President (then Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin). Voter turnout is the highest in at last 40 years.
2009	Jazz musician Duke Ellington has become the first Black American to be prominently featured on a U.S. coin in circulation with the release of a quarter honoring the District of Columbia. Koko Taylor, blues singer, dies.	Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th, and first African-American president of the U.S. President Obama orders the closing of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, where the U.S. had held non-citizens accused of terrorism. President Obama signs the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, an equal-pay act that expands workers rights. The outbreak of the H1N1 influenza strain, commonly referred to as "swine flu", is deemed a global pandemic, becoming the first condition since the Hong Kong flu of 1967–1968 to receive this designation. Sonia Sotomayor is confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, the first Latino and third woman on the bench. U.S. Airways Flight 1549 makes a forced landing in Hudson River. All 150 passengers and 5 crew members survived. The death of American entertainer Michael Jackson triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief.