1986 in jazz

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1986 in jazz
1986 in jazz
	George Benson in 1986 at Montreux Jazz Festival.
Decade	1980s in jazz
Music	1986 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1985 in jazz – 1987 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1986.