; January •
1 –
Charles Fambrough, American bassist, composer, and record producer (born
1950). •
27 –
Charlie Callas, American drummer, comedian, and actor (born
1924). •
29 –
Milton Babbitt, American composer, music theorist, and teacher (born
1916). ; February •
3 –
Tony Levin, English jazz drummer (born
1940). •
8 –
Eugenio Toussaint, Mexican composer, arranger, and musician (born
1954). •
14 –
George Shearing, British jazz pianist (born
1919). •
24 –
Jens Winther, Danish jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader (born
1960). ; March •
4 –
Tom Vaughn, American pianist (born
1936). •
11 –
Billy Bang, American violinist and composer (born
1947). •
12 –
Joe Morello, American drummer (born
1928). •
15 –
Melvin Sparks, American guitarist (born
1946). ; April •
26 –
Phoebe Snow, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist (born
1950). ; May •
8 –
Cornell Dupree, American guitarist (born
1942). •
10 –
Norma Zimmer, American singer (born
1923). •
11 –
Snooky Young, American trumpeter (born
1919). •
12 –
Ted Nash, American saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist (born
1922). •
15 –
Bob Flanigan, American tenor vocalist and founding member of
The Four Freshmen (born
1926). •
28 –
Alys Robi, French-Canadian singer (born
1923). ; June •
2 –
Ray Bryant, American pianist and composer (born
1931). •
3 –
Jack Kevorkian, American flautist, composer, pathologist, and euthanasia proponent (born
1928). •
10 –
György Szabados, Hungarian jazz pianist (born
1939). •
20 –
Ottilie Patterson, Northern Irish singer (born
1932). ; July •
2 –
Paul Weeden, American-born Norwegian jazz guitarist (born
1923) •
17 –
Joe Lee Wilson, American singer (born
1935). •
23 –
Amy Winehouse, English singer and songwriter (born
1983). •
24 –
Harald Johnsen, Norwegian bassist (heart attack) (born
1970). •
26 –
Frank Foster, American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer (born
1928). ; August •
7 –
Jiří Traxler, Czech-Canadian pianist, composer, lyricist, and arranger (born
1912). ; September •
7 –
Eddie Marshall, American drummer (born
1938). •
9 –
Graham Collier, English bassist, bandleader, and composer (born
1937). •
12 –
Dinah Kaye, Scottish singer (born
1924). •
19 –
Johnny Răducanu, Romanian pianist (born
1931). ; October •
1 –
Butch Ballard, American drummer (born
1918). •
8 –
Roger Williams, American pianist (born
1924). •
10 –
Lucy Ann Polk, American singer (born
1927). •
19 –
Lars Sjösten, Swedish pianist and composer (born
1941). •
28 –
Beryl Davis, English singer (born
1924). •
29 –
Walter Norris, American pianist and composer (born
1931). ; November •
1 •
André Hodeir, French violinist, composer, arranger, and musicologist (born
1921). •
Christiane Legrand, French soprano,
The Swingle Singers (born
1930). •
2 –
Papa Bue, Danish trombonist and bandleader (born
1930). •
6 –
Gordon Beck, English pianist and composer (born
1935). •
11 –
Michael Garrick, English pianist and composer (born
1933). •
19 –
Russell Garcia, American composer and music arranger (born
1916). •
22 –
Paul Motian, American drummer (born
1931). •
24 –
Ross McManus, Irish-English trumpeter (born
1927). ; December •
2 –
Bill Tapia, American guitarist (born
1908). •
15 –
Bob Brookmeyer, American valve trombonist, pianist, and composer (born
1929). •
17 –
Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer (born
1941). •
18 –
Ralph MacDonald, Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, and steelpan virtuoso (born
1941). •
26 –
Sam Rivers, American saxophonist, bass clarinetist, flautist, harmonica player and pianist, and composer (born
1923). ==See also==