•
January 6 –
Bobby Few, 85, American jazz pianist •
January 17 –
Sammy Nestico, 96, American composer and arranger •
January 20 –
Keith Nichols, 75, British instrumentalist and bandleader (COVID-19) •
January 23 –
Jonas Gwangwa, 83, South African jazz trombonist •
February 9 –
Chick Corea, 79, American pianist, composer and bandleader •
February 12 –
Milford Graves, 79, American drummer and polymath •
March 2 –
Chris Barber, 90, British bandleader and trombonist •
March 7 –
Josky Kiambukuta, 72,
Congolese singer (
TPOK Jazz) •
March 8 –
Julien-François Zbinden, 103, Swiss composer and jazz pianist •
March 10 –
János Gonda, 89, Hungarian jazz pianist •
March 19 –
Cristián Cuturrufo, 48, Chilean jazz trumpeter (COVID-19) •
March 28 –
Malcolm Cecil, 84, British jazz bassist and record producer •
April 7 –
Sonny Simmons, 87, American jazz saxophonist •
May 8 –
Curtis Fuller, 88, American jazz trombonist •
May 15 –
Mario Pavone, 80, American jazz bassist, composer and bandleader •
June 21 –
Nobuo Hara, 94, Japanese saxophonist •
July 4 –
Rick Laird, 80, Irish jazz bassist (Mahavishnu Orchestra) •
July 31 –
Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, 93, Polish jazz musician and composer •
August 28 –
Francesc Burrull, 86, Spanish musician and composer •
September 16 –
George Mraz, 77, Czech-American jazz bassist • September 28 - Dr. Lonnie Smith, 79, American jazz
Hammond B3 organist •
October 18 –
Franco Cerri, 95, Italian jazz guitarist. •
November 1 –
Pat Martino, 77, American jazz guitarist. • November 18 - Slide Hampton, 89, American
jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. • December 8 -
Barry Harris, 91, American jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator ==See also==