Below is an alphabetical list of jazz figures who died in the last
twelve months or so. Not all of them played an instrument or sang,
and a few were better-known for their achievements in other fields of
music. But each contributed something to jazz in his or her own way;
and major or minor, central or peripheral, all deserve to be
remembered.
- Johnny Allen
- Maya Angelou
- Dave Appell
- Paul Ash
- Vic Ash
- Robert Ashley
- Gil Askey
- Jean-Jacques Avenel
- Alice Babs
- Steve Backer
- Amiri Baraka
- Ronnie Bedford
- Al Belletto
- Gary Benson
- Alan S. Bergman
- Dick Berk
- Acker Bilk
- Big Bank Hank
- John Blake
- Joe Bonner
- Charlie Bourgeois
- Bunny Briggs
- Stan Britt
- Iola Brubeck
- Jack Bruce
- Dwayne Burno
- André Bush
- Sid Caesar
- Jackie Cain
- Roy Campbell, Jr.
- Milton Cardona
- Buddy Catlett
- Alan Cohn
- Will Connell
- Russ Connor
- Jay Corre
- André Condouant
- Pierre Cullez
- Spanky Davis
- Buddy DeFranco
- Paco de Lucia
- Alan Douglas
- Pete Douglas
- Arthur Doyle
- Kenny Drew, Jr.
- Frankie Dunlop
- Teddy Ehrenreich
- Lionel Ferbos
- King Fleming
- Med Flory
- Will Gaines
- Jim Galloway
- Giorgio Gaslini
- Martha Glaser
- Jeff Golub
- Johnnie Gray
- Tim Green
- Charlie Haden
- Al Harewood
- Tim Hauser
- Wayne Henderson
- Fred Ho
- Teenie Hodges
- Paul Horn
- Daniel Jackson
- Herb Jeffries
- Ronny Jordan
- Ivan Jullien
- Bobby Keys
- Gilles Laheurte
- Eddie Lawrence
- Brian Lemon
- Johnny Lewis
- Guy Longnon
- Mimi Lorenzini
- John McClure
- Richard McDonnell
- Cosimo Matassa
- Lloyd Michels
- Charles Moore
- Carlos Emilio Morales
- Idris Muhammed
- John Ore
- Glenn Osser
- André Paquinet
- Ralph Penland
- Armondo Peraza
- John Postgate
- Duffy Power
- Al Porcino
- Miljenko Prohaska
- Rob Langereis
- David Redfern
- Jean Redpath
- Lulu Reinhardt
- Eddie "Guagua" Rivera
- George Roberts
- Johnny Rotella
- Tommy Ruskin
- Peter Russell
- Aaron Sachs
- Simo Salminen
- Joe Sample
- Ray Santisi
- Duncan Schiedt
- Bobby Schmidt
- Jimmy Scott
- Pete Seeger
- U. Shrinivas
- Horace Silver
- Lennie Sogoloff
- Bobby Spangler
- Irwin Steinberg
- Phil Stern
- Kathy Stobert
- Stephanie Stone
- Frank Strazzeri
- Elaine Stritch
- Fred Sturm
- Jacques Thollot
- Tabby Thomas
- Trebor Tichenor
- Sam Ulano
- Thilo Von Westerhagan
- Pepe Vásquez
- Henry P. Warner
- Forrest Westbrook
- Kenny Wheeler
- Chris White
- Patti Wicks
- Joe Wilder
- Gerald Wilson
- Johnny Winter
- Bobby Womack
- Dr. Herb Wong
- George Yoshida
- Saul Zaentz
- George Ziskind