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1964 in jazz
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Decade	1960s in jazz
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January

• 4 – Artie Bernstein, American upright bassist (born 1909).
• 5 – Cecil Scott, American clarinetist, tenor saxophonist, and bandleader (born 1905).
• 9 – Big Boy Goudie, American saxophonist (born 1899).
• 15 – Jack Teagarden, American trombonist and singer (born 1905).

February

• 9 – Willie Bryant, American bandleader, vocalist, and disc jockey (born 1908).

May

• 1 – Håkan von Eichwald, Finnish-Swedish bandleader and conductor (born 1908).
• 7 – Joe Maini, American alto saxophonist (born 1930).

June

• 29 – Eric Dolphy, American alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist (born 1928).

July

• 10 – Joe Haymes, American drummer, pianist, bandleader, and arranger (born 1907).

October

• 7 – Nick Travis, American trumpeter (born 1925).
• 8 – Conrad Gozzo, American trumpeter (born 1922).
• 15 – Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (born 1891).

November

• 5 – Buddy Cole, American pianist and orchestra leader (born 1916).
• 19 – Vi Burnside, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1915).
• 30 – Don Redman, American arranger, bandleader, saxophonist, and clarinetist (born 1900).

December

• 11 – Sam Cooke, American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur (born 1931).
• 14 – Francisco Canaro, Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader (born 1888).
• 28 – Dave Bowman, American pianist (born 1914).

January

• 18 – Andy Panayi, British saxophonist and flautist.
• 27 – Trond Sverre Hansen, Norwegian drummer.

February

• 1 – Bugge Wesseltoft, Norwegian pianist and keyboardist.
• 9 – Liane Carroll, English vocalist, pianist, and keyboardist.
• 20 – Iain Ballamy, British composer, and soprano, alto and tenor saxophonist.
• 29 – Martin France, English drummer.

March

• 10 – Neneh Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter.
• 13 – Reidar Skår, Norwegian keyboardist, composer, and music producer.
• 18 – Courtney Pine, British saxophonist.
• 30 – Tracy Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

April

• 13 – Tetuzi Akiyama, Japanese guitarist, violinist, and instrument-maker.
• 16 – Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist, e.s.t (died 2008).^[2]
• 22 – Johannes Eick, Norwegian bassist.
• 26 – Rebecka Törnqvist, Swedish singer.

May

• 4 – Terje Isungset, Norwegian drummer and percussionist.
• 13 – Harald Devold, Norwegian saxophonist (died 2016).
• 31 – Carl Petter Opsahl, Norwegian saxophonist, clarinetist, and journalist.

June

• 8 – Fabrizio Cassol, Belgian saxophonist.
• 9 – Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass guitarist (died 2009).
• 10 – Jimmy Chamberlin, American drummer, The Smashing Pumpkins.
• 11 – Antti Sarpila, Finnish clarinetist.
• 13 – Helge Lilletvedt, Norwegian pianist.
• 21 – Philippe Aerts, Belgian upright bassist.
• 28 – Steve Williamson, English saxophonist and composer.

July

• 13 – Brent Fischer, American bass guitarist and percussionist.
• 15 – Tobias Delius, English tenor saxophonist and clarinetist.

August

• 10 – Kåre Kolve, Norwegian saxophonist.
• 13 – Werner Neumann, German guitarist.
• 21 – Jorge Rossy, Spanish drummer, pianist and vibraphonist.
• 28 – Peter Washington, American upright bassist.

September

• 1 – Dave O'Higgins, English saxophonist and composer.
• 9 – Cæcilie Norby, Danish singer.
• 11 – Victor Wooten, American bassist.
• 16 – Phillip Bent, English flautist.
• 23 – Yutaka Shiina, Japanese pianist and composer.
• 25 – Barbara Dennerlein, German organist.

October

• 4 – Robert Hurst, American bassist.
• 27 – Scotty Barnhart, American trumpeter, Count Basie Orchestra.
• 29 – Mats Gustafsson, Swedish saxophonist.

November

• 16 – Diana Krall, Canadian pianist and singer.
• 19 – Vincent Herring, American saxophonist and flautist.
• 28 – Jesse Cook, Canadian guitarist.

December

• 5 – Arve Furset, Norwegian pianist and keyboardist.
• 12 – Mark Mondesir, English drummer.
• 29 – Ramón Valle, Cuban pianist and composer.

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• Benita Haastrup, Danish drummer, percussionist, educator, and composer.
• Dennis Rollins, English trombonist and bandleader.

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