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1965 in jazz
Jazz band playing at Preservation Hall, New Orleans, 1965, including Kid Sheik Colar, Captain John Handy, and drummer Alex Bigard.
Decade	1960s in jazz
Music	1965 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1964 in jazz – 1966 in jazz

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January

• 29 – Jack Hylton, English pianist, composer, band leader, and impresario (born 1892).

February

• 12 – Bonnie Wetzel, American upright bassist (born 1926).
• 15 – Nat King Cole, American pianist and singer (born 1919).

March

• 8 – Tadd Dameron, American composer, arranger, and pianist (born 1917).

May

• 1 – Spike Jones, American musician and bandleader (born 1911).
• 14 – Joe Sanders, American pianist, singer, and bandleader (born 1896).
• 24 – Denzil Best, American percussionist and composer (born 1917).

June

• 25 – Keg Purnell, American drummer (born 1915).

July

• 1 – Claude Thornhill, American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (born 1909).
• 4 – Valdemar Eiberg, Danish musician and orchestra leader (born 1892).
• 8 – Willie Dennis, American trombonist (born 1926).
• 14 – Spencer Williams, African-American pianist, singer, and composer (born 1889).

August

• 10 – Freddie Slack, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1910).

September

• 15 – Steve Brown, American upright bassist (born 1896).

October

• 10 – Gerorge Tucker, American upright bassist (born 1927).
• 27 – Edythe Wright, American singer (born 1914).
• 28 – Earl Bostic, American alto saxophonist (born 1913).

November

• 6 – Clarence Williams, American pianist, vocalist, and composer (born 1898).
• 14 – Buster Harding, Canadian-born American pianist (born 1912).
• 18 – Lou Black, American banjo player (born 1901).
• 21 – Cecil Brower, American violinist (perforated ulcer) (born 1914).
• Warren Tartaglia, American saxophonist (born 1944).

December

• 2 – Hank D'Amico, American clarinetist (born 1915).
• 11 – Dave Barbour, American guitarist (born 1912).
• 20 – Charlie Burse, American ukulele, banjo, and guitar player (born 1901).
• 26 – Peter Packay, Belgian trumpeter, arranger, and composer (born 1904).

January

• 1 – Miki Higashino, Japanese pianist and video game composer.
• 3 – Sheila Majid, Malaysian singer.
• 19 – Antonio Faraò, Italian pianist.

February

• 13 – Ole Mathisen, Norwegian saxophonist.
• 24 – Tone Åse, Norwegian singer.
• 27 – Joey Calderazzo, American pianist.

March

• 2 – Wolfgang Muthspiel, Austrian guitarist and record label owner.
• 8 – Karin Mensah, Cape Verdean singer.
• 12 – Liv Stoveland, Norwegian singer.
• 22 – David Linx, Belgian singer and songwriter.
• 24 – Patrick Scales, British-German bass guitarist.

April

• 7 – Sylvain Luc, French guitarist.
• 10 – Omar Sosa, Cuban composer, bandleader, and pianist.
• 20 – Darko Jurković, Croatian guitarist and composer.
• 29 – Rain Sultanov, Azerbaijani saxophonist.

May

• 3 – Magnus Öström, Swedish drummer, Esbjörn Svensson Trio or e.s.t.
• 10 – Philip Harper, American trumpeter.
• 16 – Javon Jackson, American tenor saxophonist.

June

• 3
  • Derrick Gardner, American trumpeter.
  • Mirko Fait, Italian saxophonist and composer.
• 9 – Helge Sunde, Norwegian trombonist and multi-instrumentalist.
• 27 – Magnus Broo, Swedish trumpeter, Atomic.

July

• 5 – Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli pianist.
• 16 – Odd André Elveland, Norwegian saxophonist.
• 19 – Evelyn Glennie, Scottish percussionist.
• 28 – Delfeayo Marsalis, American trombonist and record producer.

August

• 4 – Terri Lyne Carrington, American drummer, composer, singer, record producer, and entrepreneur.
• 6 – Ravi Coltrane, American saxophonist.
• 21 – Leon Parker, American percussionist and composer.
• 29 – Mark d'Inverno, British pianist, composer, and computer scientist.^[3]

September

• 5 – Björn Meyer, Swedish bassist and composer.
• 11 – Jesse Davis, American saxophonist.
• 24 – Njål Ølnes, Norwegian saxophonist.
• 28 – Hans Ulrik, Danish saxophonist, and composer.

October

• 9 – Geir Lysne, Norwegian saxophonist and orchestra leader.
• 12 – Luis Bonilla, American trombonist, producer, composer and educator.
• 18 – Curtis Stigers, American vocalist, saxophonist, guitarist, and songwriter.

November

• 2 – Andrew D'Angelo, American saxophonist.
• 10 – Mark Turner, American saxophonist.
• 21 – Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter.

December

• 5 – Hildegunn Øiseth, Norwegian trumpeter and hornist.
• 7 – Wolfgang Haffner, German drummer.
• 29 – Danilo Perez, Panamanian pianist and composer.
• 30 – Ron Affif, American guitarist.

Unknown date

• Arturo Tappin, Barbadian saxophonist and composer.
• Bradley Joseph, American pianist.
• Helge Andreas Norbakken, Norwegian percussionist.
• Kostas Theodorou, Greek upright bassist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.

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