This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1999.

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1999 in jazz
Luigi Waites plays the vibraphone during a tribute to Duke Ellington, July 29, 1999
Decade	1990s in jazz
Music	1999 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1998 in jazz – 2000 in jazz

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January

• 6 – Michel Petrucciani, French pianist and composer (born 1962).
• 7 – Fred Hopkins, American upright bassist (born 1947).

February

• 1 – Julius Wechter, American vibraphonist and composer (born 1935).
• 5 – Colin Purbrook, English pianist, upright bassist, and trumpeter (born 1936).
• 6 – Jimmy Roberts, American singer (born 1923).
• 8 – Richard B. Boone, American jazz musician, trombonist, and vocalist (born 1930).
• 7 – Bobby Troup, American pianist and songwriter (born 1918).
• 11 – Jaki Byard, American jazz pianist and composer who also played trumpet and saxophone (born 1922).
• 16 – Betty Roché, American singer (born 1918).^[16]
• 19
  • Lauderic Caton, Trinidadian guitarist (born 1910).
  • Trudy Desmond, Canadian singer (born 1945).
• 27 – Horace Tapscott, American pianist and composer (born 1934).

March

• 3 – John Roache, American pianist and composer of Ragtime (born 1940).
• 4 – Teddy McRae, American tenor saxophonist and arranger (born 1908).
• 12 – Yehudi Menuhin, Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor (born 1916).
• 22 – Rick Fay, American clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1926).
• 29 – Joe Williams, American vocalist (born 1918).

April

• 1 – Jesse Stone, American pianist and songwriter (born 1901).
• 3 – Herman Foster, American pianist (born 1928).
• 6 – Red Norvo, American vibraphonist (born 1908).
• 21 – Charles Rogers, American film actor and musician (born 1904).
• 23 – Melba Liston, American trombonist, composer, and musical arranger (born 1926).
• 27 – Al Hirt, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1922).

May

• 8 – Leon Thomas, American avant-garde jazz singer (born 1937).
• 18 – Freddy Randall, English jazz trumpeter and bandleader (born 1921).
• 19 – Candy Candido, American bassist and vocalist (born 1913).

June

• 2 – Andy Simpkins, American bassist (born 1932).
• 5
  • Ernie Wilkins, American tenor saxophonist (born 1922).
  • Mel Tormé, American singer (born 1925).
• 8 – Rosy McHargue, American clarinetist (born 1902).
• 15 – Fausto Papetti, Italian alto saxophonist (born 1923).

July

• 9 – Talib Dawud, American trumpeter (born 1923).
• 11 – Helen Forrest, American singer (born 1917).
• 22 – Gar Samuelson, American drummer (born 1958).
• 27 – Sweets Edison, American trumpeter (born 1915).

August

• 3 – Leroy Vinnegar, American bassist (born 1928).
• 24 – Warren Covington, American trombonist (born 1921).
• 25 – Spiegle Willcox, American trombonist (born 1903).

September

• 6 – Arnold Fishkind, American bassist (born 1919).
• 8 – Moondog, American musician, composer, theoretician, poet and inventor (born 1916).
• 30 – Anna Mae Winburn, African-American vocalist and bandleader (born 1913).

October

• 2 – Sal Salvador, American bebop jazz guitarist and a prominent music educator (born 1925).
• 4 – Art Farmer, American trumpeter and flugelhorn player (born 1928).
• 8 – Manfredo Fest, Brazilian pianist and keyboardist (born 1936).
• 9 – Milt Jackson, American vibraphonist (born 1923).
• 18 – Tony Crombie, English jazz drummer, pianist, bandleader, and composer (born 1925).
• 21 – LaMont Johnson, American pianist who played in the hard bop and post-bop genres (born 1941).
• 31 – Wyatt Ruther, American upright bassist (born 1923).

November

• 8 – Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (born 1941).
• 13
  • John Benson Brooks, American jazz pianist, songwriter, arranger, and composer (born 1917).
  • Donald Mills, American singer, The Mills Brothers (born 1915).
• 26
  • Clifford Jarvis, American hard bop and free jazz drummer (born 1941).
  • Henry Nemo, American musician, songwriter, and actor (born 1909).
• 30 – Don "Sugarcane" Harris, American violinist (born 1938).

December

• 2 – Charlie Byrd, American guitarist (born 1925).
• 4 – Edward Vesala, Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer (born 1945).
• 7 – Kenny Baker, English trumpeter, cornetist, flugelhornist, and composer (born 1921).
• 11 – Charles Earland, American jazz composer, organist and saxophonist in the soul jazz idiom (born 1941).
• 14 – Walt Levinsky, American big band and orchestral player, composer, arranger, and band leader (born 1929).
• 17 – Grover Washington Jr., American saxophonist (born 1943).
• 26 – Curtis Mayfield, American singer and songwriter (born 1942).
• 28 – Terry Rosen, American guitarist, concert promoter and radio DJ (born 1939).
• 30 – Sam Ranelli, American drummer (born 1920).

October

• 3 – Tom Ibarra, French guitarist and composer.

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