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January

• 4 – Les Brown, American bandleader (born 1912).
• 13 – Stan Freeman, American composer, lyricist, musical arranger, conductor, and pianist (born 1920).
• 17 – Norris Turney, American flautist and saxophonist (born 1921).
• 23
  • Jack McDuff, American organist and organ trio bandleader (born 1926).
  • Lou Levy, American pianist (born 1928).

February

• 4 – J. J. Johnson, American trombonist, composer, and arranger (born 1924).
• 10 – Buddy Tate, American saxophonist and clarinetist (born 1913).
• 13
  • George T. Simon, American writer and drummer (born 1912).
  • Moses Taiwa Molelekwa, South African pianist (born 1973).^[25]

March

• 7 – Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (born 1903).
• 18 – Rupert Nurse, Trinidadian-British pianist, upright bassist, and saxophonist (born 1910).
• 19 – Herbie Jones, American trumpeter and arranger (born 1926).
• 20 – Jay Cameron, American baritone saxophonist and reedist (born 1928).
• 28 – Moe Koffman, Canadian saxophonist, flautist, composer, and arranger (born 1928).
• 29 – John Lewis, American pianist, composer and arranger (born 1920).^[26]

April

• 5 – Sonya Hedenbratt, Swedish singer and actress (born 1931).
• 9 – Ken Rattenbury, English trumpeter, pianist, composer, and author (born 1920).
• 18 – Billy Mitchell, American tenor saxophonist (born 1926).
• 24 – Al Hibbler, American baritone singer, Duke Ellington Orchestra (born 1915).

May

• 3 – Billy Higgins, American drummer (born 1936).
• 19 – Susannah McCorkle, American singer (born 1946).
• 22 – Lorez Alexandria, American singer (born 1929).
• 27 – Glauco Masetti, Italian jazz reedist (born 1922).

June

• 13 – Makanda Ken McIntyre, American musician and composer (born 1931).
• 19 – Lindsay L. Cooper, Scottish upright bass, electric bass and cello player (born 1940).
• 30
  • Chet Atkins, American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer (born 1924).
  • Joe Henderson, American tenor saxophonist (born 1937).

July

• 27 – Harold Land, American hard bop and post-bop tenor saxophonist (born 1928).

August

• 6 – Larry Adler, American harmonica player (born 1914).
• 17 – Flip Phillips, American tenor saxophonist and clarinetist (born 1915).
• 23 – Eric Allandale, Dominican-English trombonist, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1936).
• 27 – Cal Collins, American guitarist (born 1933).

September

• 1 – Sil Austin, American saxophonist (born 1929).
• 2 – Jay Migliori, American saxophonist (born 1930).

October

• 2 – Manny Albam, American baritone saxophonist, composer, arranger, producer, and educator (born 1922).
• 4 – John Collins, American guitarist (born 1913).
• 11 – Billy Maxted, American pianist (born 1917).
• 16 – Etta Jones, American singer (born 1928).^[27]
• 29 – Spike Robinson, American tenor saxophonist (born 1930).
• 31 – Bill Le Sage, British pianist, vibraphonist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (born 1927).

November

• 13
  • Babik Reinhardt, French jazz guitarist (born 1944).^[28]
  • Panama Francis, American drummer (born 1918).
• 16 – Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist and composer (born 1930).
• 21 – Ralph Burns, American pianist, composer, and arranger (born 1922).

December

• 14 – Conte Candoli, American trumpeter (born 1927).
• 22 – Gene Taylor, American upright bassist (born 1929).
• 30 – Ralph Sutton, American pianist (born 1922).

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• David Batey, English pianist (born 1939)^[29]
• Oliver Todd, American band leader, organist, pianist, and trumpeter (born 1916).

August

• 30 – Emily Bear, American composer and pianist.

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