Jazz-Nekrolog 2001

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Other events | General necrology 2001

Joe Henderson
April 24, 1937 - June 30, 2001

This is a list of well-known personalities from the field of jazz who died in 2001 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data.

1st quarter

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
January 2nd Donald Kachamba Malawian musician, composer and band leader 47 [1]
6th January Jacek Olter Polish drummer 28
January 12th Luiz Bonfá Brazilian guitarist and composer 78 [2]
January 17th Norris Turney American saxophonist and flautist 79 [3]
22nd of January Jean-Pierre Catoul Belgian violinist 37 [4]
January 23 Lou Levy American pianist 72 [5]
January 23 Jack McDuff American organist 74 [6]
January 25th Frank C. Martenez American bass player, pianist and cellist 87 [7]
January 25th Irving Taylor American saxophonist 88 [8th]
February 1st Vinnie Burke American bass player 79 [9]
February 4th JJ Johnson American trombonist, arranger, and composer 77 [10]
February 4th Horst H. Lange German jazz author ≈76 [11]
February 10th Buddy Tate American saxophonist and clarinetist 85 [12]
13th February Moses Taiwa Molelekwa South African pianist and producer 27 [13]
13th February George T. Simon American drummer and jazz writer 88 [14]
14th of February Piero Umiliani Italian film composer 74 [15]
2nd March Erik Wiedemann Danish jazz scientist and author 70 [16]
7th March Frankie Carle American pianist and composer 97 [17]
19th March Herbie Jones American trumpeter and arranger 74 [18]
28th March Moe Koffman Canadian flautist, saxophonist and clarinetist 72 [19]
March 29 Jeanette Kimball American pianist 94 [20]
March 29 John Lewis American pianist, composer and university professor 80 [21]
March 30 Ellis Tollin American drummer 77 [22]

2nd quarter

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
April 5th Sonya Hedenbratt Swedish singer and actress 70
11 April Joe Viola American saxophonist and oboist 80 [23]
April 18 Billy Mitchell American saxophonist 74 [24]
April 22 Ike Cole American pianist 73 [25]
April 24th Al Hibbler American singer 85 [26]
April, 30th Kalevi Viitamäki Finnish saxophonist 77 [27]
May 3rd Billy Higgins American drummer 64 [28]
May 4th Stan Monteiro American saxophonist 74 [29]
May 7th Edwin Finckel American pianist, arranger and composer 83 [30]
May 18 Bernd Rabe German saxophonist and arranger ≈73 [31]
May 19th Susannah McCorkle American singer 55 [32]
May 21 Johs. Bergh Norwegian jazz historian and author 68
May 22 Lorez Alexandria American singer 71 [33]
May 24th Vladimir Resitsky Russian saxophonist and composer ≈56 [34]
May 27th Glauco Masetti Italian tenor saxophonist 79 [35]
May 27th Helen Oakley Dance Canadian jazz journalist, historian and producer 88 [36]
June 13th Ken McIntyre American musician, composer and university professor 69 [37]
June 19th Lindsay L. Cooper British bass player 61 [38]
20th June Harold McKinney American pianist, band leader and music educator 72 [39]
June 27th Chico O'Farrill American arranger and composer 79 [40]
June 30th Joe Henderson American tenor saxophonist 74 [41]

3rd quarter

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
July 26th Helmut Brandt German saxophonist and composer 70 [42]
July 27th Tore Faye Norwegian clarinetist 68
July 27th Harold Land American saxophonist and composer 72 [43]
August 10 Werner Pirchner Austrian vibraphonist and composer 61 [44]
17th August Flip Phillips American saxophonist and clarinetist 86 [45]
August 22nd Luís Carlos Vinhas Brazilian pianist and composer 61
August 23 Eric Allendale American trombonist and songwriter 65 [46]
August 23 Frank Emilio Cuban pianist 80 [47]
August 24th Bernard Heuvelmans Belgian-French zoologist and jazz author 84 [48]
August 25 John L. Nelson American pianist and songwriter 85 [49]
August 27 Cal Collins American guitarist 68 [50]
August 28th Bobby Martin American trumpeter and band leader 98 [51]
September 1 Sil Austin American saxophonist 70 [52]
September 1 Jossif Weinstein Russian trumpeter, arranger and orchestra leader 82
September 2nd Jay Migliori American saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist 70 [53]
September 18 Hank Levy American saxophonist, arranger and composer 73 [54]
25th of September Howie man American drummer and band leader 74 [55]
September 28th Marty Holmes American saxophonist, arranger and composer 76 [56]

4th quarter

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
October 2nd Manny Albam American saxophonist, composer, arranger and music educator 79 [57]
4th of October John Collins American guitarist 88 [58]
8th October Charles Ables American bass player and guitarist 58
15th October Etta Jones American singer 72 [59]
23rd October Udo Hirsch German pianist 68 [60]
23rd October Tom Baker American trumpeter, tuba player and saxophonist 49 [61]
October 29th Spike Robinson American saxophonist 71 [62]
October 31 Bill Le Sage British pianist, vibraphonist, arranger and composer 74 [63]
November 11th Tony Miranda American bugler ≈82 [64]
November 13th Panama Francis American drummer 82 [65]
November 13th Babik Reinhardt French guitarist 58 [66]
November 16 Tommy Flanagan American pianist 71 [67]
November 17th Jerry Jerome American saxophonist, clarinetist and producer 89 [68]
21st November Ralph Burns American pianist, arranger and composer 79 [69]
22nd of November Norman Granz American impresario and producer 83 [70]
6th of December Christian Bellest French trumpeter 79
December 14th Conte Candoli American trumpeter 74 [71]
December 17th Dick Oxtot American jazz musician ≈83
December 22 Gene Taylor American bass player 72 [72]
December 26th Nico Bunink Dutch pianist 65 [73]
30th of December Ralph Sutton American pianist 79 [74]

Exact date unknown

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
2001 Hartwig Bartz German drummer ≈65 [75]
2001 Bonsak shield drop Norwegian drummer 74
2001 Cees Smal Dutch multi-instrumentalist, arranger and composer ≈72
2001 Pero Ugrin Slovenian trumpeter and composer ≈57 [76]

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. pl: Jacek Olter
  2. ↑ cf. sv: Sonya Hedenbratt
  3. ↑ cf. no: Johs. Bergh
  4. ↑ cf. no: Tore Faye
  5. ↑ cf. pl: Luís Carlos Vinhas
  6. ↑ cf. ru: Вайнштейн, Иосиф Владимирович
  7. ↑ cf. fr: Charles Ables
  8. ↑ cf. no: Bonsak shield drop