Jazz-Nekrolog 2011

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Sam Rivers
September 25, 1923 to December 26, 2011

This is a list of well-known personalities from the field of jazz who died in 2011 . The entries are made analogous to the general Nekrolog 2011 in descending order and alphabetically with the same date.

January

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
31 January Francis Zoro Kekana South African singer, musician and composer 72 [1]
January 30th Tony "Ham" Guerrero American trumpeter and band leader (Tortilla Factory) 66 [2]
January 29th Milton Babbitt American composer and university professor 94 [3]
January 29th Steve Lipkins American trumpeter 93 [4]
January 27th Charlie Callas American comedian, actor and drummer 86 [5]
January 27th Dick van der Capellen Dutch bass player and composer 91 [6]
January 26th Eddie Mordue British saxophonist 83 [7]
January 25th Barrie Lee Hall Jr. American trumpeter, arranger and band leader 61 [8th]
January 25th Wilfred Stroud American artist, musician, and music organizer 80 [9]
21th January Eugenio Arango Cuban percussionist and singer 76 [10]
21th January Betty Smith British saxophonist, singer and band leader 81 [11]
January 18th Don Ferrara American trumpeter 82 [12]
January 17th Knut Haugsoen Norwegian architect, pianist and composer 75 [13]
15. January Elsie Mae Cooper Burnett American singer 85 [14]
15. January Pierre Lapijover French photographer 74 [15]
January 14th Parre Förars Finnish multi-instrumentalist and singer 84 [16]
January 14th Georgia Carroll Kyser American singer (Kay Kyser Big Band), model and actress 91 [17]
January 14th George Ogg American guitarist 56 [18]
January 12th Jean-Pierre Battestini French music critic 73 [19]
January 12th Pat Williams American saxophonist 68 [20]
January 12th Ryōjirō Furusawa Japanese drummer 65 [21]
10. January Paul Bonner British trumpeter 62 [22]
10. January Boško Petrović Croatian vibraphonist and music producer 75 [23]
10. January Margaret Whiting American singer 86 [24]
January 9th Josif Lukenic German saxophonist [25]
January 8th Elfa Secioria Indonesian pianist 51 [26]
January 7th Bobby Robinson American record store owner 93 [27]
6th January Curtis Mitchell American bass player 84 [28]
6th January Richard Wiedamann German pianist, music school director and composer 78
January 5th Mark Wray Bullis American bass player 54 [29]
January 5th Jose "Crunchy" Espinosa American saxophonist and composer 36 [30]
January 5th Brian Rust British discographer and music journalist 88 [31]
January 4th Ian Brown British trumpeter 78 [32]
January 4th Rod Chambers British clarinetist 66 [33]
January 4th Jeff Jacobs American trumpeter and keyboardist (The Drift) 41 [34]
January 4th Mick Karn British bass player 52 [35]
January 3rd Geraldo Flach Brazilian pianist, arranger and composer 65 [36]
January 1st Charles Fambrough American bass player, band leader and composer 60

February

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
February 28 Henry "Hank" Uribe American drummer 77 [37]
February 28 Hy White American guitarist 95 [38]
27th of February Olivier Magnenat Swiss bass player and music teacher 60 [39]
February 23 John Berthelot American composer, arranger, and music producer ≈68 [40]
February 23 Frans Elsen Dutch pianist, vibraphonist, arranger and composer 76 [41]
February 23 Horst Mühlbradt German musician, arranger and composer 81
February 24th Jens Winther Danish trumpeter and composer 50 [42]
February 22 Agneta Baumann Swedish singer 66 [43]
February 22 Ron Hudson American Photographer and Writer (Right Down Front) 71 [44]
19th of February Ernest James "Doc" Watson American saxophonist 77 [45]
February 18 Shiyani Ngcobo South African guitarist and singer 53 [46]
February 16 David Shapiro American bass player and music teacher 58 [47]
14th of February George Shearing American pianist and composer 91 [48]
13th February Willi Geipel German jazz club tenant ( Jazzkeller Frankfurt ) 81 [49]
13th February Jack Redwine American multi-instrumentalist, band leader and music educator 75 [50]
February 12th Daniel Thentz Swiss trumpeter, band leader and founder of Cully Jazz 46 [51]
February 11th Hanry Robert Swanson Jr. American singer 73 [52]
February 9 Andrzej Przybielski Polish trumpeter 66 [53]
February 8 Eugenio Toussaint Mexican pianist, arranger and composer 56 [54]
February 6th Frank Gagliardi American drummer, composer and university professor 79
February 6th Raymond Jones American R&B musician, band leader, arranger and music educator 71 [55]
February 5th Mary Cleere Haran American singer 58 [56]
February 5th Billy Toliver American poet, drummer, and actor 73 [57]
February 4th Herbert Bings German drummer 59
February 4th Howard Lucraft British composer, orchestra conductor, arranger and journalist 94 [58]
February 4th Maxine Palumbo Payne American multi-instrumentalist, designer and photographer 93 [59]
February 4th Isadore Nathaniel Parker American trumpeter 103 [60]
February 4th Alan Quinn Scottish engineer and trombonist 67 [61]
February 4th Pepesito Reyes Cuban pianist and composer 95 [62]
3 February Tony Levin British drummer 71 [63]
3 February Allen Smith American trumpeter 85 [64]
3 February Bill Triglia American pianist 86 [65]
February 2nd James "Chops" Jones American trumpeter and bass player 94 [66]
February Larry Weiss American cornet player and pianist 83 [67]

March

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
March 31 Bassirou Lô Senegalese flautist [68]
March 29 Alin Constantiu Romanian saxophonist and clarinetist 72 [69]
March 29 David L. Williams American saxophonist and music teacher 81 [70]
28th March Bill Scarlett American clarinetist, saxophonist and university professor 82 [71]
27th of March Graham Fox British drummer [72]
27th of March Johann "Hans" Walter Stumpf German-American musician, composer and musicologist 84 [73]
26th of March Ellen Helmus Dutch flutist and keyboardist 53 [74]
March 23 Tim Everton British music organizer and club owner 59 [75]
March 23 Henry Jerome American trumpeter and big band leader 93 [76]
March 21st Michael Abramson American photographer ("Light on the South Side") 62 [77]
March 21st Pinetop Perkins American pianist 97 [78]
March, 20th Heinz Steinert Austrian sociologist and jazz researcher 68 [79]
19th March Åke Johansson Swedish pianist 74 [80]
March 18th Woody Sonship Theus American drummer 58 [81]
17. March Kym Bonython Australian impresario 90 [82]
March 16 Poor halfurian American percussionist 77 [83]
March, 15 Musa Juma Kenyan benga singer 42 [84]
March, 15 Melvin Sparks American guitarist 64 [85]
the 14th of March John Grams American university professor and radio presenter 78 [86]
March 12th Dietmar Mues German actor, author and speaker 65 http://www.ndr.de/regional/hamburg/unfall559.html ( Memento from March 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
March 12th Joe Morello American drummer 82 [87]
March 11 Hugh Martin British composer 96 [88]
March 11 Howard A. Roberts American trumpeter, singer and arranger 86 [89]
March 10th Luther "Bobby" DeJarunett American guitarist 59 [90]
March 10th Günter Gollasch German clarinetist and band leader 88
7th March Arnie Carruthers American pianist 81 [91]
7th March Don Schamber American pianist, composer, arranger and music teacher 71 [92]
6th March Herman Ernest American R&B drummer 59 [93]
6th March Kahauanu Lake Hawaiian ukulele player 79 [94]
6th March Ned man American bass player and producer 49 [95]
5. March Bob McCoy American trumpeter 81 [96]
5. March John Nixon British accordionist 84 [97]
5. March Roger Vanhaverbeke Belgian bass player 80 [98]
4th of March Father Tom Vaughn American pianist and priest 74 [99]
2nd March Erling Kroner Danish trombonist and composer 67 [100]

April

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
April 28 Dave Marcellin Trinidadian pianist, keyboardist and band leader 56 [101]
26th of April Jimmy Foster American guitarist and luthier 62 [102]
26th of April Eddie Mordue British saxophonist 83 [103]
26th of April Phoebe Snow American singer and composer 58 [104]
April 23 Sam Henry Jr. American pianist and music teacher 71 [105]
April 23 Ed Nuccilli American trumpeter, composer, arranger and big band leader 86 [106]
April 23 Eddie Tolck American vibraphonist 85 [107]
April 21 Anne Bushnell Irish singer 72 [108]
17th April Ray Smith British record shop owner 76 [109]
17th April Klaus-Rudolf Elleringmann German pianist 85 [110]
April 16 Duke Ngcukana South African saxophonist and teacher 63 [111]
April 14th Melvin Fields American musician and music manager, brother of Herbie Fields 88 [112]
April 14th I Wayan Sadra Indonesian multi-instrumentalist 56 [113]
April 13th Ben Andrews American guitarist and singer 51 [114]
April 13th Paul G. Deker German photographer ≈67 [115]
April 13th Alan C. Webber American trombonist 85 [116]
12. April Louis Joseph Brown Jr. American banjoist, singer and band leader 85 [117]
12. April Jack V. Buerkle American musician, author and broadcaster 87 [118]
12. April Tony Dannon American accordionist, arranger, composer and author 87 [119]
12. April Donald Mayberry American bass player and producer 60 [120]
11 April Billy Bang American violinist 63 [121]
11 April Lacy Gibson American blues musician 74 [122]
11 April Denny Solo Canadian drummer 58 [123]
9th April Orrin Tucker American big band leader 100 [124]
9th April Randy Wood American music producer ( Dot Records ) 94 [125]
7th of April François Chassagnite French trumpeter and singer 55 [126]
April 6th Morton Silver American woodwind 65 [127]
4. April Alexander Loulakis German entrepreneur and patron ("shellac pope") 86 [128]
4. April George Sementovsky American pianist and university professor 88 [129]
4. April Daniel N. Tobler Swiss manager and music organizer 71 [130]
2nd of April James Wade Mouton American pianist, music educator, and painter 85 [131]
April 1st Daniel John Mastri Canadian bass player 93 [132]

May

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
≈ May 31 Dave Connolly British trumpeter and band leader [133]
31. May George Sawaya American saxophonist and clarinetist 83 [134]
before May 31st Rudy Williams American trumpeter 70 [135]
30th May Richard Applegate (Dick Blake) American pianist 73 [136]
28th of May Alys Robi Canadian singer 88 [137]
28th of May Manfred Moch German trumpeter and vibraphonist 81
May 27th Gil Scott-Heron American musician and poet 62 [138]
25. May Larry Kinley American actor and singer 68 [139]
May 22 Bill Donahoe American cornetist 83 [140]
May 21 Bill Bardin American trombonist [141]
May 21 Louis W. "Fuzzy" Kane American pianist 79 [142]
May 21 Martin Winch New Zealand guitarist 62 [143]
May 19th Joe Mogotsi South African singer-songwriter 86 [144]
May 18 Frank L. Lacy American guitarist, music educator, and father of Frank Lacy 87 [145]
May 16 Raddy Ferreira Sri Lankan-Australian band leader 65 [146]
May 16 Jim Rothermel American saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist 69 [147]
May 15 Bob Flanigan American singer, bass player and trombonist 84 [148]
May 13th Bruce Ricker American documentary filmmaker and producer 68 [149]
12th of May Lloyd Knibb Jamaican ska drummer 80 [150]
12th of May Kevin Savin British banjoist [151]
May 11th Donald B. Adcock American flautist and music teacher 85 [152]
May 11th George Botts Sr. American saxophonist 83 [153]
May 11th Snooky Young American trumpeter, flugelhorn player, saxophonist and singer 92 [154]
10th of May Zim Ngqawana South African saxophonist, flautist and percussionist 52 [155]
8th of May Cornell Dupree American guitarist 69 [156]
8th of May Mike Ridley American trumpeter 72 [157]
May 7th Janie Harris American record producer, promoter and wife of Gene Harris 66 [158]
May 6th Alan Frank American violinist, pianist, disk jockey and presenter 84 [159]
May 6th Morty Jacobs American pianist, arranger and composer 93 [160]
May 6th Kurt Maas German musician, lecturer and mail order company 68 [161]
May 6th Allan H. Young American musician and composer 60 [162]
5th of May Les Moore British banjoist and euphonium player 75 [163]
May 4th Velzoe Brown American pianist 101 [164]
May 4th Gary Miller American pianist, organist and university professor [165]
May 3rd Jochen Bosak German pianist 70
May 3rd Odell Brown American organist and songwriter 70 [166]
May 3rd Jaap Wijnands Dutch trombonist, singer and arranger 75 [167]
2.May Ernest Mothle South African bass player, singer and composer 69 [168]
1st of May Kittie Doswell American singer 72

June

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
June 30th Richard Accart French saxophonist 68 [169]
June 30th Eric J. Black American pianist 48 [170]
June 28th Carl Neilsen Danish-Irish musician [171]
June 27th Ken Coulbeck British trumpeter and band leader 82 [172]
June 27th Ian Wheeler British saxophonist and clarinetist 80 [173]
23rd June Gaye Delorme Canadian guitarist 64 [174]
23rd June Mike Montgomery American pianist, jazz researcher and piano roll collector 77 [175]
23rd June Fred Steiner American film composer ( Mannix , Twilight Zone ) 88 [176]
20th June Ken Coulbeck American trumpeter 82 [177]
20th June Ottilie Patterson Northern Irish singer 79 [178]
June 19th Jimmie Luigi American trumpeter 85 [179]
18th of June Clarence Clemons American saxophonist 69 [180]
17th of June George H. Hall American saxophonist, clarinetist and music teacher 81 [181]
17th of June Edward Kenyon American drummer 84 [182]
15th June Mae Wheeler American singer and music organizer 77 [183]
14th June Mary Birt American singer, television producer, and conservationist 67 [184]
14th June Bill Hemmans American saxophonist ≈69 [185]
June 13th Dave McMurdo Canadian trombonist, composer and arranger 67 [186]
June 12 Hilton Mambo Zimbabwean radio presenter 60 [187]
June 10th James fuck American doctor, arranger, clarinetist and saxophonist 88 [188]
June 10th György Szabados Hungarian, doctor, pianist and composer 71 [189]
June 10th Jeanne Woodall American singer 65 [190]
8th June Alan Rubin American trumpeter 68 [191]
June 7th Rudy Salvini American trumpeter and band leader 86 [192]
6th of June Nils-Bertil Dahlander Swedish drummer 83 [193]
June 5th Fred Baker American filmmaker, actor, and jazz musician 78 [194]
June 5th Martti Lappalainen Finnish orchestra leader and festival organizer 69 [195]
3rd of June Benny Spellman American R&B singer 79 [196]
2th of June Ray Bryant American pianist 79 [197]

July

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
July 31 Jabulani Bitu Zimbabwean guitarist 53 [198]
July 31 Tom Garvin American pianist, arranger, composer and producer 67 [199]
July 31 Gene Hughes American bass player and music producer 47 [200]
July 31 Habel Kifoto Kenyan bandleader (Maroon Commandos) [201]
July 31 Cleo Elaine Napier American pianist 98 [202]
July 31 Ljubiša Stojanović Serbian singer 59 [203]
29th of July Gene McDaniels American singer and songwriter ( Compared to What ) 76 [204]
29th of July Richard G. Synder American saxophonist 95 [205]
29th of July Agnes Varis American industrialist and patron ( Musicians in the Schools Program ) 81 [206]
July 27th George Graham American trumpeter 74 [207]
July 26th Joe Arroyo Colombian singer 55 [208]
July 26th Frank Foster American saxophonist, arranger and composer 82 [209]
July 25th Malcolm Higgins Scottish trumpeter and singer 79 [210]
24th July Harald Johnsen Norwegian bass player 41 [211]
July 23 Mel Culbertson French tuba player and university professor 65 [212]
July 23 Fran Landesman American songwriter ( Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most ) 83 [213]
July 23 Amy Winehouse British singer and songwriter 27 [214]
20th of July Eugene Carinci American saxophonist, music educator and band leader 59 [215]
20th of July Jesse E. Cooley Jr. American drummer 79 [216]
20th of July Kanté Manfila Guinean guitarist and composer 65 [217]
July 19 Lil Greenwood American singer 86 [218]
July 19 Pat Rosalia American singer 67 [219]
July 18th Charles Chapman American guitarist and university professor 60 [220]
July 18th Jerry "Bokilo" Malékani Congolese guitarist [221]
July 18th Sid Cooper American saxophonist, flautist and clarinetist 94 [222]
July 18th Alex Steinweiss American graphic designer 94 [223]
17th July Janet Beaman American singer and promoter 52 [224]
17th July Gil Bernal American tenor saxophonist and singer 80 [225]
17th July Hawe Schneider German trombonist, singer, band leader and author 81 [226]
17th July Joe Lee Wilson American singer 75 [227]
15th of July Eric Delaney British drummer and band leader 87 [228]
July 14th Poul Godske Danish pianist, vibraphonist and composer 82
July 13th Adam Chisvo Zimbabwean percussionist and mbira player 47 [229]
July 13th François Cahen French pianist 66 [230]
July 13th Jerry Ragovoy American songwriter and record producer 80 [231]
July 11th Alphonso Mizell American music producer and songwriter 68 [232]
July 9 Pernambuco do Pandeiro Brazilian pandeiro player 87 [233]
July 9 Dick Fadale American pianist, arranger and band leader 83 [234]
8th of July Billy Blanco Brazilian composer 87 [235]
8th of July Ed DuBrule American bass player 92 [236]
7th of July T. Lux Feininger German-American photographer, painter and jazz musician 101 [237]
2nd July Alvin Mitchell American saxophonist 92 [238]
2nd July Paul Weeden American guitarist 88 [239]
July 1 Lyle Harris American guitarist 77 [240]
July 1 Ahmad Mansour Iranian-American guitarist 50 [241]

August

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
August 30th Wolfgang Lauth German pianist, composer and band leader 80 [242]
29th August David Honeyboy Edwards American blues musician 96 [243]
29th August Pearl Thurston Brown American singer and pianist 84 [244]
August 28th Nicolas Sagar British pianist and keyboardist 33 [245]
August 24th Jack Hayes American composer and arranger 92 [246]
August 24th Mason "Country" Thomas American multi-instrumentalist 85 [247]
August 22nd Jean-Charles Capon French cellist 75 [248]
August 22nd Jerry Leiber American record producer and songwriter ( Hound Dog ) 78 [249]
20th of August Ross Barbour American singer and co-founder of the Four Freshmen 82 [250]
August 16 Wedeli Koehler German violinist 62 [251]
August 16 Ed Schipper American vibraphonist and band leader 64 [252]
15th of August Allain Leprest French singer 57 [253]
15th of August Tommy Melville British saxophonist 85 [254]
13 August Günter "Mack" Mackowiak German trombonist and pianist 73 [255]
12. August Alan Adams American trombonist 74 [256]
August 11th Richard Turner British trumpeter 27 [257]
August 10 Moraíto Chico spanish flamenco guitarist 54 [258]
August 9 Jeanne Carroll American singer 80 [259]
8th August Max Hartstein American bassist, artist, and anti-drug activist 82 [260]
August 7th Jiří Traxler Czech-Canadian pianist, composer and arranger 99 [261]
4th of August Henk Alkema Dutch composer, arranger and pianist 64 [262]
4th of August Dale Beacock American saxophonist 81 [263]
August 2nd DeLois Barrett Campbell American gospel singer 85 [264]

September

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
30. September Tiny Joe Eleazer American singer 77 [265]
September 27th Joel DiBartolo American bass player and university professor 65 [266]
September 26th Uan Rasey American trumpeter 90 [267]
September 26th Jessy Dixon American gospel musician 73 [268]
September 26th Harry Muskee Dutch blues singer 70 [269]
September 24th Kohji Fujika Japanese clarinetist 78 [270]
September 24th Jake Ruppenthal American guitarist 98 [271]
September 23rd Norikatsu Koreyasu Japanese bass player [272]
September 22 Micky Correa Indian big band leader 97 [273]
September 20th Frank Driggs American author, jazz historian, and producer 81 [274]
September 19th David Carrick British trumpeter 75 [275]
September 19th Johnny Răducanu Romanian bass player, pianist, arranger and composer 79 [276]
September 19th Murray Bloom American author, arranger, musician and producer 72 [277]
September 19th Hal Roach American pianist 82 [278]
before September 18th Malombo Mmereki Botswana singer 60 [279]
17th of September Kimball Allen American club owner 91 [280]
17th of September Edgar "Koyang" Avenir Filipino guitarist and arranger 61 [281]
17th of September Chuck Miller American trumpeter and university professor 67 [282]
13.september Philip Gale Bull American saxophonist and clarinetist 78 [283]
12th September Dinah Kaye Scottish singer 87 [284]
the 9th of September Graham Collier British composer, bassist, author and band leader 74 [285]
the 9th of September Tommy Stanziola American saxophonist and clarinetist 89 [286]
7th of September Kenneth Kalina American saxophonist and music teacher 83 [287]
7th of September Eddie Marshall American drummer 73 [288]
7th of September Christopher Small New Zealand musicologist and author 84 [289]
September 6th Wardell Quezergue American arranger and producer 81 [290]
5th September Ken Ramage Scottish promoter and founder of the Nairn Jazz Festival 79 [291]
September 3 Marjorie Loreen McIntosh American singer 97 [292]
September 3 Finn Martin Swedish saxophonist 49 [293]

October

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
30th of October Ray Gill American saxophonist, band leader and music teacher 85 [294]
30th of October Amédée Pierre Ivorian singer 74 [295]
October 29th Daryl "Flea" Campbell American trumpeter 87 [296]
28th of October Beryl Davis American singer 87 [297]
28th of October Walter Norris American pianist and university professor 79 [298]
28th of October Gerhard Sterr German pianist and arranger of the hot dogs 78 [299]
October 27 Phil Pollard American drummer 44 [300]
October 26th Jerry Boquet American saxophonist 79 [301]
23rd October William Franklin Lee III American pianist, composer, arranger and university professor 82
October 22nd Edmondo Ros Trinidadian drummer, singer and band leader 100 [302]
the 20th of October Billy Diamond American R&B bass player, promoter, and manager 95 [303]
October 19th Earl Gilliam American blues pianist 81 [304]
October 19th Mickey Goldsen American music publisher 99 [305]
October 19th Lars Sjösten Swedish pianist and composer 70 [306]
October 18 Reginald Curry American bass player 59 [307]
October 17th Kimball Allen American club owner ( Kimball's East ) 91 [308]
October 17th Carl Mcleod Jamaican drummer [309]
October, 16th Pete Rugolo American composer and arranger 95 [310]
15th October Tongai "Dhewa" Moyo Zimbabwean singer 43 [311]
October 13th Marty Harris American pianist 77 [312]
October 11th George Buford American harmonica player 81 [313]
October 11th Harold Davison British impresario 89 [314]
October 11th Freddie Gruber American drummer 84 [315]
October 11th Taku Mafika Zimbabwean Mbira player 27 [316]
October 11th André Mingas Angolan guitarist, singer and ambassador 61 [317]
October 11th Louie Shapiro American saxophonist [318]
October 10th Lucy Ann Polk American singer 84 [319]
9th October Teodor Cosma Romanian pianist and orchestra leader 101 [320]
9th October George Reed American drummer 89 [321]
9th October Piet Noordijk Dutch saxophonist 79 [322]
8th October Roger Williams American pianist 87 [323]
October 7th Bill Greenow British saxophonist 71 [324]
October 7th James "Biddy" Wood American music organizer 87 [325]
October 6th Bess Bonnier American pianist 83 [326]
5th October Bert Jansch British guitarist 67 [327]
4th of October Daisy DeBolt Canadian musician and singer-songwriter 66 [328]
October 1 David Bedford British composer 74 [329]
October 1 Butch Ballard American drummer 92 [330]

November

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
30th of November J. Blackfoot (John Colbert) American R&B singer 65 [331]
30th of November Walt Ketchum American trumpeter 79 [332]
30th of November Don Lydiatt British clarinetist 84 [333]
November 28th Stephen Franckevich American trumpeter 57
November 27th Sultan Khan Indian sarangi player and singer 71 [334]
November 27th Judd Woldin American pianist and composer 86 [335]
November 26th Phyllis Campbell ("Mama Jazz") American radio presenter 89 [336]
25. November Ross McManus British trumpeter and singer 84 [337]
25. November Coco Robicheaux (Curtis John Arceneaux) American singer, guitarist and trombonist 64 [338]
25. November Heinz Schönberger German musician and orchestra leader 85 [339]
November 23 Hassan Abdullah (Stanley Barber) American saxophonist and jazz historian 59 [340]
November 23 Kind Hillery American pianist, organist and composer [341]
22nd of November Paul Motian American drummer and band leader 80 [342]
22nd of November Hans Reichel German guitarist 62 [343]
22nd of November Kristian Schultze German keyboardist, arranger and composer 66 [344]
21st November Wilson Padmos Canadian music producer, composer and pianist [345]
21st November David Richard Pierce Sr. American guitarist 75 [346]
21st November Roberto Spizzichino Italian drummer and artisan 67 [347]
20th November Erich Bachträgl Austrian drummer and composer 67 [348]
20th November Billy James American drummer 72 [349]
November 19th Raymond Fonsèque French trombonist, tuba player and arranger 81 [350]
November 19th Russell Garcia American composer and arranger 95 [351]
November 19th Ladi Geisler German guitarist and bass guitarist 83 [352]
November 19th Willard Tyler Sr. American trumpeter 95 [353]
November 13th Yvonne "Dixie" Carnival American singer, clarinetist and club owner 101 [354]
November 13th Lucien Oliver Jourdan American bass player and singer 93 [355]
November 11th Michael Garrick British pianist and composer 78 [356]
November 11th Peter Narváez Canadian guitarist and ethnomusicologist 71 [357]
November 10th Daniela D'Ercole Italian singer 32 [358]
November 9th Jack McCray American impresario, musician, and author 64 [359]
November 8th Roger Hill British guitarist 65 [360]
November 8th Jimmy Norman American R&B singer and songwriter 74 [361]
November 6th Gordon Beck British pianist and composer 75 [362]
November 6th Gers Yowell American saxophonist 88 [363]
November 6th Mito Loeffler French guitarist 50 [364]
before November 6th Reg service British trumpeter 93 [365]
November 5th Maxim Lemercier French guitarist [366]
November 3rd Steven J. Freeman American bass player 64 [367]
November 3rd Papa Bue Danish trombonist and band leader 81 [368]
November 2 Matt Michaels American pianist and university professor 79 [369]
November 2 Jos Willems Dutch discographer [370]
November 1st Christiane Legrand french singer 81 [371]
November 1st André Hodeir French author, arranger and composer 90 [372]

December

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
December 31 Dave Savill British trumpeter and singer [373]
December 29th Reed Vaughan American drummer 75 [374]
December 28th Larry Hamilton American R&B musician 60 [375]
December 27th Betty Rhodes American singer and actress 89 [376]
December 27th Christine Rosholt American singer 46 [377]
December 27th Ray Reed American singer ? [378]
December 27th Dan Terry American trumpeter, arranger and big band leader 87 [379]
December 26th Barbara Lea American singer 82 [380]
December 26th Sam Rivers American saxophonist, pianist and flautist 88 [381]
25 December Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood American saxophonist and singer 69 [382]
24th of December Al Russell American pianist, singer and band leader 90 [383]
20th of December Clem DeRosa American drummer, arranger, orchestra conductor and music teacher 86 [384]
20th of December David Weir Tuttle American trombonist and percussionist 85 [385]
December 18th Ralph MacDonald American percussionist and songwriter 67 [386]
December 18th Johnny Silvo British singer 75 [387]
December 17th John Bishop American guitarist 65 [388]
December 16 Bob Brookmeyer American pianist and trombonist 81 [389]
13th December Nicholas Bliss American trumpeter 90 [390]
December 14th Jeanette McLeod Scottish singer ≈65
December 14th Gerald Sanfino American woodwind 91 [391]
13th December Nicholas G. Bliss American trumpeter 90 [392]
12th of December Pupi Campo American band leader and percussionist 91 [393]
12th of December Milly Ericson American singer and actress 82 [394]
12th of December Paul West American pianist and singer 76 [395]
11th December Fritz Maldener German pianist, music producer and composer 76 [396]
10th of December Dong “Chris” Zamora Filipino guitarist 50 [397]
9th of December Philippe Bas French pianist and composer 58 [398]
9th of December Jacques B. Hess French bass player, music critic and historian ≈85 [399]
9th of December Myra Taylor American singer and songwriter 94 [400]
December 8th Johnny Glasel American trumpeter 81
December 8th Eddy House Belgian saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger 65 [401]
6th of December Paul Blair American journalist, publisher and travel guide 69 [402]
6th of December Dobie Gray American singer and songwriter ( The 'In' Crowd ) 71 [403]
6th of December Jean Caryl Jefferson American singer 79 [404]
December 4th Hubert Sumlin American blues guitarist 80 [405]
3rd of December Archie Cotterell British pianist 81 [406]
2. December Selma Heraldo American curator of the Louis Armstrong House Museum (Queens) 88 [407]
2. December Bill Tapia American ukulele player 103 [408]
2. December Howard Tate American singer 72 [409]
2. December Al Vega American pianist 90 [410]

Date unknown

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
between November 20th and 25th Dereje Mekonnen Ethiopian keyboardist, arranger and composer 49 [411]
before November 18th Jean-Pierre Hartmann Swiss trombonist [412]
before November 14th Mike Watson British guitarist 88 [413]
before October 20th Bob Ewing Australian bass player [414]
October Gerryck King American drummer ≈51 [415]
Early September James W. Craig American pianist 85 [416]
Between June 22nd and 24th Larry Smith American radio disc jockey 83 [417]
May 19 to June 15 Benoît Guerrée French journalist ( Jazz magazine ) 35 [418]
before May 11th Stanley Wright American bass player, pianist and drummer 62 [419]
before February 10th Frank Robinson British pianist 85 [420]
January - early February Gunnar Bergsten Swedish saxophonist 65 [421]

Web links / sources

current news

Obituaries at All about Jazz • News from the Darmstadt Jazz Institute • advanced search at google • tsf jazz • NPR - A Blog Supreme

Further research sources

Downbeat News • Obituaries in the New York Times • The Guardian music obituaries • Figaro • Variety magazine • NRC Handelsblad • Der Tagesspiegel • Mail & Guardian (SA) • The Independent • The Scotsman • Telegraph Music Obituaries • The Music's Over • Rest in Peace • nola.com

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.br-online.de/br-klassik/klassik-news-richard-wiedamann-gestorben-ID1294397100002.xml ( Memento from July 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Charles Fambrough ( Memento of March 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Message of death in: Nürnberger Nachrichten , March 12, 2011, p. 28
  4. ^ Frank Gagliardi in the English language Wikipedia
  5. ↑ trauer.fr-online.de ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  6. ↑ Cancer! Jazz legend Günter Gollasch dead . In: Berliner Kurier , March 11, 2011
  7. ↑ obituary in Jazzpodium , 7/2011.
  8. ^ Kittie Doswell in the English language Wikipedia
  9. ^ Poul Godske in the Danish language Wikipedia
  10. ^ William Franklin Lee III in the English language Wikipedia
  11. ↑ Stephen Franckevich in the Swedish language Wikipedia
  12. ↑ Jeanette McLeod 1946 - 2011 ( Memento from January 5, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  13. ^ Johnny Glasel in the English language Wikipedia
  14. ↑ Jazz News, Blog Stories & Announcements ( English ) allaboutjazz.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  15. ^ Darmstadt Jazz News . Jazz Institute Darmstadt. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  16. ↑ jazz musician dies 2011 . Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  17. ↑ Jazz News ( English ) tsf jazz. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  18. ↑ A Blog Supreme ( English ) npr.org. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  19. ↑ Latest Headlines . Archived from the original on February 14, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  20. ^ Obituaries ( English ) New York Times. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  21. ^ Music + Obituaries ( English ) The Guardian. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  22. ^ Nécrologie ( French ) Figaro. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  23. ↑ Obituaries ( English ) Variety magazine. Archived from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  24. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: NRC Handelsblad )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.nrc.nl
  25. ↑ Obituaries . The daily mirror. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  26. ↑ Obituaries ( English ) Mail & Guardian. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  27. ^ Obituaries ( English ) The Independent. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  28. ^ Obituaries ( English ) The Scotsman. Archived from the original on March 15, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  29. ↑ Music Obituaries ( English ) Telegraph. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  30. ↑ Obituaries ( English ) The Music's Over. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  31. ↑ MEMORIALS ( English ) Phil Brodie Band Muso Page. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  32. ↑ nola.com ( English ) Retrieved on May 17, 2019  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / search.nola.com