Jazz-Nekrolog 2012

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Dave Brubeck
photography by Carl van Vechten
December 6, 1920 - December 5, 2012

This is a list of well-known personalities from the field of jazz who died in 2012 . The entries are made analogous to the general Nekrolog 2012 descending in time and alphabetically with the same date.

January

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
January 30th Walter Günthardt Swiss pianist [1]
January 29th Dieudonné Nino Malapet Congolese saxophonist 76 [2]
January 29th Jimmy "Junebug" Jackson American drummer 55 [3]
January 27th Todd Buffa American singer 59 [4]
January 27th Kay Davis American singer 91 [5]
January 26th Clare Fischer American pianist, arranger and composer 83 [6]
January 23 Bob "Housewine" Roden American saxophonist 62 [7]
January 20th Etta James American singer 73 [8th]
January 20th John Levy American bass player and producer 99 [9]
January 17th Helmuth Brandenburg German composer, conductor, saxophonist and arranger 83 [10]
January 17th Jimmy Harrison American trombonist and music teacher 83 [11]
January 17th Johnny Otis American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and band leader 90 [12]
January 16 Claude Santiago French documentary filmmaker 62 [13]
January 16 Jimmy Castor American singer, saxophonist and band leader 71 [14]
January 14th Anthony Maonde Zambian pianist 73 [15]
13th January Phil Kraus American vibraphonist 93 [16]
13th January Zbigniew way main Polish bass player 57 [17]
January 12th Sadao Bekku Japanese composer 89
January 9th Ernie Carson American cornetist, pianist and singer 74 [18]
January 9th Charles Hooper British drummer 69 [19]
January 8th Gregorio Hernández Ríos "El Goyo" Cuban rumba dancer, singer and percussionist 75 [20]
January 8th Dave Alexander (Omar Sharriff) American blues musician 73 [21]
January 8th Joseph Bennett American trombonist ≈86 [22]
6th January Billy Bean American guitarist 78 [23]
6th January Freddie Deronde Belgian bass player 71 [24]
6th January W. Francis McBeth American composer and bassist 78 [25]
January 4th Totti Bergh Norwegian saxophonist 76 [26]
January 4th Creighton Holley American blues musician 65 [27]
January 3rd Enrique de Melchor spanish flamenco guitarist 61 [28]
January 3rd Josef Škvorecký Czech-Canadian writer 87 [29]
January 2nd Ian Bargh British-Canadian pianist 76 [30]
January 2nd Gale Hess American violinist and composer 56 [31]
January 1st Klaus D. Huber German drummer and cabaret artist ( Ars Vitalis ) 62 [32]
January 1st Frank Koellges German drummer and performance artist 59 [33]

February

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
February 29th Roland Bautista American guitarist 60 [34]
February 29th Ann Marie Moss Canadian jazz singer and music teacher 77 [35]
February 28 Frisner Augustin Haitian drummer 63 [36]
27th of February Eddie Fritz American pianist and band leader 69 [37]
February 26th Hazy Osterwald Swiss musician 90 [38]
February 25 Raúl Abzueta Venezuelan guitarist 49 [39]
February 25 Louisiana Red American blues musician 79 [40]
February 24th Bob Badgley American bass player 83 [41]
February 24th Andy Cornett American blues musician 61 [42]
February 24th Bernard Ebbinghouse British musician, arranger and composer 84 [43]
February 24th Red Holloway American saxophonist 84 [44]
February 24th Ernest McLean American guitarist 85 [45]
February 24th Pery Ribeiro Brazilian singer and actor 74 [46]
February 24th Horst Weber German music producer and label founder 78 [47]
February 22 Mike Melvoin American pianist and composer 74 [48]
February 23 John McAndrew British trumpeter 74 [49]
21st of February Andreas Lunnan Norwegian journalist and musician 71
February 16 Bubi Chen Indonesian pianist 74 [50]
February 15th Joki's friend German musician, composer and arranger 85 [51]
February 15th Shamim Ahmed Khan Indian sitar player 74 [52]
14th of February Dory Previn American singer and composer, wife of André Previn 86 [53]
13th February Jodie Christian American pianist 80 [54]
13th February "Ice Pick" Walt Gibson American blues musician 56 [55]
February 10th Traubeli Weiss German guitarist 57 [56]
February 9 Gabriel Rondón Colombian guitarist 70 [57]
February 8 Billy Fayard American R&B musician 70 [58]
February 8 Frank Jolliffe American Chapman Stick player 53 [59]
February 8 Jimmy Sabater American singer and percussionist 75 [60]
February 7th Gloria June Powers American music organizer and producer 66 [61]
February 6th Noel Kelehan Irish pianist and orchestra leader 76 [62]
February 5th Jef Gilson French pianist, arranger, composer and big band leader 86 [63]
February 4th Julian Basilico Coco Curacao guitarist 89 [64]
February 4th Jamal A. Muhammad American music historian and radio presenter [65]
3 February Nick Tountas American bass player [66]
February 1st Don Cornelius American television presenter and producer ( Soul Train ) 75 [67]
February 1st David Peaston American gospel and R&B singer 54 [68]

March

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
March 30 Dita von Szadkowski German music journalist and author ≈83
28th March Sonny Igoe American drummer 88 [69]
28th March Jerry "Boogie" McCain American blues musician 81 [70]
28th March Vinnie Walsh Irish saxophonist 82 [71]
27th of March John Vernon Bowman American pianist 34 [72]
27th of March Reginald "Reggie" Lewis Canadian pianist 98 [73]
26th of March Bill Caldwell American saxophonist, flautist and clarinetist 49 [74]
26th of March Joe Ciavardone American trombonist 83 [75]
25th March Chuck Workman American radio presenter 79 [76]
March 23 István Regős Hungarian pianist, saxophonist and composer 65 [77]
March 23 Khalil Shaheed American trumpeter 63 [78]
March 21st Pete Saberton British pianist and composer [79]
March 18th Warren Luening American trumpeter 70 [80]
March 16 Manuel Vásquez Goyoneche 'Mangüé' Afro-Peruvian cajón player [81]
March 16 Carol Britto American pianist [82]
the 14th of March Eddie King American blues musician 73 [83]
March 13th Donald F. Smith American promoter and publicist 74 [84]
March 12th Ivan Lane S-American arranger and pianist 97 [85]
March 11 Hans G Helms German writer, composer and historian 79 [86]
March 11 Leon Spencer American pianist and organist 66 [87] [88]
March 10th Daidy Davis-Boyer French artist agent and music producer 94 [89]
9th March Benjamin Escoriza spanish singer 58 [90]
9th March Don Ingle American trombonist and journalist [91]
8th of March Big Walter Price American blues musician 97 [92]
6th March Joe Gene Byrd American guitarist and bassist 78 [93]
4th of March Cocky "Two-Bull" Tlhotlhalemaje South African musician, actor and radio host 75 [94]
4th of March Jerome Eisner American pianist 96 [95]
4th of March Elaine Rodgers Jackson American singer 85 [96]
3 March Wade Barnes American drummer 57 [97]
3 March Lou Colombo American trumpeter 84 [98]
3 March Raymond Court Swiss trumpeter 79 [99]
3 March Frank Marocco American accordionist 81 [100]

April

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
April, 30th Rob van den Broeck Dutch pianist and painter 71 [101]
April 28 Tommy Newsom American saxophonist 72 [102]
April 27 Jackie Kelso American saxophonist, flautist and clarinetist 90 [103]
April 25 Bill Beyea American saxophonist and clarinetist 79 [104]
April 24th Ubaldo de Lío Argentine tango guitarist 83 [105]
April 24th Joan Peyser American music historian 80 [106]
April 22 Pops Carter American blues musician 92 [107]
April 22 George Watts British saxophonist 82
April 21 Joe Muranyi American producer, clarinetist and saxophonist 84 [108]
20th of April Ayten Alpman Turkish singer 82 [109]
20th of April Duke Dawson American blues musician 82 [110]
20th of April Virgil Jones American trumpeter 72 [111]
20th of April Bert Weedon British guitarist 91 [112]
April 18 Noël Ekwabi Cameroonian bass player 51 [113]
April 18 Chris Giles American bass player 55 [114]
April 16 Teddy Charles American vibraphonist and composer 84 [115]
April 14th Norman Forsythe American copyist and bassoonist 77 [116]
April 13th Kind of Jenkins American singer, songwriter, composer, and percussionist 78 [117]
12. April Rodgers Lee Grant American pianist 76 [118]
12. April Andrew Love American soul and R&B saxophonist 70 [119]
11 April Hal McKusick American saxophonist 87 [120]
11 April George Mesterhazy American pianist and arranger 58 [121]
10th of April Barbara Buchholz German theremin player 52 http://www.br.de/radio/br-klassik/themen/klassik-aktuell/barbara-buchholz-gestorben-theremin100.html ( Memento from April 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
9th April Derryl Faber Goes American drummer and music educator 82 [122]
9th April Phoebe Jacobs American publicist and co-founder of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation (LAEF) 93 [123]
9th April Tony Marsh British drummer [124]
9th April Ueli Staub Swiss journalist, photographer and vibraphonist 78 [125]
7th of April Silas Hubbard Jr. American blues musician 73 [126]
April 6th John McGann American mandolin player and music teacher [127]
April 5th Gil Noble American journalist 80 [128]
April 5th Patoum French drummer and singer 100 [129]
3rd of April Ralph Ferraro American drummer, composer and arranger 82 [130]
2nd of April Antoine Moundanda Angolan musician 84 [131]

May

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
31. May Nelson Jacobina Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist 58 [132]
30th May Pete Cosey American guitarist 68 [133]
May 29th Jerry Krantz American club owner ( El Chapultepec ) 77 [134]
25. May Walter Malli Austrian artist and musician ( Masters of Unorthodox Jazz ) 71 [135]
23. May Gérard Conte French author ( Jazz Hot ) 81 [136]
23. May Hal Jackson American broadcaster 96 [137]
23. May Guy Konkèt French singer ≈66 [138]
May 22 Juanita Boisseau American dancer 100 [139]
May 22 Janet Carroll American singer and actress 71 [140]
May 22 Emmett McBain American graphic designer 77 [141]
May 21 Jerry Dorn American trombonist 90 [142]
May 20th Howie Richmond American music publisher 94 [143]
May 20th Carrie Smith American singer 70 [144]
May 19th Ladislav Simon Czech composer and arranger 81
May 19th Ray Torres American R&B drummer 68 [145]
17th of May Nobuyuki Morikawa Japanese saxophonist 79 [146]
17th of May Varda al-Jaza'iriya Algerian singer 72 [147]
17th of May Don Wilson American musician 76 [148]
May 16 Chuck Brown American funk musician 75 [149]
May 13th Donald "Duck" Dunn American bass player 70 [150]
May 11th Roland Shaw British arranger 91 [151]
10th of May Bernardo Sassetti Portuguese pianist and composer 41 [152]
May 9 Seydina Insa Wade Senegalese singer and guitarist 64 [153]
8th of May Frank Parr British trombonist 83 [154]
May 7th Tatiana Ivanovna Boyeva ukrainian singer 60
May 7th Sergio Mihanovich Argentine pianist; Singer and composer 74
May 6th Michael Burks American blues musician 54 [155]
5th of May Frederick J. Brown American artist 67 [156]
5th of May Sweet Joe Russell American R&B musician 72 [157]
May 4th Elliot Fine American drummer 86 [158]
May 4th Mort Lindsay American band leader and composer 89 [159]
May 3rd Lloyd Brevett Jamaican ska bassist ( The Skatalites ) 80 [160]
May 3rd Mitzi Scott American entrepreneur and widow of Raymond Scott 93 [161]
1st of May Muddy Fraser Canadian blues musician 62 [162]

June

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
June 30th Pentti Ahola Finnish pianist 83 [163]
June 30th Yomo Toro Puerto Rican cuatro player 78 [164]
25th June John Scott Henderson American guitarist and music teacher 53 [165]
June 24th Hal Serra American pianist and arranger 84 [166]
June 22 Jean-François Boillat Swiss pianist 72 [167]
June 22 Eddie Jenkins American drummer ≈94 [168]
June 22 Curtis Moses American jazz club operator ( Partners Jazz and Blues Lounge ) 43 [169]
June 21st Richard Adler American musical composer and songwriter 90 [170]
June 21st Günther "Papa Jazz" Blaschke German impresario 80 [171]
June 21st Robert Moore American R&B singer 68 [172]
June 21st Sune Spångberg Swedish drummer 82 [173]
June 19th Gerry Bron British music producer ( Colosseum ) 79 [174]
June 19th Valley Ognenovski Macedonian clarinetist and composer 90 [175]
15th June Doug Cole Canadian club owner ( George's Spaghetti House ) 87 [176]
15th June Rune Gustafsson Swedish guitarist 78 [177]
15th June Richard Pedraza Cuban-Honduran music historian 84 [178]
14th June Marjorie Hyams American vibraphonist, pianist and arranger 91 [179]
June 13th Graeme Bell Australian pianist, composer and band leader 97 [180]
June 13th Monika Defiance Austrian singer and composer 47 [181]
June 12 Adrián Otero Argentine singer 53 [182]
June 9th Abram Wilson American trumpeter and singer 38 [183]
June 7th Reg Quantrill British musician and founding member of The Wurzels 77 [184]
June 7th Nabil Totah American bass player 82 [185]
June 7th Christiane Weber German singer, music cabaret artist and lyricist 36 [186]
6th of June Joe Stenton British musician 82 [187]
6th of June Larry Unthank American saxophonist 60 [188]
June 5th Lou Pride American soul and blues singer 68 [189]
June 4th James Van Buren American singer 77 [190]
June 4th Steve Ben Israel American actor and member of the Living Theater 74 [191]
June 4th Herb reed American doo-wop singer ( The Platters ) 83 [192]
June 4th Jeff Sweet American pianist 58 [193]
3rd of June Andy Hamilton Jamaican-British saxophonist 94 [194]
2th of June Vinnie Johnson American drummer ≈75 [195]
2th of June Pete Kennedy British clarinetist 82 [196]
June 1st Faruq Z. Bey American saxophonist, flautist and lyric poet 70 [197]

July

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
30th July Ken Revell American saxophonist and music teacher 84 [198]
29th of July Osvaldo Fattoruso Uruguayan drummer 64 [199]
July 27th Tony Martin American singer and actor 98 [200]
July 26th Don Bagley American bass player and film composer 85 [201]
24th July Sherman Hemsley American actor and keyboard player 74 [202]
24th July Big Walter Smith American blues musician ≈82 [203]
July 23 Rolf Dahlgren Swedish music critic ≈92 [204]
22nd of July Jimmie Jones American music critic 87 [205]
20th of July Buddy Ross American bass player, pianist and arranger 90 [206]
July 19 Carlos Hayre Peruvian guitarist 80 [207]
July 19 Tam Mott American trombonist 83 [208]
17th July Jody Sandhouse American singer 47 [209]
17th July Ilhan Mimaroglu American composer and record producer ( Atlantic Records ) 86 [210]
16th of July Bob Babbitt American bass player 74 [211]
16th of July Ed Lincoln Brazilian bassist, organist, composer and arranger 80 [212]
July 14th Victor Gaskin American bass player 77 [213]
July 13th Bucky Adams Canadian saxophonist 75 [214]
July 13th Harry Betts American composer and trombonist 89
July 13th Maurice Davis American trumpeter 71 [215]
July 12 Takayoshi Matsunaga Japanese dub and fusion musician 54 [216]
10th of July Marie Ellington American singer (also widow of Nat King Cole) 89 [217]
10. January Eddy Jegge Swiss trumpeter and music editor 79 [218]
July 9 Lol Coxhill British saxophonist 79 [219]
July 9 Edwin Duff Australian singer 84 [220]
July 9 Ned Mahoney American cornetist 100 [221]
8th of July Lionel Batiste American bass drummer and singer 80 [222]
7th of July José Roberto Bertrami Brazilian keyboardist and director of Azymuth 66 [223]
7th of July Alf Pearson British singer 102 [224]
7th of July Paul Ponnudorai Malaysian guitarist and singer 51 [225]
July 6th Burrell Gluskin American pianist and composer 85 [226]
July 6th Rob Pronk Dutch band leader, arranger, pianist and composer 84 [227]
5th July Ben Kynard American saxophonist 92 [228]
July 4th (?) Larance Marable American drummer 83 [229]
July 1 Rafik Kachanov Russian actor and trumpeter 55
July 1 Fritz Pauer Austrian pianist, band leader and composer 68 [230]

August

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
August 30th Frank Pantrini Scottish saxophonist 83 [231]
August 28th Jerry Heath Canadian trombonist 77 [232]
26th of August Jerry Gordon American guitarist 58 [233]
August 23  ? Tom Bruno American drummer [234]
August 23 Charles Flores Cuban bass player 41 [235]
August 23 Byard Lancaster American multi-instrumentalist 70 [236]
August 21 Flavio Ambrosetti Swiss saxophonist and machine manufacturer 92 [237]
20th of August "Uptown" Janice Brown American singer 55 [238]
20th of August Ben Tinker American singer and guitarist 68 [239]
August 19th Shimrit Shoshan Israeli pianist 29 [240]
17th August Robert Kretzschmar German saxophonist 50 [241]
18th of August Willie George American saxophonist 92 [242]
15th of August Bill Tillman American saxophonist ( Blood, Sweat & Tears ) 65 [243]
August 14th Annie Kuebler American jazz researcher and archivist 61 [244]
August 11th Yves Bleton French music organizer [245]
August 11th Ed Doemland American composer, organist and pianist 74 [246]
August 11th From Freeman American saxophonist 88 [247]
August 9 Carl Davis American music producer ( OKeh Records ) 77 [248]
8th August Magro Waghabi Brazilian MPB musician 68 [249]
6th of August Marvin Hamlisch American composer 68 [250]
5th of August Martin E. Segal American entrepreneur and chairman of Lincoln Center 96 [251]
4th of August Johnnie Bassett American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter 76 [252]
3rd August Severino Araújo Brazilian musician and composer 95 [253]
August 2nd Delois Barrett Campbell American singer 85 [254]
August 2nd Tomasz Szukalski Polish saxophonist and composer 65 [255]

September

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
September 28th Eddie Bert American trombonist 90 [256]
September 28th Jacky June Belgian musician and band leader 88 [257]
September 27th Uldis Stabulnieks Lithuanian pianist and singer 66 [258]
September 27th Frank Wilson American singer and co-founder of Motown Records 71 [259]
25th of September Achim Hebgen German radio journalist 69 [260]
25th of September Andy Williams American singer 85 [261]
25th of September Billy Barnes American composer and songwriter 85 [262]
September 24th Peter Cork British composer 85 [263]
September 23rd Manny Fox American music producer 77 [264]
21st September José Curbelo American pianist and band leader 95 [265]
21st September Harold Lindsey American saxophonist 84 [266]
21st September Patrick Saussois French guitarist 58 [267]
September 20th Jimmy Walter French pianist, arranger and composer 82 [268]
September 19th Mat Domber American producer and co-founder of Arbors Records 84 [269]
September 18 Doudou Chancy Haitian saxophonist 53 [270]
September 15th James "Sugar Boy" Crawford American R&B singer and songwriter 77 [271]
September 15th Pucho Lopez Cuban pianist, composer, arranger and producer 55 [272]
September 15th Julius Pischl German concert promoter 57 [273]
September 14th Rebecca Dorsey American singer 54 [274]
September 14th Willis Kelly American trumpeter 102 [275]
13.september Obo Addy Ghanaian drummer 76 [276]
September 11 Tony Goldman American Club Owner ( Greene Street Café ) 68 [277]
September 10 Steven Springer American guitarist 60 [278]
the 9th of September Geoff Chapman Canadian jazz critic 73 [279]
the 9th of September Günter Discher German jazz historian and DJ 87 [280]
the 9th of September Leroy Wofford American singer [281]
September 8th John China British pianist [282]
September 7th  ? Xavier Brocker French music organizer ( Nancy Jazz Pulsations ) 73 [283]
September 4th Lala Kovačev Yugoslav or Serbian percussionist 72 [284]
September 3 Jean Fanis Belgian pianist ≈87 [285]
September 2nd Sjef Hoefsmit Dutch jazz researcher [286]
September 2nd John C. Marshall British guitarist, singer and songwriter 71 [287]
September 2nd Alex Merck German fusion musician and jazz producer 56 [288]
September 1 Sean Bergin South African saxophonist and flautist 64 [289]
September 1 Georges Delagaye Belgian trombonist 75 [290]

October

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
October 31 Jacques Diéval French pianist 91 [291]
October 29th Bruce Davis American trombonist 91 [292]
28th of October Terry Callier American guitarist and singer 67 [293]
October 27 Joe Cinderella American guitarist 85 [294]
October 26th Felix del Rosario Dominican saxophonist and band leader 78
23rd October Nina Bundy American singer [295]
23rd October Cathedral Cerulli American author and record producer 85 [296]
October 21 Lee Armentrout American trombonist, copyist and arranger 103 [297]
October 19th Joan Saura Spanish keyboard instrumentalist, composer, pioneer of Catalan improvisational and experimental music 58 [298]
October 18 Borah Bergman American pianist 78 [299]
October 18 David S. Ware American saxophonist 62 [300]
October 17th Jean-François Canape French trumpeter 66 [301]
October, 16th Bob Dartsch Belgian drummer 68 [302]
October, 16th Isaac "Dickie" Freeman American gospel singer 84 [303]
15th October Paul Biste German musician. Composer and arranger 87 [304]
15th October Norodom Sihanouk King and jazz pianist 89 [305]
October 12th Neil Leonard American university professor and jazz historian 84 [306]
October 12th Alan Grant American broadcaster and music producer 92 [307]
October 11th Erik Moseholm Danish bass player and composer 82 [308]
October 10th Bill Brimfield American trumpeter 74 [309]
9th October Eddie Harvey British trombonist, pianist, arranger and music teacher 86 [310]
8th October John Tchicai Danish jazz musician 76 [311]
October 7th Wiley Reed Australian blues musician 68 [312]
5th October Yozo Iwanami Japanese music critic ≈79 [313]
October 3 Jacky Samson French bass player 72 [314]
October 2nd Jean-Pierre Moussaron French university professor and author 74 [315]
October 2nd Vince Wallace American saxophonist 73 [316]
October 1 Eric Hobsbawm British historian and jazz critic 95 [317]
October 1 Heinrich Schultz Estonian music organizer 88

November

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
30th of November Kélétigui Diabaté Malian balafon player 81
30th of November Alvy West American saxophonist, composer, arranger and bandleader 97 variety.com
November 28th Basil Hunter British pianist, vibraphonist and composer 94
November 27th Mickey Baker American guitarist 87 [318]
25. November Juan Carlos Calderón Spanish pianist, composer and producer 74 [319]
25. November Simeon ten Holt Dutch composer 89 [320]
November 24th Howard Coleman American nightclub owner ( Green Pastures ) 87 [321]
22nd of November David Allyn American singer 89 [322]
22nd of November Bruce Morley New Zealand drummer [323]
21st November Austin Peralta American pianist 22nd [324]
21st November John Signorelli American saxophonist 89 [325]
November 19th Pete LaRoca American drummer 74 [326]
November 18 Stan Greig British pianist, drummer and band leader 82 [327]
15th of November Maxim Saury French clarinetist, arranger and band leader 84 [328]
15th of November Frode Thingnæs Norwegian trombonist, band leader and composer 72 [329]
14th November Bo Grønningsæter Norwegian concert promoter 61 [330]
November 12th Bob French American drummer and radio host 74 [331]
November 9th Erwin "Whitey" Thomas American trumpeter 92 [332]
November 8th Ian Pearce Australian pianist 90 [333]
November 6th Stuart Curtis American saxophonist 58 [334]
November 4th Ted Curson American trumpeter 77 [335]
November 3rd Bernie Tyrell British drummer ≈82 [336]
November 2 Ray Pitts American saxophonist, composer and arranger 80 [337]

December

Day Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
December 29th Mike Auldridge American bluesgrass musician 73 [338]
December 29th Keith Crombie British club owner 74 [339]
December 29th Bob Jones American broadcaster ( Milkman's Matinee ) 70 [340]
December 28th Jayne Cortez American writer and vocal improviser 76 [341]
December 27th Augusto Bracca Venezuelan folk musician 94 [342]
December 27th Dottie Smith American singer 87 [343]
December 26th Fontella bass American singer 72 [344]
December 26th Fred Gerard French trumpeter 88
25 December Yuri Kravets Ukrainian accordionist 55 [345]
24th of December Richard Rodney Bennett British composer 76 [346]
24th of December Rampholo Molefhe Botswana journalist and author 56 [347]
24th of December Chris Robbins British journalist and author 66 [348]
December 22 Hans Samer Austrian guitarist 64 [349]
21st December Italia Vaniglio Italian singer 86 [350]
20th of December Jimmy McCracklin American blues musician 91 [351]
19. December Inez Andrews American gospel singer 83 [352]
19. December Ken Chaney American pianist and music teacher 74 [353]
19. December Jack Moore American broadcaster 89 [354]
15th December Thick oats American saxophonist 85 [355]
13th December Georges Bellec French singer and member of Les Frères Jacques 94 [356]
13th December Eddie Burns American blues musician 84 [357]
12th of December Ray Briem American broadcaster 82 [358]
December 12th ? Jean-Louis Ginibre French author and editor of Jazz Magazine 79 [359]
12th of December Kurt Weil Swiss musician 80
9th of December Robert Barnes American saxophonist 85 [360]
December 8th Hal Schaefer American pianist, arranger and film composer 87 [361]
December 8th Günther Klatt German saxophonist, painter and sculptor 55 [362]
December 8th ? Jill Walsh American singer and songwriter 47 [363]
December 7th Jeni LeGon American dancer 96 [364]
6th of December Ed Cassidy American drummer 89 [365]
December 5th Dave Brubeck American pianist and band leader 91 [366]
3rd of December Cecilia McGuinn Smith (aka Badabing ) American singer 61 [367]
3rd of December Carl Randall American saxophonist and flautist [368]

Date unknown

Surname Origin / occupation Age receipt
Notice of death on December 19th Charles Bell American pianist ≈79 [369]
Notice of death on December 4th Colin Tipton British university professor 72 [370]
Notice of death on November 23rd Haja Rakotonimanga Malagasy pianist [371]
Notice of death on November 19th Peter Galpin British guitarist 62 [372]
Notice of death on October 18th Ed Gaston Australian bass player ≈83 [373]
Notice of death on September 12th John China British pianist 50 [374]
Notice of death on September 11th Martin Read British composer and music teacher 50 [375]
Notice of death on September 6th Jack Berry American sound engineer 53 [376]
Announcement of death on August 9th Günther Peschke German saxophonist and band leader 62 [377]
August Franya Berkman American musicologist ≈43 [378]
August Cups Nkanuka South African saxophonist and band leader 82 [379]
Early July Dennis Scharlau German photographer 32 [380]
May Manny Scretching (aka Nitro Deluxe ) American musician 52 [381]
before May 29th Chuck Austin American trumpeter [382]
before May 14th "Mighty" Joe Young British guitarist and bassist 80 [383]
before April 27th Derek Bridge British saxophonist and arranger ≈70 [384]
before March 7th Let Hörnfeldt Swedish saxophonist 71 [385]
March Jalal Zolfonoun Iranian Setâr player 74 [386]
February Eivin One Pedersen Norwegian accordionist and pianist ≈55
before March 2nd Eddie Fritz American pianist 70 [387]
before February 25th Nomvula Motsa Radio presenter from Swaziland [388]
January AJ mantas American vibraphonist [389]
before January 29th Wally Wrightman Australian bass player and singer 77 [390]
before January 28th Edwin "Rocky" Wynder American saxophonist 83 [391]
before January 9th Denis Van Hecke Belgian cellist [392]

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  1. ↑ cf. en: Sadao Bekku
  2. ↑ cf. no: Andreas Lunnan
  3. ↑ cf. cs: Ladislav Simon
  4. ↑ cf. ru: Боева, Татьяна Ивановна
  5. ↑ cf. es: Sergio Mihanovich
  6. ↑ cf. en: Harry Betts
  7. ↑ cf. ru: Кашапов, Рафик Сяндзябеддинович
  8. ↑ cf. ru: Шульц, Генрих Леович
  9. ↑ google.com ( Memento from January 25, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  10. ^ Obituary in Legacy , The Obituary in The Guardian
  11. ↑ Aargauer Zeitung from January 15, 2013
  12. ↑ Stavanger Aftenblad, March 3, 2012, p. 41