Jazz Nekrolog 2016

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This is a list of well-known personalities in the field of jazz (and related genres) who passed away in 2016 . As in the general Nekrolog 2016, the entries are made in descending order and alphabetically with the same date.

Jean-Baptiste "Toots" Thielemans
April 29, 1922 - August 22, 2016

January

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
31 January	Janusz Muniak	Polish tenor saxophonist	74	[1]
31 January	Tony Raine	British pianist	81	[2]
January 30th	Gerald Borsuk	American pianist	95	[3]
January 29th	Alden Ashforth	American college professor and music producer	82	[4]
January 29th	Jef Coolen	Belgian trumpeter	71	[5]
January 29th	Ted Woods	American bass player	86	[6]
January 28th	Vinícius Dorin	Brazilian multi-instrumentalist	53	[7]
January 28th	Dwayne Lee Pedigo	American trumpeter and university professor	67	[8th]
January 27th	Joe Harris	American drummer	89	[9]
January 26th	Miguel Ángel Rasalps, "El Lele"	Cuban singer	71	[10]
January 26th	Bryce Rohde	Australian pianist	93	[11]
January 25th	Frank Collett	American pianist	74	[12]
January 24th	Jackie King	American guitarist	71	[13]
22nd of January	John Farris	American lyric poet	75	[14]
22nd of January	Shankar Ghosh	Indian musician and composer	80	[15]
22nd of January	Kathrin Lemke	German saxophonist	44	[16]
January 20th	Dick Mushlitz	American banjo player	86	[17]
January 19th	Jack Feierman	American trumpeter, arranger and orchestra leader	91	[18]
January 19th	Robert W. Johnson	American guitarist	79	[19]
January 17th	Mic Gillette	American trumpeter and trombonist	64	[20]
January 16	Hubert Giraud	French musician, composer and songwriter	95	[21]
January 16	Jack Lidstrom	Swedish trumpeter	84	[22]
January 14th	Hamilton "Ham" Carson	American clarinetist	86	[23]
13th January	Giorgio Gomelsky	British impresario, music manager and producer	81	[24]
13th January	George "Pepe" Grant	American doo-wop singer	78	[25]
13th January	Ron Kalina	American harmonica player	87	[26]
11th January	Bill Dunham	American pianist and band leader		[27]
10. January	Wayne Thompson	American columnist and publisher	?	[28]
January 9th	Barry Amass	American saxophonist	62	[29]
January 9th	Padhi Frieberger	Austrian artist and musician	≈86	[30]
January 8th	Otis Clay	American soul and R&B singer	73	[31]
January 8th	Frank Jeffes	British guitarist	93	[32]
January 8th	Mary Ann Moss	American singer	?	[33]
January 8th	Morris Wilson	American saxophonist	76	[34]
January 7th	Alan Haven	British organist	80
January 7th	Kitty Kallen	American singer	93	[35]
6th January	Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros	cuban trumpeter	87	[36]
6th January	Roger Fugen	French drummer	75	[37]
January 5th	Pachy Carrasco	Dominican Latin musician	47	[38]
January 4th	Klaus Arp	German composer and conductor	65	[39]
January 4th	Armsted Christian	American musician and university professor	64	[40]
January 4th	Long John Hunter	American blues guitarist and songwriter	84	[41]
January 4th	Johnny Rogers	British saxophonist	≈89	[42]
January 3rd	Paul Bley	Canadian pianist	83	[43]
January 2nd	Jo Ann Cheatham	American photographer and publisher	72	[44]
January 2nd	Kira Payne	Canadian saxophonist and clarinetist	50	[45]
January 2nd	Steve Welch	American trombonist and singer	84	[46]
January 1st	Gilberto Mendes	Brazilian composer	93	[47]
January 1st	Rusty Paul	American guitarist	74	[48]

February

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
February 28	Ben Conroy	American pianist	92	[49]
27th of February	Robert Guthrie	American broadcaster	82	[50]
February 26th	CL blast	American blues and soul singer	81	[51]
February 26th	Maurice Van Eyck	Belgian drummer	79	[52]
February 25	John Chilton	British jazz musician and author	83	[53]
February 25	Taylor McLean	American artist, musician, and producer	72	[54]
February 23	Rey Caney	Cuban singer and musician	89	[55]
February 22	Hans Reffert	German composer and guitarist	69	[56]
19th of February	Harald Devold	Norwegian saxophonist and flautist	51	[57]
19th of February	J. Leonard Oxley	American pianist and arranger	87	[58]
February 15th	Charles Patrick Wristen	American trumpeter	70	[59]
14th of February	Sweet baby James Benton	American singer	85	[60]
14th of February	LC Ulmer	American blues musician	87	[61]
13th February	Bobby "Top Hat" Davis	American blues musician	83	[62]
February 7th	Brian Sibbald	British bass player	70	[63]
February 7th	Roger Willemsen	German publicist, author, essayist and television presenter	60	[64]
February 6th	Dan Hicks	American singer and guitarist	74	[65]
February 4th	Leslie Bassett	American composer and trombonist	93	[66]
February 4th	Leon Henderson	American saxophonist	75	[67]
February 4th	La Velle	American singer	72	[68]
3 February	Maurice White	American singer and musician	74	[69]
February 1st	Freddie Jones	American pianist	84	[70]

March

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
March 31	Terry Plumeri	American bass player and film composer	71	[71]
March 31	Mark Schulz	American guitarist and composer	54	[72]
March 30	Ward Harston	American saxophonist	65	[73]
March 30	Andy "Thunderclap" Newman	British pianist	73	[74]
March 30	Gianmaria Testa	Italian songwriter	57	[75]
27th of March	Frédéric Deval	French flamenco promoter, producer and organizer	65	[76]
26th of March	David Baker	American musician, composer and university professor	84	[77]
26th of March	Joe Marillo	American saxophonist and music organizer	83	[78]
26th of March	Joseph James Shepley	American trumpeter	86	[79]
March 24th	Roger Cicero	German pop and jazz musician	45	[80]
March 23	Joseph Gattone	American pianist	86	[81]
March 23	BiLl Reid	American pianist	86	[82]
March, 20th	Helen Arlt	American jazz club chairman	94	[83]
March, 20th	Eddie "Poppa Duke" Edwards	American musician	80	[84]
March, 20th	Jimmy Gemus	American flautist, clarinetist and saxophonist	95	[85]
19th March	John Roulet	American drummer	93	[86]
March 18th	Michael Torsone	American organist and singer	62	[87]
17. March	Hannes Beckmann	German violinist	65	[88]
March 16	Lee Andrews	American doo-wop singer	79	[89]
March 16	Frank Sinatra junior	American singer	72	[90]
March 16	Hugo Strasser	German clarinetist and band leader	93	[91]
March, 15	Ryo Fukui	Japanese pianist	≈67	[92]
March, 15	John McKellen	American music producer	85	[93]
the 14th of March	O'Donel Levy	American guitarist	70	[94]
the 14th of March	George Robert	Swiss musician	55	[95]
March 13th	Sidney Mear	American trumpeter	87	[96]
March 13th	Jim Yanaway	American music producer	64	[97]
March 12th	Tommy Brown	American R&B singer	84	[98]
March 11	Joe Ascione	American drummer	54	[99]
March 11	Lutz Büchner	German saxophonist	47	[100]
March 10th	Ernestine Anderson	American singer	87	[101]
March 10th	Jacques Mahieux	French drummer	69	[102]
9th March	Naná Vasconcelos	Brazilian percussionist	71	[103]
9th March	Léon Francioli	Swiss jazz bassist	69	[104]
8th of March	George Martin	British music producer	90	[105]
8th of March	Claus Ogerman	German-American composer and arranger	86	[106]
7th March	Joe Cabot	American trumpeter	94	[107]
7th March	Timmy Makaya	Zimbabwean guitarist and band leader	67	[108]
7th March	Jim Mitchell	American guitarist	80	[109]
7th March	Kelly Roberty	American bass player	61	[110]
7th March	Dave West	American pianist	81	[111]
6th March	Ireng Maulana	Indonesian guitarist	71	[112]
6th March	Jens Sülzenfuß	German radio presenter	77	[113]
5. March	Allen Gresch	American music organizer	73	[114]
4th of March	Jim Rivard	American guitarist	94	[115]
3 March	Saïd Chraïbi	Moroccan oud player	65	[116]
3 March	Jeptha Spencer Bey	American pianist	85	[117]
1st March	Delle Haensch	German saxophonist	89	[118]
1st March	Martha Wright	American singer	92	[119]

April

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
April 25	Remo Belli	American drummer and entrepreneur	88	[120]
April 24th	Billy Paul	American singer	81	[121]
April 24th	Papa Wemba	Congolese singer	66	[122]
April 22	Graham Tayar	British pianist	83	[123]
April 21	Lonnie Mack	American guitarist	74	[124]
April 21	Prince	American musician	57	[125]
April 18	Dolores Yeager	American bassist and music dealer	87	[126]
April 15th	Spartaco Andréoli	French saxophonist	93	[127]
April 15th	John Randolph Eaton	American pianist and composer	91	[128]
April 13th	Mariano Mores	Argentine tango composer and conductor	98	[129]
April 13th	Jeremy Steig	American flautist	73	[130]
April 13th	Pete Yellin	American woodwind	74	[131]
11 April	Jack Hammer	American musician and songwriter	90	[132]
9th April	Tony Conrad	American artist, musician, and composer	76	[133]
9th April	Marty vice	American violinist	65	[134]
9th April	Joseph Muro	American guitarist and bassist	98	[135]
7th of April	Dennis Davis	American drummer	64	[136]
April 6th	Zena Latto	American saxophonist	90	[137]
April 5th	Alfons Würzl	Austrian clarinetist and saxophonist	75
April 5th	Zena Latto	American clarinetist and saxophonist	90	[138]
4. April	Carlo Mastrangelo	American doo-wop and prog rock singer	78	[139]
4. April	Gétatchèw Mèkurya	Ethiopian saxophonist	81	[140]
3rd of April	Don Francks	Canadian actor and musician	84	[141]
3rd of April	Walter Giers	German light, sound and media artist	78	[142]
3rd of April	Bill Henderson	American singer	90	[143]
2nd of April	Gato Barbieri	Argentine saxophonist and film composer	83	[144]
2nd of April	Jimmy Lewis	American drummer	74	[145]

May

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
30th May	Jimmy Borges	American singer	80	[146]
30th May	Joe Carter	American guitarist and songwriter	54	[147]
30th May	Chris Haskins	British bass player	76	[148]
30th May	John A. Schaeffer	American bass player		[149]
May 26	Tom Olin	American woodwind		[150]
May 24th	Marco Eneidi	American jazz musician	59	[151]
May 24th	Anne-Marie Nzié	Cameroonian singer	84	[152]
23. May	Wes Phillips	American bass player	38	[153]
May 22	Michael Dennert	German drummer		[154]
May 21	Nick Menza	American rock and fusion drummer	51	[155]
May 21	Vassil Parmakov	Bulgarian pianist	54	[156]
May 19th	Christer Sandell	Finnish pianist	75	[157]
May 16	Fredrik Norén	Swedish drummer	75	[158]
May 14th	Ron Henry	American singer	79	[159]
May 14th	Let Mårtenson	Finnish singer and pianist	81	[160]
May 14th	Paul Smoker	American trumpeter	75	[161]
May 13th	Esther Cidoncha	Spanish-Algerian jazz photographer	59	[162]
May 13th	Buster Cooper	American trombonist	87	[163]
12th of May	Tony Gable	American percussionist	64	[164]
12th of May	Alan Tarpinian	American drummer and music educator	62	[165]
12th of May	Harold Van Pelt	American saxophonist and composer	85	[166]
May 11th	Joe Temperley	British saxophonist	86	[167]
May 9	João Palma	Brazilian drummer	75	[168]
8th of May	Duncan Soutar	American drummer and broadcaster	91	[169]
May 7th	Michael S. Harper	American lyric poet	78	[170]
May 6th	Hannes Bauer	German trombonist	61	[171]
May 6th	Paul Brown	American bass player and music teacher	82	[172]
May 6th	Candye Kane	American singer	54	[173]
May 6th	June Smith	Australian singer	85	[174]
5th of May	Pete Wolbrette	American trumpeter	62	[175]
May 4th	Ursula Mamlok	American composer	93	[176]
May 4th	Reggie Torian	American soul singer	≈67	[177]
2.May	Yuri Kuznetsov	Ukrainian pianist	63	[178]
2.May	Paul McDowell	British singer and actor	84	[179]
1st of May	Doug Raney	American guitarist	59	[180]
1st of May	Sergio Vitier	Cuban composer and guitarist	68	[181]

June

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
June 30th	Don Friedman	American pianist	81	[182]
June 30th	Juan Habichuela	spanish flamenco guitarist	83	[183]
June 29th	Thomas Beimel	German composer	49	[184]
June 29th	Rob Wasserman	American bass player	64	[185]
June 27th	Isaiah Williams III	American guitarist	54	[186]
June 26th	Jean Huling	American pianist	85	[187]
June 26th	Erich Traugott	canadian trumpeter	88	[188]
June 24th	Mike Pedicin	American saxophonist and band leader	98	[189]
June 24th	Bernie Worrell	American keyboardist, composer and producer	72	[190]
23rd June	Stanley Cooper	American music publisher	91	[191]
23rd June	Shelley Moore	British-American singer	84	[192]
June 22	Earl "Buzz" Loveland	American drummer	83	[193]
June 22	Harry Rabinowitz	British composer and orchestra director	100	[194]
June 21st	Jack Fuller	American journalist and trombonist	69	[195]
June 21st	Wayne Jackson	American trumpeter	74	[196]
June 21st	Freddy Powers	American singer and songwriter	84	[197]
20th June	Stephen Jones	American bass player		[198]
18th of June	Detlev Beier	German bass player	58	[199]
18th of June	Bill Eden	American woodwind	78	[200]
18th of June	Judith Elaine Nelson	American pianist	68	[201]
17th of June	Willy Andresen	Norwegian musician and band leader	94	[202]
17th of June	Paul Tillotson	American pianist and organist	51	[203]
June 16	Sir Charles Thompson	American pianist, organist and arranger	98	[204]
15th June	Totlyn Jackson	Jamaican singer		[205]
June 13th	Randy Jones	British-American drummer	72	[206]
June 13th	Ed Pucci	American drummer	84	[207]
June 12	José M. Lugo ("Luguito")	Puerto Rican pianist, composer and producer	56	[208]
June 11th	Fay Ellen Lehr	American Club Owner (Deer Head Inn)		[209]
June 9th	Ralf Butscher	German pianist	≈77	[210]
June 9th	Matthias Ziegert ("Blueser 54")	German blues promoter and manager	61	[211]
8th June	Chris Lachotta	German bass player	56	[212]
8th June	Aloisio Milanez Aguiar	Brazilian pianist	72	[213]
June 5th	Jack Coker	American pianist	87	[214]
June 5th	Fred "Moe" Snyder	American trombonist	94	[215]
June 4th	Bill Richmond	American drummer and television writer	94	[216]
3rd of June	Claire Gordon	American music manager and writer	97	[217]
3rd of June	Morris "Moe" Jennings	American drummer	77	[218]
2th of June	Ben Gerritsen	Dutch vibraphonist	65	[219]
2th of June	Hans'che Weiss	German guitarist	65	[220]

July

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
July 9	Rosie Rodriguez	American pianist	84	[221]
July 26th	Chuck Berg	American film scholar, musician and author	75	[222]
July 25th	Allan Barnes	American saxophonist and flautist	66	[223]
July 23	Daniel Amelot	French bass player	81	[224]
July 23	André Clergeat	French journalist and music critic	89	[225]
22nd of July	Dominic Duval	American bass player	71	[226]
20th of July	Williams Gaines	American journalist	82	[227]
July 18th	Ann E. Ward	American pianist	67	[228]
17th July	Elsie Bianchi Brunner	Swiss pianist and entrepreneur	85	[229]
16th of July	Claude Williamson	American pianist	89	[230]
15th of July	Charles Davis	American saxophonist	83	[231]
15th of July	Roland Prince	Antiguan guitarist	69	[232]
15th of July	Christian Viénot	French woodwind	91	[233]
July 13th	Claude Vinh-San	French accordionist and band leader	82	[234]
July 12	Gregg Smith	American choir director and composer	84	[235]
July 11th	Samuel A. Floyd Jr.	American musicologist and educator	79	[236]
July 11th	Alfred C. Heupt (Al Cee)	German trombonist, pianist and singer	69	[237]
July 11th	Sebastian Whittaker	American drummer	49	[238]
10th of July	Billy Balle	German music organizer	69	[239]
July 9	Vaughn Harper	American broadcaster	71	[240]
7th of July	Steve Grover	American drummer and university professor	60	[241]
7th of July	Marc Klein	Belgian music organizer		[242]

August

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
August 31	Ken Rhodes	American pianist	71	[243]
August 31	Ralph Swift	American bass player	87	[244]
August 30th	Roger Shew	American bass player and music teacher	41	[245]
29th August	Michael Di Pasqua	American drummer	63	[246]
29th August	Patricia Osborn	American music organizer and promoter	85	[247]
August 25	Rudy Van Gelder	American sound engineer	91	[248]
August 24th	Steven "Bo" Eckhard	American bass player and music teacher	58	[249]
August 22nd	Sammy Banks	American drummer	96	[250]
August 22nd	Hans Rempel	German musician and composer	75	[251]
August 22nd	Toots Thielemans	Belgian harmonica player	94	[252]
August 21	Berry Lipman	German band leader, composer, arranger and music producer	95	[253]
August 21	Gerhard Stein	German saxophonist	86	[254]
20th of August	Irving Fields	American pianist	101	[255]
20th of August	Celestin Kouka	Congolese singer	81	[256]
20th of August	Louis Smith	American trumpeter and university professor	85	[257]
20th of August	Louis Stewart	Irish guitarist	72	[258]
August 19th	Horacio Salgan	Argentine tango musician	100	[259]
August 19th	Derek Smith	British pianist	85	[260]
August 19th	Bernd Titus	German trumpeter	68	[261]
17th August	John Fischer	American pianist, composer and painter	86	[262]
August 16	Kenny Olson	American clarinetist and saxophonist	94	[263]
15th of August	Bobby Hutcherson	American vibraphonist	75	[264]
15th of August	Bob Kindred	American saxophonist	76	[265]
15th of August	William Edward Schneider	American music manager	97	[266]
13 August	Kenny Baker	British actor and harmonica player	81	[267]
13 August	Connie Crothers	American pianist	75	[268]
12. August	Ruby Wilson	American blues, soul and gospel singer	66	[269]
August 11th	Doc DeHaven	American trumpeter	85	[270]
6th of August	Pete Fountain	American clarinetist	86	[271]
5th of August	Jo Cool Davis	American gospel singer	63	[272]
4th of August	Freddy Sunder	Belgian guitarist, singer and arranger	88	[273]
3rd August	Donald A. Bailly	American saxophonist	80	[274]

September

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
September 29th	Royal Torrence	American soul singer	82	[275]
September 24th	Howard Dudune	American saxophonist and clarinetist	86	[276]
September 26th	Karel Růžička	Czech pianist	76	[277]
25th of September	Dawn Hampton	American singer	88	[278]
September 24th	Jacques "Saxman Johnson"	American saxophonist
September 24th	Stanley Dural Jr.	American accordionist	68	[279]
September 19th	Roland Paolucci	American musician and university professor	78	[280]
16th September	January Christy	Indonesian singer	58	[281]
September 15th	Kanyinola Olufemi Addie	Nigerian musician	64	[282]
September 14th	Don Buchla	American synthesizer developer	79	[283]
13.september	Anne Germain	french singer	81	[284]
13.september	Nancy Rulli	American trumpeter	88	[285]
13.september	Bernd Schmude	German banjo player	72	[286] , [287]
September 10	Dianne Pine	American singer	68	[288]
7th of September	James B. Jones	American saxophonist and author	95	[289]
September 6th	Lewis Merenstein	American music producer	81	[290]
5th September	Amar Abdelkrim	French music journalist (TSF Jazz)	70	[291]
5th September	Fred McFarlane	American songwriter, record producer, and musician		[292]
September 3	Nora York	American singer	60	[293]
September 2nd	Lennie Green	American Club Owner ( Basin Street East )	99	[294]
September 1	Paul Dubois	Belgian bass player	92	[295]

October

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
30th of October	Bill Kyle	Scottish drummer, promoter and club owner	≈70	[296]
October 27	Pinise Saul	South African singer	≈75	[297]
October 27	Erasto Vasconcelos	Brazilian singer and composer	69	[298]
October 27	Bobby Wellins	Scottish saxophonist	80	[299]
October 26th	Valter Ojakäär	Estonian composer, music journalist and musician	93	[300]
October 25	Paul Vincent	German jazz rock musician	65	[301]
October 24th	Eddy Christiani	Dutch guitarist, singer and songwriter	98	[302]
October 24th	Georges Jouvin	French trumpeter	93	[303]
October 24th	Neven Mijač	Yugoslav or Croatian blues harp player	51	[304]
October 24th	Freddy Poulsen	Danish musician and artist	80	[305]
October 21	Manfred Krug	German actor and singer	79	[306]
the 20th of October	Achieng Abura	Kenyan singer		[307]
October 19th	Manfred Baierl	German saxophonist	≈64	[308]
October 19th	Jos Knaepen	Belgian photographer	71	[309]
October 18	Phil Chess	American music producer	95	[310]
October 18	Mike Daniels	British trumpeter	88	[311]
October 17th	Al Stewart	American trumpeter	89	[312]
15th October	Bobby Hales	canadian trumpeter	82	[313]
15th October	Janey Hooper	American singer		[314]
October 14th	Edmond Harnie	Belgian trumpeter	96	[315]
October 14th	Werner Lämmerhirt	German guitarist	67	[316]
October 12th	Bruce DeMoll	American saxophonist	86	[317]
October 11th	Dairo Miyamoto	Japanese saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist	59	[318]
October 10th	Richard Wang	American university professor, musician, and publicist	88	[319]
9th October	Enrique "Quique" Lucca Caraballo	Puerto Rican guitarist, singer and band leader	103	[320]
9th October	Guy Nadon	Canadian drummer	82	[321]
9th October	Marin Petrache Pechea	Romanian singer	71	[322]
8th October	Don Lewis	American trumpeter	65	[323]
October 7th	Natalie Lamb	American singer	83	[324]
October 6th	Ted Harvey	American blues musician	85	[325]
October 3	Frederic Armand Hatfield	American college professor and co-founder of the New Orleans Jazz Club	88	[326]
October 1	Patricia King	American singer	88	[327]

November

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
November 29th	Allan Zavod	Australian pianist	71	[328]
November 28th	Carlton Kitto	Indian guitarist	74	[329]
November 27th	Tony Martell	American music producer	90	[330]
November 26th	Mac Chrupcala	American pianist	75	[331]
25. November	Pauline Oliveros	American composer	84	[332]
November 24th	Steve Cancelli	American guitarist	74	[333]
November 24th	Shirley Bunnie Foy	American singer	80	[334]
November 24th	Lou Tracey	American songwriter	88	[335]
22nd of November	Edgar "Dooky" Chase	American trumpeter, band leader, and union activist	88	[336]
22nd of November	Peter Dechert	American photographer, composer, and jazz musician	91	[337]
20th November	Hod O'Brien	American pianist	80	[338]
November 19th	Dominique Répécaud	French guitarist	61	[339]
November 16	Robert Paiste	Estonian-Swiss instrument maker and music producer	84	[340]
15th of November	Moses Allison	American pianist and singer	89	[341]
15th of November	Bob Walsh	Canadian blues musician	68	[342]
14th November	Tony Monte	American pianist and arranger	77	[343]
November 13th	Leon Russell	American pianist and singer	74	[344]
November 12th	Bill Maginnis	American drummer and composer	77	[345]
November 11th	Victor Bailey	American bass guitarist	56	[346]
November 11th	Peter Nthwane	South African trumpeter	64	[347]
November 11th	Raynoma Singleton	American singer, arranger and producer	79	[348]
November 9th	Al Caiola	American guitarist and composer	96	[349]
November 9th	Charles Traeger	American bass player and instrument maker	[350]
November 8th	Jim Torok	American clarinet	80	[351]
November 7th	Elvi Paschal	American saxophonist		[352]
November 5th	Lucky Ranku	South African guitarist	75	[353]
November 4th	Janusz Stefański	Polish drummer	70	[354]
November 3rd	Kay Starr	American singer	94	[355]
November 2	Bob Cranshaw	American bass player	83	[356]

December

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
December 31	Jimmy Hamilton	American pianist	80	[357]
December 31	David Meltzer	American lyric poet, author, and musician	79	[358]
30th of December	Rich Conaty	American broadcaster	62	[359]
30th of December	Jacques Schols	Dutch bass player and band leader	81	[360]
December 29th	Laurie Carlos	American performance artist, actress and artistic director	67	[361]
December 28th	Pierre Barouh	French composer and singer	82	[362]
December 28th	Knut Kiesewetter	German trombonist and singer	75	[363]
December 27th	Larry Abel	American woodwind, copyist and arranger	83	[364]
December 27th	Pete Burden	British saxophonist	75	[365]
December 26th	Alphonse Mouzon	American drummer and composer	68	[366]
25 December	Eliane Cueni	Swiss pianist	53	[367]
December 22	Carlos Averhoff	Cuban jazz saxophonist and music teacher	69	[368]
December 22	Guy Fay	French blues researcher	61	[369]
21st December	Betty Loo Taylor	American pianist	87	[370]
20th of December	Eugene Hutter	German club operator	93	[371]
December 18th	Léo Marjane	french singer	104	[372]
15th December	Dwight Lenox	American singer	71	[373]
September 15th	Dave Shepherd	British clarinetist	87	[374]
December 14th	Markku Lievonen	Finnish drummer and bass player	69	[375]
13th December	Betsy Pecanins	American-Mexican blues singer	62	[376]
12th of December	Barrelhouse Chuck	American blues musician	58	[377]
December 12th ?	Toni Baxter	British pianist and singer	66	[378]
11th December	Bob Krasnov	American music producer	82	[379]
11th December	Joe Ligon	American gospel singer	80	[380]
11th December	Bob Pecht	American musician		[381]
10th of December	Daweli Reinhardt	German guitarist	84	[382]
9th of December	Jerald "Jerry" Hisch	American baritone saxophonist, arranger and music teacher	82	[383]
December 8th	Alan Lawson	American woodwind	71	[384]
6th of December	Kathryn Bailey	American pianist	86	[385]
6th of December	Michael White	American violinist	83	[386]
December 4th	Radim Hladík	Czech guitarist	69	[387]
3rd of December	Herb Hardesty	American R&B musician	91	[388]

Date unknown

	Surname	Profession / known by	Age	receipt
Death announced December 21st	Osamu Uchida	Japanese promoter	87
Death announced December 21st	Yuri Vermenich	Russian jazz historian	82
Death announced December 7th	Theo Zwicky	Swiss collector and jazz researcher	89
Death announced November 26th	Patti Rogers	Trinidadian singer		[389]
Death announced November 15th	Victor Brown	British singer	95	[390]
November	Tassili Bond	American bass player	≈ 41	[391]
Death announced October 27th	Charles Darden	American singer	43	[392]
Death announced October 24th	Roger Eames	British radio producer and bass player
Death announced October 20th	John Ellson	British music organizer	64	[393]
Death announced October 7th	Joe Ferrante	American trumpeter		[394]
Death announced October 5th	Rod Temperton	British arranger, songwriter and keyboardist	66	[395]
Death announced September 1st	"Uncle" Percy Gilbert	British band leader	98	[396]
Death announced August 17th	Preston Hubbard	American blues musician	63	[397]
Death announced August 16	Jürgen Müller	German clarinetist	74	[398]
Death announced August 10th	Celia Mingus Zaentz	American producer and second wife of Charles Mingus
Death announced July 28th	Grahame Shepherd	British saxophonist and clarinetist		[399]
Death announced July 28th	Jack Reilly	American club owner ( Ryles Jazz Club )	98
Death announced July 27th	George Reznik	Canadian pianist	86	[400]
Death announced July 7th	Milton Rich	American drummer	≈87	[401]
Death announced July 8th	Roy Francis	American bass player		[402]
Death announced June 12th	Mouma Bob	Nigerien guitarist, singer and composer	53	[403]
Death announced in June 2016	Marvin Rosenthal	American woodwind	≈79	[404]
Death announced June 22nd	Lucille Rounds	American pianist	96	[405]
Death announced June 22nd	Earl Wilson	American guitarist
Death announced June 21st	Don Gomez	American night club owner	91	[406]
Death announced June 15th	Klaus Schulz	Austrian jazz historian	76	[407]
Death announced June 6th	Geraldene Derrick	American musician and copyist	91	[408]
Death announced June 4th	Rich "Taste" Rajewski	American trumpeter	70	[409]
May 2016	Tony Gable	American percussionist		[410]
Death announced May 25th	Manfred Schieck	German producer ( Konnex Records )
Death announced May 18th	Volker Weiss	German banjo player	79	[411]
Death announced May 5th	Phil Gilbert	American trumpeter		[412]
April	Manfred Schiek	German music producer ( Konnex Records )		[413]
Death announced April 6th	Thomas Stett	German saxophonist	65
Death announced April 4th	Raymond Mouly	French music journalist	90	[414]
Death announced March 29th	James Jamerson Junior	American bass player	58	[415]
Death announced March 27th	Steve Rudig	American trumpeter	≈56	[416]
Death announced March 22nd	Dave Hubbard	American saxophonist
Death announced March 4th	Sam Hopkins	American singer	70	[417]
Death announced February 28th	Frank Cagliuso	American woodwind player, arranger and music teacher	87	[418]
End of February	Wolf Escher	German trumpeter, arranger and music teacher	72	[419]
Death announced February 26th	Hans-Günther Wauer	German organist and cantor	90	[420]
Death announced February 25th	Mike Taylor (trumpeter)	British trumpeter	81	[421]
Death announced February 24th	David L. Reese	American curator ( Louis Armstrong House )
Death announced February 24th	Moe changer	American pianist	95
Death announced February 20th	Michael Andrews	American blues musician	68	[422]
Death announced February 13th	Hosea Taylor	American saxophonist and activist	67	[423]
January 26th	Bryce Rohde	Australian pianist	93	[424]
Death announced January 27th	Gerhard Conrad	German critic and jazz researcher	87
Death announced January 16	Benny Golbin	American saxophonist	≈30	[425]
January 2016	John Farris	American author and poet	≈75	[426]

Web links / sources

current news

• Obituaries at All about Jazz • News from the Darmstadt Jazz Institute

Annual reviews

• Kevin Whitehead: Remembering the Jazz Greats Who Died in 2016 in NPR Music

Further research sources

Downbeat News • Figaro • The Guardian music obituaries • Mail & Guardian (SA) • The Independent • Legacy.com/Associated Press • Obitpatrols in the New York Times • nola.com • Obitpatrol • organissimo • Ottawa Citizen • Radio France • The Scotsman • Der Tagesspiegel • Telegraph Music Obituaries • Variety magazine

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} Message from the Darmstadt Jazz Institute
2. ↑ twitter messages
3. ↑ twitter message
4. ↑ Jazz News, Blog Stories & Announcements ( English ) allaboutjazz.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
5. ^ Darmstadt Jazz News . Jazz Institute Darmstadt. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved on May 19, 2019.
6. ↑ Kevin Whitehead: Remembering the Jazz Greats Who Died in 2016 ( English ) NPR Music. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
7. ↑ Latest Headlines . Archived from the original on February 14, 2011. Retrieved on May 19, 2019.
8. ^ Nécrologie ( French ) Figaro. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
9. ^ Music + Obituaries ( English ) The Guardian. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
10. ↑ Obituaries ( English ) Mail & Guardian. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
11. ^ Obituaries ( English ) The Independent. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
12. ↑ Obituaries reported from the Associated Press in the lastMonth ( English ) Legacy.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016. Retrieved on May 19, 2019.
13. ^ Obituaries ( English ) New York Times. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
14. ↑ nola.com ( English ) Retrieved on May 19, 2019  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
15. ↑ Who shall we remember? ( English ) Obitpatrol. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
16. ↑ Artists ( English ) organissimo.org. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
17. ↑ jazz obit ( English ) Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
18. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Radio France )
19. ^ Obituaries ( English ) The Scotsman. Archived from the original on March 19, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
20. ↑ Obituaries . The daily mirror. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
21. ↑ Music Obituaries ( English ) Telegraph. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
22. ↑ Obituaries ( English ) Variety magazine. Archived from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved May 19, 2019.