Jazz Nekrolog 2018

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This is a list of well-known personalities from the field of jazz who died in 2018 . The entries are made in descending order in time and alphabetically with the same date , analogous to the general Nekrolog 2018 .

Cecil Taylor
15/25. March 1929 - April 5, 2018

January

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
31 January	Bob McKee	American drummer	90	[1]
January 29th	Asmund Bjørken	Norwegian accordionist and saxophonist	84	[2]
January 29th	Eddie Shaw	American saxophonist	80	[3]
January 28th	Coco Schumann	German guitarist	93	[4]
January 28th	Reg Webb	British rock and fusion musician	70
January 27th	Dick Mattick	American pianist	80	[5]
January 27th	Miguel Serna	spanish bass player	34	[6]
January 26th	Zdeněk Barták senior	Czech orchestra leader and oboist	89	[7]
January 26th	Floyd Miles	American blues musician	74	[8th]
January 25th	Ron Barron	American drummer	89	[9]
January 25th	Tommy Banks	Canadian pianist and politician	81	[10]
January 24th	Renaud Gagneux	French composer	70	[11]
January 24th	John Sopko	American guitarist	91	[12]
January 23	Roger Fega	American broadcaster	70	[13]
January 23	Hugh Masekela	South African trumpeter	78	[14]
January 23	Dick Meares	American pianist	93	[15]
22nd of January	Billy Hancock	American bass player and singer	71	[16]
22nd of January	Preston Shannon	American blues musician	78	[17]
21th January	Robert Arthur	American television music editor	89	[18]
21th January	Daoud Shaw	American drummer	71	[19]
January 17th	Christian Burchard	German multi-instrumentalist	71	[20]
January 16	Micki Varro	American actress and singer	75	[21]
15. January	Edwin Hawkins	American gospel singer	74	[22]
15. January	Frank Smith	American woodwind	81	[23]
January 14th	Bill Hughes	American trombonist	87	[24]
January 14th	Bill Moody	American writer and drummer	76	[25]
January 14th	Marlene VerPlanck	American singer	84	[26]
13th January	Gary Peterson	American pianist	83	[27]
13th January	Jean Porter	American actress and writer	95	[28]
January 12th	Ted Efantis	American saxophonist	88	[29]
January 12th	Louis J. Kaminski	American trumpeter	78	[30]
11th January	Ricardo Baumgarten	Brazilian bass player	48	[31]
11th January	Ken McCoy	American trumpeter	71	[32]
10. January	Reuben Brown	American pianist	78	[33]
January 8th	Robert Barry	American drummer	85	[34]
January 8th	Denise LaSalle	American R&B and blues singer	78	[35]
January 8th	Paul M. Zopel	American musician	73	[36]
6th January	Max Collie	Australian trombonist	86	[37]
January 5th	Brian West	American drummer	51	[38]
January 5th	Bob Leibowitz	American saxophonist	62	[39]
January 3rd	Wilbert Longmire	American guitarist	77	[40]
January 3rd	Joe Sydow	German bass player	91	[41]
January 3rd	Norton Zieff	American saxophonist and clarinetist	89	[42]
January 2nd	Rick hall	American music producer	85	[43]
January 1st	Betty Willis	American soul singer	76	[44]

February

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
February 28	James "Nick" Nixon	American blues musician	76	[45]
February 28	Andre Stephani	American trombonist	83	[46]
February 26th	Thomas Pernes	Austrian composer	62	[47]
February 24th	Alex Domschot	American guitarist	59	[48]
February 24th	Johnny Hot	Belgian pianist	85	[49]
February 24th	Harvey Hanson	American pianist, composer and writer	76	[50]
February 23	Glauton Campello	Brazilian pianist and composer	57	[51]
February 22 ?	Errol Buddle	Australian woodwind	89
February 18	Didier Lockwood	French violinist	62	[52]
February 18	Albert "Sax" Berry	American saxophonist	87	[53]
February 18	Heiner Stadler	German-American musician, composer and producer	75	[54]
February 17th	Peter Moon	American musician	73	[55]
February 17th	Robert E. Sunenblick	American producer	75	[56]
February 16	Little Sammy Davis	American blues musician	89	[57]
February 15th	Lerone Bennett Jr.	American music historian	89	[58]
February 15th	Arthur "Mr. Okra "Robinson	American singer	75	[59]
14th of February	Al Garner	British musician	88	[60]
14th of February	Mike Laatz	South African saxophonist	68	[61]
14th of February	Stanisław Otałęga	Polish bass player		[62]
13th February	Mason Price	American trumpeter	92	[63]
13th February	John A. Tynan	American music critic and editor	90	[64]
13th February	Uwe Werner	German saxophonist	62	[65]
February 12th	Arthur Manuntag	Filipino singer		[66]
February 9	Alain Rellay	French saxophonist	81	[67]
February 9	Wesla Whitfield	American singer	70	[68]
February 8	Dan Fox	American musician and author	86	[69]
February 8	Algia Mae Hinton	American blues musician	88	[70]
February 5th	Arnold Maury	German pianist and composer	90
February 5th	Ove Stokstad	Norwegian saxophonist and graphic artist	78	[71]
February 4th	Dick Bernet	American pianist	86	[72]
3 February	Leon Ndugu Chancler	American drummer	65	[73]
3 February	Rocky Palmer	American night club owner	99	[74]
February 2nd	Lenny Pollacchi	American bass player	75	[75]
February 1st	Dennis Edwards	American soul and rhythm and blues singer	74	(at 0:34)

March

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
26th of March	Daniel Cisneros	American drummer	60	[76]
26th of March	Hermann Keller	German pianist and composer	72	[77]
26th of March	Christian Minkowitsch	Austrian composer	55	[78]
25th March	Nicholas J. Gagliano	American journalist, manager and lawyer	92	[79]
26th of March	Leonard Neidhold	American trombonist	58	[80]
March 24th	Eddie Wiggins	American clarinetist	96	[81]
March 22	Morgana King	American actress and singer	87	[82]
March, 20th	Paul Cram	Canadian saxophonist, clarinetist and arranger	65	[83]
17. March	Frans Van Dyck	Belgian trombonist	94	[84]
March 16	Buell Neidlinger	American bassist and cellist	82	[85]
March 16	Eduardo Ramos	Cuban composer, double bass player and guitarist	71	[86]
March 16	Dean Witten	American percussionist and university professor	66	[87]
March 13th	Walter Eichenberg	German musician and composer	95	[88]
March 13th	Johnnie Garry	American music producer	93	[89]
March 13th	Olly Wilson	American composer, bassist and musicologist	80	[90]
March 13th	Jimmy Wisner	American pianist	86	[91]
March 11	Dean Hubbard	American trumpeter	64	[92]
March 10th	Steve Austin	American trombonist	70	[93]
March 10th	Carol McLaughlin	American harpist, college teacher, and music organizer	65	[94]
9th March	Richard Viano	American drummer	82	[95]
7th March	Jerzy Milian	Polish vibraphonist, pianist and composer	82	[96]
6th March	Rik Bevernage	Belgian producer and organizer	63	[97]
6th March	Simone Ginibre	French music organizer ( Grande Parade du Jazz à Nice )	88	[98]
6th March	Fred "Big Cat" Monroe	American saxophonist	94	[99]
6th March	Keith Zaharia	American saxophonist	86	[100]
4th of March	Siva Choy	Singaporean blues musician	70	[101]
2nd March	Stephen M. Goodman	American musician, entrepreneur, and judge	77	[102]

April

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
April 28	Bob Byler	American music journalist	87	[103]
April 28	Brooks Kerr	American pianist	66
April 27	Gildo Mahones	American pianist	88	[104]
26th of April	Charles Neville	American saxophonist	79	[105]
April 25	Habib Faye	Senegalese bassist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer	52	[106]
April 24th	Scott Hill	American trombonist	70	[107]
April 23	Bob Dorough	American singer, pianist and composer	94	[108]
April 23	Alexander Erpilev	Russian-German band leader	57	[109]
April 23	Kind Simmons	American pianist	92	[110]
April 22	Silvère Mansis	Belgian producer	73	[111]
April 22	Charlie Rice	American drummer	98	[112]
20th of April	Edward Levon Agopian	Romanian-American saxophonist	76	[113]
20th of April	Dick Hughes	Australian pianist, journalist and broadcaster	86	[114]
20th of April	Paul Togawa	American drummer	85	[115]
April 18	Ralph Martin	American pianist	91	[116]
April 18	Jim Somerville	Australian pianist	95	[117]
17th April	Mina Lea Crais	American music producer	93	[118]
17th April	Peter Guidi	British-Italian flautist, saxophonist and big band leader	68	[119]
April 16	Jim "The Jazz" Cain	British pianist and radio presenter	91	[120]
April 14th	Stan Reynolds	British trumpeter	92	[121]
12. April	Gyula Babos	Hungarian guitarist	68	[122]
12. April	Deborah Coleman	American blues musician	61	[123]
10th of April	Vern walnut	American pianist	74	[124]
10th of April	Yvonne Staples	American gospel and soul singer	80	[125]
9th April	Nathan Davis	American woodwind	81	[126]
April 8th	Bob Feldman	American saxophonist and actor	79	[127]
April 8th	John Miles	British racing car driver and music producer	74	[128]
7th of April	Ernie Scott	American pianist	86	[129]
April 6th	Franck Bauer	French radio presenter and drummer	99	[130]
April 6th	Jacques Higelin	French singer	77	[131]
April 5th	Everett Farey	American trumpeter	88	[132]
April 5th	Butch Lacy	American pianist and composer	70	[133]
April 5th	Cecil Taylor	American pianist	89	[134]
4. April	Jeff Louna	Congolese guitarist	69	[135]
2nd of April	Harry Burt	American clarinetist	82	[136]
2nd of April	Janka Nabay	Sierra Leonean singer, composer and band leader	54	[137]
April 1st	Audrey Morris	American singer and pianist	89	[138]
April 1st	André Rodrigues	Brazilian bass player	50	[139]

May

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
28th of May	Ali Haurand	German jazz musician, television presenter and festival director	74	[140]
28th of May	Barbara L. Widdoes	American music organizer	89	[141]
28th of May	Barbara D. Walker	American singer	79	[142]
May 27th	Remy Filipovitch	Lithuanian woodwind	72	[143]
May 27th	Dave Leigh	American trombonist	79	[144]
May 26	Ray Tones	British pianist and organist		[145]
May 26	Rick Torcaso	American saxophonist	81	[146]
25. May	Jodi Marshall	American pianist	85	[147]
May 24th	Kassé Mady Diabaté	malian singer	69	[148]
May 19th	Reggie Lucas	American guitarist, record producer, and songwriter	65	[149]
May 19th	Martin Nitsch	Austrian guitarist	47	[150]
May 18	Edo Jung	German bass player	67	[151]
May 18	Curt Prina	Swiss jazz and entertainment musician	89	[152]
May 18	Jack Reilly	American pianist and composer	86	[153]
17th of May	Jim Crutcher	American bass player	83	[154]
17th of May	Jon Sholle	American guitarist	69	[155]
May 16	Chuck Stentz	American saxophonist	91	[156]
May 14th	Gustavo Marquez	Venezuelan bass player	28	[157]
May 13th	Glenn Branca	American avant-garde composer and guitarist	69	[158]
12th of May	Harry Spencer	American saxophonist	78	[159]
May 11th	Mikhail Alperin	Norwegian pianist of Soviet origin	61	[160]
8th of May	Lara Saint Paul	Italian singer	73	[161]
May 6th	Gérard Hourbette	French keyboardist and composer	64	[162]
5th of May	Pierre Rissient	French director, screenwriter and film producer	81	[163]
May 4th	Donald Greene	American singer	90	[164]
May 4th	Tony Pringle	British-American cornetist	81	[165]
May 4th	Philip Tabane	South African guitarist	84	[166]
May 3rd	Lukas Burckhardt	Swiss lawyer, politician and jazz musician	93	[167]
1st of May	Jabo Starks	American R&B drummer	79	[168]

June

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
June 28th	Helmut Stütz	German pianist	69	[169]
June 26th	Big Bill Bissonnette	American trombonist and drummer	81	[170]
June 26th	Gina Carter-Simmers	American radio producer	49	[171]
June 26th	Fedor Frešo	Slovak bass player	71	[172]
23rd June	Reynold Scott Jr.	American saxophonist	74	[173]
June 22	Geoffrey Oryema	Ugandan musician	65	[174]
June 19th	Tom Dutart	American tuba player and banjo player	82	[175]
17th of June	Charles Hoag	American bassist, composer and university professor	86	[176]
17th of June	Rebecca Parris	American singer	66	[177]
15th June	René Jonckeer	Belgian pianist and trombonist	70	[178]
15th June	Matt Murphy	American blues musician	88	[179]
June 13th	Morgan King	American university professor	63	[180]
June 12	Wayne Dockery	American bass player	76	[181]
June 12	Ghalib Ghallab	American pianist	67	[182]
June 12	Jon Hiseman	British drummer	73	[183]
June 11th	Yvette Horner	French accordionist	95	[184]
June 11th	Don Knapp	American percussionist	98	[185]
June 9th	Lorraine Gordon	American jazz club owner	95	[186]
8th June	Lucy Heiberg	American violinist	95	[187]
8th June	William Laskey	American saxophonist	95	[188]
June 5th	Brian Browne	Canadian pianist	81	[189]
June 5th	William V. Frabizio, Jr.	American trumpeter, composer, arranger, conductor, and university professor	88	[190]
June 4th	Norman Edge	American bass player	84	[191]
June 4th	Jalal Mansur Nuriddin	American musician and poet	73	[192]
3rd of June	Clarence Fountain	American gospel musician	88	[193]
June 1st	Eddy Clearwater	American blues musician	83	[194]

July

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
July 31	Bobby Haynes	American bass player	83	[195]
July 31	Bobbi Jordan	American actress and singer	71	[196]
July 31	Michael Allen Williamson	American university professor	77	[197]
29th of July	Tomasz Stańko	Polish trumpeter	76	[198]
29th of July	Jack Benjamin Zito	American trombonist	73 or 74	[199]
July 28th	Owen McNally	American music critic	81	[200]
July 27th	Dewey Johnson	American trumpeter	78	[201]
July 27th	Marcia Maria	Brazilian singer		[202]
July 25th	Patrick Williams	American film composer	79	[203]
24th July	Pancho Terry	Cuban percussionist	78	[204]
July 23	Bob Edison	French musician	96	[205]
July 23	Glenn Davis	American drummer and percussionist	78	[206]
July 23	Clive Gray	British banjo player	81	[207]
July 23	Carl Gregor Duke of Mecklenburg	German author	85	[208]
21 July	Paulo Cardoso	Brazilian bass player	64	[209]
20th of July	Dalton Joseph Rousseau	American trumpeter	87	[210]
17th July	Bullumba Landestoy	Dominican pianist and composer	93	[211]
17th July	Rudy Merino	American drummer	80	[212]
16th of July	Joe Rigby	American saxophonist	78
July 14th	Roger Sellers	Australian drummer	79	[213]
10th of July	Les dear	American saxophonist and music organizer ( Jazz at Noon )	106	[214]
10th of July	Jim White	American trumpeter	86	[215]
July 9	Suzanne couch	Jamaican musician	56	[216]
7th of July	Jean Levinson	American tuba player	81	[217]
July 6th	Richard Ring	Canadian guitarist	80	[218]
5th July	Joop de Roo	Dutch music producer	88	[219]
July 4th	Richard "Dick" E. Voigt	American pianist	82	[220]
2nd July	Henry Butler	American pianist	69	[221]
2nd July	Bill Watrous	American trombonist	79	[222]

August

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
August 31	Keith Vreeland	American pianist and university professor	80	[223]
August 28th	Kristin Bialick	American pianist	32	[224]
August 25	Jean-Marie Hurel	French trumpeter	80	[225]
August 24th	Jimmy Wilkins	American trombonist	96 or 97	[226]
August 22nd	Pat Arana	American trombonist	72	[227]
August 22nd	Lazy Lester	American blues musician	85	[228]
August 22nd	Tad Weed	American pianist and university professor		[229]
20th of August	Eddie Willis	American soul musician	82	[230]
18th of August	Jack Costanzo	American percussionist	98	[231]
18th of August	Didier Datcharry	French pianist	60	[232]
August 16	Aretha Franklin	American singer	76	[233]
15th of August	David Mitchell	American sound engineer	72	[234]
15th of August	Queeneth Ndaba	South African singer and music organizer	81	[235]
August 14th	Jean Kittrell	American pianist and singer	91	[236]
13 August	Paco Martín Peñas	Spanish festival director	61	[237]
August 11th	Egon Denu	German trumpeter and trombonist		[238]
August 10	Brian Hamada	American drummer	58	[239]
August 10	Ken Pickering	Canadian music organizer and co-founder of the Vancouver Jazz Festival	66	[240]
August 7th	Gerald Adams	American bass player	91	[241]
5th of August	Stanley Glasser	South African composer and ethnomusicologist	92	[242]
August 1st	Paul Broadnax	American singer and pianist	92	[243]
August 1st	Fernando Fantini	Swiss saxophonist and accordionist	89	[244]

September

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
30. September	Lauri Karvonen	Finnish jazz critic	75	[245]
30. September	Monique Mangelsdorff	German promoter	76	[246]
30. September	Ken Philmore	Trinidadian percussionist	59	[247]
September 29th	Angela Maria	Brazilian singer and actress	88	[248]
September 29th	Otis Rush	American blues musician	84	[249]
September 28th	Norman Blagman	American songwriter and producer	92	[250]
September 26th	Sergei Mosin	Russian musician	59	[251]
September 23rd	Olav Angell	Norwegian poet and musician	86	[252]
September 23rd	Zipflo Weinrich	Austrian violinist and bassist	54	[253]
September 22	Peter Schmitt-Sausen	German music organizer ( Hürth Jazz Night )	79	[254]
21st September	Paul Elias	Belgian guitarist		[255]
16th September	Jack LeCompte	American drummer	66	[256]
16th September	Big Jay McNeely	American R&B saxophonist	91	[257]
16th September	Ron Sutton Jr.	American saxophonist		[258]
September 14th	Max Bennett	American bass player	90	[259]
12th September	Erich Kleinschuster	Austrian trombonist and big band leader	88	[260]
12th September	Ira Sabin	American publisher (JazzTimes) and drummer	90	[261]
September 11	Amahdu Jah	Swedish-Sierra-Leonean musician	82	[262]
September 4th	Peter Bullis	American banjo player	85	[263]
September 4th	Donald Gardner	American soul and jazz musician	87	[264]
September 1	Randy Weston	American pianist and composer	92	[265]

October

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
October 31	Charles "Chuz" Alfred	American saxophonist	86	[266]
October 31	Naomi Millender	American cellist	73	[267]
30th of October	Hardy Fox	American musician and composer	73	[268]
30th of October	Abraham Tsoana Kola	South African saxophonist	58	[269]
October 27	Fred Hess	American saxophonist	74	[270]
October 25	Sonny Fortune	American saxophonist and flautist	79	[271]
October 24th	Roger Lambson	American saxophonist	56	[272]
October 24th	Wah Wah Watson	American jazz and funk musician	67	[273]
October 24th	Tony Joe White	American blues musician	75	[274]
October 24th	Ron Sweetman	Canadian broadcaster	86	[275]
October 18	John Getz	American trombonist	64	[276]
October 18	Jeff Taylor	American trumpeter	58	[277]
October 17th	Franklin Ashley	American university professor, playwright, and musician	76	[278]
October 17th	Glen Daum	American composer, arranger and orchestra leader	77	[279]
October, 16th	Chuck Wilson	American saxophonist	70	[280]
15th October	Chris Clifton	American trombonist	82	[281]
15th October	Horst Salewski	German jazz presenter	79	[282]
October 14th	Hüseyin Ertunç	Turkish drummer	71	[283]
October 12th	Catherine "Kay" Virginia Grandolfo	American singer	87	[284]
October 12th	Takehisa Kosugi	Japanese violinist, composer and installation artist	80	[285]
October 10th	Steven Coutts	Scottish guitarist	61	[286]
October 10th	Theresa Hightower	American singer	64	[287]
8th October	Ron Bowks	American trombonist and band leader	70	[288]
October 7th	Barry Lee Kelsey	American musician and music educator	80	[289]
October 6th	Mel Hood	American jazz club owner ( Jason's Jazz and Blues Club )	86	[290]
5th October	Leo Bazinet	American woodwind	82	[291]
4th of October	Hamiet Bluiett	American saxophonist	78	[292]
4th of October	Don Payne	American woodwind	86	[293]
October 3	John Von Ohlen	American drummer	77	[294]
October 3	Russ Phillips	American saxophonist and music teacher	83	[295]
October 2nd	Jochen Brauer	German jazz and entertainment musician	89	[296]
October 2nd	Mike Panico	American guitarist and music producer ( Relative Pitch Records )	53	[297]
October 1	Barrie Ascroft	British pianist		[298]
October 1	Stelvio Cipriani	Italian film composer	81	[299]
October 1	Jerry Gonzalez	American trumpeter, flugelhorn player, and percussionist	69	[300]

November

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
30th of November	Roger V. Burton	American actor and musician	90	[301]
30th of November	Laurie Johnson	American music critic	≈83	[302]
November 28th	Eddie C. Campbell	American blues musician	79	[303]
November 28th	Jochen Gleichmann	German trumpeter	77?	[304]
November 28th	Wilson McKindra	American bass player	87	[305]
November 28th	Roger Neumann	American saxophonist and clarinetist	77	[306]
November 28th	Uli Scherer	Austrian pianist	65	[307]
November 27th	Johnny Maddox	American ragtime pianist	91	[308]
25. November	Norio Maeda	Japanese pianist, arranger and composer	83
22nd of November	John Wesley Hughes	American pianist		[309]
21st November	Dick Sheridan	American guitarist		[310]
November 19th	Witold Sobociński	Polish cameraman and jazz musician	89	[311]
November 17th	Cyril Pahinui	American guitarist	68	[312]
November 16	Thierry Lalo	French pianist, arranger and composer	55	[313]
15th of November	Kevin Bryan	American trumpeter	53	[314]
15th of November	Roy Clark	American country musician	85	[315]
15th of November	Ivan Smirnoff	Russian guitarist	63	[316]
14th November	Masahiro Sayama	Japanese pianist and film composer	64	[317]
November 13th	Hiroaki Katayama	Japanese saxophonist	67	[318]
November 12th	Wolfgang Schlueter	German vibraphonist	85	[319]
November 11th	Alun Morgan	British author	90	[320]
November 9th	Robert Shy	American drummer	≈79	[321]
November 8th	John Van Rymenant	Belgian saxophonist		[322]
November 6th	Abraham Tsoana Kola	South African saxophonist	58	[323]
November 4th	Roman Grinev	Russian bass player	41	[324]
November 2	Roy Hargrove	American trumpeter	49	[325]
November 2	Brooks Tillotson	American bugler	88	[326]

December

Day	Surname	Origin / occupation	Age	receipt
December 31	Urbie Green	American trombonist	92	[327]
December 27th	Miúcha	Brazilian singer and composer	81	[328]
25 December	Sandra Kay Mullany	American music organizer and manager	62	[329]
23rd of December	Schmitto Kling	German violinist and violin maker	72	[330]
December 22	Bob Freedman	American musician and arranger	94	[331]
19. December	Darryl Adams	American saxophonist	61	[332]
19. December	Norman Gimbel	American songwriter	91	[333]
December 18th	Lino Betancourt Molina	Cuban journalist, radio presenter and musicologist	88	[334]
December 17th	Was it MacDermot	Canadian composer	89	[335]
December 17th	Dolores Parker	American singer	99	[336]
15th December	Richard J. Amses	American musician, attanger, and composer	88	[337]
15th December	Arthur Maia	Brazilian bass player and composer	56	[338]
15th December	Johnny Williams	American pianist	89	[339]
13th December	Nancy Wilson	American singer	81	[340]
12th of December	Michel Camicas	French trombonist	84	[341]
11th December	Michael Warner Hart	Scottish promoter	84	[342]
10th of December	Don Alberts	American pianist and lyricist		[343]
10th of December	Chris Constanzi	American bugler	63	[344]
9th of December	Dave Riegert	American drummer	77	[345]
December 8th	David Mossman	British music organizer and founder of the Vortex Jazz Club	76	[346]
6th of December	Ace Cannon	American saxophonist	84	[347]
3rd of December	Carl Janelli	American saxophonist	91	[348]
3rd of December	Dotty Reid	American singer	97	[349]
2. December	Peter Feil	German trombonist	56	[350]
2. December	Perry Robinson	American clarinetist	80	[351]
December 1	Calvin Newborn	American guitarist	85	[352]
December 1	Jody Williams	American blues guitarist	83	[353]

Date unknown

	Surname	Profession / known by	Age	receipt
December	Boy Raaymakers	Dutch trumpeter	74?	[354]
Death announced in late December	Kellye Gray	American singer
Death announced in late December	Yvonne Ervin	American writer, music organizer, and producer	69	[355]
Death announced December 5th	Ike Jenkins	American music educator and band leader		[356]
end of November	Anita Honis Bohländer	American-German singer	84	[357]
Death announced November 16	Ursula Becker	German singer	64	[358]
Death announced November 15th	Charmaine Mangwende	Zimbabwean musician and actress		[359]
Death announced November 14th	Babs Beverly	American singer	91	[360]
Death announced October 27th	Peter Schneider	German jazz musician and university professor	82	[361]
Death announced October 22nd	Norman Beane	British drummer	86	[362]
Death announced October 21	CW Vrtacek	American keyboardist		[363]
Death announced October 5th	Jim Giacone	American saxophonist		[364]
Death announced August 26th	Leo Hopewell	American music organizer and producer	≈91	[365]
Death announced August 13th	Eddie Baker	American pianist	90	[366]
Death announced July 11th	Armin Jungermann	German drummer	80	[367]
Death announced July 2nd	Paul Pines	American lyric poet and music organizer	≈77	[368]
July	Harald Eckstein	German pianist	≈80
Death announced June 16	Donald Crawford	American saxophonist and band leader	70	[369]
June	Bob Bain	American studio and jazz musician	94	[370]
Death announced June 12th	Conny stintzing	German trombonist	80
Death announced June 1st	Abdullah Zuhri	American drummer		[371]
Death reported May 26th	Woomy Schmidt	German journalist and moderator	72	[372]
Death announced May 13th	Gavin Jones	British promoter	78	[373]
Death announced April 27th	Howard Williams	American pianist	≈88	[374]
Death announced April 13th	Bill Reid	British bass player and promoter	84	[375]
Death announced April 1st	Dick Simon	German trombonist	88
Death announced March 26th	Don Heitler	American pianist and organist	≈81	[376]
Death announced March 5th	Cüneyt sermet	Turkish music critic	93	[377]
Death announced March 5th	Chris Gillespie	American pianist		[378]
Death announced February 28th	Henry Storch	German promoter	49	[379]
Death announced February 5th	Lennie Metcalfe	British-American pianist		[380]
Death announced January 29th	Monique Aldebert	french singer	85	[381]
Death announced January 22nd	Olivier Lancelot	French pianist		[382]
Death announced January 17th	Nathan Jatcko	American jazz and rock musician	31	[383]
Death announced January 15th	Mike Harries	Welsh jazz and blues musician	85	[384]
Death announced January 12th	Neal Murray	American broadcaster	77	[385]
Death announced January 9th	Klaus Marmulla	German saxophonist
Death announced January 4th	Paul Gaglio	American saxophonist		[386]
Death announced January 4th	Richard Havers	British author		[387]

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Note in Engl. WP article on Reg Webb
2. ↑ tweet from February 22, 2018
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} News from the Darmstadt Jazz Institute (online)
4. ↑ Norio Maeda at Discogs (English)
5. ↑ Several tweets on December 30th
6. ^ Christian Emigholz: A chapter of Bremen jazz history. The pianist Harald Eckstein, who shaped the Lila Eule in its early years, has died. In: Weser courier. September 15, 2018, p. 23 (obituary)