guitarist Ivan Rebroff, 76, German singer of traditional Russian music February 28 Mike Conley, 48, American punk singer (M.I.A.) Mike Smith, 64 (pneumonia), British singer and producer (The Dave Clark Five) March March 2 – Jeff Healey, 41 (cancer), Canadian blues guitarist March 3 Giuseppe Di Stefano, 86, Italian tenor Norman Smith, 85, British record producer and musician March 4 – Leonard Rosenman, 83 (heart attack), American composer March 10 – Dennis Irwin, 56, American double-bass player March 12 – Alun Hoddinott, 78, British composer March 13 – Bill Bolick, 90, country musician (The Blue Sky Boys) March 15 – Mikey Dread, 53 (brain tumor), Jamaican reggae musician and broadcaster March 16 Ola Brunkert, 61 (injuries from fall), Swedish session drummer Daniel MacMaster, 39 (Group A streptococcal infection), Canadian vocalist (Bonham) March 21 Klaus Dinger, 61, German drummer (Neu!) Shusha Guppy, 72, Iranian folk-singer and composer March 22 – Cachao López, 89 (kidney failure), Cuban bassist March 23 – Neil Aspinall, 66 (lung cancer), British music industry executive March 29 – Allan Ganley, 77, British jazz drummer March 30 – Sean LeVert, 39, American vocalist (LeVert) April April 6 – Larry Brown, 63 (respiratory condition), American vocalist (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes) April 15 Sean Costello, 28 (drug overdose), American blues musician Brian Davison, 65, British drummer (The Nice) April 17 – Danny Federici, 58 (melanoma), American rock multi-instrumentalist (E Street Band) April 20 Bebe Barron, 82, American electronic music pioneer VL Mike, 30 (shot), American rap artist April 21 – Al Wilson, 68, American singer April 22 – Paul Davis, American singer-songwriter April 24 Tristram Cary, 82, British composer Jimmy Giuffre, 86 (pneumonia), American jazz musician April 25 – Humphrey Lyttelton, 86, British jazz musician April 26 – Henry Brant, 94, American composer April 27 – Frances Yeend, 95, American soprano April 29 – Micky Waller, 66, British drummer May May 4 – Kishan Maharaj, 84, Indian tabla player May 5 – Jerry Wallace, 79 (congestive heart failure), American country music singer May 6 – Franz Jackson, 95, American jazz saxophonist May 8 Eddy Arnold, 89, American country music singer Larry Levine, 80, American audio engineer May 10 – Leyla Gencer, 79, Turkish soprano May 11 Dottie Rambo, 74 (bus accident), American gospel singer John Rutsey, 54 or 55 (heart attack), Canadian drummer (Rush) May 15 Alexander Courage, 88, American composer Bob Florence, 75, American jazz pianist May