1921). 19 – Candy Candido, American bassist and vocalist (born 1913). June 2 – Andy Simpkins, American bassist (born 1932). 5 Ernie Wilkins, American tenor saxophonist (born 1922). Mel Tormé, American singer (born 1925). 8 – Rosy McHargue, American clarinetist (born 1902). 15 – Fausto Papetti, Italian alto saxophonist (born 1923). July 9 – Talib Dawud, American trumpeter (born 1923). 11 – Helen Forrest, American singer (born 1917). 22 – Gar Samuelson, American drummer (born 1958). 27 – Sweets Edison, American trumpeter (born 1915). August 3 – Leroy Vinnegar, American bassist (born 1928). 24 – Warren Covington, American trombonist (born 1921). 25 – Spiegle Willcox, American trombonist (born 1903). September 6 – Arnold Fishkind, American bassist (born 1919). 8 – Moondog, American musician, composer, theoretician, poet and inventor (born 1916). 30 – Anna Mae Winburn, African-American vocalist and bandleader (born 1913). October 2 – Sal Salvador, American bebop jazz guitarist and a prominent music educator (born 1925). 4 – Art Farmer, American trumpeter and flugelhorn player (born 1928). 8 – Manfredo Fest, Brazilian pianist and keyboardist (born 1936). 9 – Milt Jackson, American vibraphonist (born 1923). 18 – Tony Crombie, English jazz drummer, pianist, bandleader, and composer (born 1925). 21 – LaMont Johnson, American pianist who played in the hard bop and post-bop genres (born 1941). 31 – Wyatt Ruther, American upright bassist (born 1923). November 8 – Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (born 1941). 13 John Benson Brooks, American jazz pianist, songwriter, arranger, and composer (born 1917). Donald Mills, American singer, The Mills Brothers (born 1915). 26 Clifford Jarvis, American hard bop and free jazz drummer (born 1941). Henry Nemo, American musician, songwriter, and actor (born 1909). 30 – Don "Sugarcane" Harris, American violinist (born 1938). December 2 – Charlie Byrd, American guitarist (born 1925). 4 – Edward Vesala, Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer (born 1945). 7 – Kenny Baker, English trumpeter, cornetist, flugelhornist, and composer (born 1921). 11 – Charles Earland, American jazz composer, organist and saxophonist in the soul jazz idiom (born 1941). 14 – Walt Levinsky, American big band and orchestral player, composer, arranger, and band leader (born 1929). 17 – Grover Washington Jr., American saxophonist (born 1943). 26 – Curtis Mayfield, American singer and songwriter (born 1942). 28 – Terry Rosen, American guitarist, concert promoter and radio DJ (born 1939). 30 – Sam Ranelli, American drummer (born 1920). Births October 3