– Irene Higginbotham, African American songwriter and concert pianist (born 1918). September 5 – Lawrence Brown, American trombonist (born 1907). 27 – J. C. Heard, American drummer (born 1917). October 8 – Edward Inge, American arranger and reedist (born 1906). November 30 Charlie Rouse, American hard bop tenor saxophonist and flautist (born 1924). Pannonica de Koenigswarter, British-born jazz patron and writer (born 1913). December 8 Gene Quill, American alto saxophonist (born 1927). Thore Swanerud, Swedish pianist, vibraphonist, arranger, conductor, and composer (born 1919). Unknown date Barney Josephson, founder of Café Society in Greenwich Village (born 1902). Births January 28 – Casimir Liberski, Belgian pianist and keyboarder. February 5 – Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson, Norwegian upright bassist. 26 – Christian Meaas Svendsen, Norwegian upright bassist. April 1 – Sam Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean saxophonist and guitarist (died 2010). 22 – Nitcho Reinhardt, French guitarist. May 29 – Kelly Sweet, American singer and songwriter. May 2 – Guilherme Rodrigues, Portuguese composer, improviser, and sound artist. 7 – David Aleksander Sjølie, Norwegian guitarist. 17 – Brittany Anjou, American pianist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. July 31 – Andreas Wildhagen, Norwegian drummer. August 17 – Natalie Sandtorv, Norwegian singer, percussionist, and electronica artist. 28 – Kjetil Jerve, Norwegian pianist and composer. September 1 – Martina Bárta, Czech singer and French hornist. October 19 – Pasquale Grasso, Italian guitarist. November 25 – Victoria Hart, California-born English singer. 27 – Sandra Nankoma, Ugandan singer, songwriter and actress. December 3 – Melissa Aldana, Chilean tenor saxophonist. 23 – Thomai Apergi, Greek singer and guitarist. Unknown date Jan Martin Gismervik, Norwegian drummer, Monkey Plot. Simon Gore, Welch guitarist, keyboarder, composer, and audio/visual artist. See also 1980s in jazz List of years in jazz 1988 in music References External links History Of Jazz Timeline: 1988 at All About Jazz Jazz Jazz by year