the Floating Jazz Festival, from the 1997 jazz festival of the same name by violinist Johnny Frigo and his quartet. Peculiar Situation, a smooth jazz studio album by Earl Klugh Synergy, studio album by jazz-fusion group Dave Weckl Band Time's Mirror, big band album by jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger, Tom Harrell Without Kuryokhin, American jazz multi-instrumentalist Kenny Millions and Japanese experimental musician Otomo Yoshihide. Barefoot on the Beach, by American smooth jazz vocalist Michael Franks. Other Jane Ira Bloom: The Red Quartets Steve Coleman: The Sonic Language of Myth – Believing Learning Knowing Marty Ehrlich: Malinke's Dance Bill Dixon: Papyrus I Guillermo Gregorio: Red Cubed Paul Dunmall: Bebop Starburst Matthew Shipp: Expansion, Power, Release Misha Mengelberg: Solo Marilyn Crispell: ⋅Red Marilyn Crispell: Blue Evan Parker: After Appleby Joshua Redman: Beyond Maybe Monday: Saturn's Finger Richard Lee Johnson: Fingertip Ship (Metro Blue) Deaths January 6 – Michel Petrucciani, French pianist and composer (born 1962). 7 – Fred Hopkins, American upright bassist (born 1947). February 1 – Julius Wechter, American vibraphonist and composer (born 1935). 5 – Colin Purbrook, English pianist, upright bassist, and trumpeter (born 1936). 6 – Jimmy Roberts, American singer (born 1923). 8 – Richard B. Boone, American jazz musician, trombonist, and vocalist (born 1930). 7 – Bobby Troup, American pianist and songwriter (born 1918). 11 – Jaki Byard, American jazz pianist and composer who also played trumpet and saxophone (born 1922). 16 – Betty Roché, American singer (born 1918). 19 Lauderic Caton, Trinidadian guitarist (born 1910). Trudy Desmond, Canadian singer (born 1945). 27 – Horace Tapscott, American pianist and composer (born 1934). March 3 – John Roache, American pianist and composer of Ragtime (born 1940). 4 – Teddy McRae, American tenor saxophonist and arranger (born 1908). 12 – Yehudi Menuhin, Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor (born 1916). 22 – Rick Fay, American clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1926). 29 – Joe Williams, American vocalist (born 1918). April 1 – Jesse Stone, American pianist and songwriter (born 1901). 3 – Herman Foster, American pianist (born 1928). 6 – Red Norvo, American vibraphonist (born 1908). 21 – Charles Rogers, American film actor and musician (born 1904). 23 – Melba Liston, American trombonist, composer, and musical arranger (born 1926). 27 – Al Hirt, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1922). May 8 – Leon Thomas, American avant-garde jazz singer (born 1937). 18 – Freddy Randall, English jazz trumpeter and bandleader (born