1916). 24 – Don Byas, American tenor saxophonist (born 1912). 31 Hideo Shiraki, Japanese drummer and bandleader (born 1933). Dalva de Oliveira, Brazilian singer (internal bleeding) (born 1917). October 13 – Phil Seamen, English drummer (born 1926). 25 – Cal Massey, American trumpeter and composer (born 1928). November 24 – Hall Overton, American composer and pianist (born 1920). December 3 – Bill Johnson, African-American upright bassist (born 1872). 5 – Kenny Dorham, American trumpeter, singer, and composer (born 1924). 25 – Dud Bascomb, American trumpeter (born 1916). 29 – Hayes Alvis, American upright bassist and tubist (born 1907). Births January 6 – Mina Agossi, French singer-songwriter. February 1 – Siri Gjære, Norwegian singer. 14 – Daniela Schaechter, Italian singer and pianist. March 7 – Katrine Madsen, Danish singer. 12 – Lisa Werlinder, Swedish actress and singer. 14 – Noriko Ueda, Japanese upright bassist, pianist, singer, composer, and arranger. 25 – Mimi Jones, American bassist, vocalist, composer, bandleader, and label director. April 9 – Christos Rafalides, Greek vibraphonist, composer, and educator. 15 – Christer Fredriksen, Norwegian guitarist. 16 – Øyvind Nypan, Norwegian guitarist. May 31 – Christian McBride, American upright bassist. July 1 – Alex Machacek, Austrian jazz fusion guitarist. 4 – Ketil Gutvik, Norwegian guitarist. 29 – Roger Johansen, Norwegian drummer. August 13 – Oscar Peñas, Catalan-American guitarist and composer. 21 – Nino Katamadze, Georgian singer. September 12 – Gerard Presencer, English trumpeter. 27 – Lindha Kallerdahl, Swedish singer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. October 2 – John Daversa, American trumpeter and composer. 11 – Federico Ughi, Italian drummer and composer. 12 – Eugene Ball, Australian composer and trumpeter. November 5 – Neil Cowley, English pianist. December 2 – Pasquale Stafano, Italian jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. 5 – Stefano Bollani, Italian composer, pianist, and singer. 7 – Thomas Strønen, Norwegian drummer. Unknown date Anders Christensen, Danish upright bassist. Ari Poutiainen, Finnish violinist, violist, composer, and researcher. Jay Soto, American guitarist. Meriç Yurdatapan, Turkish singer. Morten Lund, Danish drummer. See also 1970s in jazz List of years in jazz 1972 in music References External links History Of Jazz Timeline: 1972 at All About Jazz Jazz Jazz by year