1888). February 15 – Pee Wee Russell, American clarinetist (born 1906). 17 – Paul Barbarin, New Orleans drummer (born 1899). March 25 – Billy Cotton, English bandleader (born 1899). April 23 – Krzysztof Komeda, Polish film music composer and jazz pianist (haematoma) (born 1931). 24 – René Compère, Belgian trumpeter (born 1906). May 19 – Coleman Hawkins, American tenor saxophonist (born 1904). June 1 – Stan Brenders, Belgian jazz pianist and bandleader (born 1904). 2 – Albert Stinson, American upright bassist (born 1944). 10 – Wilbur Harden, American trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer (born 1924). 14 Roberto Firpo, Argentine tango pianist (born 1884). Wynonie Harris, American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer (born 1915). July 14 – Ernie Farrow, American pianist, bassist, and drummer (born 1928). August 7 – Russ Morgan, American big band orchestra leader (born 1904). 14 – Tony Fruscella, American trumpeter (born 1927). September 9 – Cedric Haywood, American pianist (born 1914). October 10 – Manuel Manetta, American multi-instrumentalist (born 1889). 14 – William McKinney, American drummer (born 1895). 19 – Booker Pittman, American clarinetist (born 1909). 22 – Nate Kazebier, American trumpeter (born 1912). 29 – Pops Foster, American string bassist, who also played tuba and trumpet (born 1892). 30 – Tony Sbarbaro, American drummer (born 1897). 31 – Tony Pastor, Italian-American novelty singer and tenor saxophonist (born 1907). November 2 – Slick Jones, American drummer (born 1907). 14 – Johnny Bayersdorffer, New Orleans cornetist and bandleader (born 1899). 18 – Ted Heath, English trombonist and big-band leader (born 1902). December 9 – Bobby Henderson, American pianist and trumpeter (born 1920). 16 – Leo Mathisen, Danish pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader (born 1906). 26 – Jiří Šlitr, Czech songwriter, pianist, singer, actor, and painter (born 1924). Births January 3 – James Carter, American saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist. 24 – Duane Eubanks, American trumeter and flugelhornist. February 1 – Joshua Redman, American saxophonist. 6 – Scott Amendola, American drummer. 7 – Chris Minh Doky, Danish bassist. 14 – Stefano di Battista, Italian saxophonist. 22 – Ståle Storløkken, Norwegian organist and keyboardist. March 10 – Travis Shook, American pianist and songwriter. 13 – Stephen Scott, American pianist. 22 – Asaf Sirkis, Israeli drummer, composer, and educator. 25 – Marcin Jahr, Polish drummer. 29 – Jason Rebello, British pianist, songwriter, and record producer. April 9 – Giovanni Allevi, Italian pianist and composer. 23 – Trude Eick, Norwegian