12 – Barney Rapp, American drummer and orchestra leader (born 1900). November 20 – Don Stovall, American alto saxophonist (born 1913). 25 – Albert Ayler, American saxophonist and singer (born 1936). December 14 – Elmer Schoebel, American pianist and composer (born 1896). Births January 1 – Karen Souza, Argentin singer. 4 – Michel Bisceglia, Belgian pianist. 5 – Jesper Bodilsen, Danish upright bassist. 19 – Iiro Rantala, Finnish pianist, Trio Töykeät. 24 – Adam Pierończyk, Polish saxophonist and composer. February 9 – Eldbjørg Raknes, Norwegian singer. 13 – Adam Cruz, American drummer. 20 Craig Taborn, American pianist, organist, keyboardist and composer. Éric Legnini, Belgian pianist and bandleader. 27 – Lina Nyberg, Swedish singer and composer. March 11 – Justin Hayford, American singer and pianist. 19 – Harald Johnsen, Norwegian upright bassist (died 2011). 22 – Live Maria Roggen, Norwegian singer and composer, Come Shine. April 1 – Tone Lise Moberg, Norwegian singer. 15 – Michael Schiefel, German singer. 20 – Avishai Cohen, Israeli bassist, composer, singer and arranger. 25 – Kjersti Stubø, Norwegian singer. May 1 – Sacha Perry, American pianist and composer. 4 Giovanni Mirabassi, Italian pianist. Jeremy Davenport, American trumpeter and singer. 6 – Juliet Kelly, British singer and songwriter. 22 – Jimmy Bennington, American drummer. June 2 – Matt Garrison, American bassist. 10 – Dwayne Burno, American upright bassist (died 2013). 12 – Dave Maric, British composer and musician. 13 – Ron Westray, American trombonist, composer and educator. 16 – Gregory Hutchinson, American drummer. 21 – Eric Reed, American pianist and composer. 22 – Goran Kajfeš, Swedish trumpeter. 24 – Bernardo Sassetti, Portuguese pianist and film composer (died 2012). July 6 Médéric Collignon, French vocalist, cornettist and saxhorn player. Roger Cicero, German singer (died 2016). 13 – Glenn Corneille, Dutch pianist (died 2005). 14 – Jacob Young, Norwegian guitarist. 15 – Frank McComb, American soul singer and pianist. 16 – Yinka Davies, Nigerian vocalist, dancer, and lyricist. 17 – Alvester Garnett, American drummer. 25 – Brian Blade, American drummer, composer and singer-songwriter. 30 – Susanne Abbuehl, Swiss-Dutch singer. August 1 – Kishon Khan, Bangladeshi-British pianist, composer, arranger, and music producer. 21 Marlon Jordan, American trumpeter, composer, and bandleader. Simone Eriksrud, Norwegian singer and composer. 22 – Erik van der Luijt, Dutch pianist, composer, and band leader. 23 – Brad Mehldau, American pianist, composer, and band leader. 24 – Chris Tarry, Canadian bass guitarist. , September 3 –