– Billy Taylor, American upright bassist (born 1906). 10 – Pepper Adams, American baritone saxophonist and composer (born 1930). October 22 – Thorgeir Stubø, Norwegian guitarist, band leader, and composer (born 1943). 27 – Alan Branscombe, English pianist, vibraphonist, and alto saxophonist (born 1936). November 3 – Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, American tenor saxophonist (born 1922). 23 – Svein Øvergaard, Norwegian saxophonist and percussionist (born 1912). December 2 – Paul Bascomb, American tenor saxophonist (born 1912). Unknown date Arthur Rosebery, English pianist and singer (born 1904). Births January 4 – Theo Jackson, British songwriter, pianist and vocalist. 12 – Philip Schjetlein, Norwegian guitarist. 27 – Takashi Matsunaga, Japanese pianist and composer. March 10 – Justin Kauflin, American pianist, composer, and record producer. 11 – Ayumi Tanaka, Japanese pianist. 19 – Susanne Sundfør, Norwegian singer and songwriter. April 20 – Roxy Coss, American saxophonist and composer. 23 – Laura Mvula, British singer, songwriter, and composer. May 18 – Adam Bałdych, Polish violinist, composer, music producer. 26 – Kit Downes, British pianist and composeer. June 24 – Ivan Blomqvist, Swedish pianist, keyboarder, and composer. July 11 – Jakop Janssønn Hauan, Norwegian drummer. 21 – Rebecca Ferguson, British singer and songwriter. October 10 – Ellen Andrea Wang, Norwegian upright bassist and singer. November 8 – Nikola Rachelle, British singer and songwriter. 11 – Jon Batiste, American singer, multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader. 12 – Jonas Kilmork Vemøy, Norwegian trumpeter, and composer. 13 – Miss Tati, Norwegian DJ, singer, and songwriter. December 2 – Tal Wilkenfeld, Australian bass guitarist. Unknown date Adrián Carrio, Spanish pianist. Emilie Stoesen Christensen, Norwegian singer and actor. Jon Audun Baar, Norwegian drummer. Julia Kadel, German pianist, composer, and band leader. Lars Ove Fossheim, Norwegian jazz guitarist. Romano Ricciardi, Italian-Swiss saxophonist. Sasha Masakowski, American singer. See also 1980s in jazz List of years in jazz 1986 in music References External links History Of Jazz Timeline: 1986 at All About Jazz Jazz Jazz by year