guitarist (born 1918). June 3 – Skinnay Ennis, American bandleader and singer (born 1907). 12 – Bob Scobey, American trumpeter (born 1916). July 25 – John Adriano Acea, American jazz pianist (born 1917). 31 – Curtis Counce, American upright bassist (born 1926). August 23 – Glen Gray, American saxophonist, Casa Loma Orchestra (born 1906). September 20 – Pete Brown, American alto saxophonist and bandleader (born 1906). Sam Allen, American pianist (born 1909). November 4 – Joe Gordon, American trumpeter (born 1928). 29 – Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban composer, pianist and bandleader (born 1895). December 14 Dinah Washington, American singer (born 1924). Lodewijk Parisius "Kid Dynamite", Surinamese-Dutch tenor saxophonist (born 1911). 22 – Roy Palmer, American trombonist (born 1892). Unknown date Jon Ballantyne, Canadian pianist and composer. Naftule Brandwein, Jewish clarinetist and influential klezmer musician (born 1884). Births January 7 – Christine Tobin, Irish vocalist and composer. 17 – Cyrus Chestnut, American pianist, songwriter and producer. February 2 Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (died 1996). Vigleik Storaas, Norwegian pianist. 5 – Jacqui Dankworth, British singer. March 5 – Ralph Alessi, American trumpeters and composer. 18 – Yoko Kanno, Japanese composer, arranger, keyboarder, pianist, and accordionist. 23 – Nelson Faria, Brazilian guitarist. 24 Dave Douglas, American trumpeter and composer. Eric Vloeimans, Dutch trumpeter. 30 – Ximo Tebar, Spanish guitarist and composer. April 1 – Antoine Roney, American saxophonist. 4 – Benny Green, American pianist. 7 – Fredrik Lundin, Danish saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. 8 – Tine Asmundsen, Norwegian upright bassist. 17 – Peter Havlicek, Austrian kontragitarrist (viennese harp-guitar), guitarist, composer, and vocalist. 24 – Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Cuban drummer and percussionist. May 2 – Eric Person, American saxophonist. 4 – Gerald Cleaver, American drummer. 9 – Ron Miles, American trumpeter, cornetist, and composer. 4 – Jack Cooper, American composer, arranger, multireedist, and music educator. 16 – Nikki Iles, English composer, pianist and accordion player. 27 – Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Afro-Cuban composer and pianist. 28 – Marc Antoine, French guitarist. June 9 – Gilad Atzmon, British saxophonist and writer. 20 – Jeff Beal, American trumpeter, flugelhornist, keyboarder, and composer. 28 – Tierney Sutton, American singer. July 5 – Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor. 23 – Renato Borghetti, Brazilian folk musician and composer. August 7 – Marcus Roberts, American pianist. 10 – Christine Ott, French composer, pianist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist. 12 Karen Briggs, African-American violinist. Nigel Mooney, Irish singer, guitarist, and songwriter. 23