15 – Tommy Turrentine, American trumpeter (born 1928). 18 – Horst Lippmann, German drummer, concert promoter, writer, and television director (born 1927). 31 – Eddie Jones, American upright bassist (born 1929). June 2 – Doc Cheatham, American trumpeter, singer and bandleader (born 1905). 4 Anne Lenner, English singer (born 1912). Johnny "Hammond" Smith, American organist (born 1933). 12 – Chuck Andrus, American upright bassist (born 1928). 14 – Arthur Prysock, American singer (born 1924). 16 – Rolf Ericson, Swedish trumpeter and flugelhornist (born 1922). 19 – Thurman Green, American trombonist (born 1940). July 2 – Stan Barker, American pianist (born 1926). 29 – Chuck Wayne, American guitarist (born 1923). August 2 – Fela Kuti, Nigerian saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist (born 1938). 8 Dardanelle Hadley, American singer, vibraphonist, pianist, composer, and arranger (born 1917). Duncan Swift, British pianist (born 1943). 12 – Dick Marx, American pianist and arranger (born 1924). 14 – Eric Von Essen, American bassist, pianist, and composer (born 1954). 24 – Tete Montoliu, American pianist (born 1933). September 18 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (born 1920). 20 – Dick Shearer, American trombonist (born 1940). October 29 – Big Nick Nicholas, American saxophonist and vocalist (born 1922). November 2 – Carson Smith, American upright bassist (born 1931). 9 – Joe Roccisano, saxophonist and arranger (born 1939). 10 – Tommy Tedesco, American guitarist (born 1930). 11 – Shake Keane, American trumpeter and poet (born 1927). 12 – Carola Standertskjöld, Finnish singer (born 1941). December 1 – Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (born 1908). 6 – George Chisholm, American trombonist (born 1915). 12 – Mouse Randolph, American trumpeter (born 1909). 21 – Johnny Coles, American trumpeter (born 1926). 30 – Ray Crawford, American guitarist (born 1924). Unknown date Johnny Mince, American clarinetist (born 1912). Births Unknown date Barbra Lica, Canadian jazz singer and songwriter. See also 1990s in jazz List of years in jazz 1997 in music References External links History Of Jazz Timeline: 1997 at All About Jazz Jazz Jazz by year