– Paul Mares, American early dixieland jazz cornet & trumpet player, and leader of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings (born 1900). 20 – Louis Nelson Delisle, dixieland clarinetist (born 1885). October 23 – Buster Wilson, American pianist (born 1897). December 3 – Albert Ammons, American pianist, a player of boogie-woogie (born 1907). 28 – Ivie Anderson, American singer (born 1905). Births January 6 – Chris Laurence, English upright bassist. 21 – David Moss, American composer, percussionist, and singer. 22 – Phil Miller, English guitarist (died 2017). 25 – Paul Murphy, American drummer. 27 – Djavan, Brazilian singer and songwriter. 29 – Vincent Klink, German trumpeter, chef, and restaurateur. February 16 – Michel Herr, Belgian pianist, composer, and arranger. 17 – Fred Frith, English guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improvisor, Henry Cow. 18 – Justo Almario, Colombian flutist and saxophonist. March 16 – Jerry Goodman, American violinist Mahavishnu Orchestra. 29 Carlos Azevedo, Portuguese composer and pianist (died 2012). Michael Brecker, American saxophonist, Brecker Brothers (died 2007). April 2 – Per Husby, Norwegian pianist and composer. 3 – Eric Kloss, American saxophonist. 22 – David Attwooll, British drummer, poet, and publisher, Henry Cow (died 2016). May 1 – Tim Hodgkinson, British experimental music composer, performer, and reedist, Henry Cow. 5 David Toop, English musician and author. Kaoru Abe, Japanese avant-garde alto saxophonist (died 1978). Randy Sandke, American trumpeter and guitarist. 13 – Philip Kruse, Norwegian trumpeter and music publisher. 18 – Jim McNeely, American pianist, composer and arranger. June 5 – Jerry Gonzalez, American trumpeter and percussionist (died 2018). 12 – John Wetton, English singer, bassist, and songwriter (cancer) (died 2017). 14 – Papa Wemba, American soul singer (died 2016). 20 – Harald Halvorsen, Norwegian trombonist. 21 – Christy Doran, Irish guitarist. 26 – Gyula Babos, Hungarian guitarist (died 2018). 29 – Richard James Burgess, English singer, drummer, electronic musician, songwriter, producer, and composer. July 6 – Phyllis Hyman, American singer and actress (died 1995). 17 – Chico Freeman, American tenor saxophonist and trumpeter. 30 – Duck Baker, American acoustic guitarist. August 6 Lillian Boutté, American singer. Olli Ahvenlahti, Finnish pianist, composer, and conductor. 19 – Danny Mixon, American pianist. 21 – Malachi Thompson, American trumpet player (died 2006). 25 – Harold Ivory Williams, American keyboardist (died 2010). 26 – Leon Redbone, American singer and guitarist. 28 – Dennis Davis, American drummer (cancer) (died 2016). September 2 – Knut Borge, Norwegian journalist, entertainer,