July 17 – Howard McGhee, American trumpeter (born 1918). September 21 – Jaco Pastorius, American bass guitarist (born 1951). October 15 – Pete Carpenter, American trombonist (born 1914). 29 – Woody Herman, American clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, singer, and big band leader (born 1913). December 10 – Slam Stewart, American upright bassist (born 1914). 18 – Warne Marsh, American tenor saxophonist (born 1927). Births January 28 – Eldar Djangirov, American pianist. February 5 – Shai Maestro, Israeli pianist. 6 – Kaja Draksler, Slovenian pianist and composer. 15 – Trygve Waldemar Fiske, Norwegian upright bassist. 27 – Cory Henry, American organist, pianist, and music producer. March 13 – Harald Lassen, Norwegian saxophonist and pianist. 19 – Thana Alexa, Croatian-American vocalist and composer. April 11 – Joss Stone, English singer, songwriter and actress. 26 – Kim-Erik Pedersen, Norwegian saxophonist. 30 – August Rosenbaum, Danish pianist, composer, and arranger May 7 – Heida Mobeck, Norwegian tubist and bass guitarist. 10 – Typh Barrow, Belgian singer, songwriter, composer and pianist. July 26 – Evelina Sašenko, Lithuanian singer of Polish-Ukrainian descent. September 11 – Bjørn Marius Hegge, Norwegian upright bassist and composer, Hegge. 18 – Luísa Sobral, Portuguese singer and songwriter. October 12 – Bjørnar Kaldefoss Tveite, Norwegian upright bassist (Morning Has Occurred). 25 – André Drage, Norwegian drummer and composer. November 12 – Jamison Ross, American drummer and vocalist. 13 – Hanna Paulsberg, Norwegian tenor saxophonist and composer. December 12 – Marte Eberson, Norwegian pianist, keyboardist and composer. 25 – Julian Lage, American guitarist. Unknown date Anja Lauvdal, Norwegian pianist, keyboardist, and composer. Hanne Kalleberg, Norwegian singer and composer. Mario Tomić, Croatian guitarist, arranger, composer, and producer. Oscar Grönberg, Swedish-Norwegian pianist. Thea Hjelmeland, Norwegian singer and songwriter. See also 1980s in jazz List of years in jazz 1987 in music References External links History Of Jazz Timeline: 1987 at All About Jazz Jazz Jazz by year