# 2017 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2017.

## Events
### January

* 12
** The 16th All Ears festival started in Oslo (January 12–15).
** The 3rd annual Tucson Jazz Festival started in Tucson, Arizona (January 12 – 22).
* 20 – The 36th annual Djangofestival started on Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway (January 20 – 21).
* 21 – Hot Club de Norvège headline at the annual Djangofestival at Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway.
* 28 – Nils Petter Molvær is presented as winner of the 2016 Spellemannprisen Jazz award.

### February

* 1 – The 6th Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø, Norway (February 1 – 4).
* 2 – The 19th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 2–5).
* 9 – The 12th Ice Music Festival started in Geilo, Norway (February 9 – 11).

### March

* 3 – The 13th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 3 – 5).
* 31 – The 18th Cape Town International Jazz Festival started in Cape Town, South Africa (March 31 – April 1).

### April

* 7 – The 44th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 7 – 9).
* 30 – The International Jazz Day.

### May

* 5 – The Balejazz started in Balestrand (May 5 – 7).
* 9 – The 28th MaiJazz started in Stavanger, Norway (May 9 – 14).
* 10 – The 13th AnJazz, the Hamar Jazz Festival started at Hamar, Norway (May 10 – 14).
* 11 – The 17th Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés started in Paris, France (May 11 – 22).
* 18 – The 6th Torino Jazz Festival started in Turin (May 18–22).
* 26 – The 45th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 26 – June 4).

### June

* 1 – Proceedings of the Echo Jazz Awards in Hamburg, Germany.
* 22 – The 27th JazzBaltica started in Schloss Salzau close to Kiel, Germany (June 22–25).
* 23 – The 7th Alfa Jazz Fest started in Lviv, Ukraine (June 23–27).
* 28 – The 28th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 28 – July 10).
* 29
** The 37th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 29 - July 8).
** The 37th Jazz à Vienne started in Vienne, France (June 29 - July 13).
* 30
** The 5th Love Supreme Festival started in Glynde Place, East Sussex (June 30 – July 2).
** The 51st Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 30 – July 15).

### July

* 5 – The 53rd Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (July 5 – 8).
* 6
** The 17th Stavernfestivalen started in Stavern, Norway (July 6 – 8).
** The 21st Skånevik Bluesfestival started in Skånevik, Norway (July 6 – 8).
* 7
** The 39th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 7 – 16).
** The 44th Umbria Jazz Festival started in Perugia, Italy (July 7 – 16).
** The 42nd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands ( July 7–9).
* 8 – The 52nd Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 8 – 16).
* 11 – The 41st Jazz de Vitoria started in Gasteiz, Spain (July 11 – 15).
* 15 – The 29th Aarhus Jazz Festival started in Aarhus, Denmark (July 15 – 22).
* 17
** The 70th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 17 – 21).
** The 56th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway ( July 17 – 22).
* 26 – The 22nd Canal Street started in Arendal, Norway (July 26 – 29).
* 28 – The 40th Jazz in Marciac started in Marciac, France (July 28 – August 14).

### August

* 4 – The 61st Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 4 – 6).
* 8 – The 18th Øyafestivalen started in Oslo, Norway (August 8 – 12).
* 10
** The Nišville International Jazz Festival started in Niš, Serbia (August 10–13).
** The 31st Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 10 – 14).
* 11 – The 33rd Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 11 – 13).
* 12 – The 32nd Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway ( August 12 – 19).
* 31 – The 12th Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway ( August 31 - September 2).

### September

* 1 – The 16th Tokyo Jazz Festival, started at North Door in Tokyo, Japan (September 1 – 3).
* 14 – The 4th Everfest, Sonic Transmissions started at North Door in Austin, Texas (September 14 – 16).
* 15 – The 60th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17).

### October

* 6 – The 34th Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (October 6 – 15).
* 19 – The 34th DølaJazz started in Lillehammer, Norway (October 19 – 22).
* 25 – The 49th Umeå Jazz Festival started in Umeå, Sweden (October 25 – 29).
* 27 – The 38th Cork Jazz Festival started in Cork, Ireland (October 27 – 30).

### November

* 2 – The 53rd Jazz Fest Berlin started in Berlin, Germany (November 2 – 5).
* 10 – The 25th London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 10 – 19).
* 23 – The São Paulo Jazz Festival started in São Paulo, Brazil (November 23 – 26).

### December

* 28 – The 25th Umbria Jazz Winter started in Orvieto, Italy (December 28 – January 1).

## Albums released

| Month | Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes |
| January | 6 | Pentagon Tapes | Dag Arnesen Trio | Losen | |
| January | 13 | Hà Nội Duo | Nguyên Lê featuring Paolo Fresu | ACT | Executive producer Siggi Loch |
| January | 13 | Danse | Colin Vallon Trio | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| January | 13 | Up and Coming | John Abercrombie Quartet (Marc Copland, Drew Gress, Joey Baron) | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| January | 13 | The Invariant | Benedikt Jahnel Trio (Antonio Miguel, Owen Howard) | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| January | 13 | Politur Passiarer | Scheen Jazzorkester & Audun Kleive | Losen | |
| January | 20 | Chromola | 1982 (Nils Økland, Sigbjørn Apeland, Øyvind Skarbø) | Heilo | |
| January | 20 | Vit | Christer Fredriksen | Losen | Produced by Christer Fredriksen |
| January | 27 | Elegy | Theo Bleckmann with Ben Monder, Shai Maestro, Chris Tordini, John Hollenbeck | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| January | 27 | Godspeed | Morten Schantz | Edition | Produced by Morten Schantz with Kristian Thomsen |
| January | 27 | Meet Me At The Movies | Viktoria Tolstoy | ACT | Produced by Nils Landgren executive producer Siggi Loch |
| January | 27 | Piano Song | Matthew Shipp Trio | Thirsty Ear | Produced by Peter Gordon |
| January | 27 | Potsdamer Platz | Jan Lundgren | ACT | Produced by Siggi Loch |
| January | 27 | Quiet Dreams | Hilde Hefte | Ponca Jazz | |
| February | 3 | Daylight Ghosts | Craig Taborn | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| February | 3 | Ut Og Se Noe Annet | Marthe Wang | Kirkelig Kulturverksted | Produced by Markus Lillehaug Johnsen. Nominated for the folk Spellemannprisen |
| February | 3 | My Foolish Heart | Ralph Towner | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| February | 10 | La Diversité | Nicolas Kummert | Edition | |
| February | 10 | Third Set | Oleta Adams | | |
| February | 17 | Axis | Irabagon, Hegre & Drønen | Rune Grammofon | |
| February | 24 | Drunk | Thundercat | Brainfeeder | Produced by Flying Lotus, Mono/Poly, Sounwave, Thundercat |
| February | 24 | Potsdamer Platz | Jan Lundgren | ACT | Produced by Siggi Loch |
| February | 24 | The Roc | Daniel Herskedal | Edition | Produced by Daniel Herskedal |
| February | 24 | Sooner And Later | Julia Hülsmann Trio | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| March | 3 | Rímur | Trio Mediaeval / Arve Henriksen | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| March | 7 | Animals | Megalodon Collective | Jazzland | |
| March | 17 | Asian Field Variations | Louis Sclavis, Dominique Pifarely, Vincent Courtois | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| March | 17 | Metrics | Stephan Meidell | Hubro | |
| March | 24 | Dance of Time | Eliane Elias | Concord | Produced by Eliane Elias, Marc Johnson, Steve Rodby |
| March | 24 | Preverbal | Matthew Stevens | Ropeadope | |
| March | 24 | Vessel in Orbit | Whit Dickey, Mat Maneri, and Matthew Shipp | AUM Fidelity | Produced by Whit Dickey |
| March | 31 | December Avenue | Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| March | 31 | Skinner Plays Skinner | David Arthur Skinner | Losen | Produced by David Arthur Skinner |
| April | 7 | Charlie Watts Meets The Danish Radio Big Band | Charlie Watts | Impulse! | |
| April | 7 | East West Time Line | Kevin Eubanks | Mack Avenue | Produced by Kevin Eubanks |
| April | 7 | Gratitude | Dayna Stephens | Contagious Music | Produced by Matt Pierson |
| April | 7 | Nattsongar | Erlend Apneseth / Ole Morten Vågan / Hans Hulbækmo | Hubro | Produced by Andreas R Meland and Erlend Apneseth |
| April | 7 | Nuit Blanche | François Couturier, Tarkovsky Quartet | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| April | 7 | Thunder of the Gods | Sun Ra and His Arkestra | Modern Harmonic | |
| April | 7 | Silent Light | Dominic Miller | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| April | 14 | Walk Against Wind | Linda May Han Oh | Biophilia | |
| April | 21 | The Dreamer Is The Dream | Chris Potter, David Virelles, Joe Martin, and Marcus Gilmore | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| April | 21 | Find The Way | Aaron Parks, Ben Street, and Billy Hart | ECM | |
| April | 21 | Guzuguzu | Helge Lien Trio | Ozella | Nominated for the jazz Spellemannprisen |
| April | 21 | Sabiduría | Eddie Palmieri | Ropeadope | |
| April | 21 | Titok | Ferenc Snétberger, Anders Jormin, and Joey Baron | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| April | 22 | Death to the Planet | The Comet Is Coming | The Leaf Label | Produced by Dan Leavers |
| April | 28 | Flowers: Beautiful Life, Volume 2 | Jimmy Greene | Mack Avenue | Produced by Jimmy Greene, executive producer Gretchen Valade |
| April | 28 | Nightfall | Quercus (June Tabor, Iain Ballamy, Huw Warren) | ECM | Produced by Huw Warren, Iain Ballamy |
| May | 5 | Cross My Palm With Silver | Avishai Cohen Quartet | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| May | 5 | Fly Or Die | Jaimie Branch | International Anthem Recording Co. | |
| May | 5 | Kingdom | Alexi Tuomarila, Mats Eilertsen, and Olavi Louhivuori | Edition | Produced by Alexi Tuomarila, executive producer Dave Stapleton |
| May | 5 | Towards Language | Arve Henriksen | Rune Grammofon | Produced by Jan Bang, co-produced by Arve Henriksen |
| May | 5 | Turn Up the Quiet | Diana Krall | Verve | Produced by Tommy LiPuma |
| May | 12 | La Saboteuse | Yazz Ahmed | Naim Audio | Produced by Noel Jangley and Yazz Ahmed |
| May | 17 | She Moves On | Youn Sun Nah | ACT | Produced by Jamie Saft |
| May | 19 | Music From Our Soul | Charnett Moffett | Motema | |
| May | 26 | Dizzy | Jukka Perko Tritone | We Jazz Records | |
| May | 26 | Loneliness Road | Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow, Bobby Previte, with Iggy Pop | RareNoise Records | Produced by Christian Castagno, Jamie Saft |
| May | 26 | Planetary Prince | Cameron Graves | Mack Avenue | Produced by Cameron Graves |
| May | 26 | Serenade for Horace | Louis Hayes | Blue Note | Produced by Dezron Douglas, Don Was |
| May | 26 | Small Town | Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| May | 31 | Ruler Rebel | Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah | Ropeadope | Produced by Chris Dunn |
| June | 16 | Bells for the South Side | Roscoe Mitchell | ECM | |
| June | 16 | The Late Trane | Denys Baptiste | Edition | Produced by Jason Yarde |
| June | 16 | A Piece Of The Apple | Frode Kjekstad | Losen | Produced by Frode Kjekstad |
| June | 23 | Diaspora | Christian Scott | Ropeadope | |
| June | 23 | Interactions | Kåre Kolve | Curling Legs | Commission for Vossajazz |
| June | 30 | Unbreakable | Nils Landgren Funk Unit featuring Ray Parker Jr. | ACT | Produced by Magnum Coltrane Price and Nils Landgren, executive producer Siggi Loch |
| July | 7 | Saluting Sgt. Pepper | Django Bates | Edition | Produced by Django Bates and Tim Adnitt |
| July | 14 | Passin’ Thru | Charles Lloyd New Quartet | Blue Note | |
| July | 28 | Sinatra & Jobim @ 50 | John Pizzarelli | Concord Jazz | Featuring Daniel Jobim |
| August | 18 | Rathkes Gate 12:21:58 | Bendik Hofseth / Jacob Young / Paolo Vinaccia | Oslo Session Recordings | |
| August | 18 | Aqustico Vol 2 | Luca Aquino | Losen | Produced by RVB – AeA societa cooperativa |
| August | 18 | Utopian Tales | Stein Urheim | Hubro | Produced by Jørgen Træen and Stein Urheim |
| August | 25 | Far from Over | Vijay Iyer Sextet | ECM | |
| August | 25 | Incidentals | Tim Berne's Snakeoil | ECM | Produced by David Torn |
| August | 25 | Tangents | Gary Peacock Trio including with Marc Copland and Joey Baron | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| August | 25 | Brothers | Adam Baldych and Helge Lien Trio featuring Tore Brunborg | ACT | Produced by Siggi Loch with the artist |
| August | 25 | Kind Of Spain | Wolfgang Haffner | ACT | Produced by Lars Danielsson with Wolfgang Haffner, executive producer & curator Siggi LochSiggi Loch with the artist |
| August | 25 | Stockholm Underground | Magnus Lindgren | ACT | Produced by Nils Landgren and Siggi Loch |
| September | 1 | 5 | Eple Trio | Shipwreckords | |
| September | 1 | Blank Out | Ellen Andrea Wang | Jazzland | Nominated for the jazz Spellemannprisen |
| September | 1 | Carla. The Fish | Espen Rud | Curling Legs | |
| September | 4 | Some Place Called Where | Marilena Paradisi and Kirk Lightsey | Losen | Produced by Marilena Paradisi |
| September | 8 | Clocks | Erland Dahlen | Hubro | Produced by Erland Dahlen |
| September | 8 | Trip | Mike Stern | Heads Up | |
| September | 15 | Åra | Erlend Apneseth Trio | Hubro | Produced by Andreas R Meland and Erlend Apneseth Trio. Nominated for the open class Spellemannprisen |
| September | 15 | Gnosis | David Virelles | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| September | 15 | Provenance | Björn Meyer | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| September | 22 | Bringin' It | Christian McBride Big Band | Mack Avenue | Produced by Christian McBride |
| September | 22 | Old Songs | Olga Konkova and Jens Thoresen | Losen | Produced by Olga Konkova and Jens Thoresen |
| September | 25 | Vi Är Ledsna Men Du Får Inte Längre Vara Barn | Hegge | Particular Recordings | Recipient of the jazz Spellemannprisen |
| September | 29 | Dreams and Daggers | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Mack Avenue | Produced by Al Pryor Awarded Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards |
| September | 29 | Circle Of Chimes | Marius Neset | ACT | Produced by Marius Neset, co-produced by Anton Eger. Nominated for the jazz Spellemannprisen |
| September | 29 | Everybody Loves Angels | Bugge Wesseltoft | ACT | Produced by Siggi Loch with the artist |
| September | 29 | A Meeting of Spirits | Gary Husband | Edition | |
| September | 29 | Pastor´n | Asmundsen & Co | Losen | Produced by Tine Asmundsen and Vidar Johansen. All compositions by Einar “Pastor´n” Iversen. |
| October | 6 | Bandes Originales | Vincent Courtois, Daniel Erdmann, Robin Fincker | La Buissonne | Produced by 22D Music, RJAL for La Buissonne |
| October | 6 | Freedom Nation | Natalie Sandtorv | Øra Fonogram | Commission for Moldejazz |
| October | 6 | Setembro | Mário Laginha, Julian Argüelles, and Helge Andreas Norbakken | Edition | Executive producer Dave Stapleton |
| October | 13 | Blue Maqams | Anouar Brahem (Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Django Bates) | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| October | 13 | Flyge Fra | Frida Ånnevik | Grappa Music | Recipient of the folk Spellemannprisen |
| October | 20 | The Emancipation Procrastination | Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah | Ropeadope | |
| October | 22 | Kornstad + KORK Live | Kornstad Ensemble & Norwegian Radio Orchestra | Grappa Music | Produced by Geoff Miles and Håkon Kornstad |
| October | 27 | Autumn Wind | Scott DuBois | ACT | Produced by Scott DuBoi |
| October | 27 | Good Stuff | Iiro Rantala & Ulf Wakenius | ACT | Produced by Siggi Loch |
| October | 27 | Not Nearly Enough To Buy A House | Kjetil Mulelid Trio | Rune Grammofon | |
| November | 3 | Mediterraneo: Jazz at Berlin Phil VIII | Stefano Bollani Trio | ACT | ACT98492 |
| November | 3 | Comment C'est | Michael Mantler | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| November | 3 | Nahnou Houm | Jon Balke, Siwan | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| November | 3 | The Study Of Touch | Django Bates' Belovèd | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| November | 3 | Unloved | Maciej Obara Quartet (Dominik Wania, Ole Morten Vågan, Gard Nilssen) | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| November | 10 | Jazzkammer | Helge Iberg | Odin | ODINCD9563 |
| November | 17 | Music Without Borders | Annbjørg Lien | Heilo | HCD7324 |
| November | 17 | Louder Than You | Molecules & Erlend Skomsvoll | Øra Fonogram | OF121 |
| November | 17 | Sundown | Kristoffer Kompen | Kompis Records | KRE111 |
| November | 17 | Worst Generation | Nakama | Nakama Records | NKM013CD |
| November | 24 | Plastic Sun (Remastered) | Svein Finnerud Trio | Odin | Originally released in 1970. ODINCD9558 |
| November | 24 | Space In Between | Vigleik Storaas/Tor Yttredal | Inner Ear | INEA24 |
| November | 24 | Steamdome | Ola Kvernberg | Grappa | Nominated for the open class Spellemannprisen |
| November | 24 | You I Me | Kim Myhr | Hubro | HUBROLP3593 |
| December | 1 | Kroks Bok | Bjørn Krokfoss | Hot Club Records | HCRBOK556 |
| December | 1 | Orchestral Works | Hans Mathisen | Curling Legs | CLPCD161 |
| December | 1 | Meander | Jo David Meyer Lysne & Mats Eilertsen | Øra Fonogram | OF128 |

## Deaths
### January

* 8
** Buddy Bregman, American arranger, producer, and composer (born 1930).
** Rod Mason, British trumpeter (born 1940).
* 10 – Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist (born 1926).
* 14 – John Boudreaux, American drummer (born 1936).
* 15
** Terry Cryer, British jazz and blues photographer (born 1934).
** Thandi Klaasen, South African singer (pancreatic cancer) (born 1931).
* 16 – Charles "Bobo" Shaw, American drummer (born 1947).
* 20 – Chuck Stewart, American photographer (born 1927).
* 22 – Jaki Liebezeit, German drummer (died 1939).
* 28 – Guitar Gable, American singer, guitarist, and songwriter (born 1937).
* 31 – John Wetton, English singer, bassist, and songwriter (cancer) (born 1949).

### February

* 5 – David Axelrod, American musician and producer (born 1931).
* 7 – Svend Asmussen, Danish violinist, known as "The Fiddling Viking" (born 1916).
* 12
** Al Jarreau, American singer (born 1940).
** Barbara Carroll, American pianist and singer (born 1925).
* 18 – Clyde Stubblefield, American drummer best known for his work with James Brown (kidney failure) (born 1943).
* 19 – Larry Coryell, American guitarist (born 1943).
* 20 – Nicolai Munch-Hansen, Danish bassist and composer (born 1977).
* 23 – Horace Parlan, American pianist (born 1931).
* 24 – Fumio Karashima, Japanese pianist (born 1948).

### March

* 3 – Misha Mengelberg, Dutch pianist and composer (born 1935).
* 8 – Dave Valentin, American flautist (born 1952).
* 13 – Tommy LiPuma, American music producer (born 1936).
* 16 – James Cotton, American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter (born 1935).
* 18 – Chuck Berry, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (born 1926).
* 20
** Buck Hill, American saxophonist (born 1927).
** Tony Terran, American trumpeter and session musician (born 1926).
* 21 – Roy Fisher, British poet and pianist (born 1930).
* 24 – Avo Uvezian, Armenian-American pianist, composer, and cigar manufacturer (born 1926).
* 26 – Jimmy Dotson, American singer, guitarist, and drummer (born 1933).
* 27
** Arthur Blythe, American alto saxophonist and composer (died 1940).
** Clem Curtis, Trinidadian British singer in The Foundations (born 1940).

### April

* 1
** Bob Cunningham, American bassist (born 1934).
** Lonnie Brooks, American blues singer and guitarist (born 1933).
* 9
** Knut Borge, Norwegian journalist, entertainer, and jazz enthusiast (born 1949).
** Stan Robinson, English tenor saxophonist (born 1936).
* 11
** J. Geils, American jazz and blues guitarist in The J. Geils Band (born 1946).
** Toby Smith, British keyboardist and songwriter for Jamiroquai (born 1970).
* 15 – Allan Holdsworth, British jazz fusion guitarist in Gong, Soft Machine (born 1946).
* 27 – John Shifflett, American bassist (born 1953).
* 29 – Ian Cruickshank, English guitarist, educator, author and columnist (born 1947).

### May

* 1 – Bruce Hampton, American singer and guitarist, Hampton Grease Band (born 1947).
* 3 – Casey Jones, American drummer, singer, and record producer (born 1940).
* 7 – Dave Pell, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (born 1925).
* 12 – Bill Dowdy, American drummer in The Three Sounds (born 1932).
* 14 – Tom McClung, American pianist and composer (born 1957).
* 22 – Mickey Roker, American drummer (born 1932).
* 27 – Gregg Allman, American singer, guitarist, pianist, and songwriter, the Allman Brothers Band (born 1947).
* 31 – Bern Nix, American guitarist (born 1947).

### June

* 17 – Thara Memory, American trumpeter (born 1948).
* 18 – Chris Murrell, American singer (born 1956).
* 22 – Jimmy Nalls, American guitarist and singer, Sea Level (born 1951).
* 27 – Geri Allen, American pianist (born 1957).
* 28 – Phil Cohran, American trumpeter (born 1927).

### July

* 4 – John Blackwell American drummer, Prince (born 1973).
* 7 – Egil Monn-Iversen, Norwegian composer and pianist (born 1928).
* 12 – Ray Phiri, South African jazz fusion singer and guitarist (born 1947).
* 13 – Egil Kapstad, Norwegian pianist and composer (born 1940).
* 19 – Graham Wood, Australian pianist (born 1971).
* 21 – Errol Dyers, South African guitarist (born 1952).
* 26 – Tom McIntosh, American trombonist and composer (born 1927).
* 30 – Charlie Tagawa, Japanese-American musical entertainer and banjoist (born 1935).
* 31 – Chuck Loeb, American guitarist and composer (born 1955).

### August

* 4 – Bruno Canfora, Italian composer, conductor, and music arranger (born 1924).
* 7 – Janet Seidel, Australian singer and pianist (born 1955).
* 16 – Mike Hennessey, English music journalist and pianist (born 1928).
* 19 – Bea Wain, American Big Band-era singer (born 1917).
* 22 – John Abercrombie, American guitarist, composer and bandleader (born 1944).
* 26 – Wilson das Neves, Brazilian bossa nova singer and percussionist (born 1936).
* 29 – Larry Elgart, American jazz bandleader (born 1922).
* 30 – Skip Prokop, Canadian rock and jazz fusion drummer in Lighthouse, The Paupers (born 1943).
* 31 – Janne Carlsson, Swedish drummer and actor (born 1937).

### September

* 3 – Walter Becker, American guitarist in Steely Dan, songwriter, and record producer (born 1950).
* 5 – Leo Cuypers, Dutch pianist and composer (born 1947).
* 11 – Frank Capp, American drummer (born 1931).
* 17 – Laudir de Oliveira, Brazilian rock and jazz percussionist in Chicago (born 1940).
* 22 – Mike Carr, English organist, pianist and vibraphonist (born 1937).
* 27 – CeDell Davis, American guitarist and singer (born 1926).

### October

* 6 – Lou Gare, English saxophonist (born 1939).
* 8 – Grady Tate, American drummer and singer (born 1932).
* 12 – Andy McGhee, American tenor saxophonist and educator (born 1927).
* 18 – Phil Miller, English guitarist (born 1949).
* 20 – Boris Lindqvist, Swedish singer and musician (born 1940).
* 22 – Atle Hammer, Norwegian trumpeter (born 1932).
* 24 – Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter of French Creole descent (born 1928).
* 27 – Dick Noel, American singer (born 1927).
* 29
** Frank Holder, Guyanese singer and percussionist (born 1925).
** Muhal Richard Abrams, American clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist (born 1930).
* 30 – Theo Bophela, South African band leader, composer, pianist, arranger, and music educator (born 1931).

### November

* 7 – Wendell Eugene, American trombonist (born 1923).
* 18 – Ben Riley, American drummer known for playing with Thelonious Monk (born 1933).
* 19 – Della Reese, American singer (born 1931).
* 23
** John Coates Jr., American pianist (born 1938).
** Jon Hendricks, American singer (born 1921).
* 27 – Robert Popwell, American bass guitarist, The Young Rascals and The Crusaders (born 1950).
* 29 – Robert Walker, American guitarist (born 1937).

### December

* 2 – Mundell Lowe, American guitarist (born 1922).
* 7 – Sunny Murray, American drummer (born 1936).
* 13 – Willie Pickens, American pianist (born 1931).
* 15 – John Critchinson, English pianist (born 1934).
* 16
** Keely Smith, American singer (born 1928).
** Ralph Carney, American saxophonist and clarinetist, Tin Huey (born 1956).
* 17 – Kevin Mahogany, American vocalist (born 1958).
* 19 – Leo Welch, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter (born 1932).
* 21
** Dominic Frontiere, American composer, arranger, and accordionist (born 1931).
** Halvard Kausland, Norwegian guitarist (born 1945).
** Roswell Rudd, American trombonist (born 1935).
* 28 – Melton Mustafa, American trumpeter and flugelhornist, Count Basie Orchestra (born 1947).