page_title: 1982 in jazz
section_title: Deaths
hierarchical_section_title: 1982 in jazz / Deaths
caption_attribution_description: Norsk bokmål: Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen (født 1982) er en norsk gitarist fra Ålesund.
context_page_description: This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1982.
context_section_description: January
  9 – Vido Musso, Italian-American tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader (born 1913).
  February
  7 – Joseph Reinhardt, French guitarist and composer (born 1912).
  17 – Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (born 1917).
  26 – Gábor Szabó, Hungarian guitarist (born 1936).
  March
  9 – Leonid Utyosov, Soviet singer and comic actor (born 1895).
  23 – Sonny Greer, American drummer and vocalist (born 1895).
  May
  5 – Cal Tjader, American vibraphonist, drummer, and percussionist (born 1925).
  June
  11 – Al Rinker, American singer and composer (born 1907).
  15 – Art Pepper, American alto saxophonist and clarinetist (born 1925).
  25 – Alex Welsh, Scottish singer, cornetist, and trumpeter (born 1929).
  July
  9 – Wingy Manone, American trumpeter, composer, singer, and bandleader (born 1900).
  22 – Sonny Stitt, American saxophonist (born 1924).
  October
  21 – Radka Toneff, Norwegian singer (born 1952).
  November
  11 – Gösta Törner, Swedish jazz trumpeter and bandleader (born 1912).
  16 – Al Haig, American pianist (born 1922).
  December
  17 – Big Joe Williams, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter (born 1903).
caption: Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen in 2012.
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