page_title: 1987 in jazz
section_title: Deaths
hierarchical_section_title: 1987 in jazz / Deaths
caption_attribution_description: English: Slovenian pianist and composer Kaja Draksler at the Moers Festival 2016 Deutsch: Die slowenische Pianistin und Komponistin Kaja Draksler beim Moers Festival 2016
context_page_description: This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1987.
context_section_description: January
  14 – Alton Purnell, American pianist (born 1911).
  16 – Robert De Kers, Belgian trumpeter and bandleader (born 1906).
  February
  2
  Alfred Lion, German-American record executive, Blue Note Records (born 1908).
  Spike Hughes, British upright bassist, composer, and music journalist (born 1908).
  March
  1 – Freddie Green, American guitarist (born 1911).
  6 – Eddie Durham, American guitarist, trombonist, composer, and arranger (born 1906).
  April
  2 – Buddy Rich, American drummer and bandleader (born 1917).
  7 – Maxine Sullivan, American singer (born 1911).
  May
  4 — Wilbur Little, African-American bassist (born 1928).
  12 – Victor Feldman, English pianist and percussionist (born 1934).
  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).
caption: Kaja Draksler at the 2016 
  Moers Festival.
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