- January
- 3 – Joyce Collins, American pianist, singer, and educator (born 1930).[50]
- 10 – Dick Johnson, American big band clarinetist (born 1925).[51]
- 11 – Georgy Garanian, Armenian-Russian saxophonist, bandleader, and composer (born 1934).
- 13 – Ed Thigpen, American drummer, Oscar Peterson Trio (born 1930).
- 16 – Jimmy Wyble, American guitarist (born 1922).
- 17 – Maki Asakawa, Japanese jazz and blues singer, lyricist and composer (born 1942).
- 19 – Ian Christie, English clarinettist (born 1927).
- 23 – Earl Wild, American pianist (born 1915).
- 25 – Jane Jarvis, American pianist (born 1915).
- February
- March
- 7 – Tony Campise, American saxophonist (born 1943).[53]
- 15 – Sam Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean saxophonist and guitarist (born 1988).
- 20 – Erwin Lehn, German composer, bandleader, and musician (born 1919).
- 22 – Diz Disley, Anglo-Canadian guitarist (born 1931).[54]
- 23 – Marva Wright, American blues singer (born 1948).[55]
- 27 – Peter Herbolzheimer, German trombonist and bandleader (born 1935).
- 28 – Herb Ellis, American guitarist (born 1921).[56]
- 29 – Luigi Trussardi, French upright bassist (born 1938).
- 30 – John Bunch, American pianist (born 1921).
- April
- May
- June
- 5 – Danny Bank, American saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist (born 1922).
- 9
- 15 – Wendell Logan, American composer (born 1940).
- 16 – Bill Dixon, American trumpeter, flugelhornist, pianist, composer, and visual artist (born 1925).
- 24 – Fred Anderson, American tenor saxophonist (born 1929).[60]
- 26 – Benny Powell, African-American jazz trombonist (born 1930).
- 28 – Joya Sherrill, American singer and children's television show host (born 1924).
- July
- August
- 8 – Jack Parnell, English producer, bandleader, drummer, and pianist (born 1923).
- 11 – Leon Breeden, clarinetist, American saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1921).
- 14 – Abbey Lincoln, American singer (born 1930).[61]
- 15 – Ahmad Alaadeen, American saxophonist (born 1934).
- 19 – Dick Maloney, Canadian singer and radio host (born 1933).
- September
- October
- 7 – T Lavitz, American keyboardist, composer and producer (born 1956).
- 17 – Dennis Taylor, American saxophonist, clarinet, and arranger (born 1953).
- 18 – Marion Brown, American jazz alto saxophonist and ethnomusicologist (born 1939).
- 28
- November
- December
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