Dance Macabre

Dance Macabre

Thursday 26 January 2017

The People Who Died ~ 2017 Edition

John Abercrombie ~ 72 ~ American Jazz guitarist w/Ralph Towner, Jack DeJohnette, Charles Lloyd, Michael Brecker and Randy Brecker

Paul Abler ~ 59 ~ American Jazz guitarist

Muhal Richard Abrams ~ 87 ~ American Jazz pianist w/Dexter Gordon, Max Roach, Ruth Brown and Woody Shaw.

Richard Adam ~ 86 ~ Czech Swing singer

Martin Eric Ain ~ Bassist with Swiss Thrash band Celtic Frost

Geri Allen ~ 60 ~ American Jazz pianist and composer w/Ornette Coleman, Charley Haden, Paul Motian

Tommy Allsup ~ 86 ~ American Rockabilly & Western Swing Guitarist w.Buddy Holly, Bob Wills, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, The Ventures

Joey Alves ~ 63 ~ Guitarist w/American 1980's Metal band Y&T

Auriel Andrew - 69 - Australian country singer

Svend Asmussen ~ 100 ~ Danish Swing jazz violinist played w/Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Stephane Grappelli, Ray Nance, Fats Waller, Josephine Baker, Jon-Luc Ponty, Stuff Smith

David Axelrod, 83, American Jazz and R&B drummer, arranger, composer and producer w/Lou Rawls, Cannonball Adderly, later wrote & produced two Orchestral Rock albums for the Electric Prunes ("Mass in F Minor" and "Release of an Oath")

Meir Banai ~ 55 ~ Israeli folk-pop singer

Mika Bat ~ 40's ~ Singer/guitarist with Japanese Garage Punk bands Thee Bat and the Leather Girls

Mahi Beamer ~ 88 ~ Hawaiian pop singer

Jimmy Beaumont ~ 76 ~ American singer (w/1950's Doo-Wop group The Skyliners ("Since I Don't Have You")

Walter Becker ~ 67 ~ Guitarist & bassist wlth 1970's American Jazz rock band Steely Dan ("Reeling In The Years""Rikki Don't Lose That Number") and 1980's band China Crisis ("Black Man Ray", "King In Catholic Style")

Melissa Bell ~ 53 ~ English singer w/1990's R&R group Soul II Soul

Chester Bennington ~ 41 ~ Singer with American 1990's Nu-Metal Band Linkin Park

Magnus Bergdahl ~ 67 ~ Guitarist w/1960's Swedish Pop band Thorleifs

Cees Bergman ~ 65 ~ Singer with 1970's Dutch glam band Catapult

Ilene Berns ~ 73 ~ American record executive at Bang Records

Chuck Berry ~ 90 ~ Major 1950's R&R Singer/Guitarist/Songwriter ("Roll Over Beethoven", "Maybelline", "No Particular Place To Go", "Sweet Sixteen", "Tulane"

John Blackwell ~ Drummer for Prince and Patti Labelle

Theo Bophela ~ 86 ~ South African jazz musician

Arthur Blythe ~ 76 ~ American Jazz alto saxophonist and composer, w/Gil Evans, Lester Bowie, Jack DeJohnette and McCoy Tyner

Bob Bonnell ~ 73 ~ Singer/harpist with 1970's Toronto rock band Manchild

Patrick Bourgeois - 54 ~ 1980's & 90's singer/guitarist/bassist with Quebec New Wave band Les B.B.

Charles Bradley ~ 68 ~ American R&B singer from the 1970's on, best known for his comeback cover versions of Neil Young's "Heart Of Gold' and Black Sabbath's "Changes"

Loalwa Braz ~ 63 ~ Brazilian singer-songwriter ("Lambada")

Bonnie Briggs ~ Percussionist with Toronto Folk-Punk band Jughead

Clive Brooks ~ 67 ~ British drummer (Egg, The Groundhogs, Pink Floyd)

Lonnie Brooks ~ 83 ~ American blues guitarist and singer w/Chess, Mercury, recorded w/Jimmy Reed, Jr Wells

Wim Brussen ~ 74 ~ Dutch Big Band band leader

Segun Bucknor ~ 71 ~ Nigerian folk and pop singer/guitarist/pianist with Segun Bucknor & the Assembly

Paul Buckmaster ~ 71 ~ English Grammy winning arranger (Elton John, The Rolling Stones) and composer

Sonny Burgess ~ 88 ~ American 1950's Rockabilly singer/guitarist for Sun Records w/hits "Red Headed Woman", "Sadie's Back In Town" & "We Wanna Boogie"

Johnny Burke ~ 77 ~ Canadian Country singer

Ronnie Butler ~ 80 ~ Bahamian singer and entertainer

Joy Byers ~ 82 ~ American 1960's pop songwriter for Elvis Presley ("It Hurts Me", "C'Mon Everybody")

Eamonn Campbell ~ 70 ~ Singer/Guitarist with Irish folk group The Dubliners

Glen Campbell ~ 81 ~ American Pop-Country singer ("Rhinestone Cowboy", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix") and session player w/The Monkees, Beach Boys & Champs

Bruno Canfora ~ 92 ~ Italian jazz composer, conductor and music arranger

Gary De Carlo ~ 75 ~ American singer (Steam) and songwriter ("Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye")

Ralph Carney ~ 61 ~ American saxophonist (Tin Huey, Tom Waits)

Howard Carroll ~ 92 ~ American guitarist with 1950's & 60's Gospel group The Dixie Hummingbirds

David Casper ~ Toronto DJ

David Cassidy ~ 67 ~ Singer with The Partridge Family

Roland Cazimero ~ 66 ~ guitarist w/Hawaiian pop band The Brothers Cazimero

Sheila Raye Charles ~ 53 ~ American singer-songwriter

Sir Christus ~ 39 ~ Guitarist w/Finnish Glam Rock Band Negative

Steve Clark ~ 53 ~ Guitarist w/Toronto indie rock band Vibralux

Wayne Cochran ~ 78 ~ American soul singer and songwriter ("Last Kiss")

John Coates Jr ~ 79 ~ American jazz pianist

Tony Cohen ~ 60 ~ Australian record producer for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Boys Next Door, Hunters & Collectors, The Cruel Sea

Phil Cohran ~ 90 ~ American jazz trumpeter w/Sun Ra, Jay McShann, Earth, Wind & Fire

Manno Charlemagne ~ 69 ~ Haitian singer-songwriter, guitarist and politician, Mayor of Port-au-Prince (1995–1999)

Elisabeth Chojnacka ~ 77 ~ Polish harpsichordist w/The Xenakis Ensemble

Fred Cole ~ 69 ~ American singer and musician w/Garage Punk bands The Lollipop Shoppe & Dead Moon

Eric Cook, British heavy metal band manager (Venom) and record label executive, co-founder of Demolition Records

Jimmy Copley ~ 63 ~ English drummer (Jeff Beck, Graham Parker, Tears for Fears)

Kenny Cordray, 62, American guitarist and songwriter w/ZZ Top, Wayne Cochrane, Jaco Pastoriouos, Jerry Lee Lewis

Ramón Cordero ~ 76 ~ Dominican bachata singer

Robert De Cormier ~ 95 ~ American composer and conductor (The Belafonte Folk Singers)

Chris Cornell ~ 52 ~ Singer with Seattle Grunge Stars Soundgarden as well as Temple Of The Dog and Audioslave

Larry Coryell ~ 73 ~ American Jazz-Fusion guitarist from the 1960's onward w/Gary Burton, Alphonse Mouzon, John McLaughlin, Randy Brecker, Herbie Mann, Charles Mingus, Joey DeFrancesco

James Cotton ~ 81 ~ American Blues singer/harpist from the 1950's onward on Sun, Chess, Verve, Buddha, Alligator, Justin Time Records w/Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Otis Spann, Janis Joplin, Ben Harper

John Critchinson ~ 82 ~ English jazz pianist w/Chet Baker, Johnny Griffen, Joe Henderson

Terry Cryer ~ 82 ~ British jazz and blues photographer

Clem Curtis ~ 76 ~ Trinidadian-born British singer w/1970's Soul group The Foundations "Build Me Up Buttercup"

Leo Cuypers ~ 69 ~ Dutch jazz pianist and composer

Holger Czukay ~ 79 ~ Multi- instrumentalist with 1970's Kraut Rock band Can, later recorded with David Sylvian, Jah Wobble and The Edge

Robert Dahlqvist ~ 40 ~ Swedish singer/guitarist w/The Hellacopters, Thunder Express & Dundertåget

Warrel Dane ~ 56 ~ Singer with American Metal bands Sanctuary & Nevermore

CeDell Davis ~ 90 ~ American blues guitarist

Ronnie Davis ~ 66 ~ Jamaican reggae singer

Alvin DeGuzman ~ guitarist with American alternative band The Icarus Line

Irio De Paula ~ 78 ~ Brazilian guitarist and composer

Magín Díaz ~ 94 ~ Colombian folk singer and songwriter, Latin Grammy winner

Johnny Dick ~ 73 ~ Australian drummer (John Paul Young, Fanny Adams, Wild Cherries)

Pat DiNizio ~ 62 ~ American singer and musician w/Power-Pop band The Smithereens

Richard Dobson ~ 75 ~ American country singer-songwriter

Fats Domino ~ 89 ~ American Hall of Fame pianist and singer-songwriter from the 1950's ("Blueberry Hill", "Ain't That a Shame", "I'm Walkin'")

Frank Dostal ~ 71 ~ German 1970's pop music producer and songwriter w/Baccara, Nana Mouskouri, "The Smurf Song"

Jimmy Dotson ~ 83 ~ American Blues session drummer, guitarist, bassist, pianist, harmonica player w/Rufus Thomas, Buddy Guy, Issac Hayes, Albert King, Slim Harpo, Ivory Joe Hunter and Lightnin' Slim

Bill Dowdy ~ 84 ~ American jazz drummer (The Three Sounds) and w/Lester Young, Lester Young, Stanley Turrentine, Sonny Stitt, Nat Adderley, Anita O'Day, Bucky Pizzarelli

Gord Downie ~ 53 ~ Canadian singer/songwriter w/The Tragically Hip ("Courage", "New Orleans Is Sinking", "Music At Work")

Errol Dyers ~ 65 ~ South African jazz guitarist and composer,

Tom Edwards ~ 41 ~ Guitarist w/Adam Ant, Aztec Camera, Edwyn Collins,Fields Of The Nephilim

Larry Elgart ~ 95 ~ American Big Band sax player and band leader from the 1950's & 60's, brother of bandleader Les Elgart. Played with Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman and Red Novaro, hits with "Bandstand Swing" (also the theme for "American Bandstand", had a comeback hit in 1982 with "Hooked On Swing"

Eric Eycke ~ 62 ~ Former Singer with American thrash band Corrosion of Conformity (circa 1984)

Roy Fisher ~ 86 ~ British poet and jazz pianist

Pat Fitzpatrick ~ 60 ~ Keyboardist w/Irish Rock Band Aslan

Edi Fitzroy ~ 62 ~ Jamaican reggae singer

Bonnie Flower ~ 63 ~ American 1960's folk singer w/Wndy & Bonnie

Jim Forrester ~ 43 ~ Bass guitarist w/American Metal band Sixty Watt Shaman

Bobby Freeman ~ 76 ~ American R&B singer and songwriter ("Do You Want to Dance")

Dominic Frontiere ~ 86 ~ American composer (The Outer Limits, Hang 'Em High)

Guitar Gable ~ 79 ~ American blues musician

Mike Gaborno ~ 51 ~ American singer Cadillac Tramps, Manic Hispanic

Vin Garbutt ~ 69 ~ British folk singer

Kevin Garcia ~ 41 ~ Bassist w/American Indie band Grandaddy

Phil Garland ~ 75 ~ New Zealand folk singer

Tibério Gaspar ~ 73 ~ Brazilian musician and composer

John Geils ~ 71 ~ Guitarist w/The J Geils Band ("Love Stinks", "Centerfold", "Freeze Frame", "Angel In Blue"

Tony Gentry ~ 50 ~ American Country music singer with Montgomery Gentry

Sonny Geraci ~ 69 ~ Singer with American 1960's Garage band The Outsiders ("Time Won't Let Me") and 1970's Soul group Climax ("Precious & Few")

Pentti Glan ~ 71 ~ Finnish-Canadian drummer (Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Mandala, Klaatu)

Cuba Gooding Sr ~ 72 ~ American soul singer with 1970's Soul group The Main Ingredient and father of actor Cba Gooding jr

Terry Graves - Singer/guitarist with Toronto 70's & 80's band Headframe

Buddy Greco ~ 90 ~ American 1950's Big Band Pop singer

Horacio Guarany ~ 91 ~ Argentine folk singer

Aldo Guibovich ~ 64 ~ Peruvian singer w/1970s Pop band Los Pasteles Verdes

Alonso Guillen ~ 25 ~ Mexican born Texas radio DJ, killed during Hurricane Harvey rescue mission

Claude Hall ~ 83 ~ American journalist and writer for Billboard Magazine, coined the term "Easy Listening"

Johnny Hallyday ~ 74 ~ French rock singer ("Requiem pour un fou", "Marie", "Tous ensemble")

Rosie Hamlin ~ 71 ~ American singer w/early 1960's Girl Group Rosie and the Originals ("Angel Baby")

Chad Hanks ~ 46 ~ Bassist w/American Metal band American Head Charge

Norihiko Hashida ~ 72 ~ Japanese folk singer-songwriter w/The Folk Crusaders

Zach Harrison ~ 25 ~ Bassist w/Toronto band The Innocent Guns

Grant Hart ~ 56 ~ Drummer/Singer/Songwriter w/classic 1980's Minnesota band Husker Du ("Don't Wanna Know If Yo Are Lonely", "Turn On The News", "Eight Miles High"

Sib Hashian ~ 67 ~ American drummer w/1970's & 80 AOR band Boston and Sammy Hagar

Skip Haynes ~ 71 ~ American musician and songwriter, w/Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah "Lake Shore Drive"

Alan Henderson ~ 72 ~ Northern Irish bassist Bassist w/1960's Irish band Them ("Gloria", "It's All Over Now")

Jon Hendricks ~ 96 ~ American jazz singer and songwriter (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross)

Karl Hendricks ~ 46 ~ Pittsburgh singer, songwriter and guitarist w/1990's alternative band (Karl Hendricks Trio),

Nat Hentoff ~ 91 ~ American Jazz historian and critic

Bobby Lloyd Hicks ~ Memphis drummer w/Untamed Youth, Dave Alvin, Jonathan Richman, Steve Forbert, NRBQ, Skeletons & Symptoms, Bobby Lloyd & Windfall Prophets

Buck Hill ~ 90 ~ American jazz saxophonist w'Charlie Byrd, Shirley Scott, Shirley Horn

Masaaki Hirao ~ 70 ~ Japanese 1950's & 60's Rockabilly Guy

Dave Hlubek ~ 66 ~ American guitarist and songwriter w/Southern Rock-Metal band Molly Hatchet

Robbie Hoddinott ~ 62 ~ Guitarist w/1970's San Francisco rock band Kingfish

Simon Holmes ~ 54 ~ Singer/guitarist w/Australian 1980's Indie-Pop band The Hummingbirds

Allan Holdsworth ~ 70 ~ British guitarist and composer w/Prog-Rock Band Bruford, U.K., Soft Machine

Mike Hudson ~ 61 ~ American singer/guitarist with 1970's Ohio Punk band The Pagans and the Murder Junkies, producer for The Dark

Myles Hunter ~ Singer with Toronto 1980's bands Refugee, Micheal Fury and the Hunter-Green Project

Richie Ingui ~ 70 ~ Singer with 1970's American soul group Soul Survivors, ("Expressway Of Love")

Fresh Kid Ice ~ 53 ~ American rapper w/2 Live Crew

Alan Jabbour ~ 74 ~ American old-time fiddler and folklorist

Franz Jarnach ~ 72 ~ Keyboardist for 1960's German Beat band The Rattles

Evan Johns ~ 60 ~ Guitarist w/American 1980's Roots/Rockabilly band The LeRoi Brothers

Michael Johnson ~ 72 ~ American country singer/songwriter ("Bluer Than Blue", "Give Me Wings", "The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder"),

Brenda Jones ~ 62 ~ American R&B singer w/The Jones Girls from the 1970's

Casey Jones ~ 77 ~ American blues drummer w/ Earl Hooker, Muddy Waters. Lou Rawls, Otis Rush, Muddy Waters and Johnny Winter

Hedley Jones ~ 99 ~ Jamaican Sak & Reggae guitarist, producer and sound engineer

Melvin "Deacon" Jones ~ 73 ~ Chicago based blues and R&B keyboard player from the 1960's onward w/Baby Huey & Babysitters (w/Johnny Ross & Jimmy Ramey) and Curtis Mayfield, Freddie King, John Lee Hooker, Gregg Allman, Elvin Bishop, Lester Chambers, Albert Collins, Pappo, and Buddy Miles

Kim Jong-hyun ~ 27 ~ South Korean singer-songwriter (Shinee) and radio host

Hiroshi Kamayatsu ~ 78 ~ Guitarist w/1960's Japanese Garage Bands The Spiders and Vodka Collins

Ikutaro Kakehashi ~ 87 ~ Japanese sound engineer and founder of Ace Tone and Roland Corporations. Developed Roland Keyboards and drum machines and MIDI standard keyboards and samplers

Eli Kane - 60's - Bassist & songwriter with 1980's Greek New Wavebands Statues In Motion and the Groupies

Egil Kapstad ~ 76 ~ Norwegian jazz pianist, arranger and composer w/Chet Baker

Fumio Karashima ~ 68 ~ Japanese jazz pianist

Halvard Kausland ~ 72 ~ Norwegian jazz guitarist

Tommy Keene ~ 59 ~ Maryland 1980's Power-Pop singer/songwriter

Mark Keigan, drummer for the Oshawa Garage bands Purple Toads & El Speedo

Mike Kellie ~ 69 ~ British session drummer w/The Only Ones, Spooky Tooth, Joe Cocker, Traffic, George Harrison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Peter Frampton, Maurice Gibb, Johnny Thunders, Neil Innes, Chris Jagger, Sean Tyla, Jim Capaldi, Pat Travers.

Thandi Klaasen ~ 86 ~ South African jazz singer

Robert Knight ~ 72 ~ American R&B singer ("Everlasting Love", "Love on a Mountain Top").

Jerzy Kossela ~ 74 ~ Guitarist and vocalist with 1960's Polish rock bands Niebiesko-Czarni (The Blue Blacks)and Czerwone Gitary (The Red Guitars)

Erkki Kurenniemi ~ 75 ~ Finnish electronic musician, composer & instrument inventor

Jimmy LaFave ~ 61 ~ American folk singer, songwriter and guitarist

Steve Lang, 67 ~ Bassist w/Canadian rock band April Wine ("Flight Of The Gypsy Queen", "I Like To Rock", "Roller", "Enough Is Enough"

Nolitha Langa ~ 51 ~ South African gospel singer

Bruce Langhorne ~ 78 ~ American folk guitarist w/ Bob Dylan ("Subterranean Homesick Blues", "Outlaw Blues") and film scorer (The Hired Hand), inspiration for "Mr. Tambourine Man"

James Laurence ~ 27 ~ American musician and record producer w/Instrumental Hip-Hop band Friendzone

Katie Lee ~ 98 ~ American folk singer

Deke Leonard ~ 72 ~ Welsh rock guitarist w/1970's pup rock band Man

John Lever ~ 55 ~ Drummer w/British Post-Punk bands The Chameleons and The Sun & The Moon

Daniel Licht ~ 60 ~ American soundtrack composer (Dexter, Thinner, Dishonored)

Jaki Liebezeit ~ 78 ~ Drummer w/1970's German Prog-Rock band Can

María Martha Serra Lima ~ 72 ~ Argentine ballad and bolero singer

Earl Lindo ~ 64 ~ Jamaican reggae keyboard player w/The Wailers & Burning Spear and session work w/Studio One Records

Boris Lindqvist ~ 76 ~ Swedish 1960's rock singer

Thor Lindsay ~ 59 ~ American record producer wTim/Kerr Records w/Pere Ubu, Poison Idea, Wipers, Raincoats, Everclear, Posies, Hole, Bush Tetras, John Fahey

Son Lojos ~ 70 ~ Hungarian singer/guitarist with various bands from the 1960's to the 1990's

Tony Lorenzo ~ 30 ~ Guitarist w/American Metal band Sons of Azrael

Mundell Lowe ~ 95 ~ American jazz guitarist and composer w/Dorsey Bros. Benny Goodman, Andre Previn

Tom McClung ~ 60 ~ American jazz pianist and composer w/Archie Shepp, Yusef Lateef, and Marion Brown

Goldie McJohn ~ 72 ~ Keyboardist with 1960's Toronto bands Steppenwolf, The Sparrow & the Myna Birds

Lucho Macedo ~ 87 ~ Peruvian musician, composer and pianist

Geoff Mack ~ 94 ~ Australian country singer-songwriter ("I've Been Everywhere")

Sven-Erik Magnusson ~ 74 ~ Swedish musician from 1960's Pop band Sven-Ingvars

Kevin Mahogany ~ 59 ~ American jazz singer

Robbie Malinga ~ 47 ~ South African musician and producer

Mitch Margo ~ 70 ~ American singer w/1960's doo-wop group The Tokens ("The Lion Sleeps Tonight")

Don Markham ~ 85 ~ American saxophonist and trumpeter w/Bakersfield session band The Strangers, w/Merle Haggard

Rina Matsuno ~ 18 ~ Japanese pop singer w/J-Pop band Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku

Thara Memory ~ 68 ~ American jazz trumpeter

D. L. Menard, 85 ~ Cajun singer song/writer

Misha Mengelberg ~ 81 ~ Dutch Jazz pianist with/Eric Dolphy, Anthony Braxton, Peter Brotzman and the Mengelberg Quartet

Dik Mik ~ 72–73 ~ English keyboard player w/Hawkwind

David Milliken ~ Guitarist with 1960's Ottawa Garage band the Townsmen

Eric Miller ~ 75 ~ American Jazz & Blues record producer for Pablo Records in the 1970's, w/ Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Jimmy Smith, John Coltrane, Count Basie, Joe Pass, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie and Ray Charles.

Phil Miller ~ 68 ~ English Jazz & Prog guitarist

Scotty Miller ~ 65 ~ Drummer for 1970's American Disoc band Instant Funk

Keith Mitchell ~ Drummer w/American Indie-Pop band Mazzy Star

Warren "Pete" Moore ~ 78 ~ American Hall of Fame singer (The Miracles), songwriter ("The Tracks of My Tears", "Ain't That Peculiar", "Love Machine")

Chuck Mosley ~ 57 ~ American singer w/Faith No More ("We Care a Lot") and Bad Brains

Sylvia Moy ~ 78 ~ Motown songwriter for Stevie Wonder ("Uptight (Everything's Alright)", "I Was Made to Love Her", "My Cherie Amour") and record producer

Sunny Murray ~ 81 ~ American jazz drummer w/Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler

Chris Murrell ~ 61 ~ American jazz singer w/County Basie, Roger Humphries Big Band, Joe Aiello Trio

Melton Mustafa ~ 70 ~ American Jazz and R&B trumpeter w/Jaco Pastorius, Sam & Dave, Marvellettes, Diane Schurr

Jimmy Nalls ~ 66 ~ American rock guitarist w/1970's Southern Rock band Sea Level

Toshio Nakanishi ~ 61 ~ Japanese guitarist w/Japanese New Wave band The Plastics

Negru (Gabriel Mafa) - drummer, percussionist, dulcimer, horns, xylophonist for Romanian Black Metal Band Negură Bunget

Wilson das Neves ~ 81 ~ Brazilian percussionist and singer

Geoff Nicholls ~ 68 ~ English keyboardist (Black Sabbath, Quartz)

Clara (Cuqui) Nicola ~ 90- Cuban guitarist and musicologist

Abby Nicole ~ 25 ~ American country singer

Al Neil ~ 93 ~ Canadian Jazz pianist

Dick Noel ~ 90 ~ American big band band singer w/Ray Anthony's Orch ("Count Every Star")

Shea Norman ~ 45 ~ American gospel singer

Pericoma Okoye ~ Nigerian singer

Skapti Ólafsson ~ 89 ~ Icelandic rock and jazz musician

Laudir de Oliveira ~ 77 ~ Brazilian percussionist (Sérgio Mendes, Marcos Valle, Chicago)

Paul O'Neill ~ 61 ~ American producer, composer and songwriter w/Prog-Metal bands Savatage & Trans-Siberian Orchestra

William Onyeabor ~ 70 ~ Nigerian singer-songwriter

Borislav Oslovčan ~ 56 ~ Bassist w/Serbian punk band Pekinška Patka

Tommy Page ~ 46 ~ American 1990's singer-songwriter ("I'll Be Your Everything")

Horace Parlan ~ 86 ~ American-born Danish jazz pianist w/Charles Mingus, Archie Shepp & Sonny Stitt

Frankie Paul ~ 51 ~ Jamaican 1980's-90's Reggae-Dance Hall singer

Skipp Pearson ~ 79 ~ American Jazz sax player

Zé Pedro ~ 61 ~ Portuguese guitarist (Xutos & Pontapés).

David Peel ~ 74 ~ American Folk-Punk singer from the 1970's onward

Skipp Pearson ~ 79 ~ American jazz musician

Dave Pell ~ 92 ~ American Big Band Jazz saxophonist w/Bob Crpsby, Tony Pastor, Pepper Adams, Benny Carter, Mel Lewis, Red Mitchell, Art Pepper, John Williams, Shorty Rogers, Pete Rugolo, Benny Goodman, and Gene Krupa. Also producer w/ Gerry Lewis & The Playboys

Tom Petty ~ 66 ~ American R&R singer from the 1970's onward with the Heartbreakers & Traveling Wilburys w/classic hits "Refugee", "American Girl", "I Need To Know", "The Waiting", "Don't Come Around Here No More"

Ray Phiri ~ 70 ~ South African jazz singer and guitarist, lung cancer

Willie Pickens ~ 86 ~ American jazz pianist (w/Eddie Harris, Elvin Jones)

Kim Plainfield, 63, American jazz drummer

Freddie Pompeii ~ Philadelphiaborn Guitarist for Toronto 1970's Punk bands The Viletones and The Secrets

Derek Poindexter ~ 52 ~ Cleavland bassist w/The Waynes

Robert Popwell ~ 70 ~ American bass guitarist (The Young Rascals, The Crusaders)

Sylvester Potts ~ 78 ~ American 1960's soul singer w/The Contours ("Do You Love Me")

Harry Prime ~ 97 ~ American big band singer w/Tommy Dorsey, Ralph Flanagan, Randy Brooks, Jack Fina

Prodigy ~ 42 ~ American rapper w/Mobb Deep

Michael Prophet ~ 60 ~ Jamaican reggae singer

Skip Prokob - Toronto drummer with 1960's Garage-Psyche band The Paupers and 1970's Prog Rock band Lighthouse, later a DJ at CFMY and other stations.

Scott Putesky ~ 49 ~ American guitarist w/Marilyn Manson

Elkin Ramírez ~ 54 ~ Colombian singer-songwriter w/Prog-Rock band Kraken

Joseph Rascoff ~ 71 ~ American rock and roll business and tour manager (The Rolling Stones, U2, Paul Simon)

Gil Ray ~ 60 ~ Drummer w/American 1980's Power Pop bands Game Theory, Loud Family and Rain Parade

Kai Ray ~ 1950's Rockabilly Guy

Larry Ray ~ 63 ~ American rock guitarist with Psyche=Rock band Outrageous Cherry

Della Reese ~ 86 ~ 1950's & 60's R&B singer and actress

George Reiff ~ 56 ~ Austin bassist w/Joe King Carrsco, Charlie Sexton, Joe Walsh

C'el Revuelta ~ Bassist with Los Angeles Hardcore band Black Flag

Belton Richard ~ 77 ~ American singer and Cajun accordionist

Denis Richard ~ 55 ~ Canadian Acadian singer and songwriter

Keni Richards ~ 60 ~ Dummer w/American 1980's Hair Metal Band Autograph ("Turn Up The Radio")

Suzanne Richter ~ Guitarist w/1990's Hamilton all-girl garage band the Girl Bombz

Lyle Ritz ~ 87 ~ American bassist and ukulelist w/The Wrecking Crew

Kayton Roberts, 83, American steel guitarist w/Hanks Snow, Marty Stuart, Ricky Skag Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Randy Travis and Alison Krauss,

Stan Robinson ~ 80 ~ British jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist w/Maynard Ferguson

Maggie Roche ~ 65 ~ American singer-songwriter w/1970's & 80's Folk band The Roches

Mickey Roker ~ 84 ~ American jazz drummer w/Modern Jazz Quartet, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Duke Pearson, Tommy Flanagan, Ella Fitzgerald, Zoot Sims, Horace Silver, Junior Mance, Sarah Vaughan, Milt Jackson, Herbie Hancock, Phil Woods, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Bucky Pizzarelli, Stanley Turrentine, Hank Jones

Jerry Ross, 84, American producer and songwriter ("I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" for Diana Ross & The Supremes),founder of Heritage and Colossus Records

Dave Rosser ~ 50 ~ Guitarist w/American Indie band The Afghan Whigs

Rudy Rotta, 66, Italian blues guitarist and singer

Gilbert Rouget ~ 101, French ethnomusicologist

Roswell Rudd ~ 82 ~ American jazz trombonist

Winston Samuels ~ 73 ~ Singer w/1960's Jamaican ska vocal group The Aces who had a hit Desmond Dekker's "The Israelites"

Johnny Sandlin ~ 72 ~ American record producer (The Allman Brothers Band)

Tony Särkkä ~ 45 ~ Multi-instrumentalist w/Swedish Black Metal bands Abruptum & Ophthalamia

Saxa ~ 87 ~ Jamaican-born saxophonist with British 1980's Ska band The English Beat (AKA The Beat)

Janet Seidel, 62, Australian cabaret singer, jazz vocalist, pianist

Mark Selby ~ 56 ~ American session guitarist w/Kenny Rogers, Johnny Reid, Keni Thomas, Jimmy Hall, Wynonna Judd and Kenny Wayne Sheppard

Jessy Serrata ~ 63 ~ American Tejano musician

Charles "Bobo" Shaw ~ 69 ~ American jazz drummerw/Lester Bowie & Cecil Taylor

Iain Shedden, 60, Scottish-Australian musician w/ 1970's pun band The Saints

Sam Shepard ~ 73 ~ New York playwrite and collaborator with Patti Smith, also drummer for psyche folk band The Holy Modal Rounders

Kenny Shields ~ 69 ~ Singer w/Canadian 1970's & 80's rock band Streetheart ("Under My Thumb", "Hollywood", "One More Time", "What Kind Of Love Is This")

Pete Shotton ~ 75 ~ British washboardist and percussionist w/1960's Skiffle band The Quarrymen, later palyed with the Beatles

Joni Sledge ~ 60 ~ American singer w/1970's R&B/Disco group Sister Sledge ("We Are Family")

Keely Smith ~ 89 ~ American singer ("That Old Black Magic", "I've Got You Under My Skin") and wife of Louis Prima

Toby Smith ~ 46 ~ British keyboardist for British Pop band Jamiroquai

Mick Softley ~ 77 ~ British folk singer, songwriter and guitarist with Donovan

Lajos Som ~ 70 ~ Hungarian bassist in various rock bands from the 1960's - 80's

Rosalie Sorrels ~ 83 ~ American folk singer

Ben Speer ~ 86 ~ Singer with the Nashville Southern Gospel group the Speer Family from the 1920's to the 1990's

Marc Spitz ~ 47 ~ American music writer (We Got the Neutron Bomb, Bowie: A Biography) and music journalist for Spin Magazine

Kevin Stanton ~ 61 ~ Guitarist w/ New Zealand 1980's New Wave Band Mi-Sex

Larry Steinbachek ~ 56 ~ English keyboardist w/ Electro-Pop band Bronski Beat

Elyse Steinman ~ Guitarist w/American Hard-Rock band Raging Slab, and one of the few female guitarists in an otherwise male band

Rick Stevens ~ 77 ~ American R&B singer w/Tower of Power

Chuck Stewart ~ 89 ~ American jazz photographer

Corneliu Stroe ~ 67 ~ Romanian jazz drummer and percussionist

Clyde Stubblefield ~ 73 ~ American R&B drummer w/James Brown

Cherry Taketani ~ 52 ~ Brazilian singer and guitarist

Grady Tate, 85, American jazz drummer and singer (Schoolhouse Rock!) also played with Jimmy Smith, Astrud Gilberto, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Quincy Jones, Stan Getz, Wes Montgomery, Simon & Garfunkle, Tonight Show Band

Bobby Taylor ~ 83 ~ Singer w/1960's Canadian R&B group Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers

Tony Terran ~ 90 ~ American trumpeter and session musician w/The Wrecking Crew, Chet Baker, Lalo Schifrin, The Baja Marimba Band, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Bee Gees, Ray Charles, Chicago, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Bob Hope, Michael Jackson, Eartha Kitt, Peggy Lee, Madonna, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, The Tijuana Brass, Tom Waits, Nelson Riddle, Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Elmer Bernstein, Johnny Mercer

Ammon Tharp ~ 75 ~ Drummer with 1960's surf band Bill Deal & the Rhondells

Björn Thelin ~ 74 ~ Bassist w/Swedish 1960's Surf Band The Spotnicks

Banner Thomas ~ 63 ~ Bassist with 1970's Southern Rock Band Molly Hatchet

Mel Tillis ~ 85 ~ American Hall of Fame country music singer-songwriter ("I Ain't Never", "Coca-Cola Cowboy")

Gert Timmerman ~ 82 ~ Dutch big band singer

Butch Trucks ~ 69 ~ American drummer w/The Allman Brothers Band

Avo Uvezian ~ 91 ~ Armenian-American jazz pianist

Dave Valentin ~ 64 ~ American jazz flautist

Maurice Vander ~ 87 ~ French jazz pianist and composer

Hans Vermeulen ~ 70 ~ Dutch singer from the 1970's & 80's(Sandy Coast, Anita Meyer, Stars on 45)

Daniel Viglietti ~ 78 ~ Uruguayan folk singer, guitarist, composer and political activist

Guy Villari ~ 75 ~ American singer with 1960's Doo wop group The Regents ("Barbara Anne")

Kid Vinil ~ 62 ~ Brazilian singer and record producer

Bea Wain ~ 100 ~ American Big Band singer from the 1940's & 50's w/Artie Shaw, Larry Clinton & Fred Waring

Billy Joe Walker Jr ~ 65 ~ American guitarist, record producer and songwriter ("I Wanna Dance with You", "That's Why I Fell in Love with You", "B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love")

Robert Bilbo Walker ~ 80 ~ American blues musician

Leon Ware ~ 77 ~ American singer,songwriter and producer w/Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Maxwell, Minnie Riperton and Marvin Gaye,

Pete Overend Watts ~ 69 ~ Bassist w/1970's Glam Rock band Mott the Hoople ("All The Young Dudes")

Leo Welch ~ 85 ~ American blues musician

John Wetton ~ 67 ~ Bassist/vocalist w/King Crimson & Asia ("The Heat Of The Moment" & "Only Time Will Tell")

Keith Wilder ~ 65 ~ Singer with American funk and disco group Heatwave

Don Williams ~ 78 ~ American 1970's Country-Western singer/songwriter (“Tulsa Time,” “Good Ol’ Boys Like Me,” and “It Must Be Love")

Norro Wilson ~ 79 ~ American Grammy winning country music songwriter ("A Very Special Love Song", "The Most Beautiful Girl" (covered by Charlie Rich, Bobby Vinton, Rita Coolidge, Andy Williams) and producer

Riem de Wolff, 74, Dutch-Indonesian singer w/ 1960's pop group The Blue Diamonds

Graham Wood ~ 45 ~ Australian jazz pianist

Bob Wootton ~ 75 ~ American country guitarist (Johnny Cash, Tennessee Three)

Steve Wright ~ Bassist guitarist w/1980's American pop band The Greg Kihn Band

Robert Yancy, 39, American drummer (Natalie Cole),

Paapa Yankson, 73, Ghanaian highlife singer/songwriter

Malcolm Young ~ 64 ~ Scottish-born Australian Hall of Fame guitarist and songwriter with AC/DC

David Zablidowsky ~ 37 ~ American bassist w/Adrenaline Mob, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Jeff Scott Soto

Raúl García Zárate ~ 85 ~ Peruvian guitarist

Jessi Zazu ~ 28 ~ Singer with Nashville band Those Darlins

Z'EV ~ 66 ~ American Industrial percussionist and poet.