1931 in jazz

Buddy Bolden 1877–1931 · American cornetist and jazz pioneer (1877–1931) Bix Beiderbecke 1903–1931 · American jazz musician (1903-1931) JH Jimmy Harrison 1900–1931 · American jazz musician (1900–1931) Buddie Petit 1890–1931 · American jazz cornetist (1890-1931) JB Jimmy Blythe 1901–1931 · American jazz and boogie-woogie pianist

João Gilberto 1931–2019 · Brazilian musician, pioneer of bossa nova (1931–2019) Della Reese 1931–2017 · American actress and singer (1931-2017) Kenny Burrell 1931 · American jazz guitarist (born 1931) Phil Woods 1931–2015 · American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader… Andrew Hill 1931–2007 · American jazz pianist and composer (1931-2007) Wynton Kelly 1931–1971 · American jazz pianist (1931–1971) Lonnie Donegan 1931–2002 · Scottish-born skiffle musician (1931–2002) Nat Adderley 1931–2000 · American jazz cornet and trumpet player (1931–2000) Clifford Jordan 1931–1993 · American jazz saxophone player (1931–1993) RB Ray Bryant 1931–2011 · American pianist (1931–2011) Duško Gojković 1931–2023 · Serbian musician Jan Johansson 1931–1968 · Swedish jazz pianist (1931–1968) Paul Motian 1931–2011 · American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer… Freddy Cole 1931–2020 · American jazz singer and pianist Dewey Redman 1931–2006 · American saxophonist (1931–2006) Hal Linden 1931 · American actor SC Sonny Clark 1931–1963 · American jazz pianist (1931–1963) RH Richard Holmes 1931–1991 · American organist (1931–1991) DF Dominic Frontiere 1931–2017 · American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist… Ira Sullivan 1931–2020 · American jazz musician (1931–2020) MB Marion Brown 1931–2010 · American saxophonist (1931–2010) HP Horace Parlan 1931–2017 · (1931-2017) American-Danish jazz pianist Jack Sheldon 1931–2019 · American trumpeter, singer, and actor (1931–2019) Junior Walker 1931–1995 · American saxophonist (1931-1995) Simon Gronowski 1931 · Belgian jurist and Holocaust survivor; jazz pianist PN Phineas Newborn Jr. 1931–1989 · American jazz pianist (1931–1989) GB Gianni Basso 1931–2009 · Italian conductor, composer, clarinetist, saxophonist and… David Baker 1931–2016 · American jazz composer, trombonist, professor of music and… Alain Goraguer 1931–2023 · French composer, music arranger, orchestra leader… AA Ayten Alpman 1931–2012 · Turkish jazz musician (1931–2012) Johnny Răducanu 1931–2011 · Romanian Romani musician (1931–2011) GM Gil Mellé 1931–2004 · American artist, jazz musician and film composer (1931-2004) GA Georges Arvanitas 1931–2005 · Jazz pianist (1931–2005) MK Makanda Ken McIntyre 1931–2001 · American jazz musician and composer (1931-2001) Jake Hanna 1931–2010 · American drummer (1931–2010) Gianni Coscia 1931 · Italian jazz accordionist and lawyer John Gilmore 1931–1995 · American tenor saxophonist (1931–1995) Lionel Batiste 1931–2012 · American jazz and blues musician (1931–2012) PJ Plas Johnson 1931–2026 · American musician DR Dizzy Reece 1931 · Jamaican trumpeter John Jenkins 1931–1993 · American jazz saxophonist (1931–1993) DT Dick Twardzik 1931–1955 · pianist (1931–1955) Sonya Hedenbratt 1931–2001 · Swedish jazz singer and actress Frank Marocco 1931–2012 · musician (1931–2012) WD Walt Dickerson 1931–2008 · American musician (1931–2008) WN Walter Norris 1931–2011 · American pianist (1931-2011) Harold Battiste 1931–2015 · American music composer, arranger, performer, and teacher… GB Gérard Badini 1931–2025 · French jazz musician (1931–2025) Jula de Palma 1931 · Italian singer MP Mike Pratt 1931–1976 · British actor and writer (1931–1976) Cauby Peixoto 1931–2016 · Brazilian singer Bobbie Nelson 1931–2022 · Pianist and singer FC Frank Capp 1931–2017 · American musician (1931–2017) LS Louis Smith 1931–2016 · American musician (1931–2016) PB Patti Bown 1931–2008 · American musician (1931–2008) MB Milton Barnes 1931–2001 · Canadian composer, conductor and drummer (1931–2001) GC Gloria Coleman 1931–2010 · jazz musician (1931–2010) BL Bill Lawrence 1931–2013 · German-American musician and guitar maker RP Richie Powell 1931–1956 · American pianist (1931–1956) TK Thandi Klaasen 1931–2017 · South African musician (1931–2017) CM Chuck Metcalf 1931–2012 · jazz musician (1931-2012) DG Dick Garcia 1931 · American musician MM Marilyn Moore 1931–1992 · American singer