2012 in jazz

RR Richard Rodney Bennett 1936–2012 · British composer and pianist (1936-2012) HS Hal Schaefer 1925–2012 · American musician (1925–2012) EC Ed Cassidy 1923–2012 · American drummer (1923–2012) Dave Brubeck 1920–2012 · American jazz pianist and composer (1920–2012) Mickey Baker 1925–2012 · American jazz and rock guitarist (1925–2012) Tony Leblanc 1922–2012 · Spanish actor, director, and comedian (1922-2012) AP Austin Peralta 1990–2012 · American jazz pianist (1990–2012) PL Pete La Roca 1938–2012 · American drummer (1938–2012) FT Frode Thingnæs 1940–2012 · Norwegian jazz musician (1940-2012) Bob French 1937–2012 · American jazz drummer (1937–2012) Ted Curson 1935–2012 · Jazz trumpeter (1935–2012) Terry Callier 1945–2012 · American jazz, soul and folk guitarist and… Hans Werner Henze 1926–2012 · German composer (1926–2012) Borah Bergman 1933–2012 · American pianist (1926–2012) David S. Ware 1949–2012 · American jazz saxophonist (1949–2012) EM Erik Moseholm 1930–2012 · Danish jazz composer (1930–2012) John Tchicai 1936–2012 · Danish free jazz saxophonist (1936–2012) Eddie Bert 1922–2012 · American musician (1922-2012) James Crawford 1934–2012 · New Orleans R&B musician (1934-2012) Steven Springer 1951–2012 · Trinidad and Tobago musician (1951-2012) Sean Bergin 1948–2012 · South African-Dutch saxophonist and flautist BL Byard Lancaster 1942–2012 · American jazz musician (1942–2012) Von Freeman 1923–2012 · American jazz saxophonist (1923–2012) Johnnie Bassett 1935–2012 · American electric blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter… OF Osvaldo Fattoruso 1948–2012 · Uruguayan drummer, guitarist, composer, and singer Ed Lincoln 1932–2012 · Brazilian musician (1932-2012) Victor Gaskin 1934–2012 · American bassist (1934-2012) Harry Betts 1922–2012 · American jazz trombonist (1922-2012) Lol Coxhill 1932–2012 · English free improvising saxophonist (1932–2012) Maria Cole 1922–2012 · American jazz singer; wife of Nat King Cole (1922–2012) Lionel Batiste 1931–2012 · American jazz and blues musician (1931–2012) LM Larance Marable 1929–2012 · American musician (1929-2012) Fritz Pauer 1943–2012 · Austrian composer and pianist (1943–2012) Yomo Toro 1933–2012 · Puerto Rican musician (1933-2012) Rune Gustafsson 1933–2012 · Swedish musician (1933–2012) MH Margie Hyams 1920–2012 · American jazz vibraphonist (1920-2012) Graeme Bell 1914–2012 · Australian jazz pianist and composer (1914–2012) Bob Welch 1946–2012 · American musician (1945–2012) Andy Hamilton 1918–2012 · British jazz saxophonist (1918–2012) FZ Faruq Z. Bey 1942–2012 · American musician (1942–2012) PC Pete Cosey 1943–2012 · American guitarist (1943–2012) Carrie Smith 1941–2012 · American singer BS Bernardo Sassetti 1970–2012 · Portuguese jazz musician (1970-2012) JK Jackie Kelso 1922–2012 · musician (1922–2012) JB Jimmy Bond 1933–2012 · American jazz bassist (1933–2012) AA Ayten Alpman 1931–2012 · Turkish jazz musician (1931–2012) Joe Muranyi 1928–2012 · American jazz clarinetist (1928-2012) Teddy Charles 1928–2012 · American jazz musician and composer (1928–2012) HM Hal McKusick 1924–2012 · American jazz flautist and saxophonist (1924–2012) Barbara Buchholz 1959–2012 · German composer and theremin player LM Lucia Mannucci 1920–2012 · Italian singer (1920-2012) Frank Marocco 1931–2012 · musician (1931–2012) Red Holloway 1927–2012 · American jazz saxophonist (1927–2012) PR Pery Ribeiro 1937–2012 · Brazilian singer, songwriter (1937–2012) MM Mike Melvoin 1937–2012 · American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger (1937-2012) JC Jodie Christian 1932–2012 · Jazz pianist (1932-2012) NK Noel Kelehan 1935–2012 · Irish musician (1935-2012) Kay Davis 1920–2012 · Jazz singer (1920–2012) CF Clare Fischer 1928–2012 · American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader… HH Herbie Harper 1920–2012 · American musician (1920-2012) Etta James 1938–2012 · American singer (1938–2012) John Levy 1912–2012 · American musician (1912-2012) CM Chuck Metcalf 1931–2012 · jazz musician (1931-2012) TB Totti Bergh 1930–2012 · Norwegian musician (1935–2012) IB Ian Bargh 1935–2012 · Canadian jazz pianist (1935–2012)