Obituaries for musicians in 2001

Last Update: 17/02/2010 - Total (up to now): 122. If you can contribute with more data, please write to: molympus1@gmail.com

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December/2001:

• Ralph Sutton (keyboards) (30/December/2001)
• Frankie Gaye (vocals) (30/December/2001)
• Florian Fricke (keyboards) (29/December/2001)
• Hovie Lister (vocals) (28/December/2001)
• Otto Bezloja (bass) (27/December/2001)
• Gareth Williams (keyboards / bass) (24/December/2001)
• Derry Wilkie (vocals) (22/December/2001)
• Dee Barton (trombone / drums) (22/December/2001)
• Tony Cuffe (vocals / guitar) (18/December/2001)
• Clifford T Ward (vocals) (18/December/2001)
• Stuart Adamson (guitar) (16/December/2001)
• Rufus Thomas (vocals) (15/December/2001)
• Conte Candoli (trumpet) (14/December/2001)
• Grady Martin (guitar) (03/December/2001)

November/2001:

• George Harrison (guitar) (30/November/2001)
• O C Smith (23/November/2001)
• Norman Granz (producer) (22/November/2001)
• Ralph Burns (keyboards / arranger) (21/November/2001)
• George Carless (sax) (20/November/2001)
• Michael Karoli (guitar) (17/November/2001)
• Jerry Jerome (sax) (17/November/2001)
• Jack Rothstein (violin) (16/November/2001)
• Tommy Flanagan (keyboards) (16/November/2001)
• Panama Francis (drums) (13/November/2001)
• Babik Reinhardt (guitar) (12/November/2001)
• Don Johnson (trumpet) (06/November/2001)
• Julius Farmer (bass) (02/November/2001)

October/2001:

• Bill Le Sage (keyboards / percussion) (31/October/2001)
• Spike Robinson (sax) (29/October/2001)
• Kim Gardner (bass) (24/October/2001)
• Rusty Kershaw (guitar) (23/October/2001)
• Jay Livingston (17/October/2001)
• Etta Jones (vocals) (16/October/2001)
• Peter Doyle (vocals) (13/October/2001)
• Charles Ables (bass) (08/October/2001)
• Les Anderson (steel guitar) (04/October/2001)
• John Collins (guitar) (04/October/2001)
• Manny Albam (arranger) (02/October/2001)
• Paul Bridge (bass) (01/October/2001)

September/2001:

• Rock Bottom (vocals / harmonica) (27/September/2001)
• Hank Levy (sax / arranger) (18/September/2001)
• Richard Hite (bass) (17/September/2001)
• Larry Kegan (vocals) (11/September/2001)
• Jay Migliori (sax) (02/September/2001)
• Sil Austin (sax) (01/September/2001)
• Turk Van Lake (guitar) (01/September/2001)

August/2001:

• Cal Collins (guitar) (26/August/2001)
• Eric Allandale (trombone) (23/August/2001)
• John Treanor (drums) (20/August/2001)
• Betty Everett (vocals) (19/August/2001)
• Jack Elliott (arranger) (18/August/2001)
• Flip Phillips (sax / clarinet) (17/August/2001)
• Alan Spenner (bass) (11/August/2001)
• Billy Byrd (guitar) (07/August/2001)
• Larry Adler (harmonica) (06/August/2001)
• Ron Townson (vocals) (02/August/2001)

July/2001:

• John Walters (producer / trumpet) (30/July/2001)
• Bill Wade (drums) (27/July/2001)
• Harold Land (sax) (27/July/2001)
• Leon Wilkeson (bass) (27/July/2001)
• Helmut Brandt (sax) (26/July/2001)
• Bob Ferguson (producer) (22/July/2001)
• Judy Clay (backing vocals) (19/July/2001)
• Mimi Farina (vocals) (18/July/2001)
• Mark Hannon (vocals / harmonica) (17/July/2001)
• Bob Hyde (producer) (13/July/2001)
• Herman Brood (vocals) (11/July/2001)
• Stu Blank (keyboards) (09/July/2001)
• Caroline Attard (vocals) (04/July/2001)
• Roy Nichols (guitar) (03/July/2001)

June/2001:

• Joe Henderson (sax) (30/June/2001)
• Chet Atkins (guitar) (30/June/2001)
• Chico O´Farrill (trumpet / arranger) (27/June/2001)
• Carroll O´Connor (vocals) (21/June/2001)
• John Lee Hooker (vocals) (21/June/2001)
• Makanda Ken McIntyre (sax) (13/June/2001)
• John Hartford (banjo / violin) (04/June/2001)
• Vince Charles (percussion) (03/June/2001)

May/2001:

• Tony Ashton (keyboards) (28/May/2001)
• Lee Calvin Nicolai (flute) (26/May/2001)
• Brian Pendleton (guitar) (25/May/2001)
• Tommy Eyre (keyboards) (21/May/2001)
• Mike Sammes (vocals) (19/May/2001)
• Perry Como (vocals) (12/May/2001)
• Bob Taylor (drums) (10/May/2001)
• Mike Hazelwood (vocals) (06/May/2001)
• Jerry Lee Merritt (guitar) (04/May/2001)
• Billy Higgins (drums) (03/May/2001)
• Tonni Kalash (trumpet) (May/2001)

April/2001:

• Ernie Graham (guitar) (27/April/2001)
• Al Hibbler (vocals) (24/April/2001)
• Isaac Cole (22/April/2001)
• Smith Dobson (keyboards) (20/April/2001)
• Billy Mitchell (sax) (18/April/2001)
• Joey Ramone (vocals) (15/April/2001)
• Sandy Bull (guitar) (11/April/2001)
• Van Stephenson (vocals) (09/April/2001)
• Lester ´Big Daddy´ Kinsey (vocals) (03/April/2001)
• Paul Peek (guitar) (03/April/2001)
• David Lee Watson (bass) (April/2001)

March/2001:

• Jeanette Kimball (keyboards) (29/March/2001)
• John Lewis (keyboards) (29/March/2001)
• Moe Koffman (flute / clarinet) (28/March/2001)
• Herbie Jones (trumpet) (19/March/2001)
• Robert Wright (drums) (18/March/2001)
• John Phillips (vocals) (18/March/2001)
• Frankie Carle (keyboards) (07/March/2001)

February/2001:

• John Fahey (guitar) (22/February/2001)
• Malcolm Yelvington (guitar) (21/February/2001)
• Buddy Tate (sax) (10/February/2001)
• J J Johnson (trombone) (04/February/2001)

January/2001:

• Jack McDuff (keyboards) (23/January/2001)
• Phil Flowers (vocals) (22/January/2001)
• Norris Turney (sax / flute) (17/January/2001)
• Stan Freeman (keyboards) (13/January/2001)
• Luiz Bonfa (guitar) (12/January/2001)
• Les Brown (arranger) (04/January/2001)

2001:

• Barry Richardson (bass) (2001)
• Dave Purple (keyboards / bass) (2001)
• Goran Engdahl (keyboards) (2001)
• Wes Minster / Brian Smith (guitar) (2001)
• Robbie Robison (guitar) (2001)

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