Obituaries for musicians in 2006

Last Update: 22/02/2010 - Total (up to now): 113. If you can contribute with more data, please write to: molympus1@gmail.com

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December/2006:

• James Brown (vocals) (25/December/2006)
• Tim Tobias (keyboards) (23/December/2006)
• Dennis Linde (guitar) (22/December/2006)
• Denny Payton (sax) (17/December/2006)
• Ahmet Ertegun (producer) (14/December/2006)
• Sivuca (guitar) (14/December/2006)
• Kenny Davern (sax / clarinet) (12/December/2006)
• Oscar Klein (trumpet / clarinet) (12/December/2006)
• Rick Hardy (guitar) (11/December/2006)
• Freddie Marsden (drums) (09/December/2006)
• Martha Tilton (vocals) (08/December/2006)
• Jay McShann (keyboards) (07/December/2006)
• Marshall Sehorn (producer) (05/December/2006)
• Dave Black (drums) (04/December/2006)
• Dave Mount (drums) (03/December/2006)
• Mariska Veres (vocals) (02/December/2006)

November/2006:

• Don Butterfield (tuba) (27/November/2006)
• Anita O´Day (vocals) (23/November/2006)
• Robert Lockwood Jr (guitar) (21/November/2006)
• Ruth Brown (vocals) (17/November/2006)
• Jabu Khanyile (vocals) (11/November/2006)
• Basil Poledouris (arranger) (08/November/2006)
• Peter Leopold (drums) (08/November/2006)
• John Wyre (percussion) (07/November/2006)
• Sonny Cohn (trumpet) (07/November/2006)
• Jance Garfat (bass) (06/November/2006)
• Art Wood (vocals) (03/November/2006)
• Paul Mauriat (arranger) (03/November/2006)
• Buddy Killen (bass) (01/November/2006)

October/2006:

• Ian Rilen (bass) (30/October/2006)
• Jo Jo Laine (vocals) (29/October/2006)
• Marijohn Wilkin (vocals) (28/October/2006)
• Sandy West (drums) (21/October/2006)
• Tommy Johnson (tuba) (16/October/2006)
• Freddy Fender (vocals) (14/October/2006)
• Ed Summerlin (sax) (10/October/2006)
• Patrice Holloway (backing vocals) (01/October/2006)

September/2006:

• Josh Graves (30/September/2006)
• Rob Ruzga (bass) (26/September/2006)
• Etta Baker (guitar) (23/September/2006)
• Aladar Pege (bass) (23/September/2006)
• Boz Burrell (bass) (21/September/2006)
• Al Casey (guitar) (17/September/2006)
• Hollis Gentry (sax) (05/September/2006)
• Ian Hamer (trumpet) (03/September/2006)
• Dewey Redman (sax) (02/September/2006)
• Jimmy Vass (sax / flute) (September/2006)

August/2006:

• Jeff Sarli (bass) (29/August/2006)
• Pip Pyle (drums) (28/August/2006)
• Maynard Ferguson (trumpet) (23/August/2006)
• David Schnaufer (23/August/2006)
• Bruce Gary (drums) (22/August/2006)
• Tony Hicks (drums) (13/August/2006)
• Bruce Carter (drums) (12/August/2006)
• Anga Diaz (percussion) (09/August/2006)
• Duke Jordan (keyboards) (08/August/2006)
• Moacir Santos (sax) (06/August/2006)
• John Locke (keyboards) (04/August/2006)
• Arthur Lee (vocals) (03/August/2006)
• John Mole (bass) (01/August/2006)

July/2006:

• Rufus Harley (horn) (31/July/2006)
• Ronnie Pearson (drums) (29/July/2006)
• Sam Myers (harmonica) (17/July/2006)
• Bill Miller (keyboards) (11/July/2006)
• Milan Williams (guitar / keyboards) (09/July/2006)
• Syd Barrett (guitar) (07/July/2006)
• Al Hodge (guitar) (06/July/2006)
• Don Lusher (trombone) (05/July/2006)

June/2006:

• Ross Tompkins (keyboards) (29/June/2006)
• Johnny Jenkins (guitar) (25/June/2006)
• Arif Mardin (producer) (25/June/2006)
• Hilton Ruiz (keyboards) (06/June/2006)
• Billy Preston (keyboards) (05/June/2006)
• Vince Welnick (keyboards) (02/June/2006)
• Duane Roland (guitar) (June/2006)

May/2006:

• Desmond Dekker (vocals) (25/May/2006)
• Freddie Garrity (vocals) (19/May/2006)
• Johnny Wilder (vocals) (13/May/2006)
• John Hicks (keyboards) (10/May/2006)
• Soraya (vocals) (10/May/2006)
• Paul Caruso (producer / drums) (03/May/2006)

April/2006:

• Moio Weideli (fl*vi*) (26/April/2006)
• Gracie Ridgeway (vocals) (19/April/2006)
• June Pointer (vocals) (11/April/2006)
• Gordon Terry (violin) (09/April/2006)
• Henry Lewy (producer) (08/April/2006)
• Gene Pitney (vocals) (05/April/2006)
• Martin Gilks (drums) (03/April/2006)

March/2006:

• Jackie McLean (sax) (31/March/2006)
• Don Alias (percussion) (29/March/2006)
• Peter Wells (guitar) (27/March/2006)
• Nikki Sudden (vocals) (26/March/2006)
• Buck Owens (vocals / guitar) (25/March/2006)
• Cindy Walker (vocals) (23/March/2006)
• Howard Evans (trumpet) (17/March/2006)
• Willie Kent (vocals / bass) (02/March/2006)
• Martin Lickert (bass) (March/2006)

February/2006:

• Thomas Koppel (keyboards) (25/February/2006)
• Jim McAllister (guitar) (19/February/2006)
• Ray Barretto (percussion) (17/February/2006)
• Clifton James (drums) (16/February/2006)
• Sid Feller (producer) (15/February/2006)
• Elton Dean (sax) (07/February/2006)

January/2006:

• Gene McFadden (vocals) (27/January/2006)
• Sherman Ferguson (drums) (23/January/2006)
• Rick Van Der Linden (keyboards) (22/January/2006)
• Luther Rabb (bass) (21/January/2006)
• Wilson Pickett (vocals) (19/January/2006)
• Bob Weinstock (producer) (14/January/2006)
• Lou Rawls (vocals) (06/January/2006)
• Bumi Fian (trumpet) (06/January/2006)
• Ron Capone (engineer) (02/January/2006)

2006:

• Steve Hayton (guitar) (2006)

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