December/2012:
- Mike Auldridge (vocals / guitar) (29/December/2012) Played in: Lyle Lovett Band / The Seldom Scene / Mike Auldridge Band
- Lloyd Charmers (vocals / keyboards) (27/December/2012) Shared albums with: Noel Norris
- Fontella Bass (vocals / keyboards) (26/December/2012) Played in: Little Milton Band / Oliver Sain Band / Fontella Bass Band
- Richard Rodney Bennett (keyboards / arranger) (24/December/2012) Played in: Claire Martin Group / Richard Rodney Bennett Group
- Ray Collins (vocals / guitar) (24/December/2012) Played in: Frank Zappa Band
- Marva Whitney (vocals) (22/December/2012) Played in: James Brown Band / Tommy & The Derbys / JB All Stars / Marva Whitney Band
- Lee Dorman (bass) (21/December/2012) Played in: Iron Butterfly / Captain Beyond
- Jimmy McCracklin (vocals / keyboards) (20/December/2012) Played in: Jimmy McCracklin Band
- Ken Chaney (keyboards) (19/December/2012) Played in: Young-Holt Unlimited
- Sheila McKinley (vocals) (16/December/2012)
- Willie Ackerman (drums) (13/December/2012) Played in: Waylon Jennings Band
- Eddie ´Guitar´ Burns (vocals / guitar) (12/December/2012) Played in: Eddie ´Guitar´ Burns Band
- Ravi Shankar (11/December/2012) Played in: Ravi Shankar Band
- Hal Schaefer (keyboards) (08/December/2012) Played in: Ina Ray Hutton Orchestra / Boyd Raeburn Orchestra / Harry James Orchestra / Benny Carter Orchestra / Hal Schaefer Group / Peggy Lee Band / Vic Damone Group / Billy Eckstine Orchestra
- Ed Cassidy (drums) (06/December/2012) Played in: Spirit / Rising Sons
- Huw Lloyd Langton (guitar) (06/December/2012) Played in: Hawkwind / Widowmaker / Amon Din / Winston G And The Wicked / Whip / Nic Potter Band / Magill / Huw Lloyd Langton Band / Leo Sayer Band / Gallery / Aleksander John Band / Batti Mamzelle / Pretty Things / Dr Brown / Conzentration
- Dave Brubeck (keyboards) (05/December/2012) Played in: Dave Brubeck Group / MBR / Gerry Mulligan Group
- Dee Harvey (backing vocals) (01/December/2012) Played in: Rod Stewart Band
- Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Yevgeny Guberman, Sohrab Hossain, Rick Cimato, Helen Kardon Moss, Augusto Bracca, JayLoud, Jack Klugman, Capital Steez, Mike Scaccia, Terry Huff, Meredith Israel Thomas, Leah Rule, Franco Ceccarelli, K Gyasi, Kamil Sonmez, Pecker Dunne, Inez Andrews, Lauri Aitonurmi, Keith Deen, Gil Friesen, Erik Moseholm, Alkis Alkaios, Sam Banda, Jenni Rivera, Jeni LeGon, Tony Robertson, Ammar Elsherei, Sammy Arena, Ewan Robertson, Sarah Kirsch, Nito Nunes, Mario Clington, Jeroen Willems.
Shared albums with: Kenny Edwards, Levon Helm
Shared albums with: Chico Hamilton, George Gruntz
Shared bands with: Laurence Cottle
Shared albums with: Harry Beckett, Tommy Eyre, Stan Tracey, Derek Watkins
Shared albums with: John Guerin
Shared albums with: Kenny Buttrey, Delaney Bramlett, Martin Jenner
Shared albums with: Pete York
Shared albums with: Ollie Mitchell, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Andrew Love, Bud Shank
Shared bands with: Milt Bernhart, Larry Bunker, Joyce Collins, Jake Hanna, Sonny Igoe, Hank Jones, Hal McKusick, Ollie Mitchell, Ed Thigpen, Snooky Young
Shared albums with: Larry Bunker
Shared bands with: Cozy Powell
Shared albums with: Pete Haycock, Alvin Lee, Neil Murray, Bob Welch
Shared bands with: Dave Bronze, Mark Brzezicki, Les Davidson, Barry De Souza, Graham Jarvis, Mac Poole, Ray Russell, Theodore Thunder, Victor Unitt
Shared bands with: Bob Brookmeyer, Larry Bunker, Chico Hamilton, Joe Morello, Gerry Niewood, Bud Shank
Shared albums with: Joe Morello, Cedar Walton, Nat Adderley, Bob Brookmeyer, Cornell Dupree, George Gruntz, Chico Hamilton, Freddie Hubbard
Shared bands with: Phil Kenzie
Shared albums with: Speedy Acquaye, Madeline Bell, Doreen Chanter, Irene Chanter, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Ric Grech, Andy Johns, Phil Kenzie
- Mickey Baker (guitar) (27/November/2012) Played in: Mickey Baker Group
- Earl Carroll (vocals) (25/November/2012) Played in: The Carnations / The Cadillacs / The Coasters
- Juan Carlos Calderon (keyboards / arranger) (25/November/2012) Played in: Juan Carlos Calderon Group
- Chris Stamp (producer) (24/November/2012)
- Austin Peralta (keyboards) (21/November/2012) Played in: Austin Peralta Group
- Michael Dunford (guitar) (20/November/2012) Played in: Nashville Teens / Renaissance / Cruisers Rock Combo / The Plebs
- Pete La Roca (drums) (20/November/2012) Played in: Annette Peacock Band / Pete La Roca Group / Art Farmer Group
- Stan Greig (keyboards / drums) (18/November/2012) Played in: Alexis Korner Band / Ken Colyer Skiffle Group / Humphrey Lyttelton Band / Acker Bilk Band / London Jazz Big Band / Stan Greig Group
- Frode Thingnaes (trombone) (15/November/2012) Played in: Frode Thingnes Group
- Bertram McLean (guitar / bass) (14/November/2012) Played in: Jimmy Cliff Band / The Revolutionaries / RHT Invincibles / Skin Flesh & Bones
- Martin Fay (violin) (14/November/2012) Played in: The Chieftains
- Bob French (drums) (12/November/2012) Played in: Storyville Jazz Band / Bob French Group
- Cleve Duncan (vocals) (07/November/2012) Played in: The Penguins
- Shelton Broussard (guitar) (06/November/2012)
- Ted Curson (trumpet) (04/November/2012) Played in: The Mingus Dinasty Band / Spirit Of Life Ensemble / Charlie Mingus Band / Ted Curson Group
- Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Rick Blackburn, Keletigui Diabate, Michail Korjukow, Bo Lozoff, Eddie Bertrand, Ken Regan, Rocky Caple, Frank Dycus, Larry Hagman, Sammy Ayala, Flora Martirosyan, Eddie Munji III, Sergej Drozdov, Miliki, Billy Scott, Bernard Lansky, Khin Maung Toe, Mariam Khamis, Martin Dawson, Allen McHale, John Napier, Bong Pascasio, Major Harris, Paulie Heenan, Ian Pearce, Gyan Singh, Hetty Blok, Leonardo Favio, Doogie Paul, Carmelia Alves, Odd Borretzen, Mitch Lucker, Pete Bennett.
Shared albums with: Frank Foster, Freddie Hubbard, Bob Brookmeyer, Hank Crawford, Cornell Dupree, Conrad Isidore, Andrew Love, Hal McKusick, Buddy Montgomery, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Phil Ramone, Pete York, Snooky Young, Nat Adderley, Larry Bunker, Kenny Buttrey, Leroy Cooper, Barry De Souza, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, George Gruntz, James Moody, Bud Shank, Bob Welch, Bob Weston
Shared albums with: Phil Ramone
Shared albums with: Carlos Vega, Frank Marocco
Shared albums with: Jimmy Horowitz, Tommy Eyre, Andy Johns, John Knightsbridge
Shared bands with: James Lascelles, James Moody
Shared albums with: Freddie Hubbard, Cedar Walton, Brian Godding
Shared bands with: Cliff Barton, Bill Eyden, Davy Graham, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Gordon Hunte, Ronnie Jones, Binky McKenzie, Nick South, Bob Weston, Mike Zwerin
Shared albums with: Dick Heckstall-Smith, Les Davidson
Shared albums with: Martin Drover
Shared albums with: Barry Reynolds, Freddie Hubbard, Andrew Love, Carlos Vega
Shared albums with: Tommy Igoe, Hugh McCracken, Ray Russell, Carlos Vega
Shared bands with: Harry Beckett, Tommy Eyre, Joe Lee Wilson, Mike Zwerin
Shared albums with: Bob Brookmeyer, Freddie Hubbard, Stan Tracey, Joe Lee Wilson
- Julius Schittenhelm (producer / guitar) (28/October/2012)
- Terry Callier (vocals) (27/October/2012) Played in: Terry Callier Band
- Louis Nunley (backing vocals) (26/October/2012) Played in: Jordanaires / Anita Kerr Singers
- Bill Dees (vocals) (24/October/2012) Shared albums with: Kenny Buttrey, Tom T-Bone Wolk
- Michael Marra (vocals) (23/October/2012) Played in: Michael Marra Band
- Tim Johnson (21/October/2012)
- Borah Bergman (keyboards) (18/October/2012) Played in: Borah Bergman Group
- David S Ware (sax) (18/October/2012) Played in: David S Ware Group
- Rick Chadock (guitar) (15/October/2012) Played in: White Sister
- B B Cunningham (bass) (14/October/2012) Played in: Jerry Lee Lewis Band / The Hombres / B B Cunningham Band
- John Tchicai (sax) (07/October/2012) Played in: Johnny Dyani Group / Pierre Doerge Group / Brotherhood of Breath / Peter Cusack Group / Harry Beckett Group / Archie Shepp Group / New York Art Quartet / Yo Miles / John Tchicai Group
- Nick Curran (vocals / guitar) (06/October/2012) Played in: Fabulous Thunderbirds / Deguello / Kim Lenz Band / The Flash Boys
- Farrell Morris (percussion) (04/October/2012) Shared albums with: Kenny Buttrey, J J Cale, John Guerin, Kenny Edwards, Andrew Love, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Levon Helm, Hugh McCracken, Ollie Mitchell, Tim Renwick, Enzo Todesco, Carlos Vega, Bob Welch, Tom T-Bone Wolk, Pete York
- Kathi McDonald (vocals) (03/October/2012) Played in: Long John Baldry Band / Big Brother & The Holding Company / Terry & The Pirates / Mickey Hart Band / Leon Russell Band / Ike & Tina Turner Band / Kathi McDonald Band
- Big Jim Sullivan (guitar) (02/October/2012)
- Steve Baker (harmonica) (October/2012) Shared albums with: Bernie Holland, Bert Jansch
- Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Susumu Ishikawa, Blake Mackey, Joel Burrows, Natina Reed, Jo Dunne, Joop Stokkermans, Przemystaw Gintrowski, Richard Paolissi, Mary Campbell, Laszlo Komar, Dickie Freeman, Bizzle, Phatchara Waengwan, Frank Alamo, Patricia Ann Mileski, Mark Reed, Martin Labuschagne, Geoff Agisim, Varsha Bhosle, Bidit Lal Das, Steve Adams, Wiley Reed, John Ferguson, Lloyd Dalton, Tom Guernsey, Kazuo Shimada, Lori Brandon-Rainwater, Berkant Akguren.
Shared albums with: Hugh McCracken, Snooky Young
Shared albums with: Kenny Buttrey, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Milt Bernhart, Bob Brookmeyer, Hank Crawford, Frank Foster, Freddie Hubbard, Pete Jolly, Andrew Love, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Bud Shank, Larry Bunker, Leroy Cooper, Cornell Dupree, Herb Ellis, Alvin Lee, Ollie Mitchell, Big Jim Sullivan, Snooky Young
Shared albums with: Andy Brown
Shared bands with: Harry Beckett, Ray Russell, Stan Tracey
Shared albums with: Harry Beckett, George Gruntz, Freddie Hubbard
Shared bands with: Aliki Ashman, Dave Ball, Denny Ball, Cliff Barton, Cal Batchelor, Doreen Chanter, Irene Chanter, Mick Clarke, Bill Eyden, Jimmy Horowitz, Felix Krish, Billy Law, Harry Reynolds, Bob Weston
Shared albums with: Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Jimmy Horowitz, Cornell Dupree, J J Cale, Mick Clarke, Mick Grabham, Andy Johns, Hugh McCracken, Chris Mercer, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Caleb Quaye
- Eddie Bert (trombone) (28/September/2012) Played in: Stan Kenton Orchestra / Illinois Jacquet Group / Lionel Hampton Group / Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra / Bobby Rosengarden Orchestra / Thelonious Monk Group / Charlie Mingus Band / Benny Goodman Group / Woody Herman Orchestra / Red Norvo Group / Shorty Rogers Group / Elliot Lawrence Orchestra / Charlie Byrd Group / Sam Donahue Orchestra / Charlie Barnet Group / Les Elgart Orchestra / Herbie Fields Orchestra / The American Jazz Orchestra / Urbie Green Group / John Lewis Big Band / Duke Ellington Orchestra / T S Monk Group / Eddie Bert Group / Oscar Pettiford Group
- Frank Wilson (vocals / producer) (27/September/2012)
- Billy Barnes (25/September/2012) Shared albums with: Bob Babbitt
- Andy Williams (vocals) (25/September/2012) Played in: Andy Williams Band / Henry Mancini Orchestra
- Mat Domber (producer) (19/September/2012) Shared albums with: Jake Hanna, Herb Ellis
- Mariano Garcia (producer) (12/September/2012)
- John Perez (drums) (11/September/2012) Played in: Sir Douglas Quintet
- El Reverendo (keyboards) (07/September/2012) Played in: Desmadre 75 / Paracelso
- Joe South (vocals / guitar) (05/September/2012) Played in: Joe South Band
- Mark Abrahamian (guitar) (02/September/2012) Played in: Starship Featuring Mickey Thomas
- Sean Bergin (sax / flute) (01/September/2012) Played in: MOB / Nansika / The Informal Trio / Trio San Francisco
- Hal David (01/September/2012) Shared albums with: Robin Gibb, Hugh McCracken
- Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Raylene Rankin, Hebe Camargo, Larry Cunningham, Uldis Stabulnieks, Mamborro, R B Greaves, Neset Ertas, Rudy Mata, Brad Parker, Tony Bernabale, Haim Hefer, Luis Goes, Doudou Chancy, James ´Sugar Boy´ Crawford, Rebecca Dorsey, Obo Addy, Homer Joy, Roberto Silva, Dorothy McGuire, Rollin Sullivan, Hakam Sufi, Lillian Lopez, Tomas Garreton, Ryoji Fukui, Jose Carlos Hernandez, Oleg Klimchenko, Maggie Ross, Vance Bockis, Simon Oberender.
Shared bands with: Nat Adderley, Harry Beckett, Milt Bernhart, Bob Brookmeyer, Monty Budwig, Larry Bunker, Frank Foster, Chico Hamilton, Jake Hanna, Sonny Igoe, Pete Jolly, Hank Jones, Hal McKusick, Ollie Mitchell, Joe Morello, Paul Motian, Bud Shank, Ed Shaughnessy, Derek Watkins, Jimmy Wyble, Snooky Young
Shared albums with: Hank Jones, Milt Bernhart, Bud Shank, Hal McKusick, Ed Shaughnessy, Bob Brookmeyer, Frank Foster, Sonny Igoe, Pete Jolly, Snooky Young, Monty Budwig, James Moody, Joe Morello, Herb Ellis, George Gruntz, Martin Drover, John Guerin, Jake Hanna, Bernie Holland, Hugh McCracken, Phil Ramone, Mac Tontoh, Jimmy Wyble
Shared bands with: Joe Moretti, Ed Thigpen, Derek Watkins
Shared albums with: Ray Russell, Bob Jenkins, Felix Krish, Bud Shank
Shared albums with: Sergio Castillo
Shared albums with: Kenny Buttrey, Levon Helm
Shared albums with: Harry Beckett
- Max Bygraves (vocals) (31/August/2012) Played in: Max Bygraves Band
- Bernardo Bonezzi (vocals) (30/August/2012)
- George Gallacher (vocals) (25/August/2012) Played in: The Poets / Alex Harvey Band / Dead Loss Band
- Byard Lancaster (sax / flute) (23/August/2012) Played in: Barry Altschul Group / Byard Lancaster Group / Sunny Murray Group / Sounds Of Liberation / The Decoding Society
- Charles Flores (bass) (22/August/2012) Played in: Michel Camilo Group
- Scott McKenzie (vocals) (18/August/2012) Played in: Mamas & The Papas / The Singing Strings / The Abstracts / The Smoothies / The Journeymen / Scott McKenzie Band
- Lou Martin (keyboards) (17/August/2012) Played in: Krayon Angels / Killing Floor / Rory Gallagher Band / Mick Clarke Band / Ramrod / Gwyn Ashton Band / Blues´n´Trouble / Nicole Barclay Band / Chris Glen Band / Gerry McAvoy Band
- John Stockfish (bass) (17/August/2012) Played in: Gordon Lightfoot Band
- Bill Tillman (sax) (15/August/2012) Played in: Blood Sweat & Tears / Duke Ellington Orchestra / Bill Tillman Band
- Bob Birch (bass) (15/August/2012) Played in: Edgar Winter All Star Project / Elton John Band / Edgar Winter Band / War Pipes / Mark Ashton Band / Jose Feliciano Band / Marc Bonilla Band
- Gary Cox (vocals / guitar) (12/August/2012) Played in: Artful Dodger
- Von Freeman (sax) (11/August/2012) Played in: Jimmy Reed Band / Sunnyland Slim Band / Von Freeman Group / Johnny Griffin Group / Horace Henderson Orchestra
- Carl Davis (producer) (09/August/2012)
- Ranking Trevor (07/August/2012)
- Marvin Hamlisch (keyboards / arranger) (06/August/2012) Played in: Marvin Hamlisch Band
- Chavela Vargas (vocals) (05/August/2012) Played in: Chavela Vargas Band
- Stephen Hill (vocals / guitar) (05/August/2012) Shared albums with: Derek Watkins
- Johnnie Bassett (vocals / guitar) (04/August/2012)
- Stuart Swanlund (guitar) (04/August/2012) Played in: The Marshall Tucker Band
- Tomasz Szukalski (sax) (02/August/2012)
- Jerry Bromley (bass) (August/2012) Played in: The Lonely Ones / The Stallions / Tapestry
- Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Terez Hepburn, Marianne Challis, Tomas O Suilleabhain, Yachiyo Kasugano, Eric Cook, Michalis Menidiatis, Phyllis Diller, T G Kamala Devi, Altamiro Carrilho, Joan Roberts, Tom Hofwander, Patrick Cochrun, Magro Waghabi, Jairo Varela, Mike Kelly, Mark O´Donnell, James McLaren, Polys Kermanidis, Celso Blues Boy, Michael Bartee, Jason Noble, Severino Araujo, Gaspero C Trainito, Jimmy Jones, Mark Erickson.
Shared bands with: Tommy Eyre, Billy Law, Joe Moretti
Shared albums with: Ronald Shannon Jackson
Shared albums with: Pete Jolly, Big Jim Sullivan
Shared bands with: Eddie Hoh
Shared albums with: Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Andrew Love
Shared bands with: Dave Ball, Chris Glen, Chris Sharley
Shared albums with: Chris Sharley, John ´Irish´ Earle, Dick Hanson, Miller Anderson, Les Davidson, Clive Edwards, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Bert Jansch, Bob Jenkins, Stevie Lange, Mac Poole, Big Jim Sullivan, Geoff Whitehorn
Shared albums with: Kenny Buttrey, Hugh McCracken
Shared bands with: Miller Anderson, Jake Hanna, Tommy Igoe, Wayne Pedzwater
Shared albums with: Pete Jolly, Hugh McCracken
Shared bands with: Caroline Attard, Madeline Bell, Doreen Chanter, Irene Chanter, Lesley Duncan, Kay Garner, Stevie Lange, Jo Partridge, Federico Pol, Roger Pope, Caleb Quaye, Tim Renwick
Shared albums with: Tom T-Bone Wolk
Shared albums with: George Gruntz
Shared albums with: Barry De Souza, Bruce Lynch, Hugh McCracken, Gerry Niewood, Cornell Dupree, John Guerin, Pete Jolly, Roy Markowitz, Wayne Pedzwater, Phil Ramone, Ray Russell, Derek Watkins, Tom T-Bone Wolk
Shared albums with: Laurence Cottle
- Jorge Fattoruso (drums) (29/July/2012)
- Darryl Cotton (vocals) (27/July/2012) Played in: Zoot / Friends
- Don Bagley (bass) (26/July/2012) Played in: Stan Kenton Orchestra / Julie London Band / Les Brown Orchestra / Don Bagley Group
- Larry Hoppen (guitar) (24/July/2012) Played in: Orleans / Garland Jeffreys Band / The Voices Of Classic Rock / Lulu Band
- Big Walter Smith (vocals) (24/July/2012)
- Kitty Wells (vocals) (16/July/2012) Played in: Kitty Wells Band
- Bob Babbitt / Kreinard Robert (bass) (16/July/2012)
- Jon Lord (keyboards) (16/July/2012)
- Marcel Curuchet (keyboards) (14/July/2012) Played in: No Te Va A Gustar
- Ingo Bellmann (vocals / guitar) (13/July/2012)
- Perry Baggs (drums) (12/July/2012) Played in: Jason And The Scorchers
- Lol Coxhill (sax) (10/July/2012) Played in: Kevin Ayers Band / Coxhill Sinclair Band / Brotherhood of Breath / Delivery / London Improvisers Orchestra / The Recedents / The Melody Four / Robert Wyatt Band / Bobby Wellins Group / Trevor Watts Group / Giant Marrowfat / G F Fitz-Gerald Group / The Dedication Orchestra / Derek Gilby Orchestra / Dave Hunt Band / Chessmen / Rufus Thomas Band / Gass / Bruno´s Blues Band / Alexis Korner Band / Lol Coxhill Band / Spontaneous Music Ensemble / Company / Welfare State
- Maria Hawkins (vocals) (10/July/2012)
- Tim Cross (keyboards) (09/July/2012) Played in: Gary Brooker Band / Mike Oldfield Band / Adverts / TV Smith Band / Production House
- Lionel Batiste (vocals / drums) (08/July/2012) Played in: Treme Brass Band
- Jose Roberto Bertrami (keyboards) (08/July/2012) Played in: Azymuth / Airto Moreira Group
- Dennis Flemion (keyboards / percussion) (07/July/2012) Played in: The Frogs / Smashing Pumpkins
- Ben Kynard (sax) (05/July/2012) Played in: Lionel Hampton Group / Pete McShann Orchestra / Oliver Todd Group
- Fritz Pauer (keyboards) (01/July/2012) Played in: Erich Kleinschuster Group / Fatty George Orchestra / Fritz Pauer Group / Art Farmer Group / ORF Big Band / Piano Conclave
- Ossie Hibbert (keyboards) (01/July/2012) Played in: The Revolutionaries
- Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Tony Sly, Lucio Quarantotto, Sera, Eduardo Quesada, Jay Parker, Bill Doss, David Ellenburg, Sluggy Ranks, Tony Martin, Geoffrey Hughes, Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair, Sherman Hemsley, Pat Tiernan, Andrew Davey, Carl Rasmussen, Ingus Naruns, Marcos Roberto, Joe Smith, Lowell Lundstrom, Jon Natisch, Dmitriy Sachko, Ms Melodie, Danny Abromovitz, John Graham, Gergin Genkov, Ed Lincoln, Leda Valladares, Federico Furini, Takayoshi Matsunaga, Jay Robinson, Carlos Gonzalez, Tasos Olethros, Edwin Duff, Tamango, Zach Booher, Paul Ponnudorai, Valdi Moder, Steven Pratt, Andy Griffith, Frank Bailey, Nico Takara, Sunny T Adesokan, Jammer, Margot Werner, Chris Armstrong, Mzimasi Ndiko, Badshah Zarin Jan.
Shared bands with: Milt Bernhart, Larry Bunker, Herb Ellis, Frank Marocco, Hal McKusick, Ollie Mitchell, Joe Morello, Bud Shank
Shared albums with: Bud Shank, Milt Bernhart, Pete Jolly, Monty Budwig, Ollie Mitchell, Bob Brookmeyer, Tom Brumley, Larry Bunker, Cornell Dupree, Herb Ellis, Bill Eyden, Sonny Igoe, Hank Jones, Roy Markowitz, Frank Marocco, Hugh McCracken, James Moody, Phil Ramone, Jimmy Wyble
Shared albums with: Hugh McCracken, Morris Pert, Larry Bunker, Martin Drover, John ´Irish´ Earle, John Guerin, Dick Hanson, George Marino, Ollie Mitchell, Wayne Pedzwater, Bud Shank
Shared albums with: Hugh McCracken, Tim Renwick
Shared bands with: Cliff Barton, Cal Batchelor, Harry Beckett, Bill Eyden, Davy Graham, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Gordon Hunte, Ronnie Jones, Binky McKenzie, Gary Moberley, Francis Monkman, Mike Piggott, Nick South, Rob Tait, Bob Weston, Steve York, Mike Zwerin
Shared albums with: Harry Beckett, Roger Pope, Caleb Quaye, Richard Brunton, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Adrian Tilbrook, Aliki Ashman, Cal Batchelor, Irene Chanter, Laurence Cottle, Barry De Souza, Brian Godding, Nick Judd, Gary Moberley, Francis Monkman, Micky Moody, Chris Parren, Tim Renwick, Nick South, Rob Tait, Joanne Williams, Steve York, Mike Zwerin
Shared bands with: Dave Bronze, Mark Brzezicki, Laurence Cottle, Morris Pert, Tim Renwick, Jerry Stevenson, Geoff Whitehorn
Shared albums with: Tim Renwick, Dana Gillespie, Morris Pert, Graham Jarvis, Micky Moody, Mike Paice
Shared albums with: Tom T-Bone Wolk
Shared albums with: Laurence Cottle, Martin Drover, Chris Parren
Shared bands with: Nat Adderley, Frank Foster, Chico Hamilton, Snooky Young
Shared albums with: Snooky Young, Larry Bunker, Frank Foster, Hal McKusick, Bud Shank, Nat Adderley, Milt Bernhart, Bob Brookmeyer, Cornell Dupree, George Gruntz, Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Igoe, James Moody, Phil Ramone, Ed Shaughnessy, Derek Watkins
Shared bands with: George Gruntz, James Moody
Shared albums with: Peter Herbolzheimer, Bob Brookmeyer, George Gruntz
Shared albums with: Barry Reynolds
- Yomo Toro (guitar) (30/June/2012) Played in: Yomo Toro Band
- Gerry Bron (producer) (19/June/2012) Shared albums with: Trevor Bolder, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Chris Mercer, Mac Tontoh, Harry Beckett, Lesley Duncan, Kay Garner, Caleb Quaye, Derek Watkins, Pip Williams
- Brian Hibbard (vocals) (18/June/2012) Played in: The Official Tribute To The Blues Brothers / The Flying Pickets
- Victor Spinetti (18/June/2012)
- Gabriel Hardeman (backing vocals) (16/June/2012) Shared albums with: Gary Moore, Carlos Vega
- Rune Gustafsson (guitar) (15/June/2012) Played in: Rune Gustafsson Band
- Marjorie Hyams (vb) (14/June/2012) Played in: George Shearing Group / Woody Herman Orchestra / Hip Chicks / Mary Lou Williams Group / Charlie Ventura Group / Marjorie Hyams Group
- Graeme Bell (keyboards) (13/June/2012) Played in: Dixieland Jazz Band / Australian Jazz Band / Graeme Bell Group
- Abram Wilson (trumpet) (09/June/2012) Played in: Jazz Jamaica All Stars / Jazz Jamaica / Ruth Brown Band / Roy Hargrove Group / Julian Joseph Group / Abram Wilson Group
- Bob Welch (guitar) (07/June/2012)
- Lou Pride (vocals) (05/June/2012) Played in: Lou Pride Band
- Dennis St John (drums) (05/June/2012) Played in: Neil Diamond Band
- George Marino (engineer) (04/June/2012)
- Herb Reed (vocals) (04/June/2012) Played in: The Platters / Herb Reed Band
- Andy Hamilton (sax) (03/June/2012) My short comment: Please, note this is the Jamaican jazz sax player that played in the Birmingham area (he was 94), not the British sax player that played with Kokomo, Johnny Warman, Roger Chapman, Wham, Judie Tzuke, etc.
- Frazier Mohawk (producer) (02/June/2012)
- Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Tom Reeder, Ivan Sekyra, Teddy Mueller, Seumas Cairns, Brian Emmett Malec, Jeanette Yanks, John Koko, Don Grady, Robert Moore, Richard Adler, Donna Hilley, Bill Lindsay, Ghazala Javed, Kelly Starrett, Scott Johnson, Tim Mooney, Hassan Kassai, Mehdi Hassan, Steve Kaika, Adrian Otero, Suehiko Watanabe, Will Hoebee, Jimmy Elledge, Shingo Minamino, Rocky Rothwell, Dave McKeough, Dan Nedelcu, Lil Phat, Estela Raval, Johnny Yoshinaga, Eduard Khil, Bobby Durango, Faruq Z Bey.
Shared albums with: Bernie Holland
Shared bands with: Doreen Chanter
Shared albums with: Ed Thigpen, Stan Tracey
Shared bands with: Nat Adderley, Bob Brookmeyer, Monty Budwig, Frank Foster, John Guerin, Jake Hanna, Sonny Igoe, Hal McKusick, Ed Shaughnessy
Shared albums with: Sonny Igoe, Hank Jones, Buddy Montgomery
Shared bands with: Derek Watkins
Shared albums with: Byrd Foster, Warren King
Shared albums with: Kenny Edwards, Snooky Young, Larry Bunker, Kenny Buttrey, John Guerin, Levon Helm, Hugh McCracken, Ollie Mitchell, Phil Ramone, Carlos Vega
Shared bands with: Gary Moberley
Played in: Andy Hamilton Group
- Pete Cosey (guitar) (30/May/2012) Played in: Miles Davis Group / Powertools / The Children Of Agharta / Gene Ammons Group / Electric Mudcats
- Doc Watson (guitar) (29/May/2012) My short comment: Fantastic artist, his guitar playing was fabulous.
- John Harrison (bass) (26/May/2012) Played in: Hawkwind / Group X / Hawkwind Zoo
- Mark McConnell (drums) (24/May/2012) Played in: Sebastian Bach Band / Madam X
- Robert Nix (drums) (20/May/2012) Played in: Atlanta Rhythm Section / Classics IV
- Robin Gibb (vocals) (20/May/2012)
- Carrie Smith (vocals) (20/May/2012) Played in: Newport Jazz All Stars / Carrie Smith Group
- Peter Jones (drums) (18/May/2012) Played in: Crowded House / Deadstar / Harem Scarem
- Donna Summer (vocals) (17/May/2012) My short comment: I´ve never been a fan of disco music, but I really liked Donna Summer, with her powerful voice.
- Doug Dillard (guitar) (16/May/2012) Played in: The Byrds / Dillard & Clark / The Dillards / Ozark Mountain Boys / Doug Dillard Band
- Chuck Brown (vocals / guitar) (16/May/2012) Played in: Los Latinos / Chuck Brown Band / The Soul Searchers
- Belita Woods (vocals) (14/May/2012) Played in: Brainstorm / Funkadelic / P-Funk All-Stars
- Donald ´Duck´ Dunn (bass) (13/May/2012)
- Bernardo Sassetti (keyboards) (10/May/2012) Played in: Guy Barker Group
- Ernest Warren (vocals) (07/May/2012) Played in: Hudsonaires / The Spaniels
- Michael Burks (vocals / guitar) (06/May/2012) My short comment: Soon to be featured here, hopefully.
- Joe Russell (vocals) (05/May/2012) Played in: The Persuasions
- Adam Yauch (vocals) (04/May/2012) Played in: Beastie Boys
- Mort Lindsey (arranger) (04/May/2012) Shared albums with: Phil Ramone
- Lloyd Brevett (bass) (03/May/2012) Played in: The Skatalites
- Bobby Thomas (vocals) (03/May/2012) Played in: The Vibranaires / Vibes / V-Eights / The Orioles / Crooners
- Alan Mintz (producer) (02/May/2012)
- Charles Pitts (guitar) (01/May/2012)
- Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Michael Grant, Kiyohiko Ozaki, Joe Albanese, Drew Keriakedes, Steve Rhea, Toni Arden, Georgy Espiritu, Ales Zimolka, Walter Malli, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Kathi Goldmark, Janet Carroll, Bryan Hagan, Eddie Blazonczyk, Masud Sadiki, Thomas Kaimbi, Nobuyuki Morikawa, Warda Al-Jazairia, Maude Aimee Humbard, Katya Filipova, Trong Brathen, Everett Lilly, Chance Taylor, Jose Perez, David Lescht, Felix Werder, Nenad Saric, Edith Bliss, Willie French Lowery, Zvi Zeitlin, Larry Donn, Muddy Fraser.
Shared bands with: Ronald Shannon Jackson, Hank Jones, Buddy Montgomery, James Moody, Ricky Wellman, Mike Zwerin
Shared albums with: Cornell Dupree, George Gruntz, John Guerin, Ricky Wellman
Played in: Doc Watson Band / Clarence Ashley Band
Shared albums with: Dave Bronze, Levon Helm, Bud Shank, Snooky Young
Shared albums with: Kenny Buttrey, Dick Hanson, Eddie Hoh, Tom T-Bone Wolk
Shared albums with: Hank Jones
Shared albums with: Martin Drover
Played in: Donna Summer Band / Crow / FamilyTree
Shared bands with: Virgil Weber
Shared albums with: Les Hurdle, Madeline Bell, Larry Bunker, Phil Ramone, Nat Adderley, Cornell Dupree, Kenny Edwards, Frank Foster, George Gruntz, John Guerin, Freddie Hubbard, Pete Jolly, George Marino, Hal McKusick, James Moody, Bud Shank, Virgil Weber, Snooky Young
Shared bands with: John Guerin, Donna Washburn
Shared albums with: Ollie Mitchell, Donna Washburn, Eddie Hoh, John Guerin, Hugh McCracken, Milt Bernhart, Kenny Buttrey
Shared albums with: Ricky Wellman
Shared albums with: Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Andrew Love
Played in: Michael Burks Band
Shared bands with: Michael Burks
Shared albums with: Michael Burks
Shared albums with: Hugh McCracken
Shared albums with: Andrew Love
- Rob Van Den Broeck (keyboards) (30/April/2012) My short comment: Soon to be featured here, hopefully.
- Chris Ethridge (bass) (23/April/2012) Played in: The Flying Burrito Brothers / Gene Clark Band / International Submarine Band / Gram Parsons Band / Docker Hill Boys / Willie Nelson Band / Kudzu Kings
- Bert Weedon (guitar) (20/April/2012) Played in: Ted Heath Orchestra / Mantovani Orchestra / BBC Show Band
- Joe Muranyi (clarinet) (20/April/2012) Played in: Louis Armstrong Group / Eddie Condon All Stars / Red Onion Jazz Band / Wingy Manone Orchestra / The Village Stompers / Roy Eldridge Group / Classic Jazz Quartet
- Levon Helm (vocals / drums) (19/April/2012)
- Greg Ham (keyboards / sax) (19/April/2012) Played in: Men At Work
- Teddy Charles (vb) (16/April/2012) Played in: Chubby Jackson Orchestra / Teddy Charles Group / Charlie Mingus Band
- Andrew Love (sax) (12/April/2012)
- Hal McKusick (sax) (11/April/2012) Played in: Buddy Rich Orchestra / Don Bestor Orchestra / Les Brown Orchestra / Dean Hudson Group / Woody Herman Orchestra / Boyd Raeburn Orchestra / Hal McKusick Group / Alvino Rey Orchestra / Johnny Otis Band / Claude Thornhill Orchestra / Elliot Lawrence Orchestra / The CBS Orchestra / Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra / Benny Goodman Group / Charlie Barnet Group / Urbie Green Group
- Rich Teeter (drums) (10/April/2012) Played in: VHF / The Dictators
- James Niven (keyboards) (09/April/2012) Played in: The Sports
- Tony Marsh (drums) (09/April/2012) Played in: Harry Beckett Group / Full Monte / Pete Jacobsen Group / Chris Biscoe Group / People Band / London Improvisers Orchestra / Mike Westbrook Band / Major Surgery / 7RPM / Syndicate
- Jim Marshall (guitar) (05/April/2012) Played in: Jim Marshall Band
- Ralph Ferraro (dr*ar) (03/April/2012)
- Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Joel Goldsmith, Jim McCrary, Kenny Roberts, Eric Charden, John Birch, Wim Franken, Carlos Roberto De Oliveira, Todd Simko, Ubaldo De Lio, Tommy Marth, Kishiko Wakamatsu, Billy Bryans, Koichi Iwashiro, Pops Carter, Ikuzone, Ayten Alpman, Duke Dawson, Dick Clark, Hillman Curtis, Robert O Ragland, Brian Jack, Dimitris Mitropanos, Chris Gambles, Krzysztof Puszynski, Barbara Buchholz, Ismail Haron, David Shriver, Jose Guardiola, Cynthia Dall, George Wilberforce Kakoma, Rikiya Yasuoka, Dennis De Souza, Silas Hubbard Jr, Scott Ricciuti, Barney McKenna, Ben DiMaria, Jimmy Mullin, O´Brian Eselu, Jimmy Little.
Played in: Tony Oxley Group / Alan Skidmore Group / Rob Van Den Broeck Group / European Jazz Ensemble / Free Fair / The Quartet / European Projekt / The Trio
Shared bands with: Rob Van Den Broeck
Shared albums with: Rob Van Den Broeck, Peter Herbolzheimer
Shared bands with: Eddie Hoh, Duane Jarvis
Shared albums with: Eddie Hoh, Delaney Bramlett, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, John Guerin, Kenny Edwards, Ollie Mitchell, Bud Shank, Donna Washburn, Bob Brookmeyer, Ric Grech, Levon Helm, Les Hurdle, Conrad Isidore, Duane Jarvis, Andy Johns, Pete Jolly, Ed Shaughnessy, Carlos Vega
Shared bands with: Stan Tracey, Derek Watkins
Shared albums with: Big Jim Sullivan
Shared albums with: Jake Hanna
Shared bands with: Harry Beckett, Ed Shaughnessy
Shared albums with: Ed Shaughnessy, Bob Brookmeyer, Hal McKusick, Cedar Walton
Shared bands with: Nat Adderley, Milt Bernhart, Bob Brookmeyer, Monty Budwig, Larry Bunker, Joel DiBartolo, Frank Foster, Chico Hamilton, Jake Hanna, Sonny Igoe, Hank Jones, Frank Marocco, Hal McKusick, Ollie Mitchell, James Moody, Wayne Pedzwater, Bud Shank, Ed Shaughnessy, Cedar Walton, Derek Watkins, Jimmy Wyble, Mike Zwerin
Shared albums with: Hal McKusick, Bob Brookmeyer, Hank Jones, Bud Shank, Larry Bunker, Snooky Young, Nat Adderley, Milt Bernhart, Frank Foster, Freddie Hubbard, James Moody, Paul Motian, Ed Shaughnessy, Cornell Dupree, Herb Ellis, George Gruntz, Sonny Igoe, Pete Jolly, Phil Ramone, Ed Thigpen, Cedar Walton, Derek Watkins
Shared bands with: Harry Beckett, Gary Boyle, Brian Godding, Ray Russell, Stan Tracey
Shared albums with: Harry Beckett, Brian Godding, Barry De Souza, Jeff Seopardie
Shared bands with: Jaz Lochrie
Shared albums with: Mark Griffiths
- Sonny Igoe (drums) (28/March/2012)
- Earl Scruggs (banjo) (28/March/2012) Played in: Earl Scruggs Band / Bill Monroe Band / Foggy Mountain Boys / Flatt And Scruggs
- Khalil Shaheed (trumpet) (23/March/2012) Played in: Buddy Miles Band
- Eric Lowen (vocals) (23/March/2012)
- Pete Saberton (keyboards) (21/March/2012) Played in: Ralph Salmins Group / Graham Collier Group
- Warren Luening (trumpet) (18/March/2012) Played in: Mel Torme Group / Lawrence Welk Orchestra / Bob Florence Orchestra / Hollywood Bowl Orchestra / Tony Almerico Orchestra / Ronnie Dupont Group
- Cedric Sharpley (drums) (13/March/2012) Played in: Gary Numan Band
- Michael Hossack (drums) (12/March/2012) Played in: Doobie Brothers / Mourning Reign / Bonaroo / Les Dudek Band
- Sergio Castillo (producer / drums) (09/March/2012)
- Jimmy Ellis (vocals) (08/March/2012) Played in: The Trammps
- Bugs Henderson (guitar) (08/March/2012) Played in: Mouse & Traps / Bugs Henderson Band
- Joe Byrd (bass) (06/March/2012) Played in: Great Guitars / Charlie Byrd Group / Joe Byrd Group / Gypsy Jazz Trio
- Toni Vazquez (drums) (05/March/2012) Played in: Radio Futura / Labanda / Miguel Rios Band / Esclarecidos / Whiskey Viejo / Orquestra Mondragon / Manolo Tena Band
- Ronnie Montrose (guitar) (03/March/2012) Played in: Van Morrison Band / Montrose / Gamma / Ronnie Montrose Band / Boz Scaggs Band / Edgar Winter Band / Sawbuck / Rail / Grim Reapers
- Frank Marocco (accordion) (03/March/2012)
- Lucio Dalla (lv*cl) (01/March/2012) My short comment: Fantastic Italian singer and composer Lucio Dalla, I love his song ´Caruso´, it´s very moving.
- Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Zoran Romic, Doreen Ncube, Jerry McCain, Ademilde Fonseca, Gian Franco Pagliaro, Murio Gian Franco, Tommy Wells, Nick Noble, Joao Mineiro, Marion Marlowe, Iqbal Bahu, Vince Lovegrove, Chico Anysio, Will, Johnny McCauley, Ernie Williams, Doc Stovall, Bob Henry, Jalal Zolfonun, Gary Cornell, Dieter Zechlin, Andre Catlett, Andy Brown, James Arneson, Karl Roy, Bodjie Dasig, Eddie King, Pat Newman, Matthew Smith, Domna Samiou, Benjamin Escoriza, Charles Lamb, Brenner Eugenides, Lucia Mannucci, Jacky Mekaiten, Robert B Sherman, Gerard Rinaldi, Rick Vail, Big Walter.
Shared albums with: Kenny Buttrey, Alvin Lee, Tommy Eyre, Levon Helm, Ed Shaughnessy
Shared albums with: George Marino
Shared bands with: Harry Beckett
Shared albums with: Derek Watkins, Laurence Cottle, Francis Monkman
Shared bands with: Joel DiBartolo, Derek Watkins
Shared albums with: Frank Marocco, Larry Bunker, Joel DiBartolo, Pete Jolly, John Guerin, Phil Ramone, Leroy Cooper, Bud Shank, Snooky Young, Ollie Mitchell, Milt Bernhart, Monty Budwig, Jake Hanna, George Marino, Hugh McCracken, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Tom T-Bone Wolk, Steve York
Shared bands with: Andrew Love
Shared albums with: Andrew Love, John Guerin
Shared bands with: Herb Ellis
Shared albums with: Herb Ellis, Bob Brookmeyer, Hank Jones, Bud Shank
Shared bands with: Sergio Castillo
Shared bands with: Doreen Chanter, Martin Drover, Bernie Holland, Big Jim Sullivan, Carlos Vega
Shared albums with: Alvin Lee, Pete Haycock, Andrew Love, Bud Shank
Played in: Lucio Dalla Band
Shared albums with: Laurence Cottle, Tommy Eyre
- Davy Jones (vocals) (29/February/2012) Played in: The Monkees / Davy Jones Band / Toast
- Hazy Osterwald (tp*pe) (26/February/2012) Played in: Hazy Osterwald Group
- Maurice Andre (trumpet) (25/February/2012)
- Louisiana Red (guitar) (25/February/2012) Played in: John Lee Hooker Band / Louisiana Red Band
- Red Holloway (sax) (25/February/2012) Played in: John Mayall Band / Roosevelt Sykes Band / Sonny Stitt Group / Memphis Slim Band / Lionel Hampton Group / Jack McDuff Group / Clark Terry Group / Eugene Wright Orchestra / Lefty Bates Band / Red Holloway Group / Nat Towles Group / Bill Doggett Band / Lloyd Price Band / Tough Tenors
- Ray Lamere (vocals / bass) (22/February/2012) Played in: Ray Lamere Orchestra
- Lorin Levee (clarinet) (22/February/2012) Played in: Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Billy Strange (guitar) (22/February/2012) Shared albums with: Pete Jolly, Milt Bernhart, Larry Bunker, Herb Ellis, Frank Marocco, Ollie Mitchell, Bud Shank, Delaney Bramlett, Tom Brumley, Kenny Buttrey, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, John Guerin, Alvin Lee, Andrew Love, Phil Ramone, Big Jim Sullivan
- Mike Melvoin (keyboards) (22/February/2012) Played in: Mike Melvoin Group / Tom Waits Band / Frank Rosolino Group
- Thomas Enright (guitar / bass) (20/February/2012) Played in: Duke Robillard Band / The Young Adults
- Michael Davis (bass) (17/February/2012) Played in: Destroy All Monsters / MC5 / Blood Orange
- Enrique Sierra (guitar) (17/February/2012) Played in: Radio Futura / Kaka De Luxe
- Bubi Chen (keyboards) (16/February/2012) Shared albums with: George Gruntz
- Luke Brandon (vocals / guitar) (15/February/2012) Shared albums with: Kenny Buttrey
- Clive Shakespeare (guitar) (15/February/2012) Played in: Sherbet
- Tonmi Lillman (drums) (14/February/2012) Played in: Lordi
- Dory Previn (vocals) (14/February/2012) Played in: Dory Previn Band
- Jodie Christian (keyboards) (13/February/2012) Played in: Gene Ammons Group
- Whitney Houston (vocals) (11/February/2012) My short comment: What a tragedy, and a waste of talent. I can´t help but thinking of Cissy Houston. I don´t need to explain how beautiful Whitney´s voice was.
- Joe Moretti (guitar) (09/February/2012)
- Luis Alberto Spinetta (vocals / guitar) (08/February/2012) My short comment: When I was in a former job, I had a companion from Argentina, and he turned me on Argentinian rock music. He told me of El Flaco Spinetta, as well as some other greats such as Charlie Garcia, David Lebon, etc. I enjoy their music.
- Al DeLory (keyboards) (05/February/2012) Shared albums with: Frank Marocco, Milt Bernhart, Herb Ellis, Pete Jolly, Larry Bunker, Ollie Mitchell, Phil Ramone, Bud Shank, Big Jim Sullivan
- Jim King (horn) (02/February/2012) Played in: Ring Of Truth / Family / The Farinas / The Roaring Sixties
- Mike Kelley (drums) (01/February/2012) Played in: Destroy All Monsters
- David Peaston (vocals) (01/February/2012) Shared albums with: George Gruntz
- Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Shoko Aoba, Michael Parrish, Dee Cernile, Raul Abzueta, Istvan Anhalt, Pery Ribeiro, Andy Cornett, Koji Kita, Andreas Lunnan, Christopher Reimer, Joe Thompson, Bob Hendrix, Jaroslav Velinsky, Ken Goodwin, Debby Jones, Jon McIntire, Shamim Ahmed Khan, Ice Pick Walt Gibson, Russell Arms, Delores Ware-Spires, Wando, Billy Fayard, Jimmy Sabater, Alori Joh, Noel Kelehan, Hiroshi Ashino, Nello Ferrara, Anil Mohile, Jonathan Gopani, Don Cornelius.
Shared albums with: Eddie Hoh, Ollie Mitchell, Hugh McCracken, Milt Bernhart, Kenny Buttrey, John Guerin, Bud Shank
Shared albums with: James Moody, Bud Shank, Mike Zwerin
Shared albums with: Dana Gillespie, Luce Langridge, James Moody
Shared bands with: Nat Adderley, Bob Brookmeyer, Bill Eyden, Frank Foster, Davy Graham, Ric Grech, Chico Hamilton, Jake Hanna, Keef Hartley, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Chris Mercer, Derek Watkins, Snooky Young
Shared albums with: Snooky Young, Tommy Eyre, Keef Hartley, Gary Moore, Cedar Walton, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Andrew Love, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Hank Crawford, Martin Drover, Cornell Dupree, Davy Graham, Jake Hanna, Hank Jones, Hugh McCracken, Chris Mercer, Nick Newell, Phil Ramone
Shared albums with: Snooky Young
Shared bands with: John Guerin, Stretch
Shared albums with: Ollie Mitchell, Larry Bunker, Bud Shank, Pete Jolly, John Guerin, Herb Ellis, Frank Marocco, Hugh Bullen, Jake Hanna, Phil Ramone, Milt Bernhart, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Eddie Hoh, Hugh McCracken, Big Jim Sullivan, Nat Adderley, Tom Brumley, Kenny Buttrey, Leroy Cooper, Martin Drover, Cornell Dupree, Frank Foster, George Gruntz, Freddie Hubbard, Les Hurdle, Hank Jones, Roy Markowitz, Hal McKusick, James Moody, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Pip Williams, Snooky Young
Shared albums with: Noel Norris
Shared albums with: Hank Jones, Herb Ellis, John Guerin
Shared bands with: James Moody
Shared albums with: James Moody, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Cedar Walton, Snooky Young, Bob Brookmeyer, Herb Ellis, Buddy Montgomery
Played in: Whitney Houston Band
Shared albums with: Robin Gibb, George Marino, Phil Ramone, Carlos Vega, Cornell Dupree, Kay Garner, Les Hurdle, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Stevie Lange, Hugh McCracken, Francis Monkman
Played in: Almendra / Pescado Rabioso / Invisible / Spinetta Jade / Luis Alberto Spinetta Band
Shared bands with: Ric Grech, John Pearson
Shared albums with: Ric Grech, Robbie Blunt
- Todd Buffa (vocals) (27/January/2012) Played in: Rare Silk
- Clare Fischer (keyboards / arranger) (26/January/2012) Played in: The Hi-Lo´s / Cal Tjader Group / Clare Fischer Group / Walter Marty Orchestra
- Richard Kniss (bass) (25/January/2012) Shared albums with: Kenny Buttrey
- Mark Reale (guitar) (25/January/2012) Played in: Riot / Narita / Westworld
- John Levy (bass) (20/January/2012) Played in: Lennie Tristano Group / Bobby Tucker Group / Billy Taylor Group / George Shearing Group
- Larry Butler (producer / keyboards) (20/January/2012) Played in: The Gentrys
- Etta James (vocals) (20/January/2012) Played in: Etta James Band
- Henry Davis (bass) (18/January/2012) Played in: LTD
- Johnny Otis (vocals / drums) (17/January/2012) Played in: Johnny Otis Band
- Leroy Taylor (bass) (17/January/2012) Shared albums with: Bob Babbitt
- Jimmy Castor (sax) (16/January/2012) Played in: The Teenagers / Jimmy Castor Bunch
- Pee Wee Moultrie (ac*vo) (15/January/2012) Played in: The Drifting Cowboys
- Terry Dolan (vocals / guitar) (15/January/2012) Played in: Terry & The Pirates
- Robbie France (drums) (14/January/2012) Played in: Wishbone Ash / UFO / Diamond Head / Carnival / Ivan Chandler Band / One Nation / Ellis Beggs & Howard / Jean Toussaint Group / The Gab / Skunk Anansie / Alphaville
- Phil Kraus (percussion) (13/January/2012) Played in: Buddy Rich Orchestra
- Tom Ardolino (drums) (06/January/2012) Played in: NRBQ
- Enrique De Melchor (guitar) (03/January/2012)
- Bob Weston (guitar) (03/January/2012)
- Larry Reinhardt (guitar) (02/January/2012) Played in: Iron Butterfly / Captain Beyond
- Nina Miranda (vocals) (01/January/2012) Shared albums with: Laurence Cottle
- Fred Milano (vocals) (01/January/2012) Played in: Dion & The Belmonts / The Belmonts
- Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Anders Askildsen Eikas, Ricky Staple, Leslie Carter, Salvador Guerzo, King Stitt, Mary Yandall, Kell Osborne, Tony Tecumseh, Roger Stafford, Deepali Joshi Shah, Johnny Schott, Andrew McNaughtan, Alexander Zitinski, Stig Vig, Robert Lockhart, Jeffrey Johnson, Irena Jarocka, Errol Scorcher, Winston Riley, Anthony Gonsalves, Al Urban, Walter Gaines, Kearney Barton, Carminha Mascarenhas, Anthony Maonde, Charlie Collins, Sadao Bekku, Charlotte Nooe, Shawn Yoho, Curle Hollingsworth, Mojeed Rahimi, Cliff Portwood, Bridie Gallagher, Ruth Fernandez, Dave Alexander, Aidy Lawrence, Craig Fotheringham, Sizanempi Nxusa, Nicole Bogner, Amit Saigal, Osmar Navarro, Hikaru Hayashi, Kerry McGregor, Fingers Lombard, Robert Jenkins, Carlock Stooksbury, Keegan Melville, Ian Bargh, Yafa Yarkoni, Simon Cassell, Carolyn Wiliams, Anders Frandsen, Jake Evans Jr, Steve Falomir.
Shared albums with: Carlos Vega, Larry Bunker, Ed Shaughnessy, Ed Thigpen, Mark Brzezicki, Hank Jones, Roy Markowitz, Frank Marocco, Hugh McCracken, James Moody, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Caleb Quaye, Phil Ramone, Tim Renwick, Tom T-Bone Wolk, Jimmy Wyble, Snooky Young
Shared albums with: Phil Grande, George Marino
Shared bands with: John Guerin, Paul Motian, Ed Shaughnessy, Ed Thigpen
Shared albums with: Hank Jones, Buddy Montgomery
Shared albums with: Kenny Buttrey, John Guerin, Hugh McCracken, Tim Renwick
Shared bands with: David ´Fathead´ Newman
Shared albums with: Cedar Walton, Hank Crawford, Cornell Dupree, J J Cale, Leroy Cooper, Tommy Eyre, Andrew Love, Hugh McCracken, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Snooky Young
Shared albums with: Chris Mercer, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Snooky Young, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Freddie Hubbard, Jon Lord, Andrew Love, Carlos Vega
Shared bands with: Hal McKusick
Shared albums with: Leroy Cooper, Cornell Dupree, Bill Eyden, Hank Jones, James Moody, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Bud Shank, Big Jim Sullivan
Shared bands with: Trevor Bolder, Clive Edwards
Shared albums with: Snooky Young, Ed Shaughnessy, Bob Babbitt, Hank Crawford, Cornell Dupree, Hugh McCracken, Bob Brookmeyer, Sonny Igoe, James Moody, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Leroy Cooper, Joel DiBartolo, Frank Foster, Bernie Holland, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Jones, Andrew Love, Roy Markowitz, Hal McKusick, Joe Morello, Paul Motian, Phil Ramone, Tim Renwick, Ed Thigpen, Cedar Walton
Shared albums with: Richard Brunton, Frank Marocco, Tom T-Bone Wolk
- Roland Bautista (guitar) (2012) Played in: Tom Waits Band / Earth Wind & Fire / The Crusaders
- Farris Coursey (drums) (2012) Shared albums with: Big Jim Sullivan
Shared bands with: Stretch
Shared albums with: Cornell Dupree, Hugh McCracken, Hank Crawford, Martin Drover, Tommy Eyre, Andrew Love, Frank Marocco, Gary Moore, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Caleb Quaye, Snooky Young
Please, note than you can check the indexes (musicians, bands, obituaries) at the top of this page.
Just FYI: Soul/Blues artist Syl Johnson is alive and well - just caught his show this past Saturday in LA.
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OK, thanks, my mistake then. But I read that news, I must say; you can find it published in several websites and blogs. I'll modify it, of course, and thanks again for your contribution.
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