Obituaries for musicians in 2021

Last Update: 11/03/2021 - Total (up to now): 58. If you can contribute with more data, please write to: molympus1@gmail.com

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March/2021:

• Alan Cartwright (bass) (Death: 04/March/2021 - Birth: 10/October/1945)


• Bunny Wailer (vocals / percussion) (Death: 02/March/2021 - Birth: 10/April/1947)
Played in: The Wailers
Appears in albums along with: Sergio Castillo


• Chris Barber (trombone) (Death: 02/March/2021 - Birth: 17/April/1930)
Played in: Van Morrison & Chris Barber & Lonnie Donegan Band / Van Morrison Band / All Star Band / The Barber-Colyer Jazzmen / Chris Barber Group / Band Du Lac / Ottilie Patterson Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Dave Bronze, Doreen Chanter, Martin Drover, Colin Hodgkinson, Bernie Holland, Big Jim Sullivan, Geoff Whitehorn, Pete York
Appears in albums along with: Pete York, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Jon Lord, Nat Adderley, Madeline Bell, Dave Bronze, Ian McLagan, Big Jim Sullivan, Ray Warleigh, Speedy Acquaye, Delaney Bramlett, Doreen Chanter, Irene Chanter, Barry De Souza, Ronnie James Dio, Frank Foster, Ric Grech, Dick Hanson, Colin Hodgkinson, Bernie Holland, Jimmy Horowitz, Bobby Keys, Andrew Love, Ron Mathewson, Sheila McKinley, James Moody, Micky Moody, Neil Murray, Mike Paice, Phil Ramone, Harry Reynolds, Mac Tontoh, Derek Watkins, Geoff Whitehorn, Snooky Young


• Michael Gudinski (producer) (Death: 01/March/2021 - Birth: 22/August/1952)
Appears in albums along with: Bobby Keys


• Ralph Peterson (drums) (Death: 01/March/2021 - Birth: 20/May/1962)
Played in: Michael Brecker Band / Uri Caine Group / Ralph Peterson Group / George Gruntz Band / David Murray Group / Renegade Way / Wayne Escoffery Group / Art Blakey Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Harry Beckett, Marcus Belgrave, Herb Geller, George Gruntz, Peter Herbolzheimer, Paul Motian, Lew Soloff, Mike Zwerin
Appears in albums along with: Dwayne Burno, Roy Hargrove


• Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Prabhat Sarma, Rina Gunawan, Alex Casademunt, Agim Krajka, Iurie Berdea.

February/2021:

• Ian North (vocals) (Death: 28/February/2021 - Birth: 24/March/1952)
Played in: Neo / Milk´n´Cookies
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Steve Byrd, Sal Maida, Nick South
Appears in albums along with: Sal Maida


• Danilo Rustici (guitar) (Death: 27/February/2021)
Played in: Nova / Osanna / Citta Frontale
Appears in albums along with: Morris Pert


• Bob James (vocals) (Death: 26/February/2021 - Birth: 1952)
Played in: Montrose / Magnet / The Symbols Of Time / Swan / Private Army / USSA


• Peter Ostroushko (guitar / mandolin) (Death: 24/February/2021 - Birth: 12/August/1953)
Played in: Norman Blake Band / Chet Atkins Band / Robin & Linda Williams Band
Appears in albums along with: Gerry Rafferty, Phil Ramone, Tim Renwick


• Gene Taylor (keyboards) (Death: 20/February/2021 - Birth: 02/July/1952)
Played in: The Blasters / Fabulous Thunderbirds / Kim Wilson Band / Canned Heat / Gene Taylor Band
Appears in albums along with: Chris Mercer, Bob Babbitt


• James Burke (vocals) (Death: 19/February/2021)
Played in: Five Stairsteps


• U-Roy (vocals) (Death: 17/February/2021 - Birth: 21/September/1942)


• Marc Ellington (vocals) (Death: 17/February/2021 - Birth: 16/December/1945)
Played in: Marc Ellington Band
Appears in albums along with: Bruce Lynch, Gerry Rafferty, Mark Griffiths, Tim Renwick, Roger Swallow, Barry De Souza, Kay Garner, Andy Johns, Ray Warleigh, Bob Weston


• Andrea Lo Vecchio (arranger) (Death: 17/February/2021 - Birth: 07/October/1942)


• Carman (vocals) (Death: 16/February/2021 - Birth: 19/January/1956)
Played in: Carman Band


• Johnny Pacheco (***pe*fl***) (Death: 15/February/2021 - Birth: 25/March/1935)
Played in: Fania All Stars / Johnny Pacheco Band
Appears in albums along with: Al Caiola, Lew Soloff, Rudy Van Gelder, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young, Cornell Dupree, Hank Jones, Hugh McCracken, Steve Berrios, Sergio Castillo, Tom Dowd, Herb Geller, Paul Gershman, Peter Herbolzheimer, Andrew Love, Roy Markowitz, Mickey Roker, Ed Shaughnessy, Derek Smith, Butch Warren, Derek Watkins


• Ari Gold (vocals) (Death: 14/February/2021 - Birth: 11/February/1974)
Appears in albums along with: Wayne Pedzwater


• Louis Clark (arranger) (Death: 13/February/2021 - Birth: 27/February/1947)
Played in: ELO Part II / ELO / The Orchestra / Raymond Froggatt Band / English Pops Orchestra
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Pete Haycock
Appears in albums along with: Raphael Ravenscroft, Barry De Souza, Francis Monkman, Clydie King, Jo Partridge, Morris Pert, Ray Russell, Hal Blaine, Phil Curtis, Pete Haycock, Graham Jarvis, Joe Osborn, Carlos Vega, Tom T-Bone Wolk


• Milford Graves (drums) (Death: 12/February/2021 - Birth: 20/August/1941)
Played in: New York Art Quartet / Don Pullen Group / Giuseppi Logan Group / Milford Graves Group / Albert Ayler Group
Appears in albums along with: Mickey Roker


• Richie Albright (drums) (Death: 09/February/2021)
Played in: Waylon Jennings Band
Appears in albums along with: Kenny Buttrey, J J Cale, Jerry Carrigan, Andrew Love, Joe Osborn, Wah Wah Watson


• Chick Corea (keyboards) (Death: 09/February/2021 - Birth: 12/June/1941)
Played in: Miles Davis Group / Maynard Ferguson Orchestra / Chick Corea Akoustik Band / Return To Forever / Chick Corea Group / Chick Corea Electric Band / Stan Getz Group / Pat Metheny Group / Herbie Mann Group / Willie Bobo Band / Mongo Santamaria Group / Jack DeJohnette Group / Art Blakey Group / Donald Byrd Group / Elvin Jones Group / Milford Graves Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Steve Berrios, Bob Brookmeyer, Larry Bunker, Leon Ndugu Chancler, Sonny Clark, Joel DiBartolo, Herb Geller, John Guerin, Jake Hanna, Al Harewood, Jimmy Heath, Hank Jones, Harold Mabern, Buddy Montgomery, James Moody, Paul Motian, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Horace Silver, Lew Soloff, Derek Watkins, Ricky Wellman, Mike Zwerin
Appears in albums along with: Freddie Hubbard, Lew Soloff, Paul Gershman, Hank Jones, Bruce Lynch, Pete Carr, Leon Ndugu Chancler, Frank Foster, Cedar Walton, Marcus Belgrave, Cornell Dupree, Herb Geller, Jim Hall, Roy Hargrove, Jimmy Heath, Peter Herbolzheimer, Steve Madaio, Paul Motian, Rudy Van Gelder, Carlos Vega, Albert Aarons, Harry Beckett, Milt Bernhart, Steve Berrios, Bob Brookmeyer, Dwayne Burno, Joel DiBartolo, Tom Dowd, Martin Drover, Kenny Edwards, Herb Ellis, John Guerin, Allan Holdsworth, Les Hurdle, Bobby Keys, Andrew Love, Junior Mance, George Marino, Hugh McCracken, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Mickey Roker, Bud Shank, Ed Shaughnessy, Derek Watkins, Wah Wah Watson, Johnny Winter, Snooky Young


• Mary Wilson (vocals) (Death: 08/February/2021 - Birth: 06/March/1944)
Played in: The Supremes / Mary Wilson Band
Appears in albums along with: Leon Ndugu Chancler, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Carlos Vega


• Elliot Mazer (producer) (Death: 07/February/2021 - Birth: 06/September/1941)
Appears in albums along with: Kenny Buttrey, Rod De´Ath, Gerry Rafferty, Roy Markowitz, J J Cale, Doreen Chanter, Irene Chanter, Jesse Ed Davis, Jim Dewar, Martin Drover, Kenny Edwards, Levon Helm, Conrad Isidore, Bert Jansch, Andy Johns, Clydie King, Joe Lala, Andrew Love, Hugh McCracken, Joe Osborn, Barry St John, Joanne Williams


• Roz Cron (sax) (Death: 07/February/2021 - Birth: 23/April/1925)
Played in: International Sweethearts Of Rhythm / Eddie Durham Orchestra / Ada Leonard Orchestra


• Gil Saunders (vocals) (Death: 04/February/2021 - Birth: 1952)
Played in: Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes / Gil Saunders Band


• Matt Harris (bass) (Death: 04/February/2021)
Played in: The Posies
Appears in albums along with: Hal Blaine, Jerry Carrigan, Eddie Hoh, Hugh McCracken, Ollie Mitchell, Joe Osborn, Al Porcino, Milt Bernhart, Larry Bunker, Leon Ndugu Chancler, Jeff Golub, Tommy Igoe, Lyle Ritz, Tony Terran


• Jessie Smith (backing vocals) (Death: 04/February/2021 - Birth: 1941)
Played in: Dr John Band / The Mirettes / The Ikettes / Neil Diamond Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Richard Brunton, Hugh McCracken, Chris Mercer, Steve York
Appears in albums along with: Clydie King, Hal Blaine, Jesse Ed Davis, Joe Osborn, Raphael Ravenscroft, Kenny Buttrey, Leon Ndugu Chancler, Leroy Cooper, Tom Dowd, Cornell Dupree, Buddy Emmons, Andrew Love, Hugh McCracken, Roger Pope, Caleb Quaye, Robert Rozelle, Ed Shaughnessy, Tony Terran, Donna Washburn, Edna Wright, Steve York, Snooky Young


• Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Jorge Oñate, Anna Kast, Gipsy Bonafina, Anura Senanayake, Sardool Sikander, Sean Kennedy, Vojkan Borisavljevic, Yalchin Rzazadeh, Helene Martin, Joe Burke, Serpil Barlas, Chris Ajilo, Philippe Chatel, Dorde Balasevic, Luigi Albertelli, Isaac Thomas Kottukapally, Prince Markie Dee, Miles Seaton, Omar Moreno Palacios, Gene Summers, Francoise Cactus, Ali Hossain, Tonton David, Soul Jah Love, Luca Novac, Florence Birdwell, Lucien Gourong, Raymond Levesque, Erriquez, Mohamed Ag Itlal, Sydney Devine, Antonis Kalogiannis, Bruce Berger, Lee Sexton, Jorge Morel, Ghedalia Tazartes, Cedrick Cotton, Corrado Francia, Servando Cano Rodriguez, Roza Akkuchukova, Ricardo Silva Elizondo, Jan Willem Loot, Abdoul Jabbar, Ors Siklosi, Douglas Miller, Ma Zenghui, Patricia Healey, Jaime Murrell, Nolan Porter, Huner Coskuner, Kris De Bruyne, Anne Feeney, Jim Weatherly, Aaron Wegelin, Temur Tsiklauri, Cynthia Turner.

January/2021:

• Jeremy Lubbock (arranger) (Death: 29/January/2021 - Birth: 04/June/1931)


• Grady Gaines (sax) (Death: 29/January/2021 - Birth: 14/May/1934)
Played in: Little Richard Band / Grady Gaines Band / Sam Cooke Band / Millie Jackson Band / Curtis Mayfield Band
Appears in albums along with: Al Caiola, Tom Dowd, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Andrew Love, Phil Ramone, Big Jim Sullivan


• Hilton Valentine (guitar) (Death: 29/January/2021 - Birth: 21/May/1943)
Played in: Eric Burdon Band / The Animals / The Alligators / Graham Bell Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Graham Bell, Rob Burns, Brian Chatton, Brian Godding, John Hedley, Gary Moore, Jim Rodford, Pete York, Steve York
Appears in albums along with: Dick Heckstall-Smith


• Tom Stevens (bass) (Death: 23/January/2021 - Birth: 17/September/1956)
Played in: Gene Clark Band / Long Ryders / Magi / Danny & Dusty / Junk Yard Love
Appears in albums along with: Phil Kenzie


• Jonas Gwangwa (trombone) (Death: 23/January/2021 - Birth: 19/October/1937)
Played in: Jazz Epistles / Shakawe


• James Purify (vocals) (Death: 22/January/2021 - Birth: 12/May/1944)
Played in: James And Bobby Purify Band


• Randy Parton (vocals) (Death: 21/January/2021 - Birth: 15/December/1953)
Played in: Randy Parton Band
Appears in albums along with: Jerry Carrigan, Joe Lala, Steve Madaio, Hugh McCracken, Tim Renwick


• Keith Nichols (keyboards / trombone) (Death: 21/January/2021 - Birth: 13/February/1945)
Played in: Keith Nichols Group / New Sedalia / Ragtime Orchestra / Midnite Follies Orchestra
Appears in albums along with: Laurence Cottle, Martin Drover, Kay Garner, Nat Peck, Linda Taylor, Bob Wackett


• John Russell (guitar) (Death: 18/January/2021 - Birth: 19/December/1954)
Played in: Evan Parker Group / Mal Dean Band / Free Space / John Russell Group / Quaqua / House Full Of Floors


• Perry Botkin Jr (arranger) (Death: 18/January/2021 - Birth: 16/April/1933)
Appears in albums along with: Lyle Ritz, Emil Richards, Hal Blaine, Tony Terran, Pete Jolly, Larry Bunker, Clydie King, Joe Osborn, Bud Shank, Milt Bernhart, Herb Ellis, Nathan Gershman, John Guerin, Ollie Mitchell, Jesse Ed Davis, Med Flory, Bobby Keys, Frank Marocco, Al Porcino, Phil Ramone, Big Jim Sullivan, Edna Wright


• Daniel Kobialka (violin) (Death: 18/January/2021 - Birth: 19/November/1943)
Played in: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Midsummer Mozart Festival Orchestra
Appears in albums along with: Hal Blaine, Hugh McCracken, Jim Rothermel


• Junior Mance (keyboards) (Death: 17/January/2021 - Birth: 10/October/1928)


• Joan Eloi Vila (guitar) (Death: 17/January/2021)
Played in: Joan Baptista Humet Band


• Sammy Nestico (trombone / arranger) (Death: 17/January/2021 - Birth: 06/February/1924)
Played in: Sammy Nestico Orchestra / Tommy Dorsey Orchestra / Charlie Barnet Orchestra / Count Basie Orchestra / Woody Herman Orchestra / Gene Krupa Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Chico Hamilton, Hal McKusick, Ollie Mitchell, Al Porcino, Bud Shank, Ed Shaughnessy
Appears in albums along with: Pete Jolly, Bud Shank, Albert Aarons, Roy Hargrove, Jeremy Lubbock, Emil Richards, Lew Soloff, Jerry Steinholtz, Derek Watkins, Snooky Young


• Phil Spector (producer) (Death: 16/January/2021 - Birth: 26/December/1939)
Played in: The Sleepwalkers
Appears in albums along with: Bobby Keys, Jesse Ed Davis, Hal Blaine, Hugh McCracken, Ollie Mitchell, Emil Richards, Tom Dowd, Clydie King, Wayne Pedzwater, Phil Ramone, Lyle Ritz, Madeline Bell, Milt Bernhart, Delaney Bramlett, Al Caiola, Tom Coyne, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Herb Ellis, Nathan Gershman, Jeff Golub, Ric Grech, Graham Jarvis, Pete Jolly, George Marino, Joe Moretti, Ray Russell, Tony Terran, Edna Wright


• Tim Bogert (bass) (Death: 13/January/2021 - Birth: 27/August/1944)
Played in: Vanilla Fudge / Cactus / Beck Bogert & Appice / CBA / Derringer Bogert Appice / Boxer / Ronnie Montrose Band / Bobby Cochran Band / Bobby & The Midnites / Tim Bogert Band / Marcus / Ginger Baker Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Jim Rodford, Big Jim Sullivan
Appears in albums along with: Madeline Bell, Ronnie James Dio, Tom Dowd, Andy Johns, Phil Kenzie, Speedy Acquaye, Jimmy Bain, Pete Carr, Doreen Chanter, Irene Chanter, Joe Cocker, Jesse Ed Davis, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Jeff Golub, Ric Grech, Joe Lala, Alvin Lee, Steve Madaio, George Marino, Ian McLagan, Cozy Powell, Joe Wilder


• Sylvain Sylvain (guitar) (Death: 13/January/2021 - Birth: 14/February/1951)
Played in: Criminals / New York Dolls / Actress / David Johansen Band / Sylvain Sylvain Band


• Howard Johnson (***sa*tu***) (Death: 11/January/2021 - Birth: 07/August/1941)
Played in: McCoy Tyner Group / Gil Evans Orchestra / Jack DeJohnette Group / The Band / George Gruntz Band / Paul Simon Band / Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra / Rhythm Combination & Brass / Jaco Pastorius Group / Gato Barbieri Group / Howard Johnson Group / T S Monk Group / Nicholas Payton Group / Levon Helm Band / James Taylor Band / Taj Mahal Band / John Abercrombie Group / Oliver Nelson Group / Franco Ambrosetti Group / Louie Bellson Group / Charlie Mingus Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Harry Beckett, Marcus Belgrave, Steve Berrios, Monty Budwig, Larry Bunker, Jesse Ed Davis, Joel DiBartolo, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Frank Foster, Herb Geller, George Gruntz, Jimmy Heath, Levon Helm, Peter Herbolzheimer, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Jones, Ryo Kawasaki, Junior Mance, Hugh McCracken, Hal McKusick, James Moody, Paul Motian, Gerry Niewood, Al Porcino, Mickey Roker, Ray Russell, Lew Soloff, Ed Thigpen, Carlos Vega, Cedar Walton, Derek Watkins, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young, Mike Zwerin
Appears in albums along with: Lew Soloff, George Gruntz, Hank Crawford, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Hugh McCracken, Cornell Dupree, Snooky Young, Levon Helm, Joe Wilder, Herb Geller, Rudy Van Gelder, Marcus Belgrave, Hank Jones, Phil Ramone, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Peter Herbolzheimer, Bobby Keys, Steve Madaio, George Marino, James Moody, Paul Motian, Nat Peck, Wayne Pedzwater, Al Porcino, Leroy Cooper, Freddie Hubbard, Ryo Kawasaki, Cedar Walton, Albert Aarons, Bob Babbitt, Donald Bailey, Leon Ndugu Chancler, Jesse Ed Davis, Tom Dowd, Frank Foster, Paul Gershman, Jim Hall, Hal McKusick, Emil Richards, Bud Shank, Ricky Wellman, Joe Lee Wilson, Mike Zwerin, Nat Adderley, Bob Brookmeyer, Larry Bunker, J J Cale, Pete Carr, Jerry Carrigan, Buddy Catlett, Tom Coyne, Buddy Emmons, Robin Gibb, John Guerin, Roy Hargrove, Jimmy Heath, Bob Johnston, Andrew Love, Jeremy Lubbock, Harold Mabern, Mickey Roker, Derek Smith, Wah Wah Watson, Tom T-Bone Wolk


• David Darling (cello) (Death: 08/January/2021 - Birth: 04/March/1941)
Played in: Paul Winter Group / Gallery
Appears in albums along with: Kenny Buttrey, Jerry Carrigan, Joel DiBartolo, Andrew Love


• Michael Fonfara (keyboards) (Death: 08/January/2021 - Birth: 11/August/1946)
Played in: Lou Reed Band / Electric Flag / Rhinoceros / Blackstone Rangers / Blackstone / The Lincolns / Tycoon / The Downchild Blues Band
Appears in albums along with: Keith Olsen, Felix Krish, Delaney Bramlett, Barry De Souza, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Buddy Emmons, Kay Garner, Eddie Hoh, Mike Kellie, Andrew Love, George Marino, Hugh McCracken, Caleb Quaye


• Ed Bruce (vocals) (Death: 08/January/2021 - Birth: 29/December/1939)
Played in: Ed Bruce Band
Appears in albums along with: Jerry Carrigan, Hal Blaine, Bob Johnston


• Jamie O´Hara (vocals) (Death: 07/January/2021 - Birth: 08/August/1950)
Played in: Jamie O´Hara Band / The O´Kanes


• Bobby Few (vocals / keyboards) (Death: 06/January/2021 - Birth: 21/October/1935)
Played in: Noah Howard Group / Bobby Few Group
Appears in albums along with: Joe Lee Wilson


• Osian Ellis (Death: 06/January/2021 - Birth: 08/February/1928)
Played in: London Symphony Orchestra


• John Georgiadis (violin) (Death: 05/January/2021 - Birth: 17/July/1939)
Played in: City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / London Virtuosi / Gaberieli String Quartet
Appears in albums along with: Nat Peck, Laurence Cottle, Derek Watkins, Roy Willox, Ray Russell, Ed Spevock, Big Jim Sullivan, Tommy Whittle


• Gerry Marsden (vocals) (Death: 03/January/2021 - Birth: 24/September/1942)
Played in: Gerry & The Pacemakers / Mars Bars


• Warren McLean (drums) (Death: 03/January/2021)
Played in: Eric Burdon Band / The Party Boys / Machinations
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Rob Burns, Brian Chatton, Brian Godding, Pete York
Appears in albums along with: Felix Krish, Jo Partridge


• Steve Brown (producer) (Death: 02/January/2021)
Appears in albums along with: Mark Brzezicki, Les Davidson, Doreen Chanter, Irene Chanter, Martin Drover, Tommy Eyre, Stevie Lange


• George Gerdes (vocals / guitar) (Death: 01/January/2021)
Played in: George Gerdes Band
Appears in albums along with: Dan Hickey, Joe Osborn, Lyle Ritz, Tony Terran


• Misty Morgan (vocals / keyboards) (Death: 01/January/2021 - Birth: 23/May/1945)


• Jan Vering (vocals) (Death: 01/January/2021 - Birth: 1954)
Played in: Jan Vering Band


• Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Wambali Mkandawire, Ladislav Staidl, Alla Yoshpe, Sophie, Double K, Flory Jagoda, Sibongile Khumalo, Singing Sandra, Cesar Isella, Iron, Trisha Noble, Janet Lawson, Guem, Louis Dandrel, Narendra Chanchal, Ronnie Nasralla, Jimmie Rodgers, Maria Koterbska, Yvonne Sterling, Ebe Gilkes, Muammer Sun, Rapper One, Jason Cope, Pave Maijanen, Le Thu, Duranice Pace, Antun Castro Urrutia, Larry Willoughby, Duke Bootee, Shingoose, Mark Keds, Thorleif Torstensson, David Stypka, Antonin Linhart, Genival Lacerda, Marion Ramsey, Deezer D, Yamandu Palacios, Chacha Sherly, Vennelakanti, Elias Rahbani, Anil Panachooran, Carlos Do Carmo, Zoran Dzorlev, Liam Reilly.

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