Music Obituaries 2017

Al Jarreau (jazz singer)

Arthur Blythe (jazz saxophone)

Barbara Carroll (jazz singer/pianist)

Barbara Cook (Broadway)

Barbara Smith Conrad (opera)

Bea Wain (Big Band singer)

Brenda Lewis (opera)

Bruce Langhorne (folk/rock)

Buddy Greco (jazz pianist/lounge singer)

Butch Trucks (Allman Brothers Band)

Carol Neblett (opera)

CeDell Davis (blues)

Charles Bobo Shaw (jazz drummer)

Charles Bradley (soul singer)

Chester Bennington (Linkin Park)

Chris Cornell (grunge)

Christopher Wong Won (rapper)

Chuck Berry (Rock n’ Roll legend)

Clyde Stubblefield (pop drummer)

Dave Valentin (Latin jazz flute)

David Cassidy (singer/actor)

Della Reese (singer/actor)

Dmitri Hvorostovsky (opera)

Don Williams (country singer)

Eddie Kamae (Hawaiian guitar)

Fats Domino (rock legend)

Francis Thorne (composer)

George Avakian (record producer)

Glen Campbell (singer/actor)

Gord Downie (rock singer)

Greg Allman (Southern rock)

Halim El-Dabh (composer)

Jeffrey Tate (conductor)

John Abercrombie (jazz guitar)

Johnny Hallyday (rock singer)

Jon Hendricks (jazz singer)

Joni Sledge (disco)

Kurt Moll (opera)

Larry Coryell (rock/jazz guitarist)

Laura Flax (clarinet)

Maggie Roche (folk singer)

Malcolm Young (AC/DC)

Maurice Peress (conductor)

Mel Tillis (country singer)

Misha Mengelberg (jazz pianist)

Muhal Richard Abrams (pianist/composer)

Nat Hentoff (music critic)

Nicolai Gedda (opera)

Paul Zukovsky (violin)

Roberta Peters (opera)

Rosalie Sorrels (folk singer)

Sonny Burgess (rockabilly)

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (conductor)

Tom Paley (New Lost City Ramblers)

Tom Petty (rock singer)

Veljo Tormis (composer)

William Onyeabor (Nigerian singer)