Overview of the events of 2025 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2025
January 12 – Mark Izu , American double bass player and composer, 70[ 3] January 14 – Teddy Osei , Ghanaian saxophone player, drummer and vocalist, leader of Osibisa , 87[ 4] March 4 – Roy Ayers , American jazz-funk vibraphonist, record producer, and composer, 84[ 5] March 8 – Bill Ashton , British saxophonist, band leader and composer, 88[ 6] March 14 – Bruno Romani , Italian saxophonist, flutist and composer, 65[ 7] April 1 – George Freeman , American guitarist, 97[ 8] April 22 – Odd Magne Gridseth , Norwegian bassist, 65[ 9] April 26 – Andy Bey , American singer and pianist, 85[ 10] May 12 – Yasunao Tone , Japanese jazz composer, 90[ 11] May 23 – Lillian Boutté , American jazz singer, 75[ 12] May 25 – Joe Ford , American jazz saxophonist, 78[ 13] May 28 – Al Foster , American jazz drummer, 82[ 14] June 13 – Louis Moholo , South African jazz drummer (The Blue Notes , Brotherhood of Breath , Assagai ), 85[ 15] June 17 – Charles Burrell , American bassist, 104[ 16] July 22 – Chuck Mangione , American flugelhornist, trumpeter and composer, 84[ 17] July 24 – Cleo Laine , English jazz singer, 97[ 18] August 5 – Nancy King , American jazz singer, 85[ 19] August 6 – Eddie Palmieri , American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader, 88[ 20] August 11 – Sheila Jordan , American jazz singer, 96[ 21]
^ "Program 2025" . Bodo Jazz Open . Retrieved 19 January 2025 .^ "Stream of a Dream" . All About Jazz . Retrieved 19 January 2025 .^ Tomo, Hirai (January 16, 2025). "Mark Izu, pioneer of Asian American Jazz Movement, passes at 70" . Nichi Bei News . Retrieved February 6, 2025 . ^ Mark Wilberforce (16 January 2025). "Ghanaian music legend who founded Afro-rock band Osibisa dies" . BBC News . Retrieved 19 January 2025 . ^ Horowitz, Steven J. (March 5, 2025). "Roy Ayers, 'Everybody Loves the Sunshine' Musician and 'Coffy' Composer, Dies at 84" . Variety . Retrieved March 6, 2025 . ^ Scotney, Sebastian (March 10, 2025). "Bill Ashton OBE (1936-2025) – A Tribute" . UK Jazz News . Retrieved March 12, 2025 . ^ "Addio a Bruno Romani, icona jazz internazionale" . UdineToday (in Italian). 16 March 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025 .^ Edgar, Hannah (2025-04-01). "George Freeman, a trailblazing jazz guitarist who enjoyed a late-career renaissance, dies at 97" . Chicago Tribune ^ Memorial page for Odd Magne Gridseth. hovdengravferdsbyra.vareminnesider.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 May 2025.^ Enright, Ed (April 29, 2025). "Vocalist Andy Bey Dies at 85" . Downbeat.com . Retrieved April 29, 2025 . ^ Greenberger, Alex (May 14, 2025). "Yasunao Tone, Fluxus Artist Who Turned Sound Visual, Dies at 90" . ARTnews . Retrieved May 14, 2025 . ^ "Beloved New Orleans singer Lillian Boutte has died" . WGNO . Retrieved May 26, 2025 .^ Tait Manning: "The musicians’ musician: Celebrating the life and legacy of Joe Ford" . capitalbop.com, 24 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
^ "In Memoriam: Al Foster, 1943–2025" . Downbeat . May 29, 2025. Retrieved May 30, 2025 .^ "Louis Moholo-Moholo, legendary drummer, dies aged 85" . Timeslive . 2025-06-13.^ Roberts, Michael (2025-06-17). "Remembering Charles Burrell, Legendary Bassist in Colorado Music Hall of Fame" . Westword . ^ "Jazz Legend Chuck Mangione, Known for 'Feels So Good,' Dies at 84" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 24 July 2025 .^ "Cleo Laine, Regarded as Britain's Greatest Jazz Voice, Dies at 97" . The Hollywood Reporter ^ " . kgw.com . 6 August 2025.^ Trelles, Luis (August 6, 2025). "Eddie Palmieri, a trailblazer in Latin music, has died at age 88" . NPR . ^ Flanagan, Andrew (August 12, 2025). "Sheila Jordan, Legendary Jazz Singer, Dies at 96" . Variety .
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