Musicians and singers who died in September 2021

Saxophonist and composer Lennart Åberg is dead, 79 years old, his daughter states on social media. During his long career, Åberg was one of the original members of Radiojazzgruppen and received several awards and prizes – including the Jazzkatten in 2006.
… via asiaone.com

Famed composer Carlisle Floyd, who was considered one of the greatest American opera composers in history, has died at the age of 95.
… via operawire.com

Delays singer Greg Gilbert has died, it has been confirmed.
The vocalist formed the indie band alongside his brother, Aaron Gilbert, with Delays enjoying early success with such singles as ‘Nearer Than Heaven’.
… via clashmusic.com

Mike Renzi, of Middletown, RI and Boca Raton, Florida died on September 29 at Newport Hospital following a brief illness
… via memorialfuneralhome.com

Julia Nixon, a singer, songwriter, and actress who got her start singing at D.C. bars and nightclubs in the 1970s before becoming an internationally recognized vocalist who played the lead role in the Broadway musical “Dreamgirls” in 1983, died Sept. 29 at a hospital in Raleigh, N.C. of complications associated with COVID-19
… via washingtonblade.com

Singer and songwriter, Honored Artist of Armenia Hayko (Hayk Hakobyan) has died aged 48. Chief of staff of the Yerevan State Medical University Shushan Danielyan confirmed the news to Public Radio of Armenia.
… via armradio.am

Kutãvičius Bronius Vaidutis … Vilnius, Lithuanian composer, pedagogue. In 1964 he graduated from the Lithuanian Conservatory
… via vle.lt

Ghanaian highlife legend Nana Ampadu has died today [Tuesday], September 28, PlugTimes.com can report.
… via plugtimes.com

Berlin’s opera fans mourn soprano diva Karan Armstrong (79). As a friend of the singer told B.Z. reported she died early in the morning on Tuesday in a hospital in Marbella, Spain.
… via bz-berlin.de

Violinist James Buswell has Died, Age 74
At the age of seven, he was the youngest ever soloist with the New York Philharmonic and went on to hone his skills as a violinist, conductor, and educator
… via theviolinchannel.com

Yusuf/Cat Stevens posted on Instagram today that Barry Ryan passed away yesterday
… via thestrangebrew.co.uk

Dr Lonnie Smith, the Hammond B-3 organ virtuoso who was named an NEA Jazz Master in 2017, died today at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Blue Note Records confirmed the news, saying the cause of death was pulmonary fibrosis
… via pitchfork.com

Actor and singer Владимир Ябчаник died at the age of 57 on September 28, 2021. The cause of death of the artist was a stroke.
… via intermedia.ru

Vietnamese-American diva Phi Nhung passed away in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday morning at the age of 49 after a period combating COVID-19, according to Cho Ray Hospital.
… via tuoitrenews.vn

Singer-songwriter Andrea Martin has passed away, according to a post from her official Instagram page.
… via revolt.tv

Several posts on social networks inform us of the death of the British Darrell Bath, a guitarist in several bands considered cult such as The Crybabys, Dogs D’amour, UK Subs or Peckham Cowboys, in addition to leading his own group Darrell Bath Band, has died
… via rockandrollarmy.com

Local musician and Gold 905 radio DJ Chris Ho died today (Sept 27) at around 4.37am.
A post uploaded to his Facebook page earlier today said: “He had been battling stomach cancer for two months.
… via asiaone.com

In 86, the founder and artistic director of the legendary “Gaya” ensemble, People’s Artist of Azerbaijan Teymur Mirzoev, died in Israel
… via trend.az

George Frayne has resided in the Saratoga area across four decades. Until Sunday morning, Sept 26, 2021, that is, as he passed away at his home here after a gallant fight versus the Big C.
… via nippertown.com

A sensitive loss enlune this morning to music and national letters. Patricio Manns (84), one of the most prominent and influential Chilean singer-songwriters, died during the morning of this Saturday at the Clinic Bupa de Reñaca
… via latercera.com

Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis, the songwriter, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist best known as the bandleader and arranger for the James Brown Orchestra during its most prolific and groundbreaking period, died on September 23
… via udiscovermusic.com

He regularly visited Bydgoszcz. Precious violinist Jan Stanienda will not live
… via radiopik.pl

Nashville A-Team bassist, Bob Moore, has died. He was 88.
Throughout his more than 60-year career, Moore was one of the lead musicians to utilize the bass guitar as a country music instrument and was the first-call bassist on Music Row’s A-Team of session musicians from the 1950s through the 1970s
… via musicrow.com

This Tuesday, September 21, the death of Quereta Jiménez, who was known as the Linda Prieta, who jumped to fame thanks to his participation in different movies and his career as a singer, something he shared with wild flower, his sister .
… via milenio.com

Richard H. Kirk, co-founder of the pioneering UK industrial group Cabaret Voltaire, has died. News of Kirk’s death comes from Cabaret Voltaire’s publicist, and no cause of death has been reported. Kirk was 65.
… via stereogum.com

Colin Bailey, a jazz drummer whose decades-long career included working with the likes of Frank Sinatra and Vince Guaraldi, died at his Port Hueneme home on Monday
… via vcstar.com

Israeli guitarist, musician, singer and composer Gary Eckstein passed away this morning (Monday), at the age of 73. His wife, Orna, confirmed in a conversation with Maariv that he had died.
… via in-24.com

The singer Claude Lombard, whose voice has rocked the children of the 1980s with the generic kiss me Lucile, died this Monday 20 September at the age of 76
… via ladepeche.fr

We are in mourning sharing the news that we didn’t expect today about an iconic star. Sarah Dash, one-third of the pioneering female vocal group Labelle and a multi-talented artist in her own right, has died at age 76
… via soultracks.com

Local Blues Icon Warner Williams Has Died
Warner Williams has passed away at the age of 91. Williams, who was born in Takoma Park, often performed alongside Jay Summerour and Eric Selvy as Little Bit A Blues.
… via mocoshow.com

With much sadness, we announce the loss of Julz Sale, founder and singer of Leeds-based postpunk act Delta 5
… via post-punk.com

Music, farewell to the composer Sylvano Bussotti: Florence was preparing to celebrate its 90th anniversary
… via lastampa.it

At the age of sixty-eight, András Ligeti, a Kossuth Prize-winning conductor and violinist, died unexpectedly as a result of a serious illness, the family said on Sunday.
… via origo.hu

Musician and composer Mats Paulson is dead – turned 83 years old
Wrote songs like “Visa vid vindens ängar”, “Barfotavisan” and “Baggenslåten”
… via aftonbladet.se

Marina Tucakovic, the most famous Serbian songwriter, passed away after a long battle with a serious illness. During her career, she wrote hundreds of songs and collaborated with the biggest names in the pop and folk scene.
… via rts.rs

The poet and singer Julos Beaucarne died on Saturday evening at the age of 85, the mayor of Beauvechain (Walloon Brabant) Carole Ghiot confirmed on Sunday
… via rts.rs

Jean-Patrice Brosse passed away on September 22 at the age of 71 after a long illness. Renowned harpsichordist and organist, he studied at the Academy of Siena
… via resmusica.com

We at The Cedar would like to express our warmest sympathies and condolences to the loved ones of local musician David Stenshoel who passed away on September 16, 2021.
… via thecedar.org

The composer, author and cultural entrepreneur Geir Johnson died on 16 September 2021
… via steigan.no

At the age of 77, this Thursday, September 16, the Czech double bass player George Mraz died in New York, a talented musician with an enormous career
… via clarin.com

All at ENO are saddened to hear of the death of the great bass-baritone Norman Bailey.
Famed for his Wagner roles, Norman made his debut with the company (then Sadler’s Wells Opera) as Count Almaviva in 1967’s The Marriage of Figaro and went on to give more hugely memorable performances, both at the ENO and on the international stage.
… via eno.org

Philly-native Leonard William “Doc” Gibbs Jr., one of the most sought-after percussionists in the music industry, died in Salem, Oregon Wednesday after a long struggle with prostate cancer. He was 73.
… via wrti.org

Vicente Zarzo Pitarch, a historian of the French horn, passed away yesterday at the age of 83
… via scherzo.es

Tonight we say a sad goodbye to bass player supreme, Melvin Dunlap, who was part of many of the greatest R&B and funk songs of the 1970s, from “Express Yourself” to “Lean On Me.”
… via soultracks.com

George Wein, who set the standard for what outdoor music gatherings would become with his leadership of the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals from the 1950s into the 21st century, died Monday at his home in New York City
… via variety.com

Don Maddox was arguably the oldest living legend in country music. And he will remain a legend, today and forevermore
… via savingcountrymusic.com

Giulia Daneo Lorimer, voice and violin of Whiskey Trail, the group he had helped to found in 1975 and with whom he shared a 40-year-long history and 15 records, died at the age of 89
… via repubblica.it

English folk singer-songwriter and guitar virtuoso Michael Chapman has died. “It is with regret and indescribable sadness that we must tell all of his friends that Michael Chapman died earlier today at home,” reads a post on his official Instagram
… via stereogum.com

Long before the era of YouTube, Instagram and the Internet, in general, there was already another singer named Rosalía (Rosalía Garrido) who became famous as the first «ye-yé girl», in the 60s and when notoriety came, above all, from television and radio
… via abc.es

The prolific opera librettist and translator Amanda Holden has died suddenly in her sleep, aged 73.
Amanda transformed the sound of opera in English when she translated Don Giovanni in slangy, witty, irreverent fashion for Jonathan Miller at ENO in 1985.
… via slippedisc.com

Uno Loop, a singer, musician and long-time member of the board of the Estonian Performers’ Union, died after a long illness at the age of 91.
… via err.ee

The voice of Phil Schaap was as distinctive as the trumpet of Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk’s piano, or the sumptuous saxophone harmonies of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, but he didn’t didn’t make his mark as a musician
… via npr.org

It’s news that makes many people sad when Danwa Sagittarius, a big Isan artist, has died after contracting Covid-19. In the middle of August In the past, he was considered another big artist who was respected by the younger generation. Famous song “Chicken Ta Fang”
… via sanook.com

Senior singer Koes Hendratmo died at the age of 79 on Tuesday (7/9). This has been confirmed by the manager of Bonita, son of Koes Hendratmo.
… via cnnindonesia.com

Bennie Pete, sousaphone player and co-founder of New Orleans’ beloved Hot 8 Brass Band has died from complications from sarcoidosis and COVID-19, Nola.com reported.
… via jambands.com

Sunil Perera, one of the stalwarts of Sri Lanka’s baila genre – a memento of Portuguese colonisation – died on Monday aged 68, his family said.
… via bbc.com

The Leipzig pianist and university professor Gerhard Erber died at the age of 86. As a piano teacher, he trained generations of pianists. He will be remembered, the composer and conductor Steffen Schleiermacher is certain in his obituary.
… via lvz.de

The founder of the Vocal Ensemble of Lausanne, a deemed specialist of the sacred repertoire, also chief of choir, professor of music and composer died this Thursday at the age of 87 years
… via letemps.ch

Alemayehu Eshete, The “Ethiopian Elvis Presley”, reportedly died in the capital Addis Ababa. Citizen reports on social media that cite other Ethiopian singers to report that his death was sudden.
… via borkena.com

Greek veteran composer and political activist Mikis Theodorakis, who was instrumental in raising global awareness of Greece’s plight during the 1967-74 military dictatorship, has died at the age of 96.
… via ekathimerini.com