This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1971.
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- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- 8 – Gus Deloof, Belgian trumpeter, composer, and arranger (born 1909).
- June
- 11 – Bert Ambrose, English bandleader and violinist (born 1896).
- July
- August
- November
- Unknown date
- Gregor or Krikor Kélékian, Armenian-French bandleader (born 1898).
- January
- February
- 16 – Øyvind Brandtsegg, Norwegian percussionist.
- 26 – Erykah Badu, American singer-songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, activist, and actress.
- March
- 23 – Leszek Możdżer, Polish pianist, music producer, and film music composer.
- April
- May
- 6 – Till Brönner, German trumpeter, singer, composer, arranger, and producer.
- 12 – Kristin Asbjørnsen, Norwegian singer and composer.
- 15 – Erland Dahlen, Norwegian drummer and percussionist.
- 31 – Arun Luthra, Indo-Anglo-American saxophonist, konnakol artist, composer, arranger, and band leader.
- June
- 4 – Shoji Meguro, Japanese composer, guitarist, and director.
- 7
- Håvard Fossum, Norwegian saxophonistand flautist.
- Jesse Green, American pianist, composer, arranger, and record producer.
- 9 – Gerald Preinfalk, Austrian saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.
- 15 – Nasheet Waits, American drummer.
- 29 – Ingar Zach, Norwegian percussionist.
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
- Unknown date
- Carla Kihlstedt, American composer, violinist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist.
- Dominique Atkins, British singer, Grace.
- Kasper Tranberg, Danish trumpeter and flugelhornist.
- Marcus Johnson, American keyboardist.
- Tom Norris, English musician, composer, ensemble leader, and songwriter.
- Vellu Halkosalmi, Finnish trombonist and composer.