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2011 in music
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- January
- 4 – Gerry Rafferty (63), Scottish singer
- 29 – Milton Babbitt (94), American jazz composer, music theorist, and teacher.[1]
- February
- 3 – Eline Nygaard Riisnæs (87), Norwegian pianist and musicologist.[2]
- 6 – Gary Moore (58), Northern Irish musician (Thin Lizzy)
- 14 – George Shearing (91), British jazz pianist.[3]
- 22 – Beau Dollar (69), American soul-R&B singer and drummer.
- March
- 29 – Ray Herr (63), American rock guitarist (The Ides of March).
- April
- 10 – Børt-Erik Thoresen (79), Norwegian television host and folk singer.[4]
- 22 – Eyvind Solås (74), Norwegian musician, composer, actor, and program host.[5]
- 24 – Dag Stokke (44), Norwegian keyboardist in the band TNT, church organist and mastering engineer (cancer).[6]
- 26 – Phoebe Snow (60), American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist.[7]
- May
- 7 – John Walker (67), American singer and guitarist (The Walker Brothers)
- 14 – Don Wood (61), American rock drummer (The Gants)
- 15 – Bob Flanigan (84), American jazz tenor vocalist and founding member of The Four Freshmen.[8]
- 31 – Sølvi Wang (81), Norwegian singer and actress.[9]
- June
- 3 – Andrew Gold (59), American singer, songwriter, musician and arranger[10]
- July
- 23 – Amy Winehouse (27), English rock, soul and jazz singer, and songwriter.[11]
- 24
- Harald Johnsen (41), Norwegian bassist (heart attack).[12]
- Dan Peek (60), American singer (America)
- 26 – Frank Foster (82), American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer.[13]
- August
- 11 – Jani Lane (47), American metal singer and songwriter (Warrant).
- 22 – Nickolas Ashford (69), American singer (Ashford & Simpson)
- September
- 4 – Hilde Heltberg (51), singer songwriter (cancer).[14]
- 7 – Eddie Marshall (73), American drummer.[15]
- 19 – Johnny Răducanu (79), Romanian pianist.[16]
- 21 – John Larson (61), American trumpeter (The Ides of March).
- October
- 8 – Roger Williams (87), American pianist.[17]
- November
- 3 – Andrea True (68), American singer
- 19 – Russell Garcia (95), American composer and music arranger.[18]
- 22 – Paul Motian (80), American guitarist.[19]
- December
- 2 – Bill Tapia (103), American guitarist.[20]
- 17 – Cesária Évora (70), Cape Verdean singer.[21]
- 20 – Sean Bonniwell (71), American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Music Machine).
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