Emmanuel N'Djoké "Manu" Dibango (12 December 1933 – 24 March 2020)[2] was a Cameroonian musician and songwriter who played saxophone and vibraphone. He developed a musical style fusing jazz, funk, and traditional Cameroonian music called Makossa. His father was a member of the Yabassi ethnic group, though his mother was a Duala. He was best known for his 1972 single "Soul Makossa." He died from COVID-19 on 24 March 2020.[3]

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Wallace Roney was an American jazz (hard bop and post-bop) trumpeter.[1][2]

Roney took lessons from Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie and studied with Miles Davis from 1985 until the latter's death in 1991. Wallace credited Davis as having helped to challenge and shape his creative approach to life as well as being his music instructor, mentor, and friend; he was the only trumpet player Davis personally mentored.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Roney

Ellis Louis Marsalis Jr. was an American jazz pianist and educator. Active since the late 1940s, Marsalis came to greater attention in the 1980s and 1990s as the patriarch of a musical family, with sons Branford and Wynton rising to international acclaim.
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On April 1, 2020, Marsalis died at the age of 85 from pneumonia brought by COVID-19.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Marsalis_Jr.

Stephen Colbert: Jon Batiste Pays Tribute To Ellis Marsalis, Jr.
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Adam Lyons Schlesinger was an American singer-songwriter, record producer, bassist, guitarist and keyboardist. He won three Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and the ASCAP Pop Music Award, and was nominated for Academy, Tony, and Golden Globe Awards.[4]

He was a founding member of the bands Fountains of Wayne, Ivy, and Tinted Windows, and was a key songwriting contributor and producer for Brooklyn-based synth-pop duo Fever High. Schlesinger grew up in Manhattan and Montclair, New Jersey.[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Schlesinger

Cristina Monet Zilkha (née Monet-Palaci,[1] January 2, 1959 – April 1, 2020),[2] known during her recording career mononymously as Cristina, was an American singer and writer, best known for her new wave recordings made for ZE Records in the late 1970s and early 1980s in New York City.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristina_(singer)

John Paul "Bucky" Pizzarelli (January 9, 1926 – April 1, 2020) was an American jazz guitarist. He was the father of jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and double bassist Martin Pizzarelli. He worked for NBC as a staffman for Dick Cavett (1971) and ABC with Bobby Rosengarden in (1952). The list of musicians he collaborated with includes Benny Goodman, Les Paul, Stéphane Grappelli, and Antônio Carlos Jobim. Pizzarelli cited as influences Django Reinhardt, Freddie Green, and George Van Eps.[1][2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucky_Pizzarelli

Mike Longo, a pianist, composer, and educator who established himself in Dizzy Gillespie’s bands at the dawn of a 50-plus-year career in jazz, died March 22 at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. He was three days past his 83rd birthday.

His death was confirmed by his wife of 32 years, the former Dorothy Davis. The cause of death was COVID-19.

Longo’s list of musical mentors also included Julian “Cannonball” Adderley and Oscar Peterson, as well as his own father, a bassist in whose bands the younger Longo had his first gigs. It was Gillespie, however, who was the formative influence, setting Longo on the bebop path for the rest of his long career. “Bebop is what you would say is the foundation of our music,” he told JazzTimes in a 2013 interview.

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https://jazztimes.com/features/tributes-and-obituaries/mike-longo-1937-2020/

Devastating. It's no comfort that some of these great jazz players were old. They deserved a kinder passing.

Alan Merrill was an American vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, actor and model. In the early 1970s, Merrill was the first Westerner to achieve pop star status in Japan. He was the co-writer of, and lead singer on, the first released version of the song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", which was recorded by the Arrows in 1975. The song became a breakthrough hit for Joan Jett in 1982.

Merrill was primarily a vocalist and songwriter, but also played the guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, and keyboards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Merrill

Alan Merrill (born Allan Preston Sachs; February 19, 1951 – March 29, 2020) was an American vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, actor and model. In the early 1970s, Merrill was the first Westerner to achieve pop star status in Japan. He was the co-writer of, and lead singer on, the first released version of the song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", which was recorded by the Arrows in 1975. The song became a breakthrough hit for Joan Jett in 1982.

Born February 19, 1951. The Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Died. March 29, 2020 (aged 69) Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Genres: Glam rock, pop, rock
Occupation(s): Musician, songwriter, actor
Instruments: Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
Years active: 1968–2019

Marcelo Peralta was an Argentine performer, teacher, composer, and arranger who played saxophone, piano, accordion, and the Latin American aerophones.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_Peralta

Emmanuel N'Djoké "Manu" Dibango (12 December 1933 – 24 March 2020)[2] was a Cameroonian musician and songwriter who played saxophone and vibraphone. He developed a musical style fusing jazz, funk, and traditional Cameroonian music. His father was a member of the Yabassi ethnic group, though his mother was a Duala. He was best known for his 1972 single "Soul Makossa." He died from COVID-19 on 24 March 2020.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Dibango

Adam Schlesinger composer, lyricist, and musician. “That Thing You Do”
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