2025 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2025.

Events

January 12 – Mark Izu, American double bass player and composer, 70
January 14 – Teddy Osei, Ghanaian saxophone player, drummer and vocalist, leader of Osibisa, 87
March 4 – Roy Ayers, American jazz-funk vibraphonist, record producer, and composer, 84
March 8 – Bill Ashton, British saxophonist, band leader and composer, 88
March 14 – Bruno Romani, Italian saxophonist, flutist and composer, 65
April 1 – George Freeman, American guitarist, 97
April 22 – Odd Magne Gridseth, Norwegian bassist, 65
April 26 – Andy Bey, American singer and pianist, 85
May 12 – Yasunao Tone, Japanese jazz composer, 90
May 23 – Lillian Boutté, American jazz singer, 75
May 25 – Joe Ford, American jazz saxophonist, 78
May 28 – Al Foster, American jazz drummer, 82
June 13 – Louis Moholo, South African jazz drummer, 85
June 17 – Charles Burrell, American bassist, 104
July 22 – Chuck Mangione, American flugelhornist, trumpeter and composer, 84
July 24 – Cleo Laine, English jazz singer, 97
August 5 – Nancy King, American jazz singer, 85
August 6 – Eddie Palmieri, American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader, 88
August 11 – Sheila Jordan, American jazz singer, 96
September 13 – Akiko Tsuruga, Japanese jazz organist, 58
September 26 – Jim McNeely, American jazz pianist and composer, 76
October 26 – Jack DeJohnette, American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer, 83