List of 2015 albums
Critics' Best Albums of 2015
January
1 – Matthew Cogley (30), British musician and songwriter (Failsafe).
6 – Lance Percival (81), British actor and singer.
22 – Joan Hinde (81), British trumpet player.
27 – Margot Moir (55), Scottish-born Australian singer (The Moir Sisters).
29 – Danny McCulloch (69), British bassist (Eric Burdon & The Animals).
February
21 – Clark Terry (94), American jazz trumpeter.
22 – Erik Amundsen (78), Norwegian jazz upright-bassist.
March
21 – Jørgen Ingmann, (89), Danish guitarist.
April
1 – Dave Ball (65), British musician (Procol Harum).
3 – Andrew Porter (86), British organist, music critic, and opera director
10 – Ronald Hambleton (97), English-born Canadian broadcaster and music critic (Toronto Star).
13 – Ronnie Carroll (80), Northern Irish singer.
17 – Brian Couzens (86), British music industry executive (Chandos Records).
May
14 – B.B. King (89), American blues guitarist.
20 – Bob Belden (58), American jazz saxophonist.
23 – Marcus Belgrave (78), American jazz trumpeter.
31 – Slim Richey (77), American jazz guitarist.
June
11 – Ornette Coleman (85), American jazz saxophonist.
12 – Monica Lewis (93), American singer and actress.
21 – Gunther Schuller (89), American composer, conductor, and horn player.
July
1
Val Doonican (88), Irish-born singer.
Edward Greenfield (86), British music critic and broadcaster.
13 – Eric Wrixon (68), British musician from Belfast, Northern Ireland (Them, Thin Lizzy).
22 – Eddie Hardin (66), British singer-songwriter and pianist (The Spencer Davis Group and Axis Point).
August
1 – Cilla Black (72), British singer and presenter.
12 – John Scott (59), British organist and choirmaster.
14 – Jazz Summers (71), British music manager (Scissor Sisters, The Verve, Snow Patrol), (lung cancer)
September
29 – Phil Woods (83), American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer.
October
9 – Larry Rosen (75), American drummer, entrepreneur, and music producer.
22 – Mark Murphy (83), American singer.
November
5 – Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer (92).
25 – Svein Christiansen, Norwegian drummer (74).
Desember
31 – Natalie Cole (65), American singer, songwriter, and actress (congestive heart failure).
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