April
• Tim Bachman - founding member and guitarist/vocalist of Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive; cancer; 71
• John "Ian" Bairson - Scottish multi-instrumentalist who played with the Alan Parsons Project and Kate Bush; dementia; 69
• Harry Belafonte - legendary singer/actor and civil rights activist best known for his hit "Day-P (The Banana Boat Song)" (No. 5, 1956); 96
• Luqman Tariq Hadid Brown - New York-born founder of punk-funk band Funkface; 52
• Paul Cattermole - British singer/actor with the group S Club 7; 46
• Bill Connell - Florida-born drummer with the Allman Joys; 74
• Ivan Conti - co-founder and percussionist of Brazilian jazz band Azymuth; 76
• Julián Figueroa - Mexican singer; acute myocardial infarction and ventricular fibrillation; 27
• Keith Gattis - Nashville-based country singer-songwriter; tractor accident; 52
• Ralph Humphrey - L.A.-based drummer who played with Frank Zappa, Don Ellis Big Band and more; 78
• Brian "Brizz" Gillis - founding member of Massachusetts-based boyband LFO; 47
• Ahmad Jamal - Pittsburgh-born jazz pianist; prostate cancer; 92
• Edward "Kidd" Jordan - New Orleans-based jazz saxophonist; 87
• Laura Lozano - aspiring singer; found dead in hotel room in Los Angeles; 34
• MoneySign Suede (Jaime Valdez) - L.A.-based rapper; stabbed to death in prison; 22
• John Regan - bassist with Peter Frampton, Ace Frehley and more; 71
• Don Sebesky - New Jersey-born jazz composer, arranger and tromobonist; winner of three Grammys and a Tony; 85
• Vivian Trimble - keyboardist with alt-rock/rap group Luscious Jackson; cancer; 59
• Lars-Ove "Lasse" Wellander - guitarist with Swedish pop band, Abba; 70
