- Jul 6 Scott LaFaro, American jazz bassist (Bill Evans Trio), dies in a car accident at 25
- Jul 8 Julián Bautista, Spanish orchestral and film score composer, and conductor, dies at 60
- Jul 11 Erskine Butterfield, American swing and boogie-woogie jazz pianist, singer, and composer, dies at 48
- Jul 27 Theodore Chanler, American composer, dies at 59
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