- Feb 6 Charles "Specs" Wright, American jazz drummer (Dizzy Gillespie; Cannonball Adderly; Red Garland), dies at 35
- Feb 6 Werner Erich Josten, German composer (Jungle), dies at 77
- Feb 16 László Lajtha, Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and conductor, dies at 70
- Feb 19 Bartolomé "Beny" Moré, Cuban guaracha and mambo singer, guitarist, songwriter, and bandleader, dies of liver cirrhosis at 43
- Feb 20 Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian-Austrian conductor, dies at 48
- Feb 20 Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer (Jalousie ; Cinema Music), dies at 83
- Feb 23 Algeria Junius "June" Clark, American jazz trumpeter and cornetist, dies at 62
- Feb 28 Bobby Jaspar, Belgian jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer dies of a heart attack at 37
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