- Sep 1 Eugen Malmstén, Finnish jazz trumpeter, singer, bandleader, and songwriter, dies at 86
- Sep 1 Neon Park [Martin Muller], American illustrator of album covers (Little Feat; Frank Zappa), dies of ALS at 52
- Sep 5 René Klijn, Dutch singer (Mr Blue), dies of AIDS at 30)
- Sep 7 Lefty Dizz [Walter Williams], American Chicago-style blues guitarist and singer, dies of esophageal cancer at 56
- Sep 9 Helen O'Connell, American big-band singer (Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra - "Green Eyes"; "Anapola"), and TV host (Today Show, 1956-58), dies of cancer at 74
- Sep 11 Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-born American conductor, dies at 81
- Sep 11 Luis Antonio Escobar, Colombian composer and musicologist, dies at 68
- Sep 12 Herman Nieland, Dutch organist, pianist, composer (Te Deum Laudamus; Blätterlos), and educator, dies at 82
- Sep 14 Peter Tranchell, British composer, dies at 71
- Sep 15 (Nii Moi) "Speedy" Acquaye, Ghanaian drummer, percussionist and fire-eater (Tubby Hayes; Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames; Ginger Baker's Airforce), dies of cancer at 62
- Sep 15 Frits Noske, Dutch musicologist (Tie Musikwerk), dies at 72
- Sep 19 András Mihály, Hungarian composer, dies at 75
- Sep 19 Bruce Ferden, American conductor (NY, Washington, Amsterdam), dies at 44
- Sep 24 Ian Stuart Donaldson, British punk rocker (Screwdriver), dies in a car crash at 36
- Sep 28 Fraser MacPherson, Canadian jazz saxophonist (b. 1928)
- Sep 30 Ronnie Aldrich, British easy listening and jazz pianist, arranger, and composer, dies of prostate cancer at 77
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