- Mar 1 Alexei Haieff, Russian-American composer (Princess Zondilda), dies at 79
- Mar 1 Sandro Fuga, Italian composer and pianist, dies at 87
- Mar 1 Timothy Andrew James Souster, British composer, dies at 51
- Mar 1 Walter Kent, American composer (I'll Be Home for Christmas), dies at 82
- Mar 3 Karel Kryl, Czechoslovak folk singer, dies at 49
- Mar 3 Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, Polish-Israeli composer and music editor, dies at 75
- Mar 5 Joe Daley, American jazz tenor, clarinet and flute player, dies at 75
- Mar 6 Leighton Noble [Faye Leighton Jepson], American big band singer, bandleader, and TV host, dies at 81
- Mar 6 Moses Rascoe, American blues singer, dies at 77
- Mar 9 Louis Freeman, Scottish bandleader, dies at 100
- Mar 9 Maurice "Moe" Purtill, American jazz drummer, dies at 77
- Mar 13 Danny Barker, American jazz musician (wrote Bourbon Street Black), dies at 85
- Mar 14 Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska, Polish pianist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 82
- Mar 15 Gundaris Poné, Latvian-American violinist, composer, and educator (NYU-New Paltz, 1964-94), dies of cancer at 61
- Mar 16 (Charles) Russell Woolen, American classical keyboardist and composer (In Martyrum Memoriam), dies at 71
- Mar 16 Nicolas Flagello, American composer (The Judgement of St. Francis; The Passion of Martin Luther King), and conductor (Orchestra da Camera di Roma), dies at 66
- Mar 22 Dan Hartman, American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer (Edgar Winter Group - "Free Ride; solo- "I Can Dream About You"; James Brown -"Living In America"), dies of an AIDS-related brain tumor at 43
- Mar 24 David Van Vactor, American classical composer (Chaconne), dies at 87
- Mar 24 Tommy Benford, American jazz drummer, dies at 88
- Mar 26 Jan Bor, Dutch violinist and painter, dies at 83
- Mar 30 Sid Weiss, American jazz bassist, dies at 79
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