- Feb 3 Turner Fodrell, American blues and folk singer, and guitarist, dies at 66
- Feb 4 Betty Davis, British dance teacher of Dame Margot Fonteyn, dies
- Feb 6 Art Taylor, American jazz drummer (Bud Powell, Red Garland, John Coltrane, Donald Byrd), bandleader (Taylor's Wailers), and writer (Notes and Tones), dies at 65
- Feb 7 William Harry "Billy" Jones, American rock guitarist (The Outlaws), dies of self-inflicted gunshot at 45
- Feb 12 Earring George Mayweather, American blues harmonica player, dies of liver cancer at 66
- Feb 12 Terence Beckles, English pianist and teacher, dies at 82
- Feb 12 Tony Secunda, English rock band manager (The Moody Blues), dies at 54
- Feb 13 Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair, Jamaican jazz saxophonist, dies at 68
- Feb 17 Uta Graf, German born American singer and teacher, dies at 80
- Feb 18 Dennis "Denny" Cordell, British rock music and record producer (The Moody Blues, Leon Russell), dies of lymphoma at 51
- Feb 18 John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, American jazz trumpeter (Dogtown Blues, Stormy Weather), dies of a heart attack at 84
- Feb 18 Robert "Bob" Stinson, American rock guitarist (The Replacements), dies of organ failure at 35
- Feb 23 Melvin Franklin (né English), American R&B bass vocalist (The Temptations, 1960-94 - "Ball of Confusion"), dies of heart failure at 52
- Feb 24 Richard Nicholson, musician, dies at 89
- Feb 25 Terence Weil, British cellist (English Chamber Orchestra; Melos Ensemble), dies at 73
- Feb 26 Frank O’Keefe, American southern rock bassist (The Outlaws, 1968-76), dies of pain medication overdose at 44
- Feb 26 Willie Johnson, American electric blues guitarist (Howlin' Wolf's "How Many More Years"), dies at 71
- Feb 28 (Herman) "Ace" Wallace, American St. Louis blues guitarist and singer, dies at 69
- Feb 28 Max Rudolf, German-American conductor (Cincinnati Symphony, 1958-70), and pedagogue (Curtis Institute, 1970-73 and 1980-95), dies at 92
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