- Feb 3 Romano Mussolini, Italian jazz pianist, and bandleader, dies of heart failure at 78
- Feb 3 Tilo Medek [Müller-Medek], German composer (Die Todesfuge), musicologist, and music publisher, dies at 66
- Feb 7 Jack Montrose, American "cool jazz" tenor saxophonist and arranger, dies at 78
- Feb 8 Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer, best known for his film scores in the Godzilla films, dies at 91
- Feb 8 Elton Dean, English jazz and progressive rock saxophonist (Soft Machine), dies of heart and liver ailments at 60 (b. 1945)
- Feb 10 J. Dilla [James Dewitt Yancey], American rapper and producer (Donuts), dies of a heart attack at 32
- Feb 11 Jockey Shabalala, South African singer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), dies at 62
- Feb 14 Darry Cowl, French musician and actor, dies at 80
- Feb 14 Hans Olof “Putte” Wickman, Swedish jazz clarinetist, dies at 81
- Feb 14 Lynden David Hall, British singer (b. 1974)
- Feb 14 Shoshana Damari, Israeli singer and actress (b. 1923)
- Feb 15 Andrey Petrov, Soviet-Russian classical and film score composer (Creation of the World), dies at 75
- Feb 17 Bill Cowsill, American singer and musician (The Cowsills - "Hair"; "The Rain, The Park, And Other Thing"), dies of emphysema at 58
- Feb 17 Ray Barretto, American percussionist and Latin jazz bandleader (Charanga Moderna - "El Watusi"), dies at 76
- Feb 22 Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (b. 1961)
- Feb 24 Irakli Charkviani, Georgian alt-rock and electronic musician, poet and prose writer, dies of heart failure at 44
- Feb 24 Thomas Koppel, Danish pianist and classical and avant-garde composer (Savage Rose), dies at 61
- Feb 26 Florian ZaBach, American violinist ("The Hot Canary") and TV personality, dies at 87
- Feb 27 Milton Katims, American violist and conductor (Seattle Symphony, 1954–76), dies at 96
- Feb 28 Irv Kluger, American big band jazz and session drummer (Artie Shaw; Gramercy Five), dies at 84
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