- Mar 1 Ralph Peterson Jr., American jazz drummer (Jazz Messengers; Fo'tet), and educator (Berklee), dies of cancer at 58
- Mar 2 Bunny Wailer [Neville O'Riley Livingston], Jamaican vocalist and percussionist (The Wailers with Bob Marley), dies of stroke complications at 73
- Mar 2 Chris Barber, English jazz trombonist ("Petite Fleur"), dies at 90
- Mar 5 Michael Stanley [Gee], American rocker (Michael Stanley Band- "My Town"), dies of lung cancer at 72
- Mar 6 Martin Boykan, American composer (Elegy; Usurpations; Soliloquies of an Insomniac), dies at 89
- Mar 8 Julien-François Zbinden, Swiss jazz pianist, and jazz and classical composer (Monophrases), dies at 103
- Mar 8 Trevor Peacock, British stage and screen actor (The Vicar of Dibley - "Jim Trott"), screenwriter, and songwriter ("Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter"), dies at 89
- Mar 9 (Leonard) "Len" Skeat, British jazz double-bassist, dies at 84
- Mar 9 James Levine, American conductor (director of the Metropolitan Opera, 1976-2017), dies at 77
- Mar 10 Stephen Scott, American composer (Bowed Piano Ensemble; Vikings of Sunrise), and educator (Colorado College), dies from complications of dementia at 76
- Mar 11 Gerald Hartley, American composer, choral director, and educator, dies at 99
- Mar 13 Janine Dacosta, French classical pianist, dies at 97
- Mar 13 Kenneth Cooper, American harpsichordist, pianist, musicologist, and professor (Barnard College, Brooklyn, NYC), dies shortly after a stroke at 79
- Mar 15 Doug Parkinson, Australian pop and rock singer (Focus - "Dear Prudence"), dies at 74
- Mar 17 Freddie Redd, American hard-bop jazz pianist, organist, and composer, dies at 92
- Mar 20 William "Buddy" Deppenschmidt, American jazz drummer (Charlie Byrd Trio - "Jazz Samba"), dies of COVID-19 at 85 [1]
- Mar 21 Trisutji Kamal, Indonesian classical pianist and composer (Prayer of Redemption), dies at 84
- Mar 23 Don Heffington, American touring and session drummer, singer, songwriter and producer (Lone Justice; Watkins Family Hour; Emmylou Harris), dies of leukemia at 70
- Mar 23 Ethel Gabriel (nee Nagy), American record producer and label executive (RCA, 1943-84), dies at 99
- Mar 23 George Segal, American actor (Carbon Copy; Fun With Dick & Jane; Just Shoot Me!), and banjo player, dies at 87
- Mar 24 Rudolf Kelterborn, Swiss composer, conductor (Swiss German RSO, 1974-80), and educator (Basel Music Academy, 1983-94), dies at 79
- Mar 28 Malcolm Cecil, British jazz bassist, record producer, audio engineer and electronic musician (Ronnie Scott; Blues Incorporated; TONTO's Expanding Head Band), dies at 84
- Mar 31 Jane Manning, British concert and operatic soprano, educator, and promoter of contemporary classical music, dies at 82
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