- Apr 2 Seymour Stein [Steinbigle], American music label executive (Sire Records- signed Madonna, Ramones, Talking Heads), and co-founder of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, dies of cancer at 80 [1]
- Apr 4 Vivian Trimble, American alt-rock keyboardist (Luscious Jackson; Dusty Trails), dies of cancer at 59
- Apr 7 (Edward) "Kidd" Jordan, American jazz saxophonist and music educator, dies at 87
- Apr 7 Ian Bairnson, Scottish session and touring guitarist (Alan Parsons Project; Kate Bush), dies at 69 [1]
- Apr 7 John Regan, American session and touring rock bassist (Frehley's Comet; Peter Frampton), dies at 71
- Apr 7 Lasse Wellander, Swedish session and touring guitarist (Abba), dies of cancer at 70
- Apr 9 Karl Berger, German-American jazz pianist, vibraphone player, and musicologist, dies of post-surgical complications at 88
- Apr 14 Mark Sheehan, Irish rock guitarist and songwriter (The Script - "For The First Time"), dies at 46
- Apr 16 Ahmad Jamal [Frederick Jones], American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and educator, dies of prostate cancer at 92 [1]
- Apr 17 April Stevens [Caroline LoTempio], American vocalist ("Deep Purple" - the song, not the band), dies at 93
- Apr 19 Moonbin [Moon Bin], South Korean K-pop singer and actor, dies in a suspected suicide at 25 [1]
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Apr 25 Jamaican-American Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning calypso singer ("Banana Boat Song"), actor (Buck & the Preacher), and human rights activist, dies of congestive heart failure at 96 [1]
- Apr 25 Paul van Vliet, Dutch comedian and singer, dies at 87
- Apr 27 (Charles William) "Wee Willie" Harris, English singer known as "Britain's wild man of rock 'n' roll", dies at 90 [1]
- Apr 29 Don Sebesky, American Grammy and Tony Award-winning arranger, composer, orchestra leader, jazz trombonist, and accordion player (Maynard Ferguson; Wes Montgomery; CTI Records), dies of complications of Parkinson's disease at 85 [1]
- Apr 29 Tim Bachman, Canadian rock guitarist and vocalist (Brave Belt; Bachman–Turner Overdrive), dies of brain cancer at 71
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