Artists who died in / bands disbanded in July, 1986

Artist Active Genre & Styles
Brion Gysin 1960s - 1980s Avant-Garde, Comedy/Spoken, Pop/Rock, Sound Collage, Tape Music, Poetry, Spoken Word, Conceptual Art, Experimental, Mixed Media, Sound Art
Calvin Carter 1960s R&B, Soul, Early R&B
Claire Watson 1950s - 1960s Classical, Opera
Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow International, R&B, Blues, Pop/Rock, New Orleans R&B, Cajun, Jump Blues, North American Traditions, Early R&B, Rock & Roll
Coke Escovedo 1960s - 1980s Latin, Jazz, Global Jazz, Latin Jazz, Latin Soul, Jazz-Funk, Fusion, Boogaloo
Curly Russell 1940s - 1950s Jazz, Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Trumpet Jazz
Don Wilkerson 1950s - 1980s Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Modern Creative
Eddie Shu 1940s - 1950s Jazz, Swing
Elza Laranjeira 1930s - 1970s Latin
Flor Peeters 1940s - 1960s Classical, Keyboard, Chamber Music, Choral
Gordon Mills 1950s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Vocal
Henry Bridges R&B
Kazimerz Sikorski 1920s - 1970s Classical, Chamber Music, Choral, Concerto, Orchestral
Leroy Holmes 1970s Stage & Screen
Monk Higgins 1950s - 1980s Pop/Rock, Jazz, R&B, Jazz-Funk, Soul Jazz, Soul, Crossover Jazz, Funk
Rev. Pearly Brown 1930s - 1970s Blues, Blues Gospel, Acoustic Blues, Folk-Blues
Rudy Vallée 1920s - 1980s Vocal, Show/Musical, Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop
Sammy Gray Pop/Rock
Teddy Wilson 1920s - 1980s Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Mainstream Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Vincente Minnelli 1930s - 1980s
Wacław Kisielewski Classical