Farewell to Stephen Bruton, Jay Bennett, Clive Scott, Rudolph "Rudy" Anderson, Wayman Tisdale, Charles "Buddy" Montgomery, Randy Purcell, Travis Edmonson, Rafael Escalona, Nicholas Maw and Lee Solters ►
Eric Woolfson, co-founder of the 1970s British progressive-rock group Alan Parsons Project, known for the hits “Eye In The Sky” and “Don’t Answer Me,” died of cancer Dec. 2. He was 64. ►
Farewell to arranger Ray Ellis, bandleader Byron Lee, record executive Jheryl Busby, guitarist Frank Navetta, drummer Jimmy Carl Black, hip-hop record executive Shakir Stewart, Anthony Tarracino and R&B singer Nathaniel Mayer. ►