Mike Westbrook: key obituary facts
Is Mike Westbrook dead? Yes. Mike Westbrook died on April 11, 2026, at age 90.
Cause of death: Mike Westbrook's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Mike Westbrook known for?
Mike Westbrook was an English jazz pianist and composer.
More about Mike Westbrook
Born: Michael John David Westbrook(1936-03-21)21 March 1936High Wycombe, England.
Genres: Avant-garde jazz.
Occupations: Jazz pianist, composer.
Years active: 1958–2026.
Mike Westbrook, the English jazz pianist and composer, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 90.
Born Michael John David Westbrook in High Wycombe in 1936 and raised in Torquay, he studied painting in Plymouth after a spell in accountancy and National Service. He began his first bands there in 1958, later moving to London in 1962, where he led numerous bands, large and small, and played regularly at the Old Place and the Little Theatre Club at Garrick Yard, St Martin’s Lane.
He was also a writer of orchestrated jazz pieces and was married to musician, librettist and painter Kate Westbrook.
Mike Westbrook, 90, English jazz pianist and composer.