Includes Woody 'n' You Coleman Hawkins with Dizzy Gillespie; All the Gin Is Gone Jimmy Forrest; Riffitude Bud Powell, and five more.

This CD and DVD features Coleman Hawkins, Sun Ra, George Lewis, Curtis Fuller, Deep Blue Organ Trio, Francine Griffin, Nicole Mitchell, Ari Brown, Fred Anderson, Chicago Underground Trio, and many... more

Mike Smith (Frank Sinatra)-as, with Ron Perillo-piano, Jim Ryan-piano, John Whitfield-bass, Bob Rummage-drums.

Erwin Helfer follows up his 2003 W.C. Handy nominated solo recording I'm Not Hungry But I Like To Eat - Blues! With a trio on Careless Love, a diverse collection of blues, boogie, and jazz piano.... more

Hard bop is where trumpeter Thompson hangs his stylistic hat - he & the Freebop Band embrace everything from cool modes to atonal flights, jazz-funk to the traditional New Orleans sound, feat.... more

Thompson is joined by Billy Harper, Oliver Lake & Amiri Baraka - they have their origins in N.Y. in the fall of 1978 as part of the loft jazz scene - it contains mostly new original compositions + a... more

This 1997 release features Billy Harper, Carter Jefferson, Joe Ford, Dee Alexader, Ron Bridgewater and others. A lyrical bop player and cutting-edge free jazz musician, Malachi liked to call his... more

Includes Air Mail Special Barrett Deems Big Band; Through the Night Franz Jackson; Brainville Sun Ra; One for Luba Ari Brown; Basin Street Blues Art Hodes, and many others.

Drummer Al Green played his first job with Willie Dixon in 1955. He has played with Eddie Harris, Wes Montgomery and Nancy Wilson. Co-leader, alto saxophonist Othello Anderson has played with Joe... more

Chicago jazz pianist plays a diverse program, from solo reflective pieces to burning bop to free jazz, feat. Roscoe Mitchell & one of the last sessions of the late Art Porter.

Pianist's small band has a big band feel, feat. Norris Turney-alt sax, Sonny Cohn-tpt, Eddie Johnson-tnr sax +.

Features Malachi's combo, Freebop, w. Carter Jefferson, Joe Ford, Ron Bridgewater, Sonny Seals, 2 originals, 8 tunes total, 70 minutes.

Straight ahead swing from Sinatra's altoist since 1988.

Exciting C. Adderly-influenced altoist w. Ron Friedman, Jodie Christian+ 1990.

W. Ron Friedman & others.

For over fifty years Earma Thompson has played jazz piano in Chicago. Although humble by nature, she is recognized by fellow jazz musicians as the reigning Queen of Chicago Jazz. With bassist John... more