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Cecil Payne (Dizzy Gillespie, Tadd Dameron, J.J. Johnson, Illinois Jacquet, Randy Weston+)-bari sax & fl, w. Eric Alexander-ts, Harold Mabern-pno, John Ore-bs, Joe Farnsworth-dms, special guest...

Cecil Payne is a true pioneer who. Helped establish the baritone saxophone in postwar jazz, expanding it's role. To a full-fledged participant in the bristling free-for-all of bebop - Neil Tesser,...

Jazz veteran presents a nice balance of original compositions & covers, joined by sax master Eric Alexander, Steve Davis, Harold Mabern, John Webber & Joe Farnsworth.1. Spiritus Parkus 2. Martin...

Baritone sax/flute player presents new original compositions featuring Marcus Belgrave-trumpet, Harold Mabern-piano, Eric Alexander/Lin Halliday-sax, John Ore-bass, Joe Farnsworth-drums.1. Scotch and...

The Edward Petersen Quintet has been appearing weekly at Chicago's well known jazz club, The Green Mill, for about three years. The music on this album is a sampling of that which the group performs...

In a review of this 1994 recording "The saxophonist has honed his already formidable technique to a masterly pitch of intensity, capable of articulating an authentic, personal vision within the jazz...

1989 live and studio recordings from tenor saxophonist Ed Petersen. Upward Spiral was recorded before Ed relocated from Chicago to teach jazz saxophone at University of New Orleans in 1994. This was...

Delta-based guitarist/vocalist from the legendary trio Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers plays w. a raw, jazzy style echoing Willie Johnson or Pat Hare on 16 heartfelt, good-time tracks w. Aaron...

The red-haired albino Piano Red (a.k.a. Willie Perryman, younger brother of Speckled Red) helped usher in the R&B craze of the 1950s - here, he plays fiery piano on this classic 1975 solo session.1...

With Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson, Wm. Schioffe 1962.1. Rifftide 2. Bouncing with Bud 3. Move 4. The Best Thing for You 5. Straight, No Chaser 6. I Remember Clifford 7. Hot House 8. 52nd Street Theme

No other contemporary blues artist brings as much of the rousing sanctified spirit of the church to his overall musical approach as Professor Eddie Lusk. One of the Windy City's busiest blues session...

Professor Eddie Lusk mastered the keyboards while still in his teens at his father's south side church. That enduring spiritual base remained at the heart of the Professor's blues until his tragic...