Francis Wong | Francis Wong's Great Wall, Yoshi's, Nietspot | Oakland, CA

Genny Lim | Spoken Word Performance, presented by Jazz In Flight, private residence, Oakland, CA

Jiebing Chen | Beijing Trio, Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

Mary Kageyama Nomura | George Yoshida Band, Asian American Jazz Festival. Women in Jazz, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA

Leroy Jenkins | Equal Access Trio, Jazz Institute of Chicago's 21st Annual Jazz Fair, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

Marc Cary | Abbey Lincoln Quintet, Kimball's East Supper Club, Emeryville, CA

Left: Philip Harper, Right: Kenny Garrett | Jazz Messengers | Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, CA

Tony Williams | Tony Williams Quartet | Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, CA

Rachid Ali | Koncepts Cutural Gallery Presents: Duo, Rachid Ali and Billy Bang, Koncepts Cultural Gallery, Jack London Square, Oakland, CA

Tony Williams Quartet | Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, CA

Tony Williams | Tony Williams Quartet, Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, CA

Top: John Lee, Bottom: Ignacio Berroa | Dizzy Gillispie Quartet | Old Waldorf San Francisco, CA

Marcus Roberts | Solo Piano, Masonic Autorium, San Francisco, CA

Charles Gayle | Koncepts Cutural Gallery Presents: Charles Gayle Trio, James Moore Theatre, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA

Top: David Washington, Bottom: Billy Higgins | Cedar Walton Trio, Yoshis Nitespot, Oakland, CA

Franck Morgan | Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, CA

New World Trio | Koncepts Cultural Gallery, Oakland, CA

Lester Bowie |Koncepts Cultural Gallery Presents: Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy, Jack London Square, Oakland, CA

Billy Bang | Brooklyn, New York, NY

Etta James | Etta James and The Roots Band, Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, CA

Left: Harper, Right: Jazz Messengers | Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, CA

From left: Mulgrew Miller, Right: Bill Pierce | Tony Williams Quartet, Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, CA

Dizzy's Horn | Dizzy Gillispie, Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, CA

Abbey Lincoln Quintet | Abbey Lincoln, Kimball's East Supper Club, Emeryville, CA

Famadou Don Moyer | The Art Ensemble of Chicago (AACM), The Knitting Factory, New York, NY

Johnny Griffin Quartet | Johnny Griffin Annual Birthday Performance, Jazz Showcase, Chicago, IL

Kenny Davis | Live at Sweet BasilPresents: Art Farmer Quintet featuring Clifford Jordon, Sweet Basil, New York, NY

Leroy Jenkins | Equal Access Trio, Jazz Institute of Chicago's 21st Annual Jazz Fair, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

Lewis Jordan | Life On The Water Rehearsal at Life on the Water, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA

Favors | The Art Ensemble of Chicago| The Knitting Factory, Tribeca, New York, NY

Jimmy Scott | Jimmy Scott and The Jazz Expressions, Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, CA

Art Blakey | Art Blakey Jazz Messengers, Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, CA

Art Blakey | Art Blakey Jazz Messengers, |Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, CA

Art Blakey | Art Blakey | Art Blakey Jazz Messengers, |Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, CA

Max Roach | Max Roach Quartet, Kimball's East Supper Club, Emeryville, CA

Horace Tapscott | New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA

Dizzy | Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, CA

Sonny Rollins | Lincoln Center Presents: Out of Doors Festival, New York, NY

Freddie Hubbard | Live Recording of Keystone Bop Vol 2 Friday/Saturday, Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA

Top: Sonny Seals Bottom: John M. Watson Sr. | Trio, The Jazz Institute of Chicago's 21st Annual Jazz Fair, Presents: Earma Thompson's Jazz Groove Band, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

Mulgrew Miller | Tony Williams Quartet, Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, CA

Leroy Jenkins | Equal Access Trio, Jazz Institute of Chicago's 21st Annual Jazz Fair, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

Geri Allen | Koncepts Cultural Gallery Presents: Geri Allen, Koncepts Cutural Gallery, Oakland, CA

James Newton | Steppenwolf Presents: Anthony Davis and James Newton, Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago, IL

Sonny Rollins | Lincoln Center Presents: Out of Doors Festival, New York, NY