DARKER THAN BLUE
Sonny Rollins - Lincoln Center Presents: "Out of Doors Festival," Sonny Rollins (ldr); (tenor saxophone); (not shown): Clifton Anderson (trombone); Stephen Scott (piano); Bob Cranshaw (electric bass); Perry Wilson (drums); Victor See-Yuen (percussion), Damrosch Park Band Shell, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, Aug. 10, 1998
Kash Killion - "New World Trio," Kash Killion (cello); (not shown): India Cooke (violin); Eddie Marshall (drums); with Yassir Chadley (vocals, oud, & gimbri), Koncepts Cultural Gallery, Jack London Square, Oakland, California, 1991
Maxwell Lemuel "Max" Roach (b. January 10, 1924 - August 16, 2007) American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer. Max Roach (ldr); Max Roach (drums); Odean Pope (tenor saxophone); Cecil Bridgewater (trumpet); Tyrone Brown (acoustic bass), Kimball's East Supper Club, Emeryville, CA., March 15, 1992
Arthur “Art” Blakey - The Jazz Messengers (ldr); (October 11, 1919 - October 16, 1990) was a American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also know as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he became a Muslim. Art Blakey; (not shown): Jevon Jackson (tenor saxophone); Benny Green (piano); Delfeayo Marsalis (trombone); Kenny Garrett (alto saxophone); Peter Washington (bass); Art Blakey (drums). Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, California, 1988
Johnny Griffin - Johnny Griffin Quartet, "Annual Birthday Performance," Johnny Griffin, born John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928 - July 25,2008) American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist. Johnny Griffin (ldr); Johnny Griffin (tenor saxophone); (not shown): Michael Weiss (piano); John Webber (bass); Kenny Washington (drums), Jazz Workshop, Chicago, IL, April 24, 1999
Leroy Jenkins - Equal Interest Trio (not shown): Myrna Melford (piano); Joseph Jarman (reeds); Leroy Jenkins (b. March 11, 1932 - February 24, 2007) American composer and avant-garde jazz violinist. The Jazz Institute of Chicago's 21st Annual Jazz Fair, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, 1999
Koncepts Cultural Gallery Presents: "New World Trio," India Cooke (violin); Kash Killion (cello); Eddie Marshall (drums); with Yassir Chadley (vocals, oud, & gimbri), Koncepts Cultural Gallery, Jack London Square, Oakland, California, 1991
Sonny Rollins - Lincoln Center Presents: "Out of Doors Festival," Sonny Rollins (ldr); (tenor saxophone); (not shown): Clifton Anderson (trombone); Stephen Scott (piano); Bob Cranshaw (electric bass); Perry Wilson (drums); Victor See-Yuen (percussion), Damrosch Park Band Shell, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, Aug. 10, 1998
Genny Lim, American poet, playwright, and performer.
Roy Hargrove - "Roy Hargrove Sextet," Roy Hargrove (ldr), Roy Hargrove (trumpet and flugelhorn); (not shown): Sherman Irby (alto saxophone); Miguel 'Anga' Diaz (b. June 15, 1969 - August 9, 2006) (conga), Minetta Lane Theater, 18 Minetta Lane, West Village, NYC, 1997
”Dizzy Gillespie Quartet"(top): John Lee (bottom): Ignacio Berroa - John Birks Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 - January 6, 1993) American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and occasional singer. (Not shown): Dizzy Gillespie (ldr), Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet and cowbell); Ignacio Berroa (drums); Ed Cherry (guitar); Ron Holloway (tenor saxophone); John Lee (bass), Old Waldorf, 444 Battery Street, San Francisco, CA., January 27, 1988
Roy Hargrove - "Roy Hargrove Sextet," Roy Hargrove (ldr), Roy Hargrove (trumpet and flugelhorn); (not shown): Sherman Irby (alto saxophone); Miguel 'Anga' Diaz (b. June 15, 1969 - August 9, 2006) (conga), Minetta Lane Theater, 18 Minetta Lane, West Village, NYC, 1997
Phillip Harper and Peter Washington - The Jazz Messengers: (not shown): Jevon Jackson (tenor saxophone); Phillip Harper (trumpet); Benny Green (piano); Kenny Garrett (alto saxophone); Peter Washington (bass); Art Blakey (drums). Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, California, 1988
Phillip Harper and Peter Washington - The Jazz Messengers: (not shown): Jevon Jackson (tenor saxophone); Phillip Harper (trumpet); Benny Green (piano); Kenny Garrett (alto saxophone); Peter Washington (bass); Art Blakey (drums). Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, California, 1988
Arthur “Art” Blakey - The Jazz Messengers (ldr); (October 11, 1919 - October 16, 1990) was a American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also know as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he became a Muslim. Art Blakey; (not shown): Jevon Jackson (tenor saxophone); Benny Green (piano); Delfeayo Marsalis (trombone); Kenny Garrett (alto saxophone); Peter Washington (bass); Art Blakey (drums). Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, California, 1988
Horace Elva Tapscott (b. April 6, 1934 - Feburary 27, 1999) Horace Tapscott/Roberto Miranda - American jazz pianist and composer. Horace Tapscott (piano); (not shown): Roberto Miranda (bass), New Langton Arts, San Francisco, California, November 9, 1990
Billy Bang (September 20, 1947 - April 11, 2011), born William Vincent Walker American free jazz violinist, composer, and combat Vietnam veteran. Brooklyn, NY 1997
(Right): Qi Chao Liu: (sheng, suona reed trumpet, dizi (bamboo flute); (left) Anthony Brown: (drumset w/timbales and pedal tom, shime daiko) - The Asian American Jazz Orchestra - (not shown): Mark Izu; (bass, sheng); Jon Jang; (piano); Hafez Modirzadeh: (soprano and tenor saxophones, ney (end-blown flute); Wayne Wallace: (trombone); Francis Wong: (tenor saxophone, flute; clarinet); John Worley: (trumpet), San Francisco, California, 1991
Ironclad (Live at Yoshi’s) Cedar Walton Trio (Top) David "Happy" Williams (double bass); (right); Billy Higgins (b. October 11, 1936 - May 3, 2001), American free jazz and hard bop drummer. Cedar Walton (piano), Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, California, 1995
Phillip Harper and Peter Washington - The Jazz Messengers: (not shown): Jevon Jackson (tenor saxophone); Phillip Harper (trumpet); Benny Green (piano); Kenny Garrett (alto saxophone); Peter Washington (bass); Art Blakey (drums). Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, California, 1988
Arthur “Art” Blakey - The Jazz Messengers (ldr); (October 11, 1919 - October 16, 1990) was a American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also know as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he became a Muslim. Art Blakey; (not shown): Jevon Jackson (tenor saxophone); Benny Green (piano); Delfeayo Marsalis (trombone); Kenny Garrett (alto saxophone); Peter Washington (bass); Art Blakey (drums). Yoshi's Nitespot, Oakland, California, 1988
Mary Kageyama Nomura - “The Songbird of Manzanar" (September 29, 1925 - Present), Asian American Jazz Festival: Women in Jazz. (Not shown): Kazu Matsui Quartet featuring Keiko Matsui, Miya Masaoka and Ancient Art, Lee Pui Ming, Francis Wong and the Great Wall Ensemble with Genny Lim, Betty Wong and the Phoenix Spring Ensemble featuring Nellie Wong, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, California, 1992
James Newton - Steppenwolf Traffic Presents: Anthony Davis and James Newton. (Not shown): Anthony Davis (piano); James Newton (flute), Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, IL, March 29, 1999
Leroy Jenkins - Equal Interest Trio: (not shown): Myrna Melford (piano); Joseph Jarman (reeds); Leroy Jenkins (b. March 11, 1932 - February 24, 2007) American composer and avant-garde jazz violinist. The Jazz Institute of Chicago's 21st Annual Jazz Fair, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 1999
Lester Bowie - Koncepts Cultural Gallery Presents: "Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy," Lester Bowie (ldr), Lester Bowie (trumpet); (b. October 11, 1941- November 8, 1999) American jazz trumpeter and composer. He was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and cofounder of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. (Not shown): Vincent Chancey (french horn); Frank Lacy (trombone); Louis Bonilla (trombone); E.J. Allen (trumpet); Gerald Brezel (trumpet); Tony Barrero (trumpet); Craig Harris (trombone); Steve Turre (trombone); Famoudou Don Moye (percussion); Malachi Thompson (trumpet); Bob Stewart (tuba); Bruce Purse (trumpet); Vinnie Johnson (drums); Phillip Wilson (drums), Koncepts Cultural Gallery, Jack London Square, Oakland, CA, 1991
Charles Lloyd, (tenor saxophone and flute); John Abercrombie (guitar); Billy Higgins (drums); Marc Johnson (bass), Jazz Showcase, Chicago, IL, May 1999
