Drummer Avreeayl Ra, who performs Friday night with saxophonist Ari Brown at Gallery 175 (seen here at the Green Mill) Credit: Michael Jackson
- Drummer Avreeayl Ra, who performs Friday night with saxophonist Ari Brown at Gallery 175 (seen here at the Green Mill)
- Chicago trumpeter, composer, and educator Orbert Davis
- Pianist and singer Mose Allison, with a fish he did not catch
- German saxophonist and free-jazz pioneer Peter Brotzmann, performing in front of his own wall sculpture
- Saxophonist and provocateur Archie Shepp, seen at the Chicago Jazz Festival
- Chicago vocal great Dee Alexander on stage
- Drummer Matt Wilson displays his serious side for the camera
- "David Murray & Snake Lady": When the famous saxophonist performed at HotHouse in the 90s, this unknown woman (with a live snake) suddenly jumped on stage to add an impromptu ritualistic dance.
- Chicago saxist and composer Ernest Dawkins
- The iconoclastic British guitarist Derek Bailey, in a Chicago performance
- Chicago saxophone icon Von Freeman making good use of breath control at his 88th birthday party, October 2010 at the New Apartment Lounge
- Chicago-born New York saxophonist Matana Roberts, performing at Heaven Gallery in Wicker Park on a visit home
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