Joni Mitchell - "The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines"

From the "Shadows and Light" tour, recorded in September 1979 at the Santa Barbara County Bowl, featuring Joni Mitchell (vocals), Jaco Pastorius (bass), Don Alias (drums), and Michael Brecker (tenor sax).

Joni Mitchell official site

Jaco Pastorius - "Dolphin Dance"

Recorded in 1985, featuring Jaco Pastorius (bass), John Davis (piano), Paul Musavizideh (guitar), Paco Sery (drums), and Azar Lawrence (tenor sax).

Jaco Pastorius official site

Chicago - "I'm A Man"

Recorded in 1968.

Chicago official website

Stanley Cowell Quartet - Live at Zinc Bar

Recorded in 2014 at Zinc Bar in NYC, featuring Stanley Cowell (piano), Sunny Cowell (voice, strings), Steve Williams (drums), and Ton DiCaro (bass).

Stanley Cowell on Wikipedia

Milford Graves Quartet - Live at Jazz Middelheim

Recorded in 1973 in Antwerp, Belgium for BRT (Belgian Radio and Television), featuring Milford Graves (drums, percussion), Joe Rigby (tenor sax), Hugh Glover (tenor sax, organ), and Art Williams (trumpet).

Milford Graves official site

Etta James - Live at the Newport Jazz Festival

Recorded August 17, 1991.

Etta James on Wikipedia

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Live at Winterland

Recorded in December 28, 1975 at Winterland in San Francisco, CA.

Quicksilver Messenger Service fan page

Art Ensemble Of Chicago - "New Orleans"

Recorded November 1, 1981 at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago, featuring Roscoe Mitchell (saxophones, clarinets), Joseph Jarman (saxophones, clarinets), Lester Bowie (trumpet), Malachi Favors (bass), and Famoudou Don Moye (drums, percussion).

Art Ensemble of Chicago official site

George Coleman - "Amsterdam After Dark"

Recorded for STV's The Jazz Series, hosted by Ronnie Scott, featuring George Coleman (tenor sax), Hilton Ruiz (piano), Herbie Lewis (bass), and Billy Higgins (drums).

George Coleman official site

Fred Wesley & The New JBs - Live at Jazz a Vienne

Recorded in 2012.

Fred Wesley official site

Charles Mingus - Live in Berlin

Recorded November 5, 1972, featuring Charles Mingus (bass), Joe Gardner (trumpet), Hamiet Bluiett (baritone sax, clarinet), John Foster (piano), and Roy Brooks (drums).

Charles Mingus official site

Kool and The Gang - Live in Glastonbury

Recorded in 2011 for the BBC.

Kool & The Gang official site

James Cotton - "Angel of Mercy / Blues In My Sleep"

James Cotton official site

Tommy Flanagan - "Lament"

Featuring Tommy Flanagan (piano), Peter Washington (bass), and Kenny Washington (drums).

Tommy Flanagan on Wikipedia

Mose Allison - "Your Molecular Structure"

Recorded in 1975 in Chicago for the PBS program Soundstage, featuring Mose Allison (piano, vocals), Jack Hannah (bass), and Jerry Granelli (drums).

Mose Allison official site

Fabulous Thunderbirds - "Why Get Up"

Recorded November 27, 1986 in Austin, TX, featuring Kim Wilson (vocals), Jimmie Vaughan (guitar), Preston Hubbard (bass), Fran Christina (drums), and Junior Brantley (keyboards).

Fabulous Thunderbirds official site

Robert Glasper Trio - Double Black

Featuring Robert Glasper (piano, keyboards), Chris Dave (drums), and Derrick Hodge (bass).

Robert Glasper official site

Cecil Taylor Unit - Live in Italy

Recorded in 1983, featuring Cecil Taylor (piano, vocals), Jimmy Lyons (alto sax), William Parker (bass),
André Martinez (drums, percussion), Rashid Bakr (drums), and Brenda Bakr (vocals).

Cecil Taylor official site

Trombone Shorty - "Hurricane Season"

Recorded at WBEZ in Chicago for the radio program "Sound Opinions."

Trombone Shorty official site

Wayne Shorter Quartet - Live at the Newport Jazz Festival

Recorded in 2008, featuring Wayne Shorter (tenor sax), Danilo Perez (piano), John Patitucci (bass), and Brian Blade (drums).

Wayne Shorter official site

Chuck Berry - "Johnny B. Goode"

Chuck Berry official site

Sun Ra Arkestra - Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival

Recorded July 12, 2014 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands,  featuring Marshall Allen (flute, alto saxophone, EVI, vocals), Danny Ray Thompson (flute, baritone sax), Abshalom Ben Shlomo (clarinet, alto sax), Knoel Scott (alto sax, percussion, vocals), Charles Davis (tenor sax), James Stewart (tenor sax), David F. Gordon (trumpet, vocals), Cecile Brooks (trumpet), Vincent Chancey (French horn), Craig Harris & Dave Davis (trombones), George Burton &Owen "Flidla" Brown (violas), Tara Middleton (viola, vocals), Kash Killion (cello, sarangi, bolong), Nina Bogomas (harp), David Hotep (guitar), Farid Baron (piano, synthesizer), Tyler Mitchell (bass), Wayne Anthony Smith Jr. (drums), Ron McBee & Elson Nascimento (percussion), and El Moondew & Chandra Washington (dancers).

Sun Ra Arkestra official site

John McLaughlin & Remember Shakti - Live in Vienna

Featuring John McLaughlin (guitar), U Srinivas (mandolin), Zakir Hussain (tabla), V Selvaganesh (ghatam), and S Mahadevan (vocals).

John McLaughlin official site

Charles Lloyd Quartet - Live at Jazz Baltica

Recorded on June 10, 2000, featuring Charles Lloyd (saxophones, flute), John Abercrombie (guitar), Marc Johnson (bass) and Billy Hart (drums).

Charles Lloyd official site

Medeski, Martin & Wood - Live at the Bohemia Jazz Fest

Recorded July 10, 2013 in Prague, Czech Republic, featuring John Medeski (keyboards), Billy Martin (drums) and Chris Wood (bass).

Medeski Martin & Wood official site

Elvin Jones - Live at the Newport Jazz Festival

Recorded August 18, 1990.

Elvin Jones tribute site

Ruth Brown - "If I Can't Sell It, I'll Sit On It"

Recorded in 1989 for The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

Ruth Brown on Wikipedia

Henry Threadgill's Zooid - Live at the Library of Congress

Recorded October 25, 2013.

Henry Threadgill Wikipedia page and discography

Dizzy Gillespie - "Tanga"

Recorded in 1982 at the Newport Jazz Festival-Madarao in Madarao, Japan featuring Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Michael Howell (guitar), John Lee (bass), and Bernard Purdie (drums).

Dizzy Gillespie official site

Kermit Ruffins - "Treme"

Recorded in 2014 in New Orleans for the web series "Jam In The Van."

Kermit Ruffins Facebook page