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Alvin Fielder
Alvin Fielder
American drummer
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Kidd Jordan
Kidd Jordan
American saxophonist
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Karen Borca
Karen Borca
American musician
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Jimmy Lyons
Jimmy Lyons
American jazz saxophonist
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Paul Murphy
Paul Murphy
American musician
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William Parker
William Parker
American jazz musician
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Daniel Carter
Daniel Carter
American musician
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Alan Silva
Alan Silva
American musician
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Barry Guy
Barry Guy
British musician
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Roscoe Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
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Steve Swell
Steve Swell
American musician
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George Freeman
George Freeman
American musician
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Evan Parker
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
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Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Von Freeman
Von Freeman
American saxophonist
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Joëlle Léandre
Joëlle Léandre
French double bassist, vocalist and composer
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Junior Mance
Junior Mance
American musician
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Cecil Taylor
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
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Earl Hines
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
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Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
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Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
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Ike Turner
Ike Turner
African American musician, songwriter, and producer (1931-2007)
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Grant Geissman
Grant Geissman
American jazz guitarist and Emmy-nominated composer
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Don Preston
Don Preston
American musician
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Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
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Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Jon Irabagon
Jon Irabagon
American musician
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George Lewis
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
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Chet Baker
Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
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Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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Jon Hendricks
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
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Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
Joel Futterman
American musician

Joel Futterman

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Joel Futterman (born April 30, 1946 in Chicago) is an American jazz pianist and soprano saxophonist.

A native of Chicago, Joel Futterman was influenced both musically and philosophically by Gene Shaw, with whom he worked with and studied for a few years. Futterman was also influenced by Joseph Schwarzbaum, a writer, poet, and philosopher, as well as his brother Ronald. His influences include Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, and Eric Dolphy.

From 1964 to 1969, Joel Futterman played bebop and other forms of jazz in various settings in Chicago. He played with artists affiliated with the AACM, but eventually left Chicago, moving to Virginia Beach in 1972. His first album, Cafeteria, was released in 1979. Since then, Futterman's recordings have included Jimmy Lyons, Richard Davis, and Hal Russell. In the 1980s he released several albums of material on his own label, JDF. After Lyons's death in 1986, Futterman quit working professionally for a time; some of their performances together were reissued in the 1990s.

Joel eventually returned to active performance. Some of his older material was reissued on Ear-Rational, Konnex Records, Bellaphon Records and Silkheart Records around this time. In 1994 Joel Futterman met Kidd Jordan, who introduced him to Alvin Fielder, and this trio has performed and recorded together for years. Also, Joel Futterman has performed with Greg Foster, Paul Murphy, Joseph Jarman, Jay Oliver, Ike Levin, and William Parker. Labels that have released his music include JDF, Silkheart, Charles Lester Music, and others.

Futterman is the author of three books.