Ozier Muhammad Photojournalist

Jazz

Leon Thomas and Pharoah Sanders in performance.  

  • Wynton Marsalis played with Jazz legends at a book party for book author Albert Murray.
  • Left to right: Frank Foster and Frank Wess, jazz legends, who played tenor saxophones, flute and other reed instruments throughout their illustrious carreers, are seen here at a book party for author Albert Murray. Mr. Foster was an amateur photographer. This was an aggregate of musicians who were playing in the current Count Basie Orchestra, and some had played from the very beginning of the orchestra back in the early 1930's.
  • Jazz drummer Elvin Jones performs with his quintet at the Jazz Showcase, located in the I.W.W. Hall. Other noted members of his quintet at the time were Frank Foster and Joe Farrell.
  • Argentine tenor sax great Gato (The Cat) Barbieri, as he appeared at Ratso's Jazz Club in Chicago. Barbieri's music score for the Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango In Paris (1973), starred Marlon Brando.
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  • Billy Harper, tenor Saxophonist, performing with the Lee Morgan Quintet, at the Jazz Showcase, located at I.W.W. Hall, in Chicago. 1970. Photo By Ozier Muhammad
  • The Air Trio after a performance in Greenwich Village. Left tor Right: reedist Henry Threadgill, percussionist Steve McCall, bassist Fred Hopkins. Photo by Ozier Muhammad
  • The famed Bricktop performed in a swank hotel in Lincoln Park, Circa 1977.
  • Trumpeter Art Farmer performing at the Jazz Showcase, Circa, 1997.
  • Arthur Blythe performing in New York City, circa 1984.
  • Tenor Saxphonist Buddy Tate, seated, and trombonist Al Grey performing at Liincoln Center, Circa, 1989.
  • David Murray performs with his big band at Cooper Union, circa 1994.
  • Jazz trombonist Craig Harris taking a solo with the David Murray his big band, which was conducted by Butch Morris, at Sweet Basil, Circa 1982.
  • Tenor saxophonist David Murray performs with his big band, which was conducted by Butch Morris, at Sweet Basil, Circa 1982.
  • Tenor saxophonist David Murray performs with his big band, which was conducted by Butch Morris, at Sweet Basil, Circa 1982.
  • Jazz trumpeter Doc Cheatum, speaking at the Studio Museum in Harlem circa 1990, about his liife in music with jazz historian Phil Schaap.
  • Cornetist Don Cherry performs in Riverside Church with Dewey Redman and others.
  • Jazz pianist Barry Harris performing at the Jazz Showcase, circa 1969.
  • Jazz trompeter Freddie Hubbard, backstage at the Village Vanguard before playing a set. Circa, 1976
  • Jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie performing with the Brass Fantasy, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Circa, 1989.
  • The Heath brothers, Percy and Jimmy perform at Jazz Mobile, in front of U.S. Grant's Tomb in West Harlem, New York City. Circa, 1991.
  • Jazz trumpeter and legend Miles Davis performed at the Plugged Nickel, with bassist Dave Holland, drummer Jack DeJohnette (seen here), and Chick Corea. Circa, 1968.
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  • Jazz great and composer Benny Golson and Ron Carter perform at Ginny's Supper Club in Harlem. The club is owned by chef Marques Samuelsson.
  • Leon Thomas and Pharoah Sanders.
  • Donny Hathaway , performing in Chicago at Ratso's in Lincoln Park.
  • Chicago,Il. 1975 Nancy Wilson in concert.
  • Chicago,Il. 1975 Nancy Wilson in concert.
  • Chicago,Il. 1975 Nancy Wilson in concert.
  • Howard McGhee at the Jazz Showcase, Chicago, 1974.
  • 02-17-08 New York NY Enestine Anderson at the Iridium. It was our 19th anniversary treat. - Photo By Ozier Muhammad
  • New York City - Dexter Gordon @ Carlos II, Circa 1984.
  • New York City - Betty Carter, in the dressing room at the Village Vanguard. Circa 1977.
  • Chicago - Barry Harris @ The Jazz Showcase. Circa 1975
  • Washington, D.C. - Aretha Franklin, during an interview, several hours before a councert at the Kennedy Center.
  • Harlem, NY - Dizzy Gillerspie @ The Apollo , circa 1990/
  • New York City - Carmen McRae, circa 1984.
  • Chicago, IL - Circa Summer 1975 - Jazz saxophonist Zoot Sims playing in a restaurant/bar in the Park Manor neighborhood.
  • New York, NY - Circa 1992 - The World Saxophone Quartet performing in Manhattan. Left to right: Hamiet Bluiett, Olikver Lake, Julius Hemphill and David Murray.
  • Chicago, IL - Circa 1974 - Jazz/Folk singer Terry Callier as he performed at Ratso's.
  • Chicago, IL - Circa Summer 1975 - Jazz saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Zoot Sims performing in a restaurant/bar in the Park Manor neighborhood.
  • Hell's Kitchen, NY - Circa 1982 - Bb brass greats, Malachi Thompson, Lester Bowie, Stanton Davis, Wynton Marsalis and Olu Dara, performing at a space in Hell's Kitchen.
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