1073 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Opened January 7, 1965.
Capacity 124.
Owned by Tommy Gwaltney (1965-1969), Bill Cannon (1969-1973), John Bunyan (1973-2003), Harry Schnipper (2003-). Manager Tim Colgan (1965-), Gene Hart (1974), John Dimitriou (1976-1977), Wanda Fears (1980), Ralph Camilli (1985-2008-), Kris O’Connor Ross (2015). Booking manager Bob Israel (1983).
One feature that distinguished Blues Alley from other Washington clubs in early years was that it had a house band of local musicians that backed visiting “single” performers.
1965 house band: Tommy Gwaltney (cl, vbs), Steve Jordan (g), Newton Thomas (p), Norman Williams (b) (WP 1/15/65 p.D11)
1966 house band: Tommy Gwaltney (cl, vbs), Steve Jordan (g), John Phillips (p), Keter Betts (b), Bertell Knox (d) (WP 11/6/66 p.G7)
1968 house band: Tommy Gwaltney (cl, vbs), Steve Jordan (g), John Phillips (p), Billy Taylor, Jr. (b), Bertell Knox (d)
1969, house band reduced from quintet to quartet: drummer Bertell Knox dropped. (WES 1/4/69 p.12)
1970 house band: Steve Jordan (g), John Eaton (p), Billy Taylor, Jr. (b), Tommy Moropoulis (d)
1971 house band: John Eaton (p), Billy Taylor, Jr. (b), George ‘Dude’ Brown (d). As of October 26, 1971, the club discontinued the house band entirely. Dixieland, including guitarist Steve Jordan featured on Mondays. (WES 10/9/71 p.12)
1976 house band: John Phillips (p), Billy Taylor, Jr. (b), unk d
1986 saw the formation of the Blues Alley Music Society, sponsor of the Blues Alley Youth Orchestra. Harry Schnipper was executive director of the society. He later became owner of the club. A Baltimore location, Blues Alley Supper Club, opened in September 1988. Japanese locations were scheduled to open in 1990 in Tokyo, Yokohama, and Kyoto.
Recordings by Tommy Chase (1960s?), Cliff Jackson (1965), Tommy Gwaltney (1965-1966), Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith (1970), George Shearing (1979), Bill Harris (1982), Wynton Marsalis (1986), Ahmad Jamal (1991), Hugh Masekela (1993), Jerry Gonzalez (1996), Ron Kearns (1999), Rick Wurzbacher (2001), George Colligan (2002), Hod O’Brien (2004), Mark Taylor & Steve Fidyk (2005).
Artists
1965Lurlean Hunter (1965)
Peanuts Hucko (1965)
Billy Butterfield (1965)
Louise Tobin (1965)
Maxine Sullivan (1965)
Buck Hill (1965)
Toots Thielemans (1965)
Bobby Hackett (1965)
Lurlean Hunter (1965)
Carol Sloane (1965)
Peanuts Hucko (1965)
Jimmy Rushing (1965)
Joya Sherrill (1966)
Pee Wee Russell (1966)
Carol Sloane (1966)
Marge Dodson (1966)
Jimmy McPartland (1966)
Marian McPartland (1966)
Lurlean Hunter (1966)
Bobby Hackett (1966)
Henry ‘Red’ Allen (1966)
Tommy Chase (1966)
Tommy Gwaltney (1966)
Jimmy McPartland (1966)
Helen Merrill (1966)
Buck Clayton (1966)
Marge Dodson (1966)
Henry ‘Red’ Allen (1966)
Baby Laurence (1967)
Clark Terry (1967)
Renee Morris (1967)
Charlie Shavers (1967)
Lurlean Hunter (1967)
Wild Bill Davison (1967)
Big Chief Russell Moore (1967)
Renee Morris (1967)
John Dengler (1967)
Marge Dodson (1967)
Clark Terry (1967)
Eddie Barefield (1967)
Renee Morris (1967)
Jimmy Rushing (1967)
Wild Bill Davison (1967)
Lurlean Hunter (1967)
Charlie Shavers (1967)
Janet Lawson (1967)
Pee Wee Russell (1967)
Renee Morris (1967)
Wild Bill Davison (1968)
Marge Dodson (1968)
Big Chief Russell Moore (1968)
Carol Sloane (1968)
Wild Bill Davison (1968)
Yank Lawson and Lou McGarity (1968)
Marshall Brown (1968)
Tommy Gwaltney (1968)
Original Washington Monumental Jazz Band (1968)
Clancy Hayes (1968)
Urbie Green and Kathy Preston (1968)
Yank Lawson and Benny Morton (1968)
Original Washington Monumental Jazz Band (1968)
Flip Phillips (1968)
Dick McCormick (1968)
Buck Clayton (1969)
Jimmy Rushing (1969)
Marian McPartland (1969)
Maxine Sullivan (1969)
Roy Eldridge (1969)
Marian McPartland (1969)
Teddy Wilson (1969)
Steve Jordan (1969)
Urbie Green (1969)
Willie the Lion Smith (1970)
Buck Clayton (1970)
Ray Bryant (1970)
Bobby Hackett (1970)
Wally Garner (1970)
Earl Hines (1970)
Tyree Glenn (1970)
Ray Nance (1970)
Wild Bill Davison (1970)
Don Byas (1971)
Mary Lou Williams (1971)
Anita O’Day (1971)
Maxine Sullivan (1971)
Thad Jones (1971)
Buddy Tate (1971)
Monty Alexander (1971)
Sonny Stitt (1972)
Earl Hines (1972)
Blues Alley All Stars (1972)
Chuck Mangione (1972)
Teddi King (1972)
Hal Posey (1972)
Urbie Green (1972)
Wild Bill Davison (1972)
Ruby Braff (1972)
Zoot Sims (1972)
Maxine Sullivan (1972)
Marian McPartland (1972)
Original Washington Monumental Jazz Band (1972)
Tyree Glenn (1972)
Bobby Hackett (1972)
Anita O’Day (1972)
Marian McPartland (1973)
Bobby Hackett and Vic Dickenson (1973)
Monty Alexander (1973)
Urbie Green (1973)
Dick Wellstood (1973)
Maxine Sullivan (1973)
Zoot Sims (1973)
Mary Lou Williams (1973)
Hal Posey (1973)
Carol Sloane (1973)
Hal Posey (1973)
Eddie Daniels (1973)
Earl Hines (1973)
Bill Reichenbach, Jr. (1974)
Monty Alexander (1974)
Richie Cole (1974)
Marian McPartland (1974)
Earl Hines (1974)
Al Cohn (1974)
Clark Terry (1974)
Kenny Burrell (1974)
Richie Cole (1974)
Hal Posey (1974)
Renee Morris (1974)
Richie Cole (1974)
Hal Posey (1974)
Roy Eldridge (1975)
Monty Alexander (1975)
Teddy Wilson (1975)
Milt Jackson (1975)
Maxine Sullivan (1975)
Clark Terry (1975)
Earl Hines (1975)
Zoot Sims (1975)
Buddy Tate and Wild Bill Davis (1975)
Joe Venuti (1975)
Kenny Burrell (1975)
Red Norvo (1975)
Marian McPartland (1975)
Richie Cole (1975)
Milt Jackson (1975)
Junior Mance (1976)
Bobby Hackett (1976)
Clea Bradford (1976)
Monty Alexander (1976)
Charlie Byrd (1976)
Ray Bryant (1976)
Peanuts Hucko (1976)
Barney Kessel and Herb Ellis (1976)
Earl Hines (1976)
Tee Carson (1976)
Kenny Burrell (1976)
Monumental Jazz Band (1976)
Tee Carson (1976)
John Lewis (1976)
Monumental Jazz Band (1976)
Milt Jackson (1976)
Kai Winding (1976)
Dick Hyman (1976)
Gap Mangione (1976)
Clark Terry (1976)
Joe Venuti (1976)
Carol Sloane (1976)
Flip Phillips (1976)
Ray Bryant (1976)
Joe Puma and Chuck Wayne (1976)
Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis (1976)
Hal Posey (1976)
Zoot Sims (1976)
Urbie Green (1976)
Bucky Pizzarelli (1976)
Clea Bradford (1976)
Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart (1976)
Peanuts Hucko (1976)
Buck Clayton and Scott Hamilton (1976)
Gap Mangione (1976)
Buddy DeFranco (1976)
Joe Venuti (1976)
Urbie Green (1976)
East Coast Offering (1976)
Ray Bryant (1976)
Barbara Carroll (1976)
Cedar Walton (1976)
Art Blakey (1976)
East Coast Offering (1976)
Ahmad Jamal (1976)
Ron Douglas (1976)
Milt Jackson (1977)
Betty Carter (1977)
Nat Adderley (1977)
Hank Crawford (1977)
Ron Carter (1977)
Stan Getz (1977)
Dizzy Gillespie (1977)
Heath Brothers (1977)
Earl Hines (1977)
Sonny Fortune (1977)
Roland Kirk (1977)
Billy Eckstine (1977)
Thad Jones and Mel Lewis (1977)
Ahmad Jamal (1977)
Sonny Stitt (1977)
Betty Carter (1977)
Thad Jones and Mel Lewis (1977)
McCoy Tyner (1977)
East Coast Offering (1977)
Seawind (1977)
Charlie Rouse (1977)
Ernestine Anderson (1977)
Phineas Newborn, Jr. (1977)
Horace Silver (1977)
Marshall Hawkins (1977)
Carmen McRae (1977)
Ron Douglas (1977)
Art Blakey (1977)
Marshall Hawkins (1977)
Earl Klugh (1977)
Art Farmer (1977)
Tim Eyermann (1977)
Don Ellis (1977)
East Coast Offering (1977)
Tim Eyermann (1977)
Stan Getz (1977)
Jim Hall (1977)
Lockjaw Davis and Sweets Edison (1977)
Tim Eyermann (1977)
Dukes of Dixieland (1977)
Tim Eyermann (1977)
Blue Mitchell and Harold Land (1977)
Marc Copland (1977)
New York Jazz Quartet and Carol Sloane (1977)
Marc Copland (1977)
Lionel Hampton (1977)
Milt Jackson (1977)
Marc Copland (1977)
East Coast Offering (1977)
Hal Galper (1977)
Heath Brothers (1977)
Joe Venuti (1977)
Tim Eyermann (1977)
Joe Henderson (1977)
Paul Bley (1977)
Bill Evans (1977) – canceled?
Buck Hill and Bernard Sweetney (1977)
Billy Eckstine (1977)
Woody Shaw (1977)
Carmen McRae (1977)
Cecil Taylor (1977)
Ahmad Jamal (1977)
Mary Lou Williams (1977)
Howard Roberts and John Hicks (1977)
Stan Getz (1977)
Bobby Hutcherson (1977)
Jim Hall and Red Mitchell (1977)
McCoy Tyner (1977)
Hank Jones and John Lewis (1977)
Betty Carter (1977)
Chet Baker (1977)
Dizzy Gillespie (1977)
Ron Douglas (1977)
Eddie Jefferson (1979)
Sheila Jordan (1979)
Urbie Green (1979)
Stars of the Future (1979)
Stan Getz (1979)
Jaki Byard (1979)
Jimmy McPartland and Marian McPartland (1979)
Elvin Jones (1979)
Dizzy Gillespie (1979)
Swingworks (1979)
Max Roach (1979)
Helen Humes (1979)
Art Farmer (1979)
Swingworks (1979)
Dexter Gordon (1979)
Earl Hines (1979)
Wallace Roney (1979)
Yolande Bavan (1979)
Heath Brothers (1980)
Chris Connor (1980)
Clark Terry (1980)
Hugh Masekela (1980)
Joe Williams (1980)
Betty Carter (1980)
Stan Getz (1980)
John Abercrombie (1980)
Carmen McRae (1980)
Milt Jackson (1980)
Joe Pass (1980)
Jackie Cain and Roy Kral (1980)
Morgana King (1980)
Mary Lou Williams (1980)
Dexter Gordon (1980)
Clark Terry (1980)
Max Roach (1980)
Stan Getz (1980)
Pat Metheny (1980)
Art Blakey (1981)
Stan Getz (1981)
Freddie Hubbard (1981)
Dexter Gordon (1981)
Joanne Brackeen (1981)
Milt Jackson (1981)
Stef Scaggieri (1982)
Stanley Turrentine (1982)
McCoy Tyner (1982)
Stan Getz (1982)
Freddie Hubbard (1982)
Jean Carn (1983)
Esther Phillips (1983)
Sunday Morning Jazz Band (1983)
Wynton Marsalis (1983)
Bill Potts (1983)
Betty Carter (1983)
Jimmy McGriff (1983)
Bobbi Humphrey (1983)
Jon Lucien (1983)
Port City Jazz Ensemble (1983)
Tom Browne (1983)
Heath Brothers (1983)
Jon Lucien (1983)
Bill Potts (1983)
Rare Silk (1984)
Wynton Marsalis (1984)
Phillip Manuel (1984)
Herbie Mann (1984)
Jesse Winchester (1984)
Esther Phillips (1984)
Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie (1984)
Anita Baker (1984)
Roy Ayers (1984)
Jaco Pastorious (1984)
Phyllis Hyman (1984)
Kenny Rankin (1984)
Jerry Butler (1984)
Lisa Rich (1984)
Buddy Rich (1984)
Tom Browne (1984)
Brenda Jones (1984)
Lonnie Liston Smith (1984)
UDC Jazz Ensemble (1984)
Jean Carn (1984)
James Williams and Folger Theatre Shakespeare (1984)
Bill Decker and Steve Jordan (1984)
Maynard Ferguson (1984)
Liz Story (1984)
Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell (1984)
Pharoah Sanders (1984)
Mad Romance (1984)
Terri Lyne Carrington (1984)
Stan Getz (1984)
Kenny G (1984)
Harold Mann (1984)
Ramsey Lewis (1984)
Beverly Cosham (1984)
Stanley Turrentine (1984)
Bill Potts (1984)
Rodney Franklin (1984)
Woody Herman (1984)
Jan Garbarek and Eberhard Weber (1984)
Pat Metheny (1984)
Widespread Jazz Orchestra (1984)
Ahmad Jamal (1984)
David Perry (1984)
Hunter Davis (1984)
Freddie Hubbard (1984)
Barry Gurley (1984)
K. Shalong (1984)
Dizzy Gillespie (1984)
Alive! (1984)
Les McCann (1984)
Junior Mance (1984)
Milt Jackson and Ray Brown (1984)
Michael Hedges and Darol Anger (1984)
Joe Williams (1984)
Jon Hendricks (1984)
Stephane Grappelli (1984)
Bob James (1984)
Tom Browne (1984)
Paula Hatcher (1984)
Michel Petrucciani (1984)
Billy Paul (1984)
Noel Pointer, Roy Ayers, Lonnie Liston Smith (1984)
Artie Shaw Big Band (1984)
War (1984)
Larry Seals (1984)
Maynard Ferguson (1984)
Lisa Rich (1984)
George Howard (1984)
John Hicks (1984)
Betty Carter (1984)
Branford Marsalis (1984)
Rare Silk (1984)
Buddy Rich (1984)
Count Basie (1984)
Carmen McRae (1984)
Jerry ‘The Iceman’ Butler (1984)
Beverly Cosham (1984)
Ahmad Jamal (1984)
Jesse Winchester (1984)
Jimmy Smith (1984)
Brenda Jones (1984)
Phyllis Hyman (1984)
Chuck Mangione and Don Potter (1984)
Chilites (1984)
Roy Ayers and Noel Pointer (1984)
Stanley Turrentine (1984)
Jean Carn (1984)
Woody Herman (1984)
Ramsey Lewis (1984)
Clea Bradford (1984)
McCoy Tyner and John Abercrombie (1984)
Claude Bolling (1984)
Phoebe Snow (1984)
Stanley Clarke (1984)
Maura Sullivan (1984)
Kenny Rankin (1984)
Preston Reid (1984)
Herbie Mann (1984)
Lisa Rich (1984)
Alive! (1984)
Stan Getz (1984)
Art Blakey (1984)
Dizzy Gillespie (1984)
Jaco Pastorius (1984)
Dave Samuels and David Friedman (1984)
Milt Jackson (1984)
Hot Jazz (1984)
Bill Potts (1984)
Les McCann (1984)
Taj Mahal (1984)
Buddy Rich (1984)
Maynard Ferguson (1984)
Hot Jazz (1984)
Rare Silk (1984)
Wynton Marsalis (1984)
Aztec 2-Step (1984)
Maura Sullivan (1984)
Paquito D’Rivera (1984)
Pieces of a Dream (1984)
Ahmad Jamal (1984)
Shirley Horn (1984)
Michel Legrand (1985)
Houston Person and Etta Jones (1985)
Noel Pointer (1985)
Michel Petrucciani (1985)
Bob James (1985)
Deater O’Neill (1985)
Paris (1985)
Lonnie Liston Smith (1985)
George Howard (1985)
Danny Gatton (1985)
Eric Anderson (1985)
Michael Hedges (1985)
Liz Story (1985)
Betty Carter (1985)
Steve Williams (1985)
Albert Collins (1985)
David Bromberg (1985)
Jerry Butler (1985)
Deater O’Neill (1985)
Dave Van Ronk (1985)
Beverly Cosham (1985)
Dizzy Gillespie (1985)
Richard Fulks (1985)
Livingston Taylor (1985)
Gil Scott-Heron (1985)
Phyllis Hyman (1985)
Rare Silk (1985)
Makoto Ozone (1985)
Larry Coryell (1985)
Roy Ayers (1985)
Oneness Of Juju (1985)
Michal Urbaniak (1985)
Jean Carn (1985)
Scott Cossu (1985)
Maura Sullivan (1985)
Ramsey Lewis (1985)
Roger McGuinn (1985)
Hot Jazz (1985)
[media roast for Courtland Milloy] Tom Browne (1985)
Dale Stein (1985)
Loudon Wainwright (1985)
Steven Schoenberg (1985)
Carmen McRae (1985)
Ellsworth Gibson (1985)
Jeff Lorber (1985)
Stanley Turrentine (1985)
Geraldine Brook (1985)
Widespread Jazz Orchestra (1985)
Buddy Rich (1985)
Herbie Mann (1985)
Mark Elliot (1985)
Aztec Two-Step (1985)
Tower Of Power (1985)
Julia & Company (1985)
Lonnie Liston Smith, Roy Ayers, Noel Pointer (1985)
Liz Meyer (1985)
Tim Eyermann (1985)
Lisa Rich (1985)
Les McCann (1985)
Hot Jazz (1985)
Country Joe McDonald (1985)
John Hammond (1985)
Flora Purim (1985)
Jesse Collin Young (1985)
Ralph Towner (1985)
Stephane Grappelli (1985)
Hot Jazz (1985)
Livingston Taylor (1985)
Woody Herman (1985)
Stan Getz (1985)
Hot Jazz (1985)
Liz Story (1985)
Maynard Ferguson (1985)
Freddie Hubbard and McCoy Tyner (1985)
Annapolis Brass Quintet (1985)
Maura Sullivan (1985)
Joe Williams (1985)
Dale Stein (1985)
Jim Vance (1985)
Jesse Winchester (1985)
Dizzy Gillespie (1985)
Nancy Harrow (1985)
Dick Smith (1985)
Harold Melvin (1985)
Ahmad Jamal (1985)
John Mayall (1985)
Kenny Rankin (1985)
Michael Hedges (1985)
Chick Corea (1985)
Tony Bennett (1985)
Larry Coryell and Emily Remler (1985)
Gil Scott-Heron (1985)
Albert Collins (1985)
Taj Mahal (1985)
Rare Silk (1985)
David Bromberg (1985)
Sarah Vaughan (1985)
Buddy Rich (1985)
Claude Bolling (1985)
Art Monroe (1985)
War (1985)
Oregon (1985)
Kevin Eubanks (1985)
Harold Melvin (1985)
Martha Reeves (1985)
Noel Pointer (1985)
Gregg Karukas (1985)
Jimmy Smith (1985)
Clint Holmes (1985)
Alexander O’Neal (1985)
Washington Jazz Battalion (1985)
Widespread Jazz Orchestra (1985)
Steven Schoenberg (1985)
Phyllis Hyman (1985)
David Murray and Malachi Thompson (1985)
Stanley Turrentine (1985)
Michel Petrucciani (1985)
Jean Carn (1985)
Maynard Ferguson (1985)
Billy Cobham (1985)
Pieces Of A Dream (1985)
Bill Potts (1985)
Ramsey Lewis (1985)
Maura Sullivan (1985)
Astrud Gilberto (1985)
Dirty Dozen Brass Band (1985)
Herbie Mann (1985)
Johnny Griffin (1985)
Beverly Cosham (1985)
Billy Harper (1985)
Julia & Company (1985)
Betty Carter (1985)
Puttin’ On The Ritz (1985)
Charlie Byrd (1985)
Mad Romance (1985)
Dizzy Gillespie (1985)
Woody Herman (1985)
Stan Getz (1985)
Buddy Rich (1985)
Wayne Shorter (1985)
Crusaders (1985)
Les McCann (1985)
Taj Mahal (1985)
Wynton Marsalis (1985)
Bireli Lagrene (1985)
Kingston Trio (1985)
Ahmad Jamal (1985)
Nancy Callo (1986)
Charlie Rouse (1986)
Toshiko Akiyoshi (1986)
Kenny Rankin (1986)
Loudon Wainwright (1986)
Ink Spots (1986)
Tania Maria (1986)
Deater O’Neill (1986)
Milt Jackson (1986)
John Blake (1986)
Widespread Jazz Orchestra (1986)
Jaco Pastorius (1986)
Hot Jazz (1986)
Monty Alexander (1986)
Tommy Cecil and Louis Scherr (1986)
Jerry Butler (1986)
Special EFX (1986)
Great Guitars (1986)
Egberto Gismonti (1986)
McCoy Tyner (1986)
Bill Evans (1986)
Mel Torme (1986)
Gloria Brown (1986)
Maura Sullivan (1986)
Maria Muldaur (1986)
Pieces of a Dream (1986)
Michael Hedges (1986)
Ramsey Lewis (1986)
Bill Potts (1986)
Andrew White (1986)
Juicy (1986)
Pieces of a Dream (1986)
Meredith D’Ambrosio (1986)
Sarah Vaughan (1986)
Dale Stein (1986)
Nancy Wilson (1986)
Liz Story (1986)
Herbie Mann (1986)
Sonny Rollins (1986)
Joe Williams (1986)
John Mayall (1986)
Buddy Rich (1986)
Billy Paul (1986)
Stanley Jordan (1986)
James Horowitz (1986)
Charlie Byrd (1986)
Maynard Ferguson (1986)
Woody Herman (1986)
Jean Carn (1986)
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes (1986)
Stephane Grappelli (1986)
Grazz Matazz (1986)
Dizzy Gillespie (1986)
Dr. John (1986)
Puttin’ On The Ritz (1986)
Chantilly High School Jazz Ensemble (1986)
Stanley Turrentine (1986)
Jan Garbarek (1986)
WAMA Crosstown Charity Jam (1986)
Gloria Brown (1986)
Roy Ayers (1986)
Bennie Wallace (1986)
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells (1986)
Susannah McCorkle (1986)
Larry Carlton (1986)
Barely White (1986)
Paris Reunion Band (1986)
Azymuth (1986)
Astrud Gilberto (1986)
Tower of Power (1986)
Mad Romance (1986)
Phyllis Hyman (1986)
Kevin Eubanks (1986)
O’Donel Levy (1986)
Yellowjackets (1986)
Roy Buchanan (1986)
Jimmy Witherspoon (1986)
Oregon (1986)
War (1986)
Flora Purim and Airto Moreira (1986)
Steve Allen (1986)
Harold Howland (1986)
Ahmad Jamal (1986)
John Blake (1986)
Eddie Harris (1986)
Terence Blanchard and Donald Harrison (1986)
Buddy Rich (1986)
Albert King (1986)
Maura Sullivan (1986)
Makoto Ozone (1986)
Jon Faddis (1986)
Toshiko Akiyoshi (1986)
Brenda Files (1986)
Michel Petrucciani (1986)
Sadao Watanabe (1986)
Gil Scott-Heron (1986)
Chuck Mangione (1986)
Mose Allison (1986)
Susan Goldstein (1986)
Henry Butler (1986)
Jennifer Holliday (1986)
Nasar Abadey (1986)
George Shearing and Joe Pass (1986)
Eclipse (1986)
John Blake, Didier Lockwood, Michal Urbaniak
Dave Holland (1986)
Tony Williams (1986)
John Scofield (1986)
Charlie Byrd (1986)
Jon Metzger (1986)
Sarah Vaughan (1986)
Art Monroe (1986)
Maynard Ferguson (1986)
Pieces of a Dream (1986)
Dwight Talley (1986)
Dizzy Gillespie (1986)
Maria Muldaur (1986)
Ramsey Lewis (1986)
David Grisman and Svend Asmussen (1986)
Wayne Shorter (1986)
Mad Romance (1986)
Mel Torme (1986)
Dwight Talley (1986)
Dr. John (1986)
Stanley Turrentine (1986)
Carla Bley (1986)
Barbara Cook (1986)
Brenda Files (1986)
Liz Story (1986)
Lonnie Liston Smith (1986)
Herbie Mann (1986)
Oregon (1986)
Buddy Rich (1986)
Phyllis Hyman (1986)
Woody Herman (1986)
Charlie Byrd (1986)
Jon Simon (1986)
Blues Alley Youth Orchestra (1986)
Wynton Marsalis (1986)
Maura Sullivan (1986)
Ahmad Jamal (1986)
Keter Betts (1986)
Blues Alley Big Band
Stan Getz
Lester Bowie
Steve Abshire
Nancy Wilson
Blues Alley Big Band
Sarah Vaughan
Steve Abshire
Johnny Griffin
Bibliography
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