GRACHAN MONCUR III "INNER CRY BLUES"

Recorded in Oakland in 2007, featuring legendary trombonist/composer Moncur along with Ben Adams'Quintet which includes Mitch Marcus, Lukas Vesely and Sameer Gupta. Album cover art by my brother Mark Jekabson.

STEVE FIERABEND

Recorded in Berkeley in 2005, featuring tenor saxophonist Steve Fierabend's original compositions, with Randy Porter on piano, John Wiitala on bass, Akira Tana on drums and Gene Burkett on bass clarinet.

BEN ADAMS QUINTET "OLD THOUGHTS FOR A NEW DAY"

Recorded in Berkeley in 2005, featuring the compositions of vibraphonist Ben Adams, with Mitch Marcus, tenor sax; Fred Randolph, bass; Sameer Gupta, drums. Cover art by my brother Mark Jekabson

MARCUS SHELBY JAZZ ORCHESTRA "PORT CHICAGO"

Recorded in SF in 2005, this CD features the Big Band compositions of bassist Marcus Shelby, along with some of SF's finest players, including Rob Barics, Gabe Eaton, Adam Shulman, Darren Johnston, Evan Francis and Danny Grewen.

REIKO AOKI "DREAMING ON A CAROUSEL"

Recorded in NYC in 2003, featuring Dimitri Moderbacher on tenor and soprano saxes, Matt Ray on piano, Dave Ambrosio on bass and Jason Wildman on drums

JC HOPKINS "UNDER A BROOKLYN MOON"

Recorded in NYC in 2003, featuring J.C. Hopkins and Queen Esther on vocals, as well as other NY-based artists like Chuck MacKinnon, Claire Daly, Sunny Jain, and James Zollar

FRED RANDOLPH "NEW DAY"

Recorded in Berkeley in 2005, featuring bassist Fred Randolph's original compositions. Also featuring a slew of Bay Area musicians, including Rob Roth, saxaphones, Art Hirahara, piano, and Tim Bulkley, drums.

AMY KOHN "I'M IN CRINOLINE"

Recorded in NYC in early 2003, featuring the compositions, vocals, piano and accordian playing of Amy Kohn. This record also features NYC musicians Peter Hess, Scott McLemore, Ben Rubin, Tom Gavin, and many others.

ART LILLARD'S HEAVENLY BAND

Recorded in NYC in 2001, featuring the arrangements and drumming of Art Lillard, and some of NYC's most established musicians such as Justin Mullens, Arturo O'Farrell, Sean Smith, Mike Longo and Jay Collins.

RON KAPLAN "NEW YORK"

Recorded in San Jose in 2006, this CD features the vocal stylings of Ron Kaplan and great arrangements of Larry Dunlap (who also plays piano) The rest of the all-star aggregation is Seward McCain on bass, Noel Jewkes on woodwinds and Akira Tana on drums.

LARRY EPSTEIN "MY TUNES"

Recorded in Berkeley in 2004, this CD features the compositions and bass playing of Larry Epstein, as well as the talents of Bay Area luminaries Harvey Wainapel, Eddie Marshall, John Santos and Matt Clark.

EMMANUEL VAUGHN-LEE "BORROWED TIME"

Recorded in Berkeley, CA in 2004 and released on the Fresh Sound/New Talent label, this record features Emmanuel on bass as well as Mark Turner and Dayna Stephens on Tenor Saxophones, Albert Sanz on piano and Ferenc Nemeth on drums.

JOHN MAYER "AS IS"

Excerpts from live concerts recorded during John Mayer's 2004 "Heavier Things" Summer Tour. Also features David LaBruyere, Michael Chaves, J.J. Johnson, Kevin Lovejoy, David Ryan Harris and Chris Karlic.