Joel Futterman, born April 30, 1946, in Chicago, is an American jazz pianist and soprano saxophonist. Influenced by Gene Shaw and Joseph Schwarzbaum, Futterman played bebop and other forms of jazz in Chicago from 1964 to 1969 before moving to Virginia Beach in 1972. He released his first album, Cafeteria, in 1979. Throughout the 1980s, Futterman collaborated with notable artists such as Jimmy Lyons and Richard Davis, releasing several albums on his own label, JDF. After a hiatus following Lyons's death in 1986, Futterman returned to active performance, working with Kidd Jordan, Alvin Fielder, and William Parker. His discography includes Silhouettes (1995) and Intervals (2020).
