We have learned that Chicago pianist and original Earma Thompson has passed away.

She was honored as our 2008 Captain Walter Dyett Lifetime Achievement Award winner and she will be missed. 

Read more about Earma in an essay she wrote here on our site. 

Funeral Services for our Beloved

Earma Jean Thompson

Premier Jazz Pianist
and mother of drummer, Terry Marshall

Saturday - July 25, 2009
Gatlin Funeral Home

10133 S Halsted St
Chicago, IL 60628-1814
(773) 881-4111

11:00am