In the early 1940's. Phil Featheringill owned a small record store and a private label in Chicago. Over the next 25 years Phil and his wife, Eve, collected and recorded hundreds of classic examples of American jazz, blues, and folk music. This is the story of the evolution of jazz as seen through the eyes of two very remarkable people who truly loved this music and had the good sense, foresight, and intitiative to honor and record the people who played it.