Delmark: 55 Years Of Jazz

    Delmark: 55 Years Of Jazz Delmark DE 914 (2008) Compact Disc + DVD Set After wearing out Delmark’s 2003 set celebrating 50 years of great jazz–traditional, modern, big, small, now, then–you probably thought you were going to have to wait at least until 2013 for another such anniversary collection but when you’ve got a rich…

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      Delmark: 55 Years of Blues

      55 Years of Blues Delmark DE 915 Compact Disc + DVD Set Delmark’s 55th anniversary blues bash at Buddy Guy’s Legends on March 7, 2008 was suitably festive, with most of Delmark’s local blues roster on hand and a Delmark Day proclamation from Mayor Daley and a Grammy Hall Of Fame Award for the groundbreaking…

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        DVD: Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble – The Messenger: Live At The Original Velvet Lounge

        Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble – The Messenger: Live At The Original Velvet Lounge Delmark DVD 1570 AACM saxophonist/composer/bandleader Ernest Dawkins brought his New Horizons Ensemble into the Velvet Lounge on July 14, 2005 for this live CD knowing it would be one of the groups’ last performances at the historic “old” Velvet Lounge, now…

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          DVD: Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – Hot ‘N’ Heavy: Live At The Ascension Loft

          Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – Hot ‘N’ Heavy [Live At The Ascension Loft] Delmark DVD 1574 (2007) Kahil El’Zabar, drums, earth drums, kalimba; Corey Wilkes, trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion; Ernest Dawkins, alto and tenor saxophone, percussion; Fareed Haque, electric and acoustic guitar. In a DownBeat review of their previous Delmark album, Freedom Jazz Dance (Delmark 517), Paul…

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            DVD: Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble – Black Unstoppable

            Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble – Black Unstoppable Delmark DVD 1575 (2008) Nicole Mitchell brings an exciting new approach to flute improvisation. Co-president of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), she is the founder of the critically acclaimed Black Earth Ensemble. Mitchell, Downbeat magazine’s “#1 Rising Star Flutist 2006 and 2007,” has…

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              DVD: Ari Brown – Live At The Green Mill

              DVD: Ari Brown – Live At The Green Mill Delmark DVD 1577 (2008) In reviews of Ari’s first two Delmark albums, Ultimate Frontier (Delmark 486) and Venus (Delmark 504), writers often used phrases like “overwhelming emotional immediacy” (Down Beat), “rare depth of feeling” (Jazziz) and “raw emotion and ferocity” (JazzTimes). Ari carries on the Chicago…

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