CD, LP, downloads, streaming. Magic Sam Magic Sam (Samuel Maghett) was one of the most dynamic and gifted blues musicians during his short lifetime (1937-1969). Born a few miles northeast of this site, Maghett began his performing career in Grenada and lived in this house until he moved to Chicago in the early 1950s. The…

See English and German versions of the review Jörg Palitzsch in bluesnews 102 Recorded in the legendary Chicago club Rosa’s Lounge, the album is further evidence of authentic blues. The 77-year-old American songwriter, singer and guitarist Linsey Alexander is in the best mood and proves to be among the best with his cover version “Please…

Dave Specter, Jimmy Johnson, Linsey Alexander, Johnny Burgin, Mississippi Heat. SAMPLEAR y DESCARGAR SUS DISCOS AQUÍ:

English and French versions of the review, inside. Posted by Robert Sacre on 5 Oct 2020 Delmark – Catalogue DE 864 Iguana is a pianist very present in Chicago clubs and festivals. He is very appreciated as partner of the whole Gotha dictionary of the bluesmen of the Windy City and he finally had the…

The trio of Geof Bradfield (tenor and soprano saxophones), Ben Goldberg (clarinet and contra-alto clarinet), and Dana Hall (drums, percussion) first met in 2017 at The Hyde Park Jazz Festival in Chicago, IL.  That chance encounter led to “General Semantics” (Delmark Records), recorded a year later.  All three musicians have years of experiences behind them…

“The Ballad of George Floyd” is Dave Specter’s new song, featuring Billy Branch on vocals and harmonica (though Specter also sings and plays guitar on the song), John Kattke on keyboards and Danny Shaffer on acoustic guitar. While hearing this song it is clear that the civic spirit of these blues musicians goes as far…

James Yancey Jones, known professionally as Tail Dragger, was born in September 30, 1940 in Altheimer, Arkansas. Check his albums out! Read his interview with the Chicago Defender. INTERVIEW:

Ira Sullivan (May 1, 1931 – September 21, 2020) Howard Mandel ©2020 jazzmandel@gmail.com Ira Sullivan was a Chicago jazz original and devout near-native son. Born May 1, 1931 in Washington D.C., he resettled with his parents in the Midwest before he was four, about the same time he found his father’s trumpet behind as sofa…

Great review by Rootime’s writer Dani Heyvaert. We were only recently spoiled with “High Times in The Dark”, the fourth album by The Claudettes, the band around singer Berit Ulseth, in which Johnny Iguana plays a rather prominent piano role, or there is already a new project of the piano playing, whiskey -drinking and Havana-smoking…