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VIDEO | Guitarist Fareed Haque and the KAIA String Quartet share a brand new arrangement of a traditional Christmas carol
By Keegan Morris | December 18, 2018 Fareed Haque and the KAIA String Quartet perform in WFMT’s Levin Performance Studio WFMT welcomed guitarist Fareed Haque and the KAIA String Quartet for an Impromptu. To kick off the program, the ensemble shared “I Know a Rose Tree Springing” (“Es ist ein Ros entsprungen”), a traditional Christmas carol….
Soul Message Band new release coming February 15
Soulful Days is the debut album by Soul Message Band but, for the most part, these masterful musicians are not appearing on Delmark for the first time. Organist Chris Foreman and drummer Greg Rockingham both came from the now defunct Deep Blue Organ Trio who have two Delmark albums and one DVD. Alto saxophonist Greg…
Critic Howard Mandel on Jimmy Johnson…
Jazz Beyond Jazz Howard Mandel’s Urban Improvisation Chicago blues at 90 December 16, 2018 by Howard Mandel 2 Comments Guitarist Jimmy Johnson’s birthday at Space Jimmy Johnson at Space, Evanston — all photos thanks to Harvey Tillis Blues have been heard in Chicago for about 100 years — and blues guitarist Jimmy Johnson has…
Downbeat praises Fareed Haque/Kaia String Quartet Delmark CD
Reviews Music, Video & Books Fareed Haque & KAIA String Quartet New Latin American Music For Guitar And String Quartet (Delmark) By Bobby Reed | Published December 2018 Earlier this year, musicians Julia A. Miller and Elbio Barilari acquired venerated Chicago label Delmark Records from its founder, Bob Koester, and the new owners wasted…
Tribune’s Howard Reich picks Fareed Haque & Kaia String Quartet among Best Classical Recordings of the Year
“Fareed Haque and Kaia String Quartet: “New Latin American Music for Guitar and String Quartet” (Delmark Records). Just as violinist Rachel Barton Pine acknowledges the indispensable contributions of African-American composers to classical music in “Blues Dialogue,” guitarist Haque and the Kaia ensemble do so with Latin American creators. It’s impossible to overstate the melodic beauty…
Downbeat Editor’s Pick for December!
GOOD NEWS! Fareed Haque & Kaia String Quartet, “New Latin American Music For Guitar And String Quartet” has been chosen as a DECEMBER 2018 DownBeat Editors’ Picks to be featured within the upcoming December 2018 issue.
Chicago Blues Icon Willie Buck signs for a New Release with Delmark Records
Blues singer Willie Buck has been leading his own bands in Chicago for over forty years now. He has enjoyed the company of some of the city’s best sidemen. The Houston, Mississippi native and Chicago adoptive son, has signed a new contract with Delmar Records. Buck’s new exciting CD will be released next spring, right…
FAREED HAQUE & KAIA STRING QUARTET: HOT NEW RELEASE BY DELMARK…!
GUITAR VIRTUOSO FAREED HAQUE & KAIA STRING QUARTET BRING NEW FLAVOR TO LATIN JAZZ WITH NEW LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC FOR GUITAR AND STRING QUARTET New album features music ranging from Afro-Cuban to Tango U.S.A.’s leading blues & jazz record label Delmark Records is set to release NEW LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC FOR GUITAR AND STRING QUARTET…
PAQUITO D’RIVERA & VOLCANO RADAR: NEW CD
ELECTRO-JAZZ LEADER VOLCANO RADAR RELEASES PAQUITO LIBRE, THE BAND’S DELMARK RECORDS DEBUT New album features 14-time Grammy Award winner Paquito D’Rivera CHICAGO (October 2018) – U.S.A.’s leading blues & jazz record label Delmark Records releases PAQUITO LIBRE by Volcano Radar, an experimental jazz quartet led by jazz/noise/avant musicians Elbio Barilari and Julia A. Miller, marking…