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THE 7 JEWELS of the BLUES with Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues, John Primer & The Real Deal Band, Toronzo Cannon & The Chicago Way, Sheryl Youngblood Band @ Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago
Buddy Guy's Legends
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Dave Specter – Six String Soul: 30 Years On Delmark 2LP
Dave Specter – Six String Soul: 30 Years On Delmark Delmark 870 Gatefold double LP, Black vinyl & blue vinyl Dave Specter’s 30-year musical journey on Delmark showcases the guitarist, songwriter and vocalist surrounded by a stellar lineup of special guests including: OTIS CLAY • JIMMY JOHNSON • RONNIE EARL • LURRIE BELL • BILLY…
Jimmy Johnson – I Need Some Easy Money / Ashes In My Ashtray – 7″ 45rpm Record
Jimmy Johnson – I Need Some Easy Money / Ashes In My Ashtray – 7″ 45rpm Record from the out-of-print Delmark LP DS-644 Johnson’s Whacks 7″ 45rpm Record (1980) Jimmy Johnson’s Johnson’s Whacks (Delmark 644) album was released on Delmark Records in 1979. It immediately received critical acclaim with many writers commenting on Jimmy’s high-pitched,…
Sun Ra & The Arkestra – Sun Song
Sun Ra & The Arkestra – Sun Song Delmark 411 (1967) This album was Sun Ra’s first, originally released in 1957 on Transition Records as Jazz by Sun Ra. Includes Sun Ra’s original notes and poetry, such as “Explanation of Compositions,” “The Techniques I Employ,” and “Instructions to the Peoples of Earth.” Tracks include “Brainville,”…
Sun Ra & The Arkestra – Sound Of Joy
Sun Ra & The Arkestra – Sound Of Joy Delmark 414 Sun Ra’s second album was a Delmark release, although it was originally intended for the Transition label, which did not survive long enough to release it. Recorded in 1957 Personnel: Sun Ra, piano, electric piano; Art Hoyle & Dave Young, trumpets; John Gilmore, tenor…
Anthony Braxton – 3 Compositions Of New Jazz
Anthony Braxton – 3 Compositions Of New Jazz Delmark 415 [A.A.C.M. Jazz Series] (1968) Anthony Braxton was first documented as a player in 1967 on Muhal Richard Abrams’ Levels And Degrees Of Light (Delmark 413). Nine months of gestation produced this, his first recording as a leader. Braxton the player/composer/constructor is here at full length;…
Josh Berman – Old Idea
Josh Berman – Old Idea Delmark 588 (2009) For a decade jazz cornetist Josh Berman has been a mainstay of the post-Vandermark generation of Chicago improvisers, a wide circle of ambitious musos who meet up in varied ad hoc or fixed settings: a circle including all the players in Josh’s group Old Idea. He’s already…
Magic Sam – West Side Soul
Magic Sam – West Side Soul Delmark 615 w/ Mighty Joe Young. Five Stars from Downbeat! Sam’s Singing and playing have their roots deeply implanted in the Mississippi soil of his youth as well as in the traumatic everyday life of the raw West Side. But like all good blues and all great art, he…
J.B. Hutto & His Hawks – Hawk Squat
J.B. Hutto & His Hawks – Hawk Squat (w/ Sunnyland Slim) Delmark 617 “The raw-as-an-open-wound Chicago slide guitarist J.B. Hutto outdid himself throughout an outrageously raucous album anchored by an impossible-to-ignore ‘Hip Shakin’, the blaring title cut, and savage renditions of ‘20% Alcohol’ and ‘Notoriety Woman’.” -Bill Dahl, allmusic.com. The rough & rowdy blues heard…