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Willie “The Lion” Smith & Don Ewell – Stride Piano Duets
Willie “The Lion” Smith & Don Ewell – Stride Piano Duets Delmark DE 249 Compact Disc (2008) In the 1920s, Willie “The Lion” Smith was considered one of the big three of stride piano, along with James P. Johnson and Fats Waller. He was an influence on the young Duke Ellington. Although he was a…
Willie Buck – The Life I Love
Willie Buck – The Life I Love Delmark DE 805 (2015) Compact Disc With Louis Myers, Dave Myers, Mac Simmons and Big Moose Walker! Blues vocalist Willie Buck was born in 1937 in the small town of Houston, Mississippi. Willie performed on what became known as the “Chittlin Circuit” bouncing between Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, North…
Andrew Lamb – Portrait In The Mist
Andrew Lamb – Portrait In The Mist Delmark DE 479 Compact Disc (1994) “… to be an individual with his own voice, telling his own story, in his own manner. These are the same qualities that I see in my influences which include Archie Shepp, Marion Brown, Lester Young, John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, Rahsaan Roland…
Willie “The Lion” Smith & Don Ewell – Grand Piano Duets
Willie “The Lion” Smith & Don Ewell – Grand Piano Duets In the spring of 1965 pianist Don Ewell began his four-week engagement in Toronto that lasted seven months. David Gillman, a jazz fan and one-time promoter, started hanging at the Golden Nugget and was reminded of another stride legend Willie “The Lion” Smith who…
The Dixie Stompers – At Westminster College
The Dixie Stompers – At Westminster College Delmark DE 204 (2007) Compact Disc This 1957 recording has not been available since the original LP issue which has been out of print for decades. In addition to the live concert at Westminster College this new CD also features recordings in the intimate setting of informal home…
Earl Hines – At Home
Earl Hines – At Home Delmark DD 212 (1997) Compact Disc Earl Hines is known as one of the best jazz pianists of all-time. Count Basie said Earl is “the greatest piano player in the world.” In his liner notes, Stanley Dance reports, “Everyone who has heard these performances-musicians and critics alike-has recognized them as…
George Lewis & Don Ewell – Reunion
George Lewis & Don Ewell – Reunion Delmark DE 220 These musicians were among the original practitioners of New Orleans style traditional jazz music. When this live performance was recorded in 1966, there may have been less than 20 musicians who could be included in that category. The Bunk Johnson New Orleans Band that first…
Gene Mayl’s Dixieland Rhythm Kings – The New Low Down
Gene Mayl’s Dixieland Rhythm Kings – The New Low Down Delmark DE 232 Compact Disc (2004) Live concert originally issued on LP as “Trip To Waukesha” on the Blackbird label. Recorded November 21, 1965. Tracks 4,6,7 & 9 previously unissued.
Billy Butterfield & Andy Bartha – Take Me To The Land Of Jazz
Billy Butterfield & Andy Bartha – Take Me to The Land of Jazz Delmark DE 243 Compact Disc (2005) Trumpeter Billy Butterfield could play pretty ballads and heated Traditional Jazz with equal skill. Butterfield’s career goes back to the ’30s when he became famous playing with Bob Crosby’s Orchestra (’37-’40), taking the main solo on…
Jazz O’Maniacs – Sunset Cafe Stomp
Jazz O’Maniacs – Sunset Cafe Stomp Delmark DE 244 Compact Disc – Also Available on DVD! This traditional jazz group from Hamburg, Germany came to Meyers Ace Hardware on 35th Street in Chicago to perform at what was once the famous Sunset Cafe where Louis Armstrong played in the ’30s. The building is an official…