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Ira Sullivan Presents: Lin Halliday – East of the Sun
Ira Sullivan Presents: Lin Halliday – East of the Sun Delmark DE 457 Compact Disc Lin Halliday has captured the attention of Miles Davis, Pearl Bailey and her bandleader husband Louis Bellson, and comedian Lenny Bruce. In addition to exploring interesting tonal textures, Halliday also plays very close attention to the structures of melodies. Like…
Mike Smith Quintet – The Traveler
Mike Smith Quintet – The Traveler Delmark DE 462 Compact Disc “This album is the closest to how we play now. The band started out as a ‘Cannonball’ band, Playing a lot of Cannon’s material,” Mike Smith says, referring to one of his chief influences, alto great Cannonball Adderley – the other is Charlie Parker….
Zane Massey – Brass Knuckles
Zane Massey – Brass Knuckles Delmark DD 464 (1992) Compact Disc As a youth, Zane was exposed to the pervasive influence of music; “When I was growing up my father (the legendary trumpeter, composer and arranger Cal Massey) had rehearsals at the house with people like John Coltrane. Perhaps what is most striking about Massey’s…
Chuck Hedges Swingtet – Live at Andy’s
Chuck Hedges Swingtet – Live at Andy’s Delmark DE 465 Compact Disc (1994) On Monday nights at Andy’s in Chicago you can be transported to another time – the 30s, 40s, 50s, – a time when music was swinging and ballads were beautiful. Chuck Hedges has been at Andy’s from the musical beginning in 1978,…
Jodie Christian – Rain Or Shine
Jodie Christian – Rain or Shine Delmark DE 467 Compact Disc (1993) As a very spiritual and life-long family man, Jodie Christian has chosen to remain in Chicago for most of his career. That stay-at-home spirituality is important in the creative process and is self-evident in the music he makes, whether his own compositions or…
Barrett Deems Big Band – How D’You Like It So Far?
Barrett Deems Big Band – How D’You Like It So Far? Delmark DE 472 Compact Disc With Rich Corpolongo, Brad Goode, Audrey Morrison, and many more… “4 Stars” – Downbeat
Malachi Thompson – New Standards
Malachi Thompson – New Standards Delmark DD 473 Compact Disc (1994) Malachi’s Freebop Band has maintained itself as one of the premier ensembles in modern music. From the bursting opening sounds of New Standards one feel the defining element sof the genre: ‘hard bop’ combined with the energies of the avant-garde.
Ed Peterson – The Haint
Ed Petersen – The Haint Delmark DE 474 Compact Disc (1993) This second Delmark album by Ed Petersen was recorded just in the nick of time – as he was packing his bags to leave Chicago. Recently, he accepted the position of assistant professor of jazz studies at The University of New Orleans where he…