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Roscoe Mitchell – Hey Donald
Roscoe Mitchell – Hey Donald Delmark DE 475 Compact Disc (1993) It’s hard to believe that 30 years have passed since Delmark issued Sound in 1966, the first recording of 26-year-old Roscoe Mitchell. This CD, Hey Donald was not intended as a commemorative release, but a more exciting merging of musicians could not have been…
Cecil Payne – Cerupa
Cecil Payne – Cerupa Delmark DE 478 Compact Disc (1995) By the time Cecil Payne left Dizzy Gillespie’s band in 1949, he was known as one of the most distinctive voices of the baritone saxophone. Of music, Louis Armstrong once said, “That’s my livin’ and my life. I love them notes.” A similar spirit guides…
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…
Mike Smith – Sinatra Songbook
Mike Smith – Sinatra Songbook Delmark DE 480 Compact Disc (1994) Every once in a while I am fortunate to meet and work with an unusually gifted musician – and when I do I hold on to him. Mike Smith is my man! He has the talent of the best I’ve worked with, and the…
Malachi Thompson & Africa Brass – Buddy Bolden’s Rag
Malachi Thompson & Africa Brass – Buddy Bolden’s Rag Delmark DE 481 Compact Disc (1995) In 1991 Trumpeter/Composer Malachi Thompson created Africa Brass out of the tradition of the old New Orleans brass bands. This is no repertory ensemble, but a musical extension of the spirit/energy that ended one era and began another. Thompson has…
Betty O’Hara – Horns Aplenty
Betty O’Hara – Horns Aplenty Delmark DD 482 (1995) Compact Disc We quote the world renowned jazz critic Leonard Feather’s article in the Los Angeles Times in a feature on Betty O’Hara. “You don’t find many musicians around nowadays who can play jazz on the double bell euphonium. Even fewer are those who can also…
Chuck Hedges – Skylark
Chuck Hedges – Skylark Delmark DD 452 (1995) Compact Disc Chuck Hedges was introduced to me by Wild Bill Davison when Chuck came out to play clarinet with Bill during the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl in 1982. Chuck was a great admirer of Johnny Varro, considering him one of the best jazz…
Ari Brown – Ultimate Frontier
Ari Brown – Ultimate Frontier Delmark DE 486 Compact Disc (1996) The music on Ultimate Frontier is all rooted in an earthy, highly emotional center. Its inherent accessibility stems from the music’s base in raw expression – A joyous shout or a lilting cry of sadness that requires no translation or explanation. The highlights of…