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Goran Ivanovic & Fareed Haque – IndoBalkan
Goran Ivanovic & Fareed Haque – IndoBalkan Delmark DE 5034 Compact Disc (2020) After a 20-year hiatus, virtuoso guitarists Goran Ivanovic and Fareed Haque have joined forces again! A year of intensive touring and composing has produced IndoBalkan, the duo’s debut release on Delmark Records. Featuring rising star percussionist Juan Pastor and incorporating elements of…

Eduardo Fernández – Guitar
Eduardo Fernández – Guitar Delmark DE 5033 Compact Disc (2020) For his debut on Delmark Classics guitar virtuoso Eduardo Fernández put together a program covering two centuries of music and two continents. From Paganini to Brouwer, this album offers a variety of schools, tendencies and techniques that very few performers can match. In addition to…

Jimmy Johnson – Every Day of Your Life
Jimmy Johnson – Every Day of Your Life Delmark DE 861 Compact Disc (2020) Four decades ago, Jimmy Johnson permanently established himself as a front-rank Chicago bluesman with his unusually imaginative Delmark debut album Johnson’s Whacks (DE 644). Now he’s come full circle: Jimmy’s back on Delmark with this exciting release, which shows that he…

Breezy Rodio – If It Ain’t Broke Don’t Fix It
Breezy Rodio – If It Ain’t Broke Don’t Fix It Delmark DE 860 (2019) The latest project by Breezy Rodio, If It Ain’t Broke Don’t Fix It, presents vibrant, new, quality original material. Rodio has pro- duced a veritable smorgasbord of tasty songs. With the use of A-list musicians, dynamic horn arrangements and inventive original…

Dave Specter – Blues From The Inside Out
Dave Specter – Blues From The Inside Out Delmark DE 859 (2019) Blues From The Inside Out is the most expressive project of Dave Specter’s 35-year career. Featuring his debut as a vocalist, the album is an exciting and timely celebration of blues, soul, jazz, funk and gospel. These are fine times to hear Specter,…

Metropolitan Jazz Octet / Dee Alexander – It’s Too Hot For Words: Celebrating Billie Holiday
Metropolitan Jazz Octet / Dee Alexander – It’s Too Hot For Words: Celebrating Billie Holiday Delmark DE 5032 (2019) Compact Disc You won’t need to get very far into this disc – about 75 seconds, I’d say – to know why the Metropolitan Jazz Octet and Dee Alexander seem made for each other. After the…

Javier Red’s Imagery Converter – Ephemeral Certainties
Javier Red’s Imagery Converter – Ephemeral Certainties Delmark DE 5031 (2019) Compact Disc This is music for the time after. After so many trends and the aftermath of 20th century’s aesthetic propositions this is music that reflects into itself and contemplates itself on a historical mirror without recurring to the alibi of the “tribute”. This…

Johnny Burgin – Live
Johnny Burgin – Live Delmark DE 858 (2019) My thing has always been live music. Going to shows, booking shows, playing shows. Playing with the best musicians I could. More than anything, I loved the feeling of getting in the van and going. Even better, once I got there, I love the feeling of knockin’…