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Jason Adasiewicz’s Sun Rooms – Spacer
Jason Adasiewicz’s Sun Rooms – Spacer Delmark 2012 (2011) Sun Rooms is Jason Adasiewicz’s three year old trio featuring Jason (vibraphone), Mike Reed (drums) and Nate McBride (bass). Their debut record Sun Rooms (Delmark 593) was named by the New York Times (Ben Ratliff) as one of the Top 10 Pop and Jazz Records of…
Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet – Stellar Pulsations
Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet – Stellar Pulsations Delmark 2018 (2012) Rob Mazurek’s latest venture into the universe of sound is the all mighty Pulsar Quartet featuring the magic and power of Angelica Sanchez, piano; the melodic shapes of Matthew Lux, bass; the polyrhythmic galaxies of John Herndon, drums and the solar arcs of Rob Mazurek…
Jason Ajemían – Folklords
Jason Ajemían – Folklords Delmark 5016 (2014) Jason Ajemían’s music conjures a fever dream of multiple musical universes. The bassist-composer has acquired a high profile during his years in Chicago & New York, performing with Marc Ribot’s Sun Ship, Matt Bauder’s Day In Pictures, Matana Robert’s CoinCoin, Rob Mazurek’s Exploding Star Orchestra & Chicago Underground…
Magic Sam – Black Magic
Magic Sam – Black Magic Delmark 620 Recorded on October 23 and November 6, 1968, Black Magic was released only days before Magic Sam’s untimely passing on December 1, 1969; he was only 32. The album went on to win a W.C. Handy Award in the classic blues album category. With Eddie Shaw, tenor sax;…
Junior Wells – Blues Hit Big Town
Junior Wells – Blues Hit Big Town Delmark 640 [United Series] These historic sessions also feature Louis and Dave Myers, Willie Dixon, Johnnie Jones, Fred Below and Odie Payne Jr. Recorded by United Records in ’53 & ’54 at Universal Studio in Chicago, eight sides were issued on the subsidiary States label. Delmark’s original LP…
Keefe Jackson / Jason Adasiewicz – Rows & Rows
Shaping their musical heritage together for 15 years, saxophonist Keefe Jackson and vibist Jason Adasiewicz have been vital in defining and refining “The Chicago Sound”. Their relationship with Delmark has spanned over a decade; combined they have 20 albums on the label. On Rows And Rows, six of the nine original compositions were composed specifically for the session, while the remaining three are older tunes re-imagined for duo. The atmosphere of a jazz duet can paint one of the most personal and intimate musical conversations. This one brings the listener into their world, creating a social environment that you may want to tap your foot to, or even go a little further.
Otis Rush – So Many Roads: Live in Japan
Otis Rush – So Many Roads: Live in Japan Delmark 643 (1977) Live performances of the blues were a new and rare event in Japan when Otis Rush went there in 1975 as part of a package-tour with Big Joe Williams, Little Brother Montgomery and the Jimmy Dawkins band featuring Jimmy Johnson, but the wild…
Exploding Star Orchestra – Stars Have Shapes
Exploding Star Orchestra – Stars Have Shapes Delmark 595 (2010) Jazz cornetist Rob Mazurek has created a sound world that is uniquely his own, sculpting a TOTAL sound environment, by fully utilizing the beautiful instrumentation of the Exploding Star Orchestra and sounds from a variety of sources, including: rain from the Brazilian Amazon, insects at…