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Ira Sullivan Presents: The Jim Holman Trio – Blue Skies
Ira Sullivan Presents: The Jim Holman Trio – Blue Skies Delmark DE 5010 Compact Disc (2013) Chicago jazz pianist Jim Holman brings together an exciting crew for Blue Skies, his second Delmark CD. Multi-instrumentalist Ira Sullivan, who was there in bebop’s heyday and played with Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Art Blakey, and others continues to…
Ari Brown – Groove Awakening
Ari Brown – Groove Awakening Delmark DE 5011 Compact Disc (2013) Chicago is known as a jazz city that carries on the tough tenor tradition. The blues feeling was always an important element for the great tenor sax players like Gene Ammons, Von Freeman, Eddie Johnson, Red Holloway and now that they are all gone…
Fareed Haque – Trance Hypothesis
Fareed Haque – Trance Hypothesis Delmark DE 5012 Compact Disc (2013) A powerful blend of groove jazz, world music, electronica and Punjabi folk, Trance Hypothesis is Fareed Haque’s debut as a leader for Delmark. Driven by Haque’s incisive and funky bebop guitar playing the album also features a diverse cast of world musicians including Essam…
Jason Roebke Octet – High/Red/Center
Jason Roebke Octet – High/Red/Center Delmark DE 5014 Compact Disc (2014) Composer and double bassist Jason Roebke is the backbone of many of Chicago’s forward-looking jazz groups. Now he brings an octet of Chicago’s finest improvisers on the new recording, High/Red/Center. The program of eleven new compositions is deeply rooted in rich Ellington-ian harmony while…
Andy Brown – Soloist
Andy Brown – Soloist Delmark DE 5019 Compact Disc (2015) Solo jazz guitar is an exacting art, and Chicago guitarist Andy Brown has been pursuing his unique finger-style approach to chord-melody playing since falling under the spell of George Van Eps, Joe Pass, and Kenny Poole a couple of decades ago. Praised by Just Jazz…
Dave McDonnell Group – The Time Inside A Year
Dave McDonnell Group – The Time Inside A Year Delmark DE 5020 Compact Disc (2015) One of Dave McDonnell’s biggest takeaways from putting time in with dozens of outfits is a desire for his own music to be immediate and reactive, mindful of pulse and the body’s innate rhythm but also cerebral. A groove-oriented framework…
Larry Novak – Invitation
Larry Novak – Invitation Delmark DE 5022 Compact Disc (2015) It’s been 50 years since the jazz pianist released his first album Larry Novak Plays! on Dot Records in 1964. Novak led his trio at Chicago’s London House from 1961 to ’63, then at Mr. Kelly’s from ’63 to ’75. He played with and arranged…
Anthony Davis – Of Blues And Dreams
Anthony Davis – Of Blues And Dreams Sackville SKCD2-3020 Compact Disc Featuring Leroy Jenkins, Abdul Wadud, Pheeroan ak Laff.