DE 565

    Yves Francois – Blues For Hawk

    Yves François – Blues For Hawk Delmark DE 565 Compact Disc (2006) With Special Guests Franz Jackson, Eddie Johnson and Odie Payne, Jr. Trumpeter Yves François has been active on Chicago’s jazz scene since the ’70s. Yves was brought up in a musical family, his father was a musician, his mother a ballerina. A trumpeter…

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      Jason Ajemían – The Art Of Dying

      Jason Ajemían – The Art Of Dying Delmark DE 581 (2008) Compact Disc What makes this group so important is the relationship that exists between its members. Bassist Jason Ajemian (Chicago Underground Trio, Lay All Over It, Born Heller) saxophonist Tim Haldeman, and drummer Nori Tanaka are regulars on the Chicago improv scene. Joined here…

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        Robert Nighthawk – Bricks In My Pillow

        Robert Nighthawk – Bricks In My Pillow Pearl PL-11 [United Series] LP Record Robert Nighthawk recorded for United at its first day of sessions and two of United’s first five releases were by “Robert Nighthawk and his Nighthawks Band”. He had a national hit in late ’49 on Aristocrat and perhaps United envisioned Nighthawk as…

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          Johnny Burgin & Special Guests – No Border Blues

          Johnny Burgin & Special Guests – No Border Blues Delmark DE 863 Compact Disc The 1970’s Japanese tours of Chicago blues legends Otis Rush, Jimmy Dawkins, Eddie Taylor, and others created a small but intense Japanese blues scene that bursts over with talent three generations and over forty years later. Delmark Records was there at…

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            Dave Specter – Six String Soul: 30 Years On Delmark 2CD

            Dave Specter – Six String Soul: 30 Years On Delmark Delmark DE 870 (October 22 2021) 2-CD Digi-Pak with ten-page insert booklet Dave Specter’s 30-year musical journey on Delmark showcases the guitarist, songwriter and vocalist surrounded by a stellar lineup of special guests including: OTIS CLAY • JIMMY JOHNSON • RONNIE EARL • LURRIE BELL…

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              Andy Brown Quartet – Direct Call

              Andy Brown Quartet – Direct Call Delmark DE 5023 (2015) Compact Disc Andy Brown’s previous album, Soloist (Delmark 5019), received outstanding reviews in JazzTimes, Jazziz, Vintage Guitar and in Down Beat where Scott Yanow described Andy as “a fixture on the Chicago jazz scene since 2003 … a superior mainstream guitarist”. Direct Call features a…

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                Dave Specter – Six String Soul: 30 Years On Delmark 2LP

                Dave Specter – Six String Soul: 30 Years On Delmark Delmark 870 Gatefold double LP, Black vinyl & blue vinyl Dave Specter’s 30-year musical journey on Delmark showcases the guitarist, songwriter and vocalist surrounded by a stellar lineup of special guests including: OTIS CLAY • JIMMY JOHNSON • RONNIE EARL • LURRIE BELL • BILLY…

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                  Mike Wheeler – Self Made Man

                  Mike Wheeler – Self Made Man Delmark DE 824 (2012) Compact Disc Mike Wheeler has been playing the blues for almost 30 years and has played with Koko Taylor, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Shemekia Copeland, Jimmy Johnson, Son Seals, Willie Kent and a Who’s Who of today’s Chicago Blues! Mike is an extraordinary blues singer,…

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