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Merle Koch and Michele’s Silver Stope Jazz Band
Merle Koch and Michele’s Silver Stope Jazz Band Jump J12-11 LP Record
Josh Berman Trio – A Dance And A Hop
Josh Berman Trio – A Dance And A Hop Delmark 5021 (2015) As this new album A Dance and a Hop makes clear, jazz cornetist Josh Berman’s music has grown by leaps and bounds (or hops). It’s only his third as leader–the first two, also on Delmark, were Old Idea (Delmark 2009) and There Now…
Jason Adasiewicz’s Sun Rooms – From The Region
Jason Adasiewicz’s Sun Rooms – From The Region Delmark 5017 (2014) From The Region documents Jason Adasiewicz’s Sun Rooms as they explore the sparse territory of the vibraphone trio. On their third record, the Chicago-based collective navigates a new batch of tunes written by Adasiewicz, called “one of the great vibraphonists of our time” by…
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…
Big Joe Williams; J.D. Short – Stavin’ Chain Blues
Big Joe Williams & J.D. Short – Stavin’ Chain Blues Delmark 609 …Joe dug into a patched and scuffed cardboard guitar case, rummaged through a spare shirt and old recording contracts and came out with a handbill with his photo on it to prove that he was “the” Joe Williams of Columbia Records fame. Once…
Sunnyland Slim – House Rent Party
Sunnyland Slim – House Rent Party Delmark 655 [Apollo Series] The place Lester Davenport and so many others commonly found him was at a “house” Sunnyland Slim ran from 1947 through ’54 at 26th St. and S.Prairie. “It wasn’t no mansion or nothin’ like that but it was comfortable,” Davenport recalled of the basement hangout….
Tad Robinson – One To Infinity
One To Infinity consists mostly of Tad Robinson’s own songs with their gritty, urban imagery, whether about pounding the city streets looking for his former love in “Empty Apartment Blues”, or describing the glistening city pavement in “Raining In New York”. The mood and groove varies from the Albert Collins – styled shuffle, ” Walking…