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Delmark: 55 Years of Blues
55 Years of Blues Delmark DE 915 Compact Disc + DVD Set Delmark’s 55th anniversary blues bash at Buddy Guy’s Legends on March 7, 2008 was suitably festive, with most of Delmark’s local blues roster on hand and a Delmark Day proclamation from Mayor Daley and a Grammy Hall Of Fame Award for the groundbreaking…
DVD: Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble – The Messenger: Live At The Original Velvet Lounge
Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble – The Messenger: Live At The Original Velvet Lounge Delmark DVD 1570 AACM saxophonist/composer/bandleader Ernest Dawkins brought his New Horizons Ensemble into the Velvet Lounge on July 14, 2005 for this live CD knowing it would be one of the groups’ last performances at the historic “old” Velvet Lounge, now…
DVD: Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – Hot ‘N’ Heavy: Live At The Ascension Loft
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – Hot ‘N’ Heavy [Live At The Ascension Loft] Delmark DVD 1574 (2007) Kahil El’Zabar, drums, earth drums, kalimba; Corey Wilkes, trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion; Ernest Dawkins, alto and tenor saxophone, percussion; Fareed Haque, electric and acoustic guitar. In a DownBeat review of their previous Delmark album, Freedom Jazz Dance (Delmark 517), Paul…
DVD: Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble – Black Unstoppable
Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble – Black Unstoppable Delmark DVD 1575 (2008) Nicole Mitchell brings an exciting new approach to flute improvisation. Co-president of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), she is the founder of the critically acclaimed Black Earth Ensemble. Mitchell, Downbeat magazine’s “#1 Rising Star Flutist 2006 and 2007,” has…
DVD: Ari Brown – Live At The Green Mill
DVD: Ari Brown – Live At The Green Mill Delmark DVD 1577 (2008) In reviews of Ari’s first two Delmark albums, Ultimate Frontier (Delmark 486) and Venus (Delmark 504), writers often used phrases like “overwhelming emotional immediacy” (Down Beat), “rare depth of feeling” (Jazziz) and “raw emotion and ferocity” (JazzTimes). Ari carries on the Chicago…
DVD: Tail Dragger – My Head Is Bald: Live At Verne’s Friendly Lounge, Chicago
DVD: Tail Dragger – My Head Is Bald: Live At Verne’s Friendly Lounge, Chicago Delmark DVD 1782 (2006) A wonderfully dramatic showman, Tail Dragger also possesses one of the most authentic and distinct Chicago Blues voices ever. In 1998, his American People (Delmark 728) CD, was described as “tour de force Chicago Blues” by Art…
DVD: Jimmy Burns – Live At B.L.U.E.S.
DVD:Jimmy Burns – Live At B.L.U.E.S. Delmark DVD 1789 Born in Dublin, Mississippi in 1943, Jimmy Burns derived his earliest inspiration from the records of Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and others. After Jimmy moved to Chicago in the mid-’50s he discovered a scene that was perfect for the meld of traditional blues, churchy emotionalism,…
DVD: Dave Specter – Live In Chicago
Dave Specter – Live In Chicago Delmark DVD 1794 Blues guitarist Dave Specter is never prone to grandstanding. He communicates an inherent sense of style and form, subtlety and swing, keeping his magnetic needle always fixed on a steady, unalterable course. Recorded live at Buddy Guy’s Legends and Rosa’s Blues Lounge, Live In Chicago features…
