No Events
no
Rob Mazurek w/ Exploding Star Electroacoustic Ensemble – The Space Between
Rob Mazurek w/ Exploding Star Electroacoustic Ensemble – The Space Between Delmark DE 5007 2 Disc CD + DVD Set (2013) The Space Between is a multi-faceted sound/visual orchestration based on the idea of multiplying forces and the space between these forces. Both macro and micro, this new work (commissioned by Meet the Composer USA)…
Howard Alden + Andy Brown Quartet – Heavy Artillery
Howard Alden + Andy Brown Quartet – Heavy Artillery Delmark DE 5008 Compact Disc (2013) New York guitarist Howard Alden and Chicago guitarist Andy Brown co-lead a swinging two-guitar quartet session. Playing a mix of standards, Brazilian tunes, and songs by fellow jazz guitarists, this recording documents a fifteen-year relationship between the two musicians. “Howard…
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…
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…
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…
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…
