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    Cecil Payne – Chick Boom: Live at the Jazz Showcase

    Cecil Payne – Chick Boom: Live at the Jazz Showcase Delmark DE 529 Compact Disc (2001) During Cecil Payne’s two years with Dizzy Gillespie he recorded solos on “Ow!” and “Stay On It” that cemented his reputation as bebop’s first baritonist. On a 1948 session with James Moody and Chano Pozo, Cecil waxed the oft-recorded…

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      Paul Lingle – Live At The Jug Club

      Paul Lingle – Live At The Jug Club Delmark DE 219 (2004) Compact Disc Paul Lingle began playing ragtime and jazz in his teens and continued until his death on October 30, 1962. His piano training made him capable of playing classical music, but he preferred the music of Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, and…

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        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…

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          Mississippi Heat – Let’s Live It Up!

          Mississippi Heat – Let’s Live It Up! Delmark DE 807 (2010) Compact Disc Let’s Live It Up! is Mississippi Heat’s third recording for Delmark. For this outing, the band recorded fourteen new original songs, with eleven of them by leader and harmonica player Pierre Lacocque. Special guest John Primer sings on thee cuts while the…

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            Jimmy Burns – Live At B.L.U.E.S.

            Jimmy Burns – Live At B.L.U.E.S. Delmark DE 789 (2007) Compact Disc – Also available on DVD! 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…

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              DVD: Fred Anderson – Timeless: Live at the Velvet Lounge

              DVD: Fred Anderson – Timeless: Live At The Velvet Lounge Delmark DVD 1568 (2006) Chicago tenor sax legend Fred Anderson has received significant press recently regarding the closing of the original location of his internationally-renowned club The Velvet Lounge. This Fred Anderson live recording is his third for Delmark, following the very successful On The…

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