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    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…

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      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…

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        Joseph Bowie & Oliver Lake – Live At ‘A Space’ 1976

        Jazz trombonist Joseph Bowie was 22 years young when this live album was recorded. It was his second album and he was establishing his own name – his brother Lester Bowie was already internationally renowned. Shortly after Joseph would form Defunkt. Co-leader Oliver Lake also heralded from BAG, the St. Louis music collective. The extraordinary…

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          Jose Ramirez – Major League Blues

          Jose Ramirez – Major League Blues Delmark DE 872 (March 18 2022) Compact Disc At 34 years old, blues artist Jose Ramirez has played with some of the biggest names in the blues industry. These artists include Buddy Guy, Anson Funderburgh, Janiva Magness, Mark Hummel, Bryan Lee and Mike Wheeler, to name a few. Jose…

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            Carey & Lurrie Bell – Gettin’ Up (Live)

            Carey & Lurrie Bell – Gettin’ Up (Live) Delmark DE 791 (2007) Compact Disc – Also available on DVD! Blues harmonica legend Carey Bell created his own style after learning from the masters: Big Walter, Little Walter, and Sonny Boy II. A veteran of both Muddy Waters’ & Willie Dixon’s bands, Carey celebrated his 70>th…

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              Mud Morganfield – Portrait

              STREET DATE:  NOVEMBER 11, 2022 Mud Morganfield – Portrait Delmark DE 876 (November 2022) Compact Disc “MUD MORGANFIELD has grown into a superstar on the blues circuit. Certainly, there will be comparisons to his dad, but that can be expected and rightly so. Mud comes as close to the Muddy experience as one can get….

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