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    Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble – Capetown Shuffle: Live at HotHouse

    Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble – Capetown Shuffle [Live at HotHouse] Delmark DG 545 (2003) Compact Disc An inspired soulfulness dominates the four extended compositions that make up Capetown Shuffle, the second Delmark release by saxophonist Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble. Recorded in Chicago, August of 2002, Capetown Shuffle celebrates numerous facets of the African…

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      Otis Rush – So Many Roads: Live in Japan

      Otis Rush – So Many Roads: Live in Japan Delmark 643 (1977) Live performances of the blues were a new and rare event in Japan when Otis Rush went there in 1975 as part of a package-tour with Big Joe Williams, Little Brother Montgomery and the Jimmy Dawkins band featuring Jimmy Johnson, but the wild…

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        Art Ensemble Of Chicago – Live

        Art Ensemble Of Chicago – Live Delmark DE 432 Compact Disc (1991) 76 minutes of music, recorded live at Mandel Hall, University of Chicago. January 15, 1972. After what seemed a very long time, the Art Ensemble was back from residence in Europe. his concert was a combination “Hey, were back”/”welcome home” affair for the…

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          Norrie Cox – Live at Illiana

          Norrie Cox – Live at Illiana Delmark DE 241 Compact Disc (2002) As a young man in England Norrie Cox led his own outfit, the San Jacinto Jazz Band, during the trad boom of the late ’50s and early ’60s. Cox moved to the U.S. in ’66 but it wasn’t until 1989 that he, along…

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            Chuck Hedges Swingtet – Live at Andy’s

            Chuck Hedges Swingtet – Live at Andy’s Delmark DE 465 Compact Disc (1994) On Monday nights at Andy’s in Chicago you can be transported to another time – the 30s, 40s, 50s, – a time when music was swinging and ballads were beautiful. Chuck Hedges has been at Andy’s from the musical beginning in 1978,…

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