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    Delmark: 60 Years Of Jazz

    Delmark: 60 Years Of Jazz Delmark DE 916 Compact Disc (2013) Perhaps best known as a blues label Delmark Records actually has issued more jazz albums than blues and was the first label to record Chicago’s AACM jazz collective. Founded in 1953 by Bob Koester, Delmark Records continues to record jazz and blues under Koester’s…

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      Johnny Iguana’s Chicago Spectacular!

      Johnny Iguana – Johnny Iguana’s Chicago Spectacular! Delmark DE 864 (August 21 2020) Compact Disc ** POSTER ENCLOSED** Growing up up in Philadelphia, Johnny Iguana really zeroed in on Junior Wells and Otis Spann after becoming obsessed with Chicago blues at age 15. In his later teens, armed with a fake ID and a sport…

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        Johnny Burgin & Special Guests – No Border Blues

        Johnny Burgin & Special Guests – No Border Blues Delmark DE 863 Compact Disc The 1970’s Japanese tours of Chicago blues legends Otis Rush, Jimmy Dawkins, Eddie Taylor, and others created a small but intense Japanese blues scene that bursts over with talent three generations and over forty years later. Delmark Records was there at…

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          Goran Ivanovic & Fareed Haque – IndoBalkan

          Goran Ivanovic & Fareed Haque – IndoBalkan Delmark DE 5034 Compact Disc (2020) After a 20-year hiatus, virtuoso guitarists Goran Ivanovic and Fareed Haque have joined forces again! A year of intensive touring and composing has produced IndoBalkan, the duo’s debut release on Delmark Records. Featuring rising star percussionist Juan Pastor and incorporating elements of…

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          DE 491

            Carl Leukaufe – Warrior

            Carl Leukaufe – Warrior Delmark DE 491 Compact Disc (1996) Warrior is Carl Leukaufe’s recording debut as a leader. Long overdue, it brings with it some of the vital freshness so evident in today’s Chicago jazz scene. This is innovative and invigorating music that exhilarates the listener with its freshness; a reflection of the soul…

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              Mike Smith – Sinatra Songbook

              Mike Smith – Sinatra Songbook Delmark DE 480 Compact Disc (1994) Every once in a while I am fortunate to meet and work with an unusually gifted musician – and when I do I hold on to him. Mike Smith is my man! He has the talent of the best I’ve worked with, and the…

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              DE 565

                Yves Francois – Blues For Hawk

                Yves François – Blues For Hawk Delmark DE 565 Compact Disc (2006) With Special Guests Franz Jackson, Eddie Johnson and Odie Payne, Jr. Trumpeter Yves François has been active on Chicago’s jazz scene since the ’70s. Yves was brought up in a musical family, his father was a musician, his mother a ballerina. A trumpeter…

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                  Jason Ajemían – The Art Of Dying

                  Jason Ajemían – The Art Of Dying Delmark DE 581 (2008) Compact Disc What makes this group so important is the relationship that exists between its members. Bassist Jason Ajemian (Chicago Underground Trio, Lay All Over It, Born Heller) saxophonist Tim Haldeman, and drummer Nori Tanaka are regulars on the Chicago improv scene. Joined here…

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                    Brad Goode – Tight Like This

                    Brad Goode – Tight Like This Delmark DE 594 Compact Disc (2010) Jazz trumpeter Brad Goode is back with his fourth Delmark CD, Tight Like This (yes, the same “Tight Like This” recorded by Louis Armstrong’s Hot 5). He is accompanied by Adrean Farrugia, piano; Kelly Sill, bass; Anthony Lee, drums. A review of Goode’s…

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