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    Don Menza / Pete Magadini – Live At Claudio’s

    Don Menza / Pete Magadini – Live At Claudios This 1991 live album is a reunion of the same group that recorded Bones Blues (Sackville SK 4004) in 1977, still rated as a milestone in these musicians’ artistry. Don Menza is a powerful tenor saxophonist, with a dynamic and distinctive sound and style. Menza joined…

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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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        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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            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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