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Billy Butterfield & Andy Bartha – Take Me To The Land Of Jazz
Billy Butterfield & Andy Bartha – Take Me to The Land of Jazz Delmark DE 243 Compact Disc (2005) Trumpeter Billy Butterfield could play pretty ballads and heated Traditional Jazz with equal skill. Butterfield’s career goes back to the ’30s when he became famous playing with Bob Crosby’s Orchestra (’37-’40), taking the main solo on…
Jazz O’Maniacs – Sunset Cafe Stomp
Jazz O’Maniacs – Sunset Cafe Stomp Delmark DE 244 Compact Disc – Also Available on DVD! This traditional jazz group from Hamburg, Germany came to Meyers Ace Hardware on 35th Street in Chicago to perform at what was once the famous Sunset Cafe where Louis Armstrong played in the ’30s. The building is an official…
Willie “The Lion” Smith & Don Ewell – Stride Piano Duets
Willie “The Lion” Smith & Don Ewell – Stride Piano Duets Delmark DE 249 Compact Disc (2008) In the 1920s, Willie “The Lion” Smith was considered one of the big three of stride piano, along with James P. Johnson and Fats Waller. He was an influence on the young Duke Ellington. Although he was a…
Garvin Bushell and Friends – One Steady Roll
Garvin Bushell and Friends – One Steady Roll Delmark DE 250 Compact Disc (2009) Jazz clarinetist Garvin Bushell’s 1988 autobiography is rightly titled “Jazz From the Beginning”. Bushell recorded with great pianists — James P. Johnson, Fats Waller, Willie “The Lion” Smith, Jelly Roll Morton — and with important swing orchestras, such as those led…
The Fat Babies – Chicago Hot
The Fat Babies – Chicago Hot Delmark DE 253 Compact Disc (2012) Chicago Hot is the debut release by Chicago’s newest hot jazz group, The Fat Babies.?The band was started two years ago by string bassist and band leader, Beau Sample, and has held down a Sunday residency at Chicago’s Honky Tonk BBQ ever since.?The…
Jim Cooper – Tough Town (w/ Ira Sullivan)
Jim Cooper (w/ Ira Sullivan) – Tough Town Delmark DD 446 (1991) Compact Disc The “Tough Town” is Chicago, and on his debut recording, Jim Cooper strives to capture its essence–its blues and grit, but also its sophistication and its sentiment. Cooper knows his subject well, having spent his life in and around Chicago, growing…
Ira Sullivan Presents: Lin Halliday – Delayed Exposure
Ira Sullivan Presents: Lin Halliday – Delayed Exposure Delmark DE 449 Compact Disc (1991) At a time when the youth movement in jazz has yielded an avalanche of new artists still in their twenties and early thirties, this recording by Lin Halliday stands out as a unique and refreshing event. Delayed Exposure is an overdue…
