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Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup – Look On Yonder’s Wall
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup – Look On Yonder’s Wall Delmark DE 614 Compact Disc The human voice has rarely been as movingly rich as that of Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup nor has the human experience been so thoroughly mirrored as in the simple blues poetry of this big and gentle man from Mississippi. Some have…
Professor’s Blues Review – Professor Strut (w/ Karen Carroll)
Professor’s Blues Review – Professor Strut (w/ Karen Carroll) Delmark 650 Earl “Bud” Powell is the supreme pianist of modern jazz, dominating the piano as Charlie Parker did the saxophone. Bebop, and ensuing modern music, would be incomplete without his involute, driven melodies, without his chiaroscuro vision, and without the recordings – those of his…
J.T. Brown – Windy City Boogie
J.T. Brown – Windy City Boogie Delmark DE 714 (1998) – United Series Compact Disc J.T. Brown also recorded during United’s first day – and his “Windy City Boogie” was credited by United proprietor Leonard Allen with “saving our first money.” J.T. is best remembered for the accompaniments he provided for Muddy Waters, Elmore James,…
Billy Flynn – Lonesome Highway
Billy Flynn – Lonesome Highway Delmark DE 850 Compact Disc From sharing the Apollo Theater stage with Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons and others to backing Beyonce Knowles at Barack Obama’s Neighborhood Inaugural Ball and on her Grammy winning single from the movie Cadillac Records; from his prolific sideman work to his ten albums…
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…
Muhal Richard Abrams – Things To Come From Those Now Gone
Muhal Richard Abrams – Things To Come From Those Now Gone Delmark DD 430 (2000) Compact Disc Pianist Muhal Richard Abrams co-founded the AACM in 1965 and served as its president almost continuously until 1977 when he moved to New York. Michael Cuscuna wrote “In the mid ’60s, he spearheaded the AACM Chicago avant garde…