DE 5019

    Andy Brown – Soloist

    Andy Brown – Soloist Delmark DE 5019 Compact Disc (2015) Solo jazz guitar is an exacting art, and Chicago guitarist Andy Brown has been pursuing his unique finger-style approach to chord-melody playing since falling under the spell of George Van Eps, Joe Pass, and Kenny Poole a couple of decades ago. Praised by Just Jazz…

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      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…

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        Piano Red – Dr. Feelgood

        Piano Red – Dr. Feelgood Delmark DD 740 (2000) [Euphonic Series] Compact Disc Willie Perryman, younger brother of Speckled Red, began recording in 1936 accompanying Blind Willie McTell but it was during the 1950s that Piano Red recorded a stream of gold records for Victor. Red had a second successful career as Dr. Feelgood on…

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          Carey & Lurrie Bell – Gettin’ Up (Live)

          Carey & Lurrie Bell – Gettin’ Up (Live) Delmark DE 791 (2007) Compact Disc – Also available on DVD! Blues harmonica legend Carey Bell created his own style after learning from the masters: Big Walter, Little Walter, and Sonny Boy II. A veteran of both Muddy Waters’ & Willie Dixon’s bands, Carey celebrated his 70>th…

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            Mud Morganfield – Portrait

            STREET DATE:  NOVEMBER 11, 2022 Mud Morganfield – Portrait Delmark DE 876 (November 2022) Compact Disc “MUD MORGANFIELD has grown into a superstar on the blues circuit. Certainly, there will be comparisons to his dad, but that can be expected and rightly so. Mud comes as close to the Muddy experience as one can get….

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              Betty O’Hara – Horns Aplenty

              Betty O’Hara – Horns Aplenty Delmark DD 482 (1995) Compact Disc We quote the world renowned jazz critic Leonard Feather’s article in the Los Angeles Times in a feature on Betty O’Hara. “You don’t find many musicians around nowadays who can play jazz on the double bell euphonium. Even fewer are those who can also…

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                Earl Hines – At Home

                Earl Hines – At Home Delmark DD 212 (1997) Compact Disc Earl Hines is known as one of the best jazz pianists of all-time. Count Basie said Earl is “the greatest piano player in the world.” In his liner notes, Stanley Dance reports, “Everyone who has heard these performances-musicians and critics alike-has recognized them as…

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