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    Magic Sam – Rockin’ Wild In Chicago

    Magic Sam – Rockin’ Wild In Chicago Delmark DG 765 (2002) Compact Disc Even though he has now been gone for longer than his 32 year life span, Magic Sam continues to epitomize the “west side” school of Chicago blues musicians. His finger-plucked fleet-fingered long lines, screaming bends and squeezed chords, hand vibrato, driving rhythms…

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      Clarence “Jelly” Johnson – Low Down Papa

      Clarence “Jelly” Johnson – Low Down Papa Delmark DE 813 (2011) Compact Disc Originally recorded in Chicago during the mid to late 1920’s by the Capitol Music Roll Company and issued as nickelodeon piano rolls, these are some of the rarest hot piano solos ever made! This CD feature rolls transcribed by Clarence “Jelly” Johnson,…

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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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        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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            Elliott Sharp – Twenty Dollar Bill

            DIGITAL SINGLE  Elliott Sharp’s Terraplane – Twenty Dollar Bill – OUT NOW! Delmark 883-8 Digital Single Twenty-Dollar Bill – Elliott Sharp’s Terraplane featuring Eric Mingus Release Date: March 22, 2024 Written by Elliott Sharp, “Twenty-Dollar Bill” is both a lament about the nature and value of folding money in today’s world as well as a…

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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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                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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                  Robert Nighthawk – Bricks In My Pillow

                  Robert Nighthawk – Bricks In My Pillow Pearl PL-11 [United Series] LP Record Robert Nighthawk recorded for United at its first day of sessions and two of United’s first five releases were by “Robert Nighthawk and his Nighthawks Band”. He had a national hit in late ’49 on Aristocrat and perhaps United envisioned Nighthawk as…

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                    Josh Abrams – Cipher

                    Josh Abrams – Cipher Delmark DG 546 (2003) Compact Disc Bassist Josh Abrams’ quartet embodies a devastating geographic cross section of today’s free music. Abrams started in Philly’s The Roots and went on to Chicago’s Town And Country and the David Boykin Expanse. Jeff Parker is well known for his work with Tortoise, Chicago Underground,…

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