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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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        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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          Eddie C. Campbell – Spider Eating Preacher

          Eddie C. Campbell – Spider Eating Preacher Delmark DE 819 (2012) Compact Disc Spider Eating Preacher is the new album by Chicago blues legend Eddie C. Campbell and it’s a family affair. Eddie & Barbara’s musical partnership is in full blossom as Barbara plays bass on six songs. Barbara learned the authentic Chicago blues bass…

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            50 Years of Jazz and Blues: Jazz

            50 Years of Jazz and Blues: Jazz Delmark DD 904 2-CD Set (2003) The past half-century of jazz, from the Chicago perspective of Delmark Records, is a bit different than you’d find if you plumbed the catalog of any other label. It’s more fun, stranger, grittier and more intimate than the music typically purveyed by…

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              Breezy Rodio – Sometimes The Blues Got Me

              Breezy Rodio – Sometimes The Blues Got Me Delmark DE 853 Sometimes The Blues Got Me is Breezy Rodio’s debut album for Delmark Records. A review of Breezy’s self-produced 2015 release So Close To It said “Breezy Rodio absolutely smokes through this highly enjoyable mix of originals and covers. He has it all; the voice,…

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                Jimmy Johnson – North / South

                Jimmy Johnson – North / South Delmark DD 647 Compact Disc Jimmy Johnson came dramatically to the attention of the blues world with the release of his first American album, Johnson’s Whacks (Delmark 644), in 1979, one of the few albums around that time to project a new and distinctive blues personality. Originally issued in…

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