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Norrie Cox – Live at Illiana
Norrie Cox – Live at Illiana Delmark DE 241 Compact Disc (2002) As a young man in England Norrie Cox led his own outfit, the San Jacinto Jazz Band, during the trad boom of the late ’50s and early ’60s. Cox moved to the U.S. in ’66 but it wasn’t until 1989 that he, along…
Kansas City Frank Melrose – Bluesiana
Kansas City Frank Melrose – Bluesiana Delmark DE 245 (2006) Compact Disc Pianist Frank Melrose was the younger brother of music publishers and agents Walter and Lester Melrose, who ran Melrose Brothers music store in Chicago and were very involved in the business end of the Chicago jazz and blues scene of the ’20s and…
Dewey Jackson – Live At The Barrel, 1952 (feat. Don Ewell)
Dewey Jackson – Live at the Barrel 1952 (feat. Don Ewell) Delmark DE 246 Compact Disc (2006) With Don Ewell, piano; Frank Chace, clarinet; Sid Dawson, trombone; and Booker T. Washington, drums. The release of this CD should transform St. Louis’ legendary trumpet player, Dewey Jackson, from a footnote to his rightful place in jazz…
Mike Walbridge’s Chicago Footwarmers – Crazy Rhythm
Mike Walbridge’s Chicago Footwarmers – Crazy Rhythm Delmark DE 247 Compact Disc (2007) Traditional jazz tubaist Mike Walbridge has been active on the Chicago scene for forty five years as leader of The Chicago Footwarmers and a member of the Chicago Salty Dogs. Clarinetist/alto saxist Kim Cusack has been jamming with Mike since their teens!…
Wally Rose – Whippin’ the Keys
Wally Rose – Whippin’ the Keys Delmark DE 248 Compact Disc (2008) Pianist Wally Rose was the original piano player in Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band, the band that started the Traditional Jazz revival of the 1940s and ’50s. Rose also played with Bob Scobey in 1950-51, Turk Murphy in 1952-54 and spent many…
Terry Waldo’s Gutbucket Syncopators – The Ohio Theatre Concert (w/ Edith Wilson)
Terry Waldo’s Gutbucket Syncopators -The Ohio Theatre Concert (w/ Edith Wilson) Delmark DE 251 Compact Disc This is the second live CD by Terry Waldo’s Gutbucket Syncopators on Delmark from the now-defunct Blackbird label. The first, Hot House Rag (Delmark 239), has sold very well and received excellent reviews. The Ohio Theater Concert took place…
John Skillman’s Barb City Stompers – DeKalb Blues
John Skillman’s Barb City Stompers – DeKalb Blues Delmark DE 252 Compact Disc (2010) Traditional jazz clarinetist John Skillman is the leader of the Barb City Stompers in Dekalb, IL (where barbed wire was invented). He also leads the New Orleans Nighthawks in Florida and the co-leader of the Coast to Coast Jazz Band. For…
Art Hodes – I Remember Bessie
Art Hodes – I Remember Bessie Delmark DE 254 [Euphonic Series] Compact Disc (2013) The second installment of Art Hodes recordings for the Euphonic label, I Remember Bessie contains another hour of inspired piano solos from the legend that’s been described as a “blues drenched jazz pianist”. Hodes (1904-93) was active in the `20s so…