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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        Jose Ramirez – Major League Blues

        Jose Ramirez – Major League Blues Delmark DE 872 (March 18 2022) Compact Disc At 34 years old, blues artist Jose Ramirez has played with some of the biggest names in the blues industry. These artists include Buddy Guy, Anson Funderburgh, Janiva Magness, Mark Hummel, Bryan Lee and Mike Wheeler, to name a few. Jose…

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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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                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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