Geof Bradfield @ Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago

    SHOWTIMES:   6:00PM-7:15PM & 8:15PM–9:30PM Geof Bradfield Date Feb 22 2025 Cost $20.00 Showtimes:   6:00pm-7:15pm & 8:15pm-9:30pm “Reedist Geof Bradfield is a Chicago treasure. The top-notch band—with Johnson, drummer Hall, bassist Clark Sommers, and guitarist Scott Hesse—embraces a classic Chicago aesthetic, spiked with the blues, unfussy in its attack and arrangements, and wide-ranging in the leader’s compositions.” -Peter…

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    Four Delmark classics coming back in print as glorious high quality vinyl LPs! J.B. Hutto’s Hawk Squat, Robert Nighthawk’s Bricks In My Pillow, Otis Rush’s Cold Day In Hell, and Anthony Braxton’s 3 Compositions of New Jazz

    J.B. Hutto & His Hawks – Hawk Squat (w/ Sunnyland Slim)Delmark 617 “The raw-as-an-open-wound Chicago slide guitarist J.B. Hutto outdid himself throughout an outrageously raucous album anchored by an impossible-to-ignore ‘Hip Shakin’, the blaring title cut, and savage renditions of ‘20% Alcohol’ and ‘Notoriety Woman’.” -Bill Dahl, allmusic.com. The rough & rowdy blues heard at…

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      SOUL MESSAGE BAND & JEFF PARKER @ Chicago Jazz Festival, Millennium Park, Chicago

      Saturday, Aug. 31 Millennium Park (schedule is subject to change) Harris Theater Rooftop – Young Lions Jazz (Enter on Randolph St.) Von Freeman Stage (North Promenade) WDCB Jazz Lounge (South Promenade) Jay Pritzker Pavilion Soul Message Band – Soulful Days Save $15.99 Format Choose an optionCDDownload Soul Message Band – Soulful Days quantity Add to…

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        Jason Adasiewicz – CHICAGO JAZZ FESTIVAL @ Chicago Cultural Center

        Chicago Jazz Festival Schedule — August 29, 2024 Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. FREE Admission Chicago Jazz Festival  >  Thursday, August 29, 2024 Thursday,Aug. 29 Jason Adasiewicz 6:00-6:45 pm Preston Bradley Hall 6-6:45pm – Jason Adasiewicz Hands down the most powerfully original vibraphonist on the improvised music beat, Chicago’s Jason Adasiewicz has separated himself from…

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        DELMARK RECORDS featured in LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE! The big 70th anniversary holiday show at Thalia Hall with feature article and pic!

        DELMARK ALL-STARS at Thalia Hall featured on a great coverage by Peter Hurley. Thank you Peter, thank you Brett Bonner and Living Blues Magazine. The closing event for Delmark Records 70th anniversary took place at the gorgeous Thalia Hall, in the South Side of Chicago, December 20th, 2023. The band was Dave Specter & Mike…

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