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DAVE SPECTER BAND with JIMMY BURNS & SHERYL YOUNGBLOOD- Tom Marker & WDCB’s Bluesday Tuesday 10th Anniversary @ Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn, IL
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Rest in peace to Mr. George Freeman, legendary Chicago jazz guitarist.
George Freeman – Birth Sign – DELMARK RECORDS Creativity, Originality, Style, and goin “outside!” Rest in peace to one of my favorite jazz guitarists of all time- Mr. George Freeman! Here’s a review I wrote in 2008 on his Delmark classic record, BIRTH SIGN from 1969, published in Delmark and Jazz Record Mart’s RHYTHM &…
100th anniversary of the historic UPTOWN THEATRE – new book, THE UPTOWN!
Please Support ‘The UPTOWN’ Book before March 21 A new book from Delmark friends Andy Pierce and Robert Loerzel and CityFiles Press celebrates the 100th anniversary of the historic Uptown Theatre, a large, lavish movie palace, a National Register building, and a designated Chicago Landmark. The UPTOWN takes readers back to the theater’s ballyhooed opening in 1925. It was a magical place…
Ernest Dawkins’ Delmark recording and Chicago Jazz featured in New York Times!
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Chicago Jazz Explore the Windy City through tracks by Ramsey Lewis, Ahmad Jamal, Lester Bowie and the contemporary artists at the forefront of today’s sound. By Giovanni Russonello Jazz has experienced a meaningful resurgence in popularity over the past 15 years or so, especially among younger listeners. What’s driving that? You…
Dee Alexander @ Jazz Showcase, Chicago
Dee Alexander and the DVine. Jazz Showcase 806 S Plymouth Ct Chicago United States (map) Tuesday, April 15, 2025 8:00 PM 11:00 PM https://delmark.com/tag/dee-alexander/ https://downbeat.com/news/detail/dee-alexander-interprets-billie-holiday-on-latest-delmark-outing Dee Alexander Interprets Billie Holiday on Delmark Outing NEWS, FROM THE MAGAZINE, DEE ALEXANDER, BILLIE HOLIDAYBy Howard Mandel I Dec. 31, 2019 “I can’t remember a time when Billie Holiday’s music wasn’t in my life,” says Dee Alexander, the…
Paul Giallorenzo Trio @ Jazz Showcase, Chicago
Paul Giallorenzo Trio Originally from NY (b. 1977), Paul Giallorenzo is a Chicago-based improviser, composer, producer, and sound designer using piano, synthesizer, keyboards, and electronics in a diverse range of contexts with a wide array of Chicago and international musicians in improvised, avant-jazz, experimental, and electro/acoustic music, performing regularly locally and throughout North America and…
JOHNNY IGUANA @ Hong Kong Pizza Party, Yorkville, IL
FRIDAY MAY 16, 2025: Johnny Iguana at HONG KONG PIZZA PARTY in Yorkville, IL. Solo piano plus guest drums by the formidable Michael Caskey (this show is aka Iguana vs. Bunny) Hong Kong Pizza Party 2025 CLICK TO PURCHASE TICKETS Local on Principle, Comfortable by Design. A boutique event meant to be different from other music festivals….
JOHNNY IGUANA Blue Monday AT DELMARK album release party! @ SPACE, Evanston, IL
MONDAY MAY 12, 2025: Johnny Iguana at SPACE in Evanston, IL. Solo piano plus guest drums by the formidable Michael Caskey (this show is aka Iguana vs. Bunny) Pianist/composer Johnny Iguana has toured with Junior Wells and Otis Rush and played on albums with Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, James Cotton, Lil Ed, Billy…
DELMARK RECORDS Remix Night @ PUNCH HOUSE, Chicago, IL
A special Sunday night feature of classic cuts from legendary Chicago Record label Delmark Records spun by Julia Miller. Delmark Record’s Julia Miller is going to be spinning vinyl at Punch House! It’s in the basement of Thalia Hall in a very funky, cool space. There are two really cool remixes from Johnny Iguana’s Chicago…
JOHNNY IGUANA interview about his new 2025 album in BLUES.GR!
Q&A with talented and brilliant pianist Johnny Iguana, highly rhythmic, Chicago style that sounds like no one else “It’s good and natural for people who love all rock and pop to step back and hear the blues innovators who lay the groundwork for so many modern styles of music. And you can be surprised by how…
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…