We’re so excited about this unique collaboration featuring the warm timeless Chicago soul/blues vocals from Jimmy Burns and the hard groovin’ B3 Blues/jazz organ from Chris Foreman‘s SOUL MESSAGE BAND!! Curtis Mayfield meets Jimmy McGriff at the Crossroads! This concept inspired Delmark to explore the historical recordings made by JIMMY BURNS when he was very…
Mississippi Heat‘s harpmaster/bandleader Pierre Lacocque with Chicago blues guitarist extraordinaire Jon McDonald! DELMARK Rockwell Stroll 2025 was a super fun neighborhood jazz & blues block party! Thanks to Blueshift Big Band, Pierre Lacocque & Jon McDonald, Jazz Journalists Association, Lauren Deutsch, Greg Guy & GeeHive, WDCB, Moors Beer, Offset BBQ, Chicago Jazz Festival & DCASE,…
Join us for one of our favorite times of the year- the annual DELMARK ROCKWELL STROLL! This year is a special Chicago Jazz focus with the Blueshift Big Band paying tribute to the legendary Barrett Deems‘ Big Band! Special Lauren Deutsch jazz photography exhibit, and an illuminating Jazz Journalists Association discussion panel. Just announced! Very…
The Blueshift Big Band, will be performing Delmark 472: Barrett Deems’ Big Band How D’You Like It So Far? at Andy’s Jazz Club on May 24 and 25 (12:00–1:15 PM sets each day). This tribute is part of the celebration for the 50th anniversary of the Chisolm family’s ownership of Andy’s, where Barrett performed regularly with his big…
The Blueshift Big Band, will be performing Delmark 472: Barrett Deems’ Big Band How D’You Like It So Far? at Andy’s Jazz Club on May 24 and 25 (12:00–1:15 PM sets each day). This tribute is part of the celebration for the 50th anniversary of the Chisolm family’s ownership of Andy’s, where Barrett performed regularly with his big…
Thu Jul 3 2025 4:00 PM FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB 6615 W Roosevelt RoadBerwyn, IL 60402 $65 All Ages Share With Friends Share Share The Original Salty Dogs – New Orleans ShuffleDelmark DE 240Compact Disc (2001) This is the third CD to appear on Delmark with The Original Salty Dogs. On the first they supported Clancy Hayes (Delmark…
Sat Jul 5 2025 2:30 PM FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB 6615 W Roosevelt RoadBerwyn, IL 60402 $65 All Ages Share With Friends Share Share American Music Festival Show: 4:00 pmDoors: 4:00 pm FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB $65Book Now All Ages Additional Info Sat May 03, 2025 Saturday afternoon on the Patio w/ SOUL MESSAGE BAND Soul Message Band Show: 4:00 pm…
Sat May 03, 2025 Saturday afternoon on the Patio w/ SOUL MESSAGE BAND Soul Message Band Show: 4:00 pm Doors: 11:00 am FITZGERALDS PATIO $0.00Book Now All Ages Additional Info FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR PRESENTS SOUL MESSAGE BAND FREE SHOW! Click “Book Now” to reserve a table. We always leave room for walk-ins so if you can’t find a…
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 &…
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…
