Dave Specter

Blues From The Inside Out

Einer der coolsten Gitarristen aus Chicago kann auf eine annähernd 35-jährige Karriere im Blues und Jazz zurückblicken: Dave Specter. Erstmals versucht er sich hier als Sänger. Das Hauptaugenmerk liegt wi…

Dave Specter

Live At Space, Volume 2

Dave Specter

Live In Chicago 2007

Zum Inhalt der CD: Blues guitarist Dave Specter is never prone to grandstanding. He communicates an inherent sense of style and form, subtlety and swing, keeping his magnetic needle always fixed on a st…

Demetria Taylor

Bad Girl

With Billy Branch, Eddie Shaw, Big Time Sarah, Eddie Taylor Jr., Shun Kikuta, Roosevelt Purifoy, Greg McDaniel and Pookie Styx. Bad Girl is the debut CD by blues singer Demetria Taylor, daughter of the le…

Muhal Richard Abrams (1930-2017)

Things To Come From Those Now Gone

Pianist Muhal Richard Abrams co-founded the AACM in 1965 and served as its president almost continuously until 1977 when he moved to New York. Michael Cuscuna wrote "In the mid '60s, he spearheaded the AA…

Jason Adasiewicz (geb. 1977)

From The Region

Jason Adasiewicz (geb. 1977)

Spacer

Sun Rooms is Jason Adasiewicz's three year old trio featuring Jason (vibraphone), Mike Reed (drums) and Nate McBride (bass). Their debut record Sun Rooms (Delmark 593) was named by the New York Times (Ben…

Luther Allison

Love Me Mama

Luther Allison is the most popular and critically acclaimed blues artist of 1996. He won 5 W.C. Handy Awards and Living Blues Awards for Blues Artist of the Year, Most Outstanding Guitarist, Best Live Per…

Fred Anderson (1929-2010)

Timeless: Live At Velvet Lounge 2005

Chicago tenor sax legend Fred Anderson has been getting a lot of press recently because of the forthcoming closing of the current location of the internationally renowned Velvet Lounge. This third live An…

Art Ensemble Of Chicago

Live at Mandel Hall

January 15, 1972. After what seemed a very long time, the Art Ensemble was back from residence in Europe. his concert was a combination "Hey, were back"/"welcome home" affair for the homefolk. and a new b…

Jim Baker

More Questions Than Ans

Solo debut by Chicago pianist/synthesist Jim Baker, previously recorded in settings ranging from duets to Ken Vandermark's Territory Bands; from third-stream projects (with Guillermo Gregorio) to rock gro…

Bay City Jazz Band

Alligator Crawl

Bay City Jazz Band recorded two LPs for the Good Time Jazz label in the 1950s. That's the same label (now a part of Fantasy) that issued Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band, the band that started the west c…

Lurrie Bell

Can't Shake This Feeling

Carey Bell

Gettin' Up

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. He celebrated …

Lurrie Bell

Kiss Of Sweet Blues

This is Lurrie's third Delmark CD. His '95 release Mercurial Son (679) was one of the most talked about and widely acclaimed CDs of the year. Gary Giddins of the Village Voice proclaimed it the "Best Blue…

Anthony Braxton (geb. 1945)

3 Compositions Of New Jazz

Anthony Braxton (geb. 1945)

Three Compositions Of New Jazz

Anthony Braxton was first documented as a player in 1967 on Muhal Richard Abrams' Levels and Degrees of LIght. Nine months of gestation produced this, his first recording as a leader. Braxton the player/c…

Andy Brown

Direct Call

Andy Brown

Soloist