Jazz News

Ernest Dawkins' Delmark CD Release Party For "Afro Straight!"

Source: Kevin Johnson
December 6, 2012

Come celebrate the official CD release of Afro Straight (Delmark) this weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday! Friday and Saturday (December 7 and 8) at Andy’s Jazz Club (11 East Hubbard) First set starts at 9:30pm Sunday (December 9) Normans Bistro (1001 E 43rd Street as part of Dawkins’ weekly jam session Session starts at 9:00pm After five Delmark albums with his New Horizons Ensemble and three as co-leader of the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, saxophonist, composer, arranger Ernest Dawkins leads this ...

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Delmark New Jazz and Blues Releases for Spring!

Source: Kevin Johnson
March 15, 2012

New Delmark Jazz Releases: March 2012 Jeff Parker Bright Light In Winter Delmark DE 2015 BRIGHT LIGHT IN WINTER is the long-awaited third album by Chicago guitarist Jeff Parker. With his associates Chris Lopes (bass) and Chad Taylor (drums), this trio continues their examination of our post-modern musical universe via tuneful compositions by all three members, and an elastic, dynamic approach to improvisation and group interplay—rooted in our familiar musical traditions, but also searching for the ...

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Delmark Records: New Jazz and Blues Releases for the fall

Source: Kevin Johnson
September 30, 2011

Available October 25, 2011 Jason Adasiewicz's Sun Rooms Spacer Delmark CD (DE 2012) / LP (DF 2012) 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 Ratliff) as one of the Top 10 Pop and Jazz Records of 2010. Spacer was written in the winter of 2011 and slowly shaped through a month long residency ...

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Delmark New Jazz Release on CD and LP: May Tour for Rob Mazurek's Starlicker

Source: Kevin Johnson
April 22, 2011

ROB MAZUREK'S STARLICKER Starlicker Double Demon (Delmark) release date May 17, 2011 The prolific Chicago/Brazil cornetist/sound manipulator Rob Mazurek of Exploding Star Orchestra and Chicago Underground collective has a new project called Starlicker with vibraphone king Jason Adasiewicz and Tortoise drummer John Herndon and they'll be touring throughout May Rob Mazurek (cornet), John Herndon (percussion), and Jason Adasiewicz (vibraphone) are deeply rooted in the Chicago and international avant garde, jazz and post rock scenes. Starlicker expel sound with pervading energy ...

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Delmark Records New Jazz and Blues Releases for 2011

Source: Kevin Johnson
February 3, 2011

Magic Sam: West Side Soul (Delmark DE 615) One of the greatest blues albums of all time, West Side Soul was chosen by Living Blues magazine as one of it's top ten Desert Island Blues Discs. The new Digipak case contains previously unissued photos and 1960's pluggers (promoting west side gigs) from the private collection of Bill Lindemann. The source material for the CD is the original 1967 analog stereo mix by Stu Black who recorded many of Delmark's classic ...

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Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - Annual February Black History Month Tour!

Source: Kevin Johnson
February 3, 2011

February 2011: Ethnic Heritage Ensemble's annual tour for Black History Month

Kahil El'Zabar, Corey Wilkes and Ernest Dawkins

February 4, JAZZ BAKERY, 9pm, 1655 N. McCadden Place, Hollywood, CA February 7, Kuumbwa Jazz, Santa Cruz, CA 8pm, 320-2 Cedar Street February 9, The ND, Austin, TX, 501 N. I-H 35, Austin, TX February 10, 8-11PM The Eldorado Ballroom, 2310 Elgin St., Houston, TX February 14, Field Museum, Chicago, ALL NEED LOVE Festival February 15, Mercury Lounge, Ottawa, CANADA, 8pm February ...

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Chicago Jazz Fest After Party - Underground Fest

Source: Kevin Johnson
August 31, 2010

September 3-5, 2010, 10:30 pm Toyota Creative Lounge 1564 N. Damen Ave Chicago, IL Friday, September 3 Kahil El' Zabar's Experimental Band featuring Edwin Daugherty (alto sax), Dudley Owens (tenor sax), Robert Griffin (trumpet), Norman Palm (trombone), Isaiah Spencer (drums), Xavier Breaker (drums), Justin Dillard (piano), Jeff Harris (bass) Saturday September 4 Dwight Trible w Kahil El' Zabar Quartet featuring Justin Dillard (piano), Sharay Reed (bass), Dudley Owens (tenor sax) Sunday September 5 Corey Wilkes' Abstract ...

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Chicago Jazz Fest Jazz Record Mart Brunch with WDCB

Source: Kevin Johnson
August 31, 2010

CHICAGO JAZZ FEST—JAZZ BRUNCH AT THE MART Sunday, September 5, 10 am-noon—Free! Delmark and Jazz Record Mart and WDCB Radio present our annual JAZZ RECORD MART Breakfast with WDCB—during Chicago Jazz Fest weekend—featuring performances from Colorado based trumpet master Brad Goode and his quartet with Kelly Sill on bass and Adrean Farrugia on piano and Anthony Lee on drums—celebrating their new Delmark CD, Tight Like This. Appearances by veteran all-star vibes player Jim Cooper, legendary Chicago saxophonist Ari Brown and ...

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