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Cy Touf / Sandy Mosse: Tickle Toe

Read "Tickle Toe" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones

These co-leaders had been stalwarts of the scene for decades by the time they cut these sides in Chicago in 1981. They worked that rich seam of post-bop music that conversely looked back to the music immediately prior to that significant shift. Here, they lay out their credentials in the company of a rhythm section that's ...

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Michael Coleman and the Delmark All-Stars: Blues Brunch at the Mart

Read "Blues Brunch at the Mart" reviewed by John Barron

by John Barron

Every June, in celebration of the Chicago Blues Festival, Delmark Records hosts its annual Blues Brunch at the Jazz Record Mart. This live recording from the 2005 brunch features guitar great Michael Coleman backing up a stellar cast of Delmark artists. Blues fans might remember Coleman as a member of James Cotton's ...

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Sleepy John Estes: On The Chicago Blues Scene

Read "On The Chicago Blues Scene" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Sleepy John Estes è uno degli eroi del revival del blues arcaico che caratterizzò buona parte degli anni sessanta, quando la ricerca appassionata per le radici del rock e del blues elettrico portò alla riscoperta dei cantori della 'musica del diavolo' che fra gli anni venti e gli anni quaranta avevano ben rappresentato i fermenti culturali ...

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Jason Ajemian: The Art Of Dying

Read "The Art Of Dying" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones

This one straddles the divide between the straight-ahead domain and areas of greater freedom with such aplomb that listeners might be left wondering why such categories exist at all. In addition, there's a pervasive low-key quality to the music which serves in itself to further cement this group's distinct identity. The cryptically entitled “Your Shirts" gives ...

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Wally Rose: Whippin'The Keys

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by Nic Jones

Pianist Rose was an original member of Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band and played a key role in the traditional jazz revival of the decade immediately after the end of World War Two. This CD documents another aspect of his work, namely that of solo ragtime piano playing. It brings together two LPs recorded in ...

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Mississippi Heat: Hattiesburg Blues

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by Nic Jones

Varied is the word on this one, even whilst the music retains a cohesive feel. Pierre Lacocque's harmonica is notable for its singularity, and he heads a rolling cast of musicians in the realization of his original compositions plus one from Denise Lasalle, amongst others. The music is clean and dirty at the same time. This ...

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Jason Ajemian's Smokeless Heat: The Art of Dying

Read "The Art of Dying" reviewed by John Barron

by John Barron

Bassist Jason Ajemian and his ensemble Smokeless Heat add to the continuing legacy of Chicago improv with The Art of Dying, an intimate reflection on collective musical ideals featuring drummer Noritaka Tanaka and tenor saxophonist Tim Haldeman. For much of the session, the group is augmented by Matt Schneider (guitar), Jamie Branch (trumpet) and Jason Adasiewicz ...

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Jason Ajemian: The Art of Dying

Read "The Art of Dying" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Credit the laidback Midwestern vibe, or the relative availability of regular gigs, but jazz musicians from the Windy City sometimes seem to enjoy a more communal sense of development than their East Coast cousins. The highly competitive New York scene may be the undisputed center of the jazz world, but Chicago's fertile scene has generated its ...

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Sabertooth: Dr. Midnight

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by Nic Jones

Context might be all here. At the time of this recording, Sabertooth had been working the same gig for a number of years but there's nothing sterile about the music it puts out. From the first note to the last it's clear that this is a band that's got its stuff down, and the sheer buzz ...

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Keefe Jackson's Project Project: Just Like This

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by Nic Jones

This one could almost be a working definition of what Delmark exists for, documenting as it does an aspect of Chicago's seemingly ever-evolving creative improvised music scene and in so doing giving further exposure to a group of musicians surely destined to make an impact far outside the city's environs. If anything Jackson's writing for this ...


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