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Malachi Thompson: Freebop Now!
by Jack Bowers
Trumpeter Malachi Thompson's new Delmark release marks the 20th anniversary of his Chicago-based Free-bop Band. As two decades have passed since its inception, it would seem a proper time to pose the question, what exactly is Free-bop? If one assumes that the “free" in Free-bop denotes music that is unstructured or inharmonious, such a premise is ...
Delmark Records: 45 Years of Jazz and Blues
by Jack Bowers
This double–disc set — the first devoted to Jazz, the second to blues — is designed to give the listener a broad overview of the sort of music produced by Delmark Records since Bob Koester established the Chicago–based label some 45 years ago. Delmark actually began life in St. Louis before relocating to Chicago with Koester, ...
Playground
By Rob Mazurek
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: Blow Up, Flamingos Dancing on Luminescent Moonbeams, Boiled Over, Le Sucrier Velours,
Components Changes, Playground, Jeff's New Idea, The Inner Soul of H, Whitney, Ostinato
(68:06).
Mode For Mabes
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: Mode for Mabes; Sugar Ray; For Heaven
Eric Alexander: Mode For Mabes
by Jim Santella
Tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, who turns 30 this year, has worked with Pat Martino, Freddy Cole, Mel Rhyne, Charles Earland, Peter Bernstein, Joe Magnarelli, Mark Elf, John Swana, Cecil Payne, and his teacher at William Paterson College, pianist Harold Mabern. Alexander’s ninth recording as a leader features a Chicago rhythm section of Mabern, bassist John Webber, ...
The Rich Corpolongo Quartet: Smiles
by Jack Bowers
One has to admire Rich Corpolongo for going his own way, and Delmark Records for providing a creative platform on which the reed virtuoso from Chicago is able to display his talents. Unfortunately, “admire" is not synonymous with “enjoy." While there are some pleasurable moments on Corpolongo's second Delmark release (following last year's Just Found Joy), ...
Robert Mazurek: Playground
by Jack Bowers
This is an interesting and varied session, one for which chief planner Rob Mazurek deserves no less than a solid “e" for effort. Mazurek, whose main ax is cornet, has plowed under his hard-boppin' roots and started afresh on a Playground that more closely conforms to his evolving musical perspective. Mazurek is accompanied on the odyssey ...
Jodie Christian: Soul Fountain
by Jack Bowers
This album, recorded more than three years ago, is dedicated to the memory of Art Porter, whose enlivening presence serves to remind one how much ripening talent was lost when the 35-year-old saxophonist was drowned in November 1996 while on a tour in Thailand. Porter more than holds his own in the company of a couple ...
