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Carl Grubbs
by Robert Spencer
Carl Grubbs is an alto and soprano saxophonist from Philadelphia with a singularly distinctive family tree: his cousin is Naima herself, who as John Coltrane's wife inspired one of the most beautiful ballads in jazz. Coltrane was close to Carl's section of the family, and he was quick to teach Carl a thing or two on ...
Malachi Thompson: Timeline
by Derek Taylor
Delmark’s been a watering hole for AACM musicians since the latter organization’s inception. The mutually supportive relationship is such that many of these musician’s have returned to the label over the years, some sporadically, others more frequently. Case in point, Roscoe Mitchell who cut his first session for Delmark (the seminal Sound ) in 1966 and ...
Freebop Now!
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Black Nile; Goree Island; Flight to Senegal; Freebop Now!; Just a Look; 'Round Midnight; Cancerian Moon; Jammin' at the Point; Worm Hole; Ancient African Horns; Black Hole; Heathens and Space/Time Projection; Jammin' at the Point--reprise.
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 ...
47th Street
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 1997
Track listing: 47th Street; Is It Not True Simply Because You Cannot Believe It; X; CJ's Blues; Some Freebop For Monk; Miyako; African Sun Dance; Mystery Of Jaaz (Suite); Discovery, The House Of Jaaz; An Elevated Cry; Lamentation and The Harmony of Yah;
