Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

Hot N Heavy: Live At The Ascension Loft

Kahil El'Zabar, drums, earth drums, kalimba; Corey Wilkes, trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion; Ernest Dawkins, alto and tenor saxophone, percussion; Fareed Haque, electric and acoustic guitar. In a Down Beat…

Billy Flynn

Lonesome Highway

Jimmy Forrest (1920-1980)

All The Gin Is Gone

Although Jimmy Forrest is well known for composing and playing the huge R&B hit "Night Train" his bebop tenor sax playing ranks among the best. This 1959 session features the very first recording of guita…

Jimmy Forrest (1920-1980)

Night Train

In St. Louis, Jimmy Forrest was very, very big and had just about all the bst jobs in town sewn up. But it was a time of intellectualization in jazz, a time of retreat from hard-swinging int what seemed a…

Curtis Fuller (1934-2021)

Up Jumped Spring

Trombonist Curtis Fuller was born and raised in Detroit, a hotbed of new jazz talent in the '50s. In '57 Fuller went to New York to make his recorded debut as part of the Yusef Lateef Quintet. He was 22 a…

Bob Graf (1927-1981)

At Westminster

In Jazz, as in every art form, not every participant is a major innovator. Many jazz musicians are journeymen, never reaching the pinnacle of their trade. Local legends, underground heroes, or competent s…

Big Walter Horton & Alfred Harris

Harmonica Blues Kings

Johnny Iguana

Chicago Spectacular!

Keefe Jackson

Just Like This

Keefe Jackson (ts, bcl), Josh Berman (cornet), Jaimie Branch (tp, flh), Jeb Bishop, Nick Broste (tb), Marc Unternährer (tu), James Falzone (cl), Guillermo Gregorio (as, cl), Dave Rempis (as, bs), Jason St…

Keefe Jackson & Jason Adasiewicz

Rows And Rows

Clarence Johnson

Have Mercy!

Bunk Johnson (1889-1949)

Last Testament

In 1947 Bunk Johnson, who played in New Orleans with Buddy Bolden in the 1890's, hand-picked a group of New York musicians from a much laer age group: the Harlem milleu of Chick Webb, Fletcher Henderson, …

Jimmy Johnson

Johnson's Whacks

Product Information When Jimmy Johnson's first album, Johnson's Whacks hit the streets at the end of the seventies, he was heralded as being part of a new blues generation that could actually write full…

Willie Kent

Ain't It Nice

Willie Kent, Chicago blues vocalist and bass-playing bandleader, is a man who's passionate about his music. He has worn down his '58 Fender basss through three coats of paint, the wood showing through the…

Willie Kent

Too Hurt To Cry

There is depth in Willie Kent and very soulful originality. Above all we believe Willie Kent when he sings the blues. The blues are some part of his blood and the marrow of his bones. From a boogie thing …

James Kinds

Love You From The Top

Product Information: Bluesman James Kinds was born in Drew, Mississippi in 1943. He moved to Chicago in 1959 and quickly got involved in music. He hung out at blues clubs on the west side and formed h…

Sharon Lewis

Grown Ass Woman

Sharon Lewis

The Real Deal

Sharon Lewis made her Delmark debut in 2007 as a special guest vocalist with Dave Specter on Live in Chicago. "...it's Sharon Lewis who provides the disc's most exciting moments. Her powerful pipes inject…

Robert Lockwood Jr.

Steady Rollin' Man