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Delmark Records New Jazz and Blues Releases for 2011

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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 1960's blues and jazz recordings. With Mighty Joe Young, guitar; Stockholm Slim, piano; Earnest Johnson or Mac Thompson, bass; Odie Payne Jr. or Odie Payne III, drums. 12 songs include That's All I Need, I Need You So Bad, Feelin' Good, All Your Love, Don't Want No Woman, Sweet Home Chicago and more. Available for the first time—the official Delmark West Side Soul T-Shirt!

Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble: The Prairie Prophet (Delmark DE 598)

In 1978, Ernest Dawkins formed New Horizons Ensemble, a group which today continues to create a sound that showcases their unique combination of bebop, swing, and avant-garde jazz. The Chicago Tribune describes them as “a band with an uncommon versatility that erupts into new music bursts of dissonance and color. There may be no form of jazz left untouched by this adventurous, high-flying ensemble. This band can enlighten an audience while enthralling it." The Prairie Prophet is NHE's fifth Delmark CD and features Ernest Dawkins, saxophone, voc; Steve Berry, trombone; Marquis Hill, Shaun Johnson, trumpets, Jeff Parker, guitar; Junius Paul, bass; Isaiah Spencer, drums. Contains all new original Ernest Dawkins compositions. This CD is dedicated to Fred Anderson.

Graná Louise: Gettin' Kinda Rough (Delmark DE 812)

Internationally recognized Graná Louise has delighted countless music fans around the world with her outstanding blues performances. Her deep, rich voice belts out the kind of raw, gut blues that makes your spine tingle and heart ache. Graná performs at Chicago's hottest blues clubs including Blue Chicago, Buddy Guy's Legends, B.L.U.E.S and The Kingston Mines. She has been a repeat featured act at the Chicago Blues Fest, performing both blues and gospel. Graná has rocked the house at the acclaimed Apollo Theater in New York and festivals from Detroit to Mexico, Reykjavik to the French Riviera, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Latvia, Germany, Brazil and beyond. Getting' Kinda Rough combines studio and live recordings, brand new original songs and covers that have been personalized so as to make them her own. Featuring Tom Holland (James Cotton) and Carlos Showers on guitars.

Clarence “Jelly" Johnson: Low Down Papa—Enhanced Pianola Rolls, Vol. 2 (Delmark DE 253) (1920's Rags & Stride In Stereo)

Here are some of the rarest hot piano solos ever made! These performances were originally recorded in Chicago during the mid to late 1920's by the Capitol Music Roll Company and issued as nickelodeon piano rolls. In 2007 Delmark issued Jimmy Blythe, Messin' Around Blues (Delmark 792) from the same set of rolls. With the help of digital technology these rolls will sound more full and rich than ever before. This CD feature rolls transcribed by Clarence Johnson, another of the finest blues players of the 20s. The piano roll performances presented here provide a far clearer record of their musical talents than do their 78s because these solos were recorded using modern recording techniques from a “live" player piano. Includes Moanin' The Blues, It's All Over Now, Have Mercy, Graveyard Bound, That's Your Yass Yass Yass, Corn Trimmers, The Bye Bye Blues, Five O' Clock Stomp and more.

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