Hey hey friends of Delmark - Wishing you a happy and healthy Holiday Season!
We'd love to see you out in the New Year to celebrate our new Delmark jazz and blues releases with the Sabertooth Jazz Quartet, Little Arthur Duncan (CD and DVD), Keefe Jackson's Project Project, and Brad Goode. These new releases follow hot on the heels of the highly acclaimed Ari Brown's Live at the Green Mill and Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble's Live at the Velvet releases on CD and DVD. Look for an entertaining feature on Nicole Mitchell in the April issue of DownBeat, along with a “Hot Box" 4 critic review comparison of Jimmy Blythe's enhanced pianola rolls from the late 20's/early 30's, Messin' Around Blues!
Delmark CD release parties and other important holiday shows!
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
DELMARK CD RELEASE PARTIES
Delmark CD/DVD release parties in 2008! Come out and celebrate with both new and veteran Delmark artists on their brand new releases!
SABERTOOTH's Dr. Midnight, Live at the Green Mill - Friday, January 4, 2008, 9pm (also their 15th Anniversary!)- The Green Mill, Lawrence and Broadway, Chicago's Uptown. Delmark debut from this wildly popular quartet who hosts the Green Mill “After Hours Jazz Party" every Saturday night. Funky sax tandem B3 organ jams all night! This is also a celebration of a remarkable 15 year run/prowl at the world famous Green Mill!
Sabertooth Jazz Quartet is Pat Mallinger (tenor and alto sax, flute), Cameron Pfiffner (tenor and soprano sax, flute, piccolo), Pete Benson (Hammond B3 organ), and Ted Sirota (drums)
Little Arthur Duncan and the BackScratchers, Live at Rosa's Lounge - Friday, January 11, 2008, 9pm - Rosa's Lounge, Chicago's friendliest blues club, Kimball and Armitage. Come out and shake your money maker with Arthur and his “Young Fashioned Ways" at the Backscratcher down home “Blues With A Feeling" party. Little Arthur Duncan (vocals, harp), Illinois Slim (guitar), Rick Kreher (guitar), Twist Turner (drums), and Michael Azzi (bass) Little Arthur will also be performing Saturday, January 19th as part of the Winter Chicago Blues Tour, along with five other blues/soul bands at six different south and west side blues clubs. Little Arthur will be layin' down his ol' school blues at the Root Inn (230 W. Root - 41st & Wentworth- 773-285-5280) Look for a feature on Little Arthur Duncan and Chicago Blues Harmonica in an upcoming Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine!
*BRAD GOODE's Nature Boy- Friday, Saturday February 15, 16, 2008 - The Green Mill, Lawrence and Broadway, Chicago's Uptown Brad Goode Quartet: Brad Goode (trumpet), Jeff Jenkins (piano), Johannes Weidenmuller (bass), and Todd Reid (drums)
“Nature Boy emphasizes everything genuine going on in jazz today. The music takes into account past innovations with modern sensibilities. Goode and company are performing at an incomparable level, at once virtuosic and innovative." John Barron, All About Jazz
KEEFE JACKSON's Project Project - JUST LIKE THIS- Sunday, February 24, 2008, 10 pm, Hungry Brain, 2319 W. Belmont, Chicago.
Project Project : Keefe Jackson (tenor sax, bass clarinet, composer), Josh Berman (cornet), Jaimie Branch (trumpet and flugelhorn), Jeb Bishop (trombone), Nick Broste (trombone), Marc Unternahrer (tuba), James Falzone (clarinet), Guillermo Gregorio (alto sax, clarinet), Dave Rempis (alto and baritone sax), Jason Stein (bass clarinet), Anton Hatwich (bass), and Frank Rosaly (drums)(www.keefejackson.com) Free-wheeling 12 piece exploratory Chicago jazz ensemble with new adventurous Jackson compositions.
Mike Walbridge's Chicago Footwarmers featuring Kim Cusack - Crazy Rhythm! - Sunday January 27, 2008 - Madison Jazz Society presents the Footwarmers in a Delmark CD release party and an early Mardi Gras party from 2-5 p.m. at the Coliseum Bar, 232 E Olin Ave, Madison, WI. Traditional Jazz Fans unite! The Chicago Salty Dogs are celebrating their 60th anniversary this year (since 1947!!) Salty Dogs include legendary trad jazz players Mike Walbridge (tuba, cornet) and Kim Cusack (clarinet, sax) who just released new 2007 Delmark studio recordings with Mike Walbridge's Chicago Footwarners, also featuring Don Stiernberg on banjo and guitar. This is a fascinating new release in that it combines the new 2007 recordings along with 1966/1967 studio recordings from 40 years earlier with the same working nucleus of Walbridge and Cusack!
Jimmy Blythe -Messin' Around Blues- solo barrelhouse boogie piano stomps and romps- Lincoln Gardens, January 27, 2008, Lincoln Gardens [Royal Gardens]. 459 East 31st Street, at South Cottage Grove Avenue. Chicago. “Black Gal Make It Thunder!!"
NEW YEAR'S EVE SHOWS for Delmark artists: DECEMBER 31, 2007
Ari Brown (sax, flute) with P.M. Organ Dynasty with Isiah Spencer (drums), Fred Anderson's VELVET LOUNGE, 9pm, Chicago
New Year's Eve BATTLE OF THE SAXES w/ VON FREEMAN & EDWARD PETERSEN and featuring the GREEN MILL ALL-STARS, featuring: Von Freeman on sax, Edward Petersen on sax, Willie Pickens on piano, Brian Sandstrom on bass, Robert Shy on drums, Friday, December 28; 9pm-1am, Saturday, December 29; 8pm-1am, Monday, December 31, 8:30-12:30, Green Mill, Lawrence and Broadway, Chicago's Uptown
Jimmy Burns Band, Nick's , 9pm, 1516 N. Milwaukee, Chicago - FREE!!
Dave Specter, Shaw's Crab House w/ The Fabulous FishHeads, 7:30-12:30, Shaw's Crab House, 21 E. Hubbard, Chicago
Big Time Sarah & the BTS Express , BLUE CHICAGO w/ JW Williams & Patricia Scott, 9 PM, 536 and 736 N. Clark, 312-661-0100
Jimmy Johnson, B.L.U.E.S., 9:30 PM, 2519 N. Halsted, 773-528-1012
Eddy “The Chief" Clearwater. (w Melvin Taylor), Bill's Blues Bar, Evanston
Magic Slim, Billy Branch , BUDDY GUY'S LEGENDS, 9 PM, 754 S. Wabash, 312-427-0333
“THE UNSTOPPABLE Nicole Mitchell!"- Ollie Bivins, AAJ Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble's new Delmark release on CD and DVD, Black Unstoppable is already listed in the top 10 of the year in 3 Jazz Journalist Association critics - Thank you Rob Hoff, Rahsaan Clark Morris, and Neil Tesser! Nicole was also featured on the cover of the new December All About Jazz with a feature and interview from Ollie Bivins “Black Rhythm Happening" Look for the Michael Jackson feature on Nicole in the April DownBeat, as well as a Jazz Times piece from Michael Shanley.
ARI BROWN is back on Delmark as a leader!! Local unsung jazz hero Ari Brown and his new Delmark release on DVD and CD, Live at the Green Mill was just rated by esteemed jazz critic Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune as the top 10 jazz recordings of the year!
“There's never a shortage of recordings by saxophonists major and minor, but Chicagoan Brown turned in one of the most searing, by far. Like Chicago jazz itself, the music on this CD sounds sinewy, unpretentious and technically brilliant. You can practically touch the blues impulse of Brown's playing in “Richard's Tune" and “One For Skip," as well as the bracing language of the South Side avant-garde in “Shorter's Vibes." Though recorded live, the CD carries an economy of expression and vividness of tone one sooner associates with studio releases. By any measure, “Live at the Green Mill" documents a mighty Chicago saxophone playing at the peak of his considerable abilities on tenor and soprano." - Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune, December 16, 2007
We also recently welcomed back Rob Mazurek (congrats on your Amnesty Int'l award speech!) and the Chicago Underground Trio and filmmaker/artist/Delmarkian Raymond Salvatore Harmon from their European tour and a special screening and entering of Delmark's DVD/CD Chronicle in the prestigious 2007 International Documentary Film Festival in Copenhagen along with live performances! Delmark and CUT's competition in the 2007 Sound and Vision Award was Joy Division, The Who, Joe Strummer, Lou Reed, Dixie Chicks, Sigur Ros, and more. Not bad for this lil' ol' indie label from the Midwest! Mark F. Turner, editor from All About Jazz, listed CUT's Chronicle and Ethnic Heritage Ensemble's Hot 'N' Heavy as best jazz DVDs of the year. AAJ's editor Troy Collins listed Joseph Jarman's As If It Were The Seasons as best Historical Reissue of the year.
YES, Bob Koester recently turned 75 years young, and that means Delmark records is celebrating 55 years in 2008! Stay tuned for details about a 55 year tribute concert with very special guests performing!
We'd love to see you out in the New Year to celebrate our new Delmark jazz and blues releases with the Sabertooth Jazz Quartet, Little Arthur Duncan (CD and DVD), Keefe Jackson's Project Project, and Brad Goode. These new releases follow hot on the heels of the highly acclaimed Ari Brown's Live at the Green Mill and Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble's Live at the Velvet releases on CD and DVD. Look for an entertaining feature on Nicole Mitchell in the April issue of DownBeat, along with a “Hot Box" 4 critic review comparison of Jimmy Blythe's enhanced pianola rolls from the late 20's/early 30's, Messin' Around Blues!
Delmark CD release parties and other important holiday shows!
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
DELMARK CD RELEASE PARTIES
Delmark CD/DVD release parties in 2008! Come out and celebrate with both new and veteran Delmark artists on their brand new releases!
SABERTOOTH's Dr. Midnight, Live at the Green Mill - Friday, January 4, 2008, 9pm (also their 15th Anniversary!)- The Green Mill, Lawrence and Broadway, Chicago's Uptown. Delmark debut from this wildly popular quartet who hosts the Green Mill “After Hours Jazz Party" every Saturday night. Funky sax tandem B3 organ jams all night! This is also a celebration of a remarkable 15 year run/prowl at the world famous Green Mill!
Sabertooth Jazz Quartet is Pat Mallinger (tenor and alto sax, flute), Cameron Pfiffner (tenor and soprano sax, flute, piccolo), Pete Benson (Hammond B3 organ), and Ted Sirota (drums)
Little Arthur Duncan and the BackScratchers, Live at Rosa's Lounge - Friday, January 11, 2008, 9pm - Rosa's Lounge, Chicago's friendliest blues club, Kimball and Armitage. Come out and shake your money maker with Arthur and his “Young Fashioned Ways" at the Backscratcher down home “Blues With A Feeling" party. Little Arthur Duncan (vocals, harp), Illinois Slim (guitar), Rick Kreher (guitar), Twist Turner (drums), and Michael Azzi (bass) Little Arthur will also be performing Saturday, January 19th as part of the Winter Chicago Blues Tour, along with five other blues/soul bands at six different south and west side blues clubs. Little Arthur will be layin' down his ol' school blues at the Root Inn (230 W. Root - 41st & Wentworth- 773-285-5280) Look for a feature on Little Arthur Duncan and Chicago Blues Harmonica in an upcoming Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine!
*BRAD GOODE's Nature Boy- Friday, Saturday February 15, 16, 2008 - The Green Mill, Lawrence and Broadway, Chicago's Uptown Brad Goode Quartet: Brad Goode (trumpet), Jeff Jenkins (piano), Johannes Weidenmuller (bass), and Todd Reid (drums)
“Nature Boy emphasizes everything genuine going on in jazz today. The music takes into account past innovations with modern sensibilities. Goode and company are performing at an incomparable level, at once virtuosic and innovative." John Barron, All About Jazz
KEEFE JACKSON's Project Project - JUST LIKE THIS- Sunday, February 24, 2008, 10 pm, Hungry Brain, 2319 W. Belmont, Chicago.
Project Project : Keefe Jackson (tenor sax, bass clarinet, composer), Josh Berman (cornet), Jaimie Branch (trumpet and flugelhorn), Jeb Bishop (trombone), Nick Broste (trombone), Marc Unternahrer (tuba), James Falzone (clarinet), Guillermo Gregorio (alto sax, clarinet), Dave Rempis (alto and baritone sax), Jason Stein (bass clarinet), Anton Hatwich (bass), and Frank Rosaly (drums)(www.keefejackson.com) Free-wheeling 12 piece exploratory Chicago jazz ensemble with new adventurous Jackson compositions.
Mike Walbridge's Chicago Footwarmers featuring Kim Cusack - Crazy Rhythm! - Sunday January 27, 2008 - Madison Jazz Society presents the Footwarmers in a Delmark CD release party and an early Mardi Gras party from 2-5 p.m. at the Coliseum Bar, 232 E Olin Ave, Madison, WI. Traditional Jazz Fans unite! The Chicago Salty Dogs are celebrating their 60th anniversary this year (since 1947!!) Salty Dogs include legendary trad jazz players Mike Walbridge (tuba, cornet) and Kim Cusack (clarinet, sax) who just released new 2007 Delmark studio recordings with Mike Walbridge's Chicago Footwarners, also featuring Don Stiernberg on banjo and guitar. This is a fascinating new release in that it combines the new 2007 recordings along with 1966/1967 studio recordings from 40 years earlier with the same working nucleus of Walbridge and Cusack!
Jimmy Blythe -Messin' Around Blues- solo barrelhouse boogie piano stomps and romps- Lincoln Gardens, January 27, 2008, Lincoln Gardens [Royal Gardens]. 459 East 31st Street, at South Cottage Grove Avenue. Chicago. “Black Gal Make It Thunder!!"
NEW YEAR'S EVE SHOWS for Delmark artists: DECEMBER 31, 2007
Ari Brown (sax, flute) with P.M. Organ Dynasty with Isiah Spencer (drums), Fred Anderson's VELVET LOUNGE, 9pm, Chicago
New Year's Eve BATTLE OF THE SAXES w/ VON FREEMAN & EDWARD PETERSEN and featuring the GREEN MILL ALL-STARS, featuring: Von Freeman on sax, Edward Petersen on sax, Willie Pickens on piano, Brian Sandstrom on bass, Robert Shy on drums, Friday, December 28; 9pm-1am, Saturday, December 29; 8pm-1am, Monday, December 31, 8:30-12:30, Green Mill, Lawrence and Broadway, Chicago's Uptown
Jimmy Burns Band, Nick's , 9pm, 1516 N. Milwaukee, Chicago - FREE!!
Dave Specter, Shaw's Crab House w/ The Fabulous FishHeads, 7:30-12:30, Shaw's Crab House, 21 E. Hubbard, Chicago
Big Time Sarah & the BTS Express , BLUE CHICAGO w/ JW Williams & Patricia Scott, 9 PM, 536 and 736 N. Clark, 312-661-0100
Jimmy Johnson, B.L.U.E.S., 9:30 PM, 2519 N. Halsted, 773-528-1012
Eddy “The Chief" Clearwater. (w Melvin Taylor), Bill's Blues Bar, Evanston
Magic Slim, Billy Branch , BUDDY GUY'S LEGENDS, 9 PM, 754 S. Wabash, 312-427-0333
“THE UNSTOPPABLE Nicole Mitchell!"- Ollie Bivins, AAJ Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble's new Delmark release on CD and DVD, Black Unstoppable is already listed in the top 10 of the year in 3 Jazz Journalist Association critics - Thank you Rob Hoff, Rahsaan Clark Morris, and Neil Tesser! Nicole was also featured on the cover of the new December All About Jazz with a feature and interview from Ollie Bivins “Black Rhythm Happening" Look for the Michael Jackson feature on Nicole in the April DownBeat, as well as a Jazz Times piece from Michael Shanley.
ARI BROWN is back on Delmark as a leader!! Local unsung jazz hero Ari Brown and his new Delmark release on DVD and CD, Live at the Green Mill was just rated by esteemed jazz critic Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune as the top 10 jazz recordings of the year!
“There's never a shortage of recordings by saxophonists major and minor, but Chicagoan Brown turned in one of the most searing, by far. Like Chicago jazz itself, the music on this CD sounds sinewy, unpretentious and technically brilliant. You can practically touch the blues impulse of Brown's playing in “Richard's Tune" and “One For Skip," as well as the bracing language of the South Side avant-garde in “Shorter's Vibes." Though recorded live, the CD carries an economy of expression and vividness of tone one sooner associates with studio releases. By any measure, “Live at the Green Mill" documents a mighty Chicago saxophone playing at the peak of his considerable abilities on tenor and soprano." - Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune, December 16, 2007
We also recently welcomed back Rob Mazurek (congrats on your Amnesty Int'l award speech!) and the Chicago Underground Trio and filmmaker/artist/Delmarkian Raymond Salvatore Harmon from their European tour and a special screening and entering of Delmark's DVD/CD Chronicle in the prestigious 2007 International Documentary Film Festival in Copenhagen along with live performances! Delmark and CUT's competition in the 2007 Sound and Vision Award was Joy Division, The Who, Joe Strummer, Lou Reed, Dixie Chicks, Sigur Ros, and more. Not bad for this lil' ol' indie label from the Midwest! Mark F. Turner, editor from All About Jazz, listed CUT's Chronicle and Ethnic Heritage Ensemble's Hot 'N' Heavy as best jazz DVDs of the year. AAJ's editor Troy Collins listed Joseph Jarman's As If It Were The Seasons as best Historical Reissue of the year.
YES, Bob Koester recently turned 75 years young, and that means Delmark records is celebrating 55 years in 2008! Stay tuned for details about a 55 year tribute concert with very special guests performing!
For more information contact All About Jazz.
