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)

Black Forrest

The swinging no-nonsense bebop enclosed here is proof that Jimmy Forrest should be included in the list of top jazz tenor sax players. These musicians were, at the time, with the well known trumpeter Harr…

Steve Freund

'C' For Chicago

While living in New York City, Steve met Sunnyland Slim who offered him the opportunity to come to Chicago and learn from the masters of blues. So in the mid-'70s the guitarist moved to Chicago which was …

Steve Freund

I'll Be Your Mule

In '74 guitarist Steve Freund drove to Chicago non-stop from Brooklyn and proceeded to establish himself on the blues scene as he worked and/or recorded with a pantheon of the city's greatest legends like…

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…

Jim Holman

Explosion!

Von manchen wird er als 'Wunderkind' tituliert. Nachvollziehbar, wenn man die ersten 6 tracks hört, die er mit 19 Jahren aufgenommen hat, und auch bei den letzten 4 titeln war er gerade mal 21 Jahre alt g…

Illinois Jacquet (1922-2004)

Jumpin At Apollo

John & Sylvia Embry

Troubles

Shirley Johnson

Selfish Kind Of Gal

Jimmy Johnson

Every Day Of Your Life

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…

Jimmy Johnson

North/South

Jimmy Johnson came dramatically to the attention of the blues world with the release of his first American album, Johnson's Whacks (Delmark 644), in 1979, one of the few albums around that time to project…

Jimmy Johnson

Pepper's Hangout

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…

Guy King

Truth

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…

Magic Sam

Black Magic (10 Tracks)

Magic Sam knows his music is good and so does the rest of the blues world. His first LP West Side Soul (DD-615) was the only blues record of 1968 the earn a five-star review in Downbeat and has become one…

Magic Sam

West Side Soul

Sam's Singing and playing have their roots deeply implanted in the Mississippi soil of his youth as well as in the traumatic everyday life of the raw West Side. But like all good blues and all great art, …