This Is The Blues Harmo

This Is The Blues Harmonica 2

For some, the harmonica is not much more than an inexpensive plaything, but as the artists heard here amply demonstrate, the expressive range of the harmonica is as deep and wide as any other musical inst…

Malachi Thompson (geb. 1941)

Blue Jazz

Malachi Thompson (geb. 1941)

Freebop Now!

Sir Charles Thompson (1918-2016)

I Got Rhythm: Live At T

Sir Charles Thompson (1918-2016)

Robbin's Lest - Live At The Jazz Showcase

Sir Charles Thompson's August engagement at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago was an unexpected gift. The 82-year-old pianist, a mainstay on New York's dynamic 52nd Street scene in the '40s and '50s, hadn't ap…

Sir Charles Thompson (1918-2016)

Takin' Off

The leader for these sessions, Charles Phillip Tompson, affectionately christened "Sir Charles" by Lester Young, learned violin before switching to piano. Born in Springfield, Ohio, in 1918, he began to p…

Malachi Thompson (geb. 1941)

Talking Horns

In the mid '60s the Chicago and St. Louis jazz tradition became embodied in the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) in Chicago and Black Artist Group (BAG) in St. Louis. The two c…

Ken Vandermark

Design In Time

Ken Vandermark was recognized for an astounding decade of music-making by receiving the prestigious MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant. He helped to revive Chicago's reputation as a hub of improvised mus…

William Warfield

Something Within Me

Yes this is the same singer/actor who appeared in the 1951 MGM musical "Show Boat" singing "Ol' Man River" and recorded the definitive "Porgy and Bess" for RCA in 1963. Warfield is also best known for his…

Junior Wells

Live In Boston 1966

This live recording takes us back to just a few months after the release of the legendary Hoodoo Man Blues (Delmark 612) album. Junior is accompanied by the Aces - Louis Myers, guitar; Dave Myers, bass; F…

Junior Wells

Southside Blues Jam

We have tried to capture on this album what a listener would hear any monday night at Theresa's Blues Bar (now defunct) at 48th and Indiana on Chicago's Southside. The blue Monday regulars, includng Buddy…

Mike Wheeler

Self Made Man

Moderner Soul/Blues aus Chicago.

Mike Wheeler

Turn Up!!

Big Joe Williams

I Got Wild

Country blues at its best from the master of the nine string guitar. This is the first new Big Joe album on Delmark in 30 years. It features recordings made in St. Louis from 1958 which also gave us Piney…

Zora Young

French Connection

The love affair between Europe and the blues began in the early 50s with the arrival of Big Bill Broonzy who performed in Limoges, France, where most of the musicians on this album come from and where it …

Zora Young

Tore Up From The Floor

Of her first Delmark CD Learned My Lesson (Delmark 748) Living Blues magazine said "Her rough-edged croon can raise welts or love bumps. She has the versatility to strut comfortably from back-alley funk t…

Honkers & Bar Walkers Vol. 1

"the sound of the R&B tenor saxophone, moaning, shaking, quivering and groaning...dance music, made for saturday nights" New York Times -- Peter Watrous

It Ain't Over: 55 Years Of Blues

Delmark's 55th anniversary blues bash at Buddy Guy's Legends on March 7, 2008 featured most of Delmark's local blues roster, a Delmark Day proclamation from Mayor Daley and a Grammy Hall Of Fame Award for…

Tribute - Newly Recorded Blues Celebration Of Delmark's 65th Anniversary (Limited Numbered Edition)

Delmark Records, eine in Chicago ansässige Blues- und Jazzplattenfirma, ist die älteste aktive Plattenfirma, die sich noch im Besitz ihres Gründers befindet und von ihm betrieben wird. Bob Koester ist jet…