DELMARK

Trumpeter Yves Francois has been active on Chicago's jazz scene since the '70's. Yves is a huge fan of early jazz and started out as a jazz/blues trumpeter. He is still active today as Yves Francois...

Formed in 2002, the Fast Citizens are the Chicago-based sextet of Aram Shelton, Keefe Jackson, Josh Berman, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Anton Hatwich and Frank Rosaly. With a rotating leadership, they have...

W. brother Von Freeman, produced by Michael Cuscuna, Dec. '93 release date.1. Mama, Papa, Brother 2. Cough It Up 3. My Scenery 4. Must Be, Must Be 5. Birth Sign 6. Hoss 7. My Ship

Chicago tenor sax legend Von Freeman locks horns with Catalano, one of Chicago's hottest young sax players; as a teenager Frank was bold enough to sit in with Von at one of his weekly jam sessions -...

Wielding his courtly tenor, Von Freeman can define Chicago-tough or smooth romantic feathers in the manner of his early idol Lester Young - Petersen knows full well to expect the unexpected whenever...

Born and raised in Brooklyn, blues guitarist Steve Freund was reborn a Chicagoan when he relocated in 1976. The list of people he's played with reads like a Who's Who of Chicago blues legends...

Special guests Boz Skaggs, Kim Wilson & David Maxwell join San Francisco Bay Area transplant/guitarist on this album of Chicago style blues, produced by Dave Specter.1. Please Love Me 2. 'C' for...

In 1974, guitarist Steve Freund drove to Chicago non-stop from Brooklyn & proceeded to establish himself on the blues scene as he worked and/or recorded with a pantheon of the city's greatest...

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...

Blues harmonica legend Carey Bell created his own style after learning from the masters Big Walter Horton, Little Walter Jacobs and Sonny Boy Williamson II. Bell is a veteran of both Muddy Waters'...

GitGO (short for Get in to Go Out) is pianist/composer Paul Giallorenzo's exploration of improvisation within composition, anchored in jazz traditions of time, form and melody, with a...

Pianist-composer Paul Giallorenzo (GitGO, Hearts & Minds) assembles a new trio for his second Delmark release. Covering wide terrain, from energetic swing to bluesy soulfulness to sonic exploration,...