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Redefining the collective concept in an ensemble, Two Cities is the follow up to the 2006 release Ready Everyday (DMK 571). The Fast Citizens have a rotating leader chair. This time Aram Shelton has...

Shepp has been recognized as a leader in jazz's avant garde scene since the 1960s; on this album, he is joined by some of Chicago's current cutting edge players, feat. Kabil El'Zabar, Ari Brown &...

Ever since he burst on the scene in the late 60s Archie Shepp has been recognized as one of the great avant-garde jazz artists of all time. The New York Contemporary Five are Archie Shepp, tenor sax;...

Drummer Ted Sirota relocated to Chicago in 1992 after graduating from Berklee College of Music in Boston. Sirota quickly became very active on the Chicago jazz scene performing with Von Freeman,...

Traditional jazz clarinetist John Skillman is the leader of the Barb City Stompers in Dekalb, IL (where barb wire was invented). He also leads the New Orleans Nighthawks in Florida and the co-leader...

Alto sax man w. The Erskine Hawkins Alumni, Haywood Henry, Bob Range, Bobby Johnson, Sammy Lowe, Julian Dash, Duke Anderson, Leroy Kirkland, Lee Stanfield, Joe Murphy +.1. Bess's Boogie 2. Desert...

Blues guitarist worked w. many of the greats - Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf & others, but it's the 12 originals here that show the world who Byther Smith really is.1. Cried Like a Baby Child...

Soulful Chicago vocalist and guitarist Byther Smith is a fighter, a scrapper, a hard worker and a survivor. As a child in Monticello, Mississippi he lost both his parents; his mother when he was one...

A mainstay on the Chicago blues scene since the 1960's, "Byther Smith has earned a reputation as one of the most intense performers and songwriters in the blues." - Living Blues. Smitty's strong,...

True blues from guitarist who once played with Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, Howlin' Wolf & many other blues greats.1. Judge of Honor 2. Don't Hurt Me No More 3. President's Daughter 4. Living in Pain 5...

W. Ron Friedman & others.1. Don't Scare Me None 2. Speak No Evil 3. Jeanie 4. Stars Fell on Alabama 5. Autumn Leaves 6. Stu's Blues 7. On a Cool Night 8. Big P

Mike Smith (Frank Sinatra)-as, with Ron Perillo-piano, Jim Ryan-piano, John Whitfield-bass, Bob Rummage-drums.1. All or Nothing at All 2. Nancy with the Laughing Face 3. I Get a Kick Out of You 4...