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NEW ANNOUNCEMENT

Delmark recording debut as leader for Jason Ajemian (Born Heller, Chicago Underground Trio, A Cushicle, Exploding Star Orchestra, and many more!)

JASON AJEMIAN's Smokeless Heat - Delmark CD release party on Wednesday, April 30, Heaven Gallery, Chicago

Former Chicagoans Jason Ajemian and Nori Tanaka back in Chicago for special rare performance!!

Jason Ajemian's Smokeless Heat Delmark CD release party for The Art of Dying,

Wed. April 30, Heaven Gallery, 1550 N. Milwaukee, 2nd floor, Chicago's Wicker Park, www.heavengallery.com

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DELMARK Records is 55 years old this year!!!

We're excited to announce that we are throwing a party for Bob Koester and Delmark to celebrate this monumental music milestone. Do not miss this chance to honor one of the world's longest running single owned and operated independent record labels- Blues and Jazz since 1953!!

Friday. Sept 26, 2008 at Old Town School of Folk Music in Lincoln Square, Chicago

Dave Specter will be hosting a jazz/blues summit with many special artists from Delmark!- details to be announced soon!

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We had an absolute blast at Buddy's in March! THank you to everyone involved!

Friday, March 7, 2008 at Buddy Guy's Legends @ 9pm

This will be a special tribute concert with a who's who in Chicago Blues scheduled to perform:

Byther Smith, Jimmy Johnson, Eddie Shaw, Zora Young, Little Arthur Duncan, Lurrie Bell, Tail Dragger, Dave Specter, The Big DooWopper, Aaron Moore, Shirley Johnson,Billy Branch, Johnny B. Moore, and many more special guests (maybe Friendly Chap ?!) Bob Stroger, Kenny Smith and Roosevelt "Mad Hatter" Purifoy will be the house band, along with Harlan Terson, Brother John Katke, and Marty Binder.

 

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**DELMARK MYSPACE PAGE (http://www.myspace.com/delmarkrecords) is up and running with DVD trailers and slide shows!!

** SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT **

TAILDRAGGER and SYL JOHNSON to play the 7th Annual PONDEROSA STOMP in New Orleans, LA- House of Blues New Orleans- April 29, 30 2008- Dr. Ike and the Mystic Knights of the Mau Mau throw down our favorite roots music fest of all!- celebrating unsung heroes of blues, soul, funk, rockabilly, garage rock, swamp pop, New Orleans R&B - do not miss this insane musical mayhem fest!

Festival Lineup (so far): Ronnie Spector, Roky Erickson, Mary Weiss, Question Mark and The Mysterians, The Collins Kids, The Green Fuz, Syl Johnson, The Hi Rhythm Section, William Bell, The Bo Keys, Bobby Parker, The Mighty Hannibal, Nathaniel Mayer, Eddie Bo, Zigaboo Modeliste, Lazy Lester, Barbara Lynn, Travis Wammack, Tammy Lynn, Al Johnson, Lil Buck Sinegal and The Top Cats Featuring Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural, Warren Storm, Mac Rebennack, Jean Knight, Skip Easterling, Hayden Thompson, Sonny Burgess, Joe Clay, Jay Chevalier, Deke Dickerson and The Eccofonics, Little Freddie King, Henry Gray, Louisiana Red, Eddie Powers, Earl Stanley, James Blood Ulmer, Wardell Quezergue and His Rhythm and Blues Revue, Roy Head, Dale Hawkins, King Lloyd, Roscoe Robinson, Ralph "Soul" Jackson, Herman Hitson, Wiley and The Checkmates, and Rockie Charles, East of Edens Soul Express, and the TAILDRAGGER !

 

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Live DAVE SPECTER DVD/CD is in!!!

LIVE IN CHICAGO , Release Date: April 22, 2008

Recorded in Chicago at Buddy Guy's Legends and Rosa's Lounge

Featuring Special Guests: Jimmy Johnson, Tad Robinson & Sharon Lewis

with Brother John Kattke, Harlan Terson & Marty Binder

 

Dave Specter CD/DVD release parties for Live in Chicago:

Wed, May 21: Buddy Guy's Legends, 9:30-1:00

"Live in Chicago" DVD/CD Release Party! Featuring Tad Robinson & many special guests.

Thurs. May 22: SPACE (Dave's new club!) = Society for Preservation of Arts & Culture in Evanston, 1245 Chicago Ave., Evanston, IL

"Live in Chicago" DVD/CD Release Party! Featuring Tad Robinson & many special guests. 9:00-?

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DELMARK CD release party for Mississippi Heat's "Hattiesburg Blues"

FRIDAY, MAY 30TH, BUDDY GUY'S LEGENDS with special guest Carl Weathersby!! 754 S. Wabash, @10pm

MISSISSIPPI HEAT, Hattiesburg Blues, (Delmark CD - DE 795), with special guests Lurrie Bell and Carl Weathersby -

www.mississippiheat.net , www.lurrie.com , www.carlweathersby.org , www.gilescorey.us

This very underrated Chicago blues band is led by harp innovator/ band leader Pierre LaCocque and dynamic female vocalist Inetta Visor, along with their fantastic new guitarist Giles Corey (check out his guitar and vocals on his spotlight song "Say Something Good!") Chris "Hambone" Cameron on keys (including clavinet) and the ubiquitous all star drummer Kenny Smith. Special guests besides heavies Lurrie Bell (singing a new Chicago Blues anthem "Chicago Is My Home!") and Carl Weathersby ("Hell and Back") are guest vocalist, Devin Thompson (Chicago Catz, Rico), and latin percussionist Ruben Alvarez (Howard Levy's Chevere) and the Chicago Horns (Willie Henderson, Hank Ford, Bill McFarland, and Kenny Anderson) - making for a very full sounding (but not cluttered) blues recording, with some unique twists!

You can listen to sound samples of this at http://www.mississippiheat.net/disc/hattiesburg.html

 

 

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**Little Arthur Duncan's 74th Birthday Party & Soul Food Buffet with the Backscratchers and special guests!!- Saturday, Feb 2, 2008 - Rosa's Lounge, 3420 W. Armitage, Chicago

**DELMARK CD RELEASE PARTIES **

Recent Delmark CD/DVD release parties in 2008! Come out and celebrate with both new and veteran Delmark artists

*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) (www.bradgoode.com)

 

*KEEFE JACKSON's Project Project - JUST LIKE THIS- Sunday, February 24, 10 pm, Hungry Brain, 2319 W. Belmont, Chicago (www.keefejackson.com)

Project Project : Keefe Jackson (tenor sax, bass clarinet), 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)

*Check out the new and updated AACM- Chicago web page!! www.aacmchicago.org

*SABERTOOTH's Dr. Midnight, Live at the Green Mill - Friday, January 4, 2008, 9pm - 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!!

Sabertooth Jazz Quartet (myspace.com/sabertoothquartet) 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. This will also be a double birthday celebration for Illinois Slim and Delmark Kevin!

Little Arthur Duncan (vocals, harp), Illinois Slim (guitar), Rick Kreher (guitar), Twist Turner (drums), and Michael Azzi (bass) (myspace.com/littlearthurduncan)

*Mike Walbridge's Chicago Footwarmers featuring Kim Cusack Crazy Rhythm! - Sunday January 27, 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!!) and are performing a special holiday show at Fitzgerald's Club in Berwyn, IL on Thursday, December 27, 7pm. 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.

TAIL DRAGGER and Lurrie Bell just returned home after a month plus long European Tour!! Take a look at this all-star real deal Chicago Blues Band- Chicago wishes this band played at home regularly!

"Chicago Blues Festival Tour 2007 " - Featuring:

Tail Dragger (voc) Lurrie Bell (voc, guitar), Eddie Taylor Jr. (guitar, voc), Martin Lang (harp), Willie Hayes (drums) and Russell Jackson (bass, voc)

 

 

 

NICOLE MITCHELL's Black Earth Ensemble DVD/CD release party !!

Wednesday, November 7, 2007 - Fred Anderson's Velvet Lounge, Chicago

Black Earth Ensemble: Nicole Mitchell (flute, composer) David Boykin (saxophone) David Young (trumpet) Jeff Parker (guitar) Justin Dillard (piano)Tomeka Reid (cello) Josh Abrams (bass) Marcus Evans (drums) and Ugochi (vocals) (*Parker will not be performing at the release party.)

Nicole Mitchell will be celebrating her highly anticipated Delmark debut recording, Black Unstoppable at the Velvet! Delmark will be releasing simultaneously a DVD of a recent Nicole Mitchell performance at the Velvet and a studio CD recorded at Riverside/Delmark of Nicole's brilliant compositions. In the August 2007 issue of Downbeat Magazine, Nicole Mitchell has placed #1 in the Rising Star Flutist category. This is her third year to carry the title.

Highly critically acclaimed flautist and composer Nicole Mitchell's trajectory is rising fast. Check out the recent CHICAGO READER for a fantastic front page full feature on Nicole from Peter Margasak. " AN IMPROVISED LIFE...on her way to becoming the greatest living flutist in jazz!!"

 

 

 

 

 

CHICAGO UNDERGROUND TRIO performed live in Europe in November, while screening their recent Delmark DVD, CHRONICLE with visual improvisations by filmmaker Raymond Salvatore Harmon, including a date, November 14th at the prestigious Copenhagen International Film Documentary Festival !

Delmark and CUT's Chronicle was in the running for the 2007 Award. Congrats to Joy Division- Lil' ol' Delmark is in GREAT company!! **Chicago Underground Trio - Chronicle, Amazing Journey: The Story Of The Who, Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing, Dub Echoes, Gang Gang Dance: Retina Riddim + Otomo Yoshihide: The Multiple Otomo Project, Global Metal, Joe Strummer - The Future Is Unwritten, Nömadak TX, Pilgrimage From Scattered Points + Bogman Palmjaguar, Sigur Rós - Heima, Joy Division, Lou Reed's Berlin

 

  Delmark's recent DVD/CD Recordings!-

  *Wednesday, Octboer 10, 2007 : Corey Wilkes at Close Up 2, 7pm, 416 S. Clark, Chicago

"During the past few years, Corey Wilkes has blossomed into one of the boldest, most versatile young trumpeters in Chicago jazz. Whether inventing strangely innovative sounds with the Art Ensemble of Chicago or fronting a straight- ahead group, he proves that a nimble technique and a sense of adventure can distinguish a musician from his peers"  Howard Reich- Chicago Tribune Arts Critic

1) Friday, August 17 :*Byther Smith - Smitty is one of the last of the intense, no nonsense real deal Mississippi to Chicago bluesmen - searing guitar and passionate vocals

*live at the NATURAL RHYTHM Private Social Club, 2000 W. 59th St (corner of Damen and 59th), Chicago

 

2) Saturday, August 18: *LITTLE ARTHUR DUNCAN and the Back Scratchers with special guest vocalist LITTLE AL THOMAS : Rosa's Lounge, 3420 W. Armitage, Chicago, 9pm -1am

*get ready to shake your money maker to live down home blues from the one and only Little Arthur Duncan on vocals and harmonica - Watch out ladies!!

 

*DAVE SPECTER with special guests Jimmy Johnson on voc/guitar, Tad Robinson on voc/harp, and Sharon Lewis on vocals.

3) Monday, August 20: Rosa's Lounge 3420 W. Armitage, Chicago, 9:00pm-1:00am -Dave Specter w/ vocalist Sharon Lewis "Texas Fire" and Brother John Kattke, Harlan Terson & Marty Binder

4) Tuesday, August 21: Buddy Guy's Legends, 754 S. Wabash, Chicago 9:30pm-1:30am Dave Specter w/Jimmy "The Bar Room Preacher" Johnson, Tad "Mr. Blue Eyed Soul" Robinson, Brother John Kattke , Harlan "The Bluesperson" Terson & Marty Binder  

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***** catch these artists at their next performance *****

Sort artists by: BLUES or JAZZ   

JAZZ Artists:

Josh Abrams -Bass, (percussion, piano) Josh's MySpace

Muhal Richard Abrams - piano, (synthesizer, reeds. voc) - Muhal's AACM page

Jason Ajemian - bass- Jason's MySpace- SMOKELESS HEAT: Noritaka Tanaka and Tim Haldeman (with Jaimie Branch, Jason Adasiewicz and Matt Schneider for a Delmark release in 08') CD release party Wed, April 30, Heaven Gallery- Jason Ajemian's Smokeless Heat Delmark CD release party for The Art of Dying,

Wed. April 30, Heaven Gallery, 1550 N. Milwaukee, 2nd floor, Chicago's Wicker Park, www.heavengallery.com

Eric Alexander - sax - Eric's website

Fred Anderson - sax -(for more info visit Fred Anderson's Velvet Lounge website.)

Othello Anderson - sax

Art Ensemble of Chicago - Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Famoudou Don Moye

Jim Baker - keys, synthesizer - Baker bio

*Every Tuesday! -Jim Baker, Steve Hunt (percussion) Brian Sandstrom (bass,guitar), Mars Williams (sax) -every Tuesday at Hotti Biscotti, 8:30PM, 3545 W Fullerton, 773.772.9970

Wed March 19, Velvet Lounge, Chicago, Michael Bettine-gongs, Jim Baker-electronics

Thurs March 27 , Velvet Lounge, Chicago, Jim Baker-keyboards, Mars Williams -sax, Brian Sandstrom-bass & guitar, Joe Adamik-drums

Billy Bang - violin - Billy AAJ article

Anthony Braxton -sax, reeds - Braxton's AACM page

Zack Brock and Tom Wright's Common Ground - violin and guitar - Zack's Website

Bobby Broom -guitar
* Every Tuesday night - Green Mill 4802 N. Broadway - w/ Deep Blue Organ Trio
(for more info visit the Bobby Broom Website or Deep Blue Organ Trio's website.)

*every Sunday, 11 am, with Sergio Pires, Cafe' 28, 1800 W. Irving Park, Chicago

Ari Brown - sax, reeds, piano - Ari's AACM page

*every Monday in January with Isaiah Spencer's Organ Dynasty at the Velvet Lounge, Chicago

Roy Campbell - trumpet, flugelhorn, flute - Roy's website

Frank Catalano - sax - Frank's Website

*Catalano trio every Wednesday late nite set at Green Mill , 2am-3am, free! Chicago's Uptown

* Frank Catalano Band every Tuesday, 9pm at Andy's Jazz Club, 11 E. Hubbard, Chicago

3/20/2008 8pm Depauw University, Greencastle, Indiana

Fri, Sat April 4, 5 - Andy's Jazz Club, Chicago, 9:30-1:30 am

Fri, Sat May 2, 3 - Andy's Jazz Club. Chicago, 9:30-1:30 am

Wed May 7, 5/7/2008 8pm-midnight, Scullers, Boston, Mass, My Band will be killin!!! Thanks Fred Taylor and Eric Hanson!!!

Fri, Sat June 6, 7 - Andy's Jazz Club, Chicago, 9:30-1:30 am

Tues July 1, 7/1/2008 Big Island Jazz Fest, Honolulu, Hawaii

Chicago Luzern Exchange (Keefe Jackson, Josh Berman, Frank Rosaly, Mark Unternahrer)
(for more info visit the Chicago Luzern Exchange website)

Chicago Underground Trio (Rob Mazurek, Chad Taylor, Jason Ajemian) -CU MySpace page

Jodie Christian-piano

Jim Cooper -vibraphone (for more info visit the Jim Cooper Website.)

Rich Corpolongo - sax, reeds - Rich's Website

8pm-10pm 2nd Monday of each month. The Elastic Arts Foundation, 2830 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Logan Square, Chicago, IL

Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble - sax, reeds, voc -Ernest Website- Ernest Dawkins AACM page and Chicago Creative Arts page

Fri March 21, 8:00pm, Ernest Dawkins Quartet, Pete Miller's, 1385 N. Meacham Road, Schaumberg, IL

Deep Blue Organ Trio - (Chris Foreman, Bobby Broom, Greg Rockingham)(for more information visit the Deep Blue Organ Trio website)
* Every Tuesday night - Green Mill - 4802 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL

Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio - drums, percussion, voc - Kahil's Website and Kahil's MySpace

Mon, March 31, Sofitel Hotel, Chicago

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - (Kahil El' Zabar, Ernest Dawkins, Fareed Haque, Corey Wilkes

Scott Fields -guitar -(for more info visit the Scott Fields Website)

Yves Francois' Rocambu Jazz - trumpet, flugelhorn - Yves' MySpace page

Thursdays, 7-9 pm at El Nuevo Mexicano, 2914 N. Clark St., Chicago- El Nuevo Mexicano Website

George Freeman - guitar, (sax)

*every Thursday with Lenny Lynn at Sids Tropical Den, 7209 S. Exchange, Chicago

Von Freeman - sax
* Every Tuesday at the New Apartment Lounge, Chicago, IL.

Curtis Fuller - trombone - Curtis' Hard Bop page

Brad Goode - trumpet - Brad's Website

Friday, Saturday, February 15, 16, Nature Boy CD release party at the Green Mill, Chicago's Uptown

Al Green - drums -

Francine Griffin - vocalist - The Songbird on AAJ

Chuck Hedges -clarinet - www.chuckhedges.com
*Every Thursday @ The Grove, Elm Grove WI. 6:30 to 10 pm

Franz Jackson - sax, clarinet - Franz' Website

Keefe Jackson - sax, clarintet - Keefe's Website

Sunday, February 24, CD release party for Keefe's Project Project, Just Like This, Hungry Brain, 2319 W. Belmont, Chicago

Joseph Jarman - sax, reeds, percussion - Art Ensemble Jarman page

The Jazz O'Maniacs - check out DVD trailer

Wednesday, March 12 Fitzgerald's Berwyn, IL, 8pm in the SideBar, $10

Eddie Johnson -sax - Red Saunders page

Andrew Lamb - sax, reeds, (harp, percussion) - Sound Vision Orchestra

Carl Leukafe - vibes

Zane Massey -sax -

Rob Mazurek - cornet, trumpet, keys, electronics- Rob's website

Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre (Ahra Difda)- sax, reeds - Kalaparusha AAJ article

Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble - flute, piccolo - Nicole's website - Nicole's MySpace

Tues Mar 11 2008 - Indigo Trio European Tour, Italy

Fri, Sat March 21, 22, Velvet Lounge, CHicago, www.velvetlounge.net, Nicole Mitchell Quartet

Roscoe Mitchell - sax, reeds, percussion - Art Ensemble of Chicago

Kevin O'Donbell's Quality Six (with Andrew Bird) - drums (and Andrew Bird on voc, violin) - Andrew Bird's Website

The Original Salty Dogs - Salty Dogs webpage - 60th year performing since 1947!!

Thurs March 27. Fitzgerald's , Berwyn, IL 8pm, $10

Harold Ousley -sax, flute - AAJ review

Jeff Parker - guitar - Jeff's MySpace page

*every Tuesday. 11pm, RODAN w/ Josh Abrams , John Herndon & Selina Trepp Chicago

Tues Mar 18 2008 8:00P, w/Ingebrigt Flaten Quintet Ljubljana

Thurs Mar 20 2008 8:00P, w/Ingebrigt Flaten Quintet Cerkno

Mar 22 2008 11:00P, Djing at Danny's Tavern Chicago, Illinois

Mar 25 2008 11:00P RODAN w/Josh Abrams, John Herndon, Selina Trepp & Dante Carfagna Chicago, Illinois

Mar 27 2008 10:00P Duo w/John Herndon at AV-Aerie Chicago, Illinois

Apr 1 2008 11:00P RODAN w/Ingebrigt Flaten, John Herndon, Selina Trepp & Dante Carfagna Chicago, Illinois

Apr 4 2008 9:00P, The Green Mill w/Exploding Star Orchestra Chicago, Illinois

Apr 5 2008 8:00P, The Green Mill w/Exploding Star Orchestra Chicago, Illinois

Apr 8 2008 11:00P, RODAN w/John Herndon, Selina Trepp & Dante Carfagna Chicago, Illinois

Apr 11 2008 10:00P, Djing at The Burlington Chicago, Illinois

Apr 15 2008 11:00P, RODAN w/John Herndon, Selina Trepp & Dante Carfagna Chicago, Illinois

Apr 18 2008 8:00P, JP Trio w/Jeff Ballard, Josh Abrams @ The Stone New York, New York

Apr 23 2008 Powerhouse Sound @ The HIDEOUT Chicago, Illinois

Apr 25 2008 9:00P Douglas Ewart's Inventions @ VELVET LOUNGE Chicago, Illinois

Apr 26 2008 9:00P, Douglas Ewart's Inventions @ VELVET LOUNGE Chicago, Illinois

May 1 2008 8:00P TRTS @ Donaufestival Krems

Cecil Payne -( b Dec. 14, 1922 -d Nov. 27, 2007-) Rest in peace, Cecil . You and your baritone sax will be much missed!

Ed Petersen - sax - Ed's web page and Ed's MySpace

Reginald Robinson -piano - Reginald's Webs

Roy Rubinstein's Chicago Hot Six - trombone - see Norrie Cox's Website

*first Thursday of the month at Niko's, 41W379 Route 64, Wasco, IL 630-443-8000

Sabertooth Jazz -tandem sax, flute, B3 organ, drums- Sabertooth MySpace

*every Saturday, midnite until 4am!! at the Green Mill, Chicago's Uptown

Friday, January 4th- Delmark debut, CD release party for Dr. Midnight!- Green Mill, Lawrence and Broadway, Chicago

Savoir Faire - violin - Savoir Faire's Website

Archie Shepp - sax (piano, voc) - Archie's website

Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls - drums (for more info visit the Ted Sirota website) Ted's MySPace
*EVERY 3rd MONDAY OF THE MONTH; 8:00-10:00PM @ Morseland (1218 W. Morse in Rogers Park).

*Ted drums with the Sabertooth Quartet every Saturday midnight til 4 am at Green Mill

*new series, every Wednesday night at Boocoo with Ted Sirota's Freedom Sounds, 1823 Church St, Evanston,IL ,8:30pm, www.boocoo.org

Friday, January 4th- Delmark CD release party for Sabertooth's Dr. Midnight!- Green Mill, Lawrence and Broadway, Chicago

Mike Smith - sax - Mike Smith Sax Website

*every Wednesday, 9pm at Andy's Jazz Club

Ira Sullivan - trumpet, reeds - Ira's Website

Sun Ra Arkestra - webpage

Chad Taylor -drums (Chicago Underground, Active Ingredients)

Sir Charles Thompson- piano - AAJ article on Sir Charles

Duane Thamm - vibraphone

Ken Vandermark - sax, reeds - Ken's Website

MikeWalbridge's Chicago Footwarmers featuring Kim Cusack and Don Stiernberg - tuba, cornet - Mike at West End Jazz Band

Terry Waldo's Gutbucket Syncopators - piano - Terry's Website

Corey Wilkes - trumpet - Corey's Website

March 21- 23 NYC, CACHACA, 9pm and 11:30 pm with Will Calhoun's AZA

Fri March 28, Sherman Park, Chicago , 7pm, -"The Awakening Reunion"

John Young - piano

FRIENDS OF DELMARK- Jazz Artists/Leaders on Delmark as "sidemen/women"

Tatsu Aoki - bass, drums (on Fred Anderson's CDs) -Tatsu's website

Dee Alexander -vocals (on Malachi Thompson's CDs) - Dee's Website

Harrison Bankhead - Bass, guitar - (on Fred Anderson's CDs) - Harrison anf Fred Youtube

Gary Bartz - sax (on Malachi Thompson's CDs) - Gary's JazzCorner Website

Marcus Belgrave - trumpet, flugelhorn - (on Cecil Payne's Scotch and Milk- DE 494) - Marcus' Website

Josh Berman - trumpet, cornet -(on Chicago Luzern Exchange and Keefe Jackson's CDs)- Umbrella Music Chicago Improv Jazz Website- Josh's MySpace

Steve Berry - trombone - (on Malachi Thompson's, Ernest Dawkins', Byther Smith's, and Willie Kent's CDs)- Steve's AACM page

Andrew Bird - voc, violin, guitar, whistling (on Kevin O'Donnell's Quality Six's Heretic Blues -DE 513 and Control Freak- DE 522) - Bird's Website

Jeb Bishop- trombone - (on Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls' Breeding Resistance -DE 551 and Keefe Jackson's Project Project) - Jeb's Website - Jeb's MySpace

Hamiet Bluiett - baritone sax, clarinet (on Malachi Thompson's Talking Horns -DE 532)- Hamiet's Website

Mwata Bowden - clarinet, sax, reeds - (on Dave Clark's Switchin' In The Kitchen- DE 768) - Mwata's AACM page

Joseph Bowie - trombone, percussion (on Kahil El Zabar's Infinity Orchestra's Transmigration -DE 576) - DeFunkt's Website

David Boykin - sax (on Active Ingredients-Titration- DG-547)

Jaimie Branch -trumpet and flugelhorn (on Keefe Jackson's Project Project) - Jaimie's MySpace

Randy Brecker - trumpet - (on Frank Catalano's Live at the Green Mill - DG 536) - Randy's website

Bill Brimfield - trumpet (on Joseph Jarman's Song For DD 410 and Ed Petersen's The Haint DE 474)

Nick Broste - trombone (on Keefe Jackson's Project PRoject) - Nick's MySpace

Kirk Brown - piano (on Ari Brown's CDs, Malachi Thompson's New Standards DE 473)

Maurice Brown -trumpet (on Ernest Dawkins' Mean Ameen -DE 559 and The Messenger - DE 570/DVD 1570) - Maurice's Website

Ronnie Cuber -baritone sax (on Bobby Broom's Modern Man- DE 530) - Ronnie at AAJ

Kim Cusack - clarinet, sax (on Salty Dogs' CDs and Mike Walbridge's Chicago Footwarmers - Ragtime Ramblers' bio

*every Wednesday, 5pm, Andy's Jazz, Chicago - the Kim Cusack Quartet

Edwin Daugherty - sax, reeds - (on Muhal Richard Abrams' Things To Come From Those Now Gone- DD 430) -

Ron Dewar - sax, clarinet- Memphis Nighthawks' Jazz Lips

Justin Dillard -piano (Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble)- Justin MySpace

Axel Dorner - trumpet (on Josh Abrams' Cipher - DG 546) - Axel's European Free Improv page

Hamid Drake - drums, percussion (on Fred Anderson's CDs and Roy Campbell's Ethnic Stew and Brew -DE 528)- Hamid on AAJ

James Falzone - clarinet (on Keefe Jackson's website)

Alvin Fielder -drums, percussion (on Roscoe Mitchell's Sound DE 408)- Alvin's NYC AAMC page

Larry Gray - bass - Larry's Website

Chris Greene - sax (on Kevin O'Donnell's Quality Six's CDs) - Chris' Website

Guillermo Gregorio - clarinet, sax (on Josh Abrams' Cipher - DG 546 and Keefe Jackson's Project Project)- Guillermo's on Avant

Johnny Griffin - sax - (on Ira Sullivan's Blue Stroll - DE 402)- Johnny's Hard Bop page

Dana Hall - drums- (on Brad Goode's Hypnotic Suggestion- DE 567) - Chicago Jazz Ensemble

Fareed Haque - guitar, sitar, voc (on Ethnic Heritage Ensemble's CDs, Ed Peterson's Upward Spiral -DE 445)- Fareed's Website

Billy Harper -sax (on Malachi Thompson's CDs)- Billy's Website

Barry Harris - piano (on Dona;d Byrd's First Flight - DD 407) - Barry's website

Billy Hart - drums- (on Andy Goodrich's Motherless Child - DE 495) -Billy's Website

Albert "Tootie" Heath - drums - Tootie's MySpace

Eddie Henderson - trumpet -(on Andy Goodrich's Motherless Child DE-495) - Eddie AAJ article

John Herndon -drums, percussion, vibes, keys (on Chicago Underground Orchestra's Playground- DE 503) Tortoise Website

Red Holloway - sax - (on Big Walter Horton/Alfred Harris' Harmonica Blues Kings - DD 712 and The Five C's Tell Me - DE 776) - Red's website

Art Hoyle - trumpet -(on Sun Ra's CDs, Harold Ousley's Grit-Gettin' Feelin DE 520) - Art interview on WBEZ

Freddie Hubbard - trumpet - (on Cecil Payne's Cerupa -DE 478)- Freddie's Website

Robert Irving III - piano, keys, synth - (arranges on Kahil's Transmigration - DE 576)- Robert's bio

Elvin Jones - drums - (on Jimmy Forrest's All The Gin Is Gone DD 404 and Black Forrest- DD 427) - Elvin's Jazz Machine

Oliver Lake - sax (on Malachi Thompson's Talking Horns DE 532) - Oliver's Website

Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello (on Keefe Jackson's Fast Citizens' Ready Everyday DE 571) - Fred interview in Perfect Sound Forever

Yusef Lateef - flute, reeds - (on Donald Byrd's First Flight -DD 407) - Yusef's Website

Bobby Lewis - trumpet, flugelhorn - (on Jim Beebe's Saturday Night Function -DE 218) - Bobby's website

Chris Lopes - bass, flute, guitar - (on Jeff Parker's Like-Coping DG 543 and Chicago Underground) - Chris' MySpace

Harold Mabern -piano (on Eric Alexander's CDs and Andy Goodrich's Motherless Child- DE 495)- Harold on AAJ

Bill MacKay -guitar - (on Savoir Faire's Running Out of Time DE 562) - Bill's MySpace

Ravish Momin -drums, percussion (on Kalaparusha's Morning Song DE 553) - Ravish's website

Famoudou Don Moye - percussion - Don's Website

Sun Feb 17, Don Moye & the Sun Percussion, Aquarian Celebration, 5-8p.m, Velvet Lounge, Chicago

Idris Muhammad (Leo Morris)-drums (on Bobby Broom's Modern Man DE 530)- Idris' AAj article

David Murray -sax, clarinet -(on Kahil El Zabar's Love Outside of Dreams -DG 541) - David's webpage

William Parker - Bass (on Roy Campbell CD's and Zane Massey's Brass Knuckles- DD 464) - William's website

Ron Perillo - piano (on Mike Smith's Sinatra Songbook- DE 480) - Ron AAJ article

Willie Pickens - piano (on too many to list here!) - Willie's Website

Avreeayl Ra - drums - (Malachi Thompson's CDs, Ernest Dawkin's CDs) - Avreeayl on AAJ

Rufus Reid -bass - (on Muhal Abrams' Things To Come...DD 430) - Rufus' JazzCorner Website

Tomeka Reid -cello (on Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble) - Tomeka's MySpace

Dave Rempis - alto and baritone saxophone - (on Keefe's Project Project) - Dave's Website

Frank Rosaly - drums (on Keefe Jackson's DE 571 and DE 580 and Chicago Luzern Exchange) - Frank's blog

Jim Rotondi -trumpet - (on Eric Alexander's CDs, Cecil Payne's Chic Boom -DE 529) - Jim's Website

Pharoah Sanders - Sax, reeds (on Kahil El Zabar's Africa N'da Blues -DE 519) - Pharoah's Website

Eric Schneider - sax (on Jim Beebe's Saturday Night Function- DE 218 and Sir Charles Thompson's CDs)

*every Friday, noon @ Andy's Jazz Club

Aram Shelton - alto sax, clarinet (on Keefe JAckson's Fast Citizens)- Aram' website

Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet - (on Anthony Braxton's 3 Compositions -DD 415, Muhal Abrams' Young At Heart DE 423) - Leo's Website

Dr. Lonnie Smith -organ (on Bobby Broom's Modern Man -DE 530) - Lonnie's Website

Isaiah Spencer -drums (on Ernest Dawkins' Messenger- Live at Velvet)

Jason Stein - bass clarinet (on Keefe Jackson's Project Project) - Jason's MySpace

Don Stiernberg - mandolin, banjo, guitar -(on Mike Walbridge's Chicago Footwarmers)- Don's Website

Butch Thompson - piano, clarinet -(on Norrie Cox's Live at the Illiana -DE 241) - Butch's Website

Henry Threadgill -flute, sax (on Muhal Richard Abrams' Young At Heart -DE 423) - Henry's Europe Jazz Network page

Ugochi -vocals (on Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble) - Ugochi's website- African Buttafly MySpace

Marc Unternahrer - tuba (Chicago Luzern Exchanger, Keefe Jackson's Project Project) - Marc's MySpace

Mike Walbridge - tuba (on Terry Waldo's Gutbucket Syncopators, Bay City Jazz Band,Salty Dogs, Albert Nicholas) West End Jazz Band

Paul Wertico - drums (on Rich Corpolongos's Just Found Joy- DE 489) - Paul's Website

Pharez Whitted - trumpet (on Ari Brown's Live at the Green Mill- DVD/DE 1577/577) -Pharez Wikipedia

Brad Williams - piano (on Ed Peterson's Upward Spiral - DE 445) - Brad's website

Buster Williams - bass (on Andy Goodrich's Motherless Child- DE 495) - Buster's Website

Mars Williams - sax (on NRG Ensemble's This Is My House -DE 485) - Liquid Soul's Website

Reggie Workman - bass. percussion- (on Roscoe Mitchell's In Walked Buckner - DE 510)- Reggie's AAJ interview

David Young - trumpet (Nicole Mitchell)- David on Centerstage

 

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BLUES Artists

Lurrie Bell -voc, guitar - Lurrie's Website and Lurrie's Blogspot and Lurrie page and Lurrie MySpace

*every Thursday and Friday, noon, Buddy Guy's Legends, 754 S. Wabash, Chicago

*Fri Mar 7 2008 , 9:00P Buddy Guy's Legends Chicago: Delmark Records 55th Anniversary Concert

Wed March 19th , Chicago, IL, Buddy Guys Legends, www.buddyguy.com

Fri March 21st, Chicago, IL, B.L.U.E.S. on Halsted, www.chicagobluesbar.com

March 25-29, Bern Switzerland, Bern International Jazz Festival, Marian's Jazz Room, www.mariansjazzroom.ch"Blues in The Blood" Featuring Lurrie Bell, Kenny Smith and Eddie Taylor Jr.

Sun April 6th, Chicago, IL, Buddy Guys Legends, www.buddyguy.com

April 11-17, Half Note Jazz Club, Athens Greece, www.halfnote.gr

Fri. May 2nd, Memphis, TN, Beale Street Music Festival, www.memphisinmay.org, Duo with Matthew Skoller

Sun June 8, Chicago Blues Festival, special guest with Karen Carroll

Wed July 9, Ottawa, ONT, Cisco Systems Ottawa Blues Festival, www.ottawa-bluesfest.ca

Sun July 27th, Blakeslee, PA, Poconos Blues Festival, www.jfbb.com/summer-blues-festival.asp, 1:30-2:45 pm

Big DooWooper - vocal, keys- Chicago Reader article

*Fri Mar 7 2008 , 9:00P Buddy Guy's Legends Chicago: Delmark Records 55th Anniversary Concert

Big Time Sarah -vocals -Sarah page
* every Monday at Blue Chicago, 736 North Clark Street -

*Tuesdays with John Primer, Blue Chicago, 736 N. Clark

Lonnie Brooks - voc, guitar - Lonnie's website

Piney Brown -vocals - Piney's True Blue

Rockin' Johnny Burgin - voc, guitar - WHERE ARE YOU, JOHNNY?! / Martin Lang (harp) - often plays with Tail Dragger

Eddie Burns -voc, guitar - Detroit Blues Legend

Jimmy Burns -voc, guitar, harp - www.jimmyburnsband.com
* Jimmy Burns Every other Monday, hosting the jam and Buddy Guy's Legends
* Every Wednesday at Kingston Mines.

Monday, March 17 - Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago, IL

Friday, March 21 - House of Blues, (Solo acoustic), Chicago, IL

Saturday, March 22 - House of Blues (Solo acoustic), Chicago, IL

Sunday, March 23 - House of Blues, Chicago, iL

Monday, March 24 - Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago, IL

Thursday, March 27 - House of Blues, (Solo acoustic), Chicago, IL

Thursday, April 10 - Clare Social Club, Little Brook, Nova Scotia, Canada

Friday, April 11 - James Joyce, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Saturday, April 12 - George's Roadhouse, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada

Monday, April 14 - Time Out Pub, Rockland, ME

Wednesday, April 16 - Chan's, Woonsocket, RI

Thursday, April 17 - Terra Blues, New York, NY

Saturday, April 26 - Harlem Avenue Lounge, Berwyn, IL

Saturday, May 24 - Hideout (private party), Chicago

Thursday, June 6 - Chicago Blues Festival, Grant Park , Chicago

Saturday, August 9 - Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Fesitval - Clarksdale, MS.

Aron Burton - voc, bass

Karen Carroll -vocals

Sun June 8 Chicago Blues Festival (w/ Bobby Parker, Charlie Love, and Lurrie Bell!)

Dave Clark - sax, guitar

Eddy Clearwater - voc, guitar - "The Chief" website

Fri March 21, Famous Dave's, Minneapolis, MN

Wed March 26, Riverside Casino, Riverside, IA

Thurs March 27, Murphy's Lounge, Omaha, NE

Sat March 29, Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Sat April 5, Bill's Blues, Evanston, IL

Wed. April 9, Angola, IN, Skip's Lounge

Fri April 11, Moondog's, Blawnox, PA

Sat April 12, Stanhope House, Stanhope, NJ

Sun.. April 13, Levittown, PA, A.J.'s

Fri June 6 , Chicago Blues Festival

Sun 06/08/08 Matteson, IL, Matteson Festival

Fri, June 13, Aurora, IL, Blues On The Fox

Fri, Sat, June 20, 21, Winnipeg Jazz Festival

Sat 08/16/08 Wausau, WI, Big Bull Falls Bluesfest

Michael Coleman - voc, guitar - www.funkymichaelcoleman.com

*every Thurs and Sundays: Bobby Rocket's Bar in Lyons, Wisconsin. Sun 3pm-7pm Thurs 8-11 pm, www.bobbyrocketsbar.com

*Fri Mar 7 2008 , 9:00P Buddy Guy's Legends Chicago: Delmark Records 55th Anniversary Concert

Little Sammy Davis - voc, harp

Mad Dog Lester Davenport - voc, harp

Jimmy Dawkins -voc, wes cide gitar - Jimmy' website

*Fri Mar 7 2008 , 9:00P Buddy Guy's Legends Chicago: Delmark Records 55th Anniversary Concert

Little Arthur Duncan -voc, harp - Little Arthur MySpace

Friday, January 11th, CD/DVD release Backscratcher dance party, Rosa's Lounge, Chicago

*Fri Mar 7 2008 , 9:00P Buddy Guy's Legends Chicago: Delmark Records 55th Anniversary Concert

Sat March 29, Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago, 9pm

Jesse Fortune - vocals

Steve Freund -voc, guitar- stevefreund.com

Every Tuesday:  Blues Jam at the Mojo Lounge, Fremont Ca.  8:30-12 Midnite  
http://www.themojolounge.net/

Lacy Gibson - voc, guitar- Lacy article in Jefferson

Jimmy Johnson - voc, guitar - Jimmy's website

*Fri Mar 7 2008 , 9:00P Buddy Guy's Legends Chicago: Delmark Records 55th Anniversary Concert

Shirley Johnson- vocals -
* every Sunday and Thursday at Blue Chicago, 536 North Clark Street

*Fri Mar 7 2008 , 9:00P Buddy Guy's Legends Chicago: Delmark Records 55th Anniversary Concert

Syl Johnson - voc, guitar, harp - Syl Discography

*Fri Mar 7 2008 , 9:00P Buddy Guy's Legends Chicago: Delmark Records 55th Anniversary Concert

Tues, Wed April 29, 30, New Orleans, PONDEROSA STOMP Festival, House of Blues- with the Hi Rhythm Section!!

Lenny Lynn - vocals - Lenny page

* every Thursday with George Freeman at Mr. Sids Tropical Den, 7209 S. Exchange, Chicago

Magic Slim and the Teardrops - voc, guitar - Magic Slim's website

03/18/08 Reykjavik, ICE TBA

03/19/08 Sonderborg, DEN Sonderborghus

03/20/08 Haderslev, DEN Maanen

03/21/08 Fredericia, DEN Bruunske Pakhus

03/22/08 Jyderup, DEN Jazzclub

03/27/08 Tranas, SWE Jazz Club

03/28/08 Lillehammer, NOR Lillehammer Blues Club

03/29/08 Umea, SWE Folkets Blues

03/30/08 Umea, SWE Folkets Blues

04/03/08 Oslo, NOR TBA

04/04/08 Moss, NOR TBA

04/05/08 Goteborg, SWE TBA

04/08/08 Copenhagen, DEN Mojo

04/09/08 Bronshoj, DEN Pilegarden

04/10/08 Hileroed, DEN Stoeberihallen

04/11/08 Aalborg, DEN TBA

04/12/08 Silkeborg, DEN B'Sharp

04/26/08 Chiciago, IL Buddy Guy's Legends

05/09/08 Fort Madison, IA Simply The Blues Festival

05/10/08 Kansas City, MO Knuckleheads Saloon

05/15/08 Columbus, OH The Thirsty Ear

05/16/08 Youngstown, OH Michael O'Malley's

05/17/08 Blawnox. PA Moondog's

06/06/08 Chicago, IL Kingston Mines

06/07/08 Chicago, IL Buddy Guy's Legends

06/14/08 Greeley, CO Greeley Blues Festival

06/28/08 Alpena, MI Blues Festival

07/19/08 Morrisville, PA Bucks Co. Blues Society

07/20/08 Bridgewater, NJ Duke Island Park

08/09/08 Petaluma, CA Wine, Jazz & Blues Festival

08/16/08 Fargo, ND Blues Festival

October 5- 12, San Diego, CA, Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise

Al Miller -voc, harp

Mississippi Heat - Pierre LaCocque (harp) Inetta Visor (vocals) Lurrie Bell, Carl Weathersby, Giles Corey (guitars) - Mississippi Heat Website

Thurs April 10, Shaw's Crab House, Chicago. 11 EAST HUBBARD STREET, Chicago, www.shawscrabhouse.com, 7:00PM to 10:00PM

Thu 05/08/08 SHAW'S CRAB HOUSE - CHICAGO

Fri 05/30/08 Buddy Guy's LEGENDS [TO BE CONFIRMED] - CD RELEASE PARTY

TENTATIVE: FRIDAY, MAY 30TH. DELMARK RECORDS CD RELEASE PARTY. DETAILS TO FOLLOW.

Thu 06/12/08, SHAW'S CRAB HOUSE, 11 EAST HUBBARD CHICAGO, 60610-4605

Fri 06/13/08 PRIVATE EVENT [TENTATIVE] - SMART MUSEUM OF ART - UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, 5550 S. GREENWOOD,www.smartmuseum.uchicago.edu

Sat 06/28/08 BLUES FESTIVAL [MINNESOTAL]

Fri 07/04/08, MONT TREMBLANT (QUEBEC-CANADA) - TO BE CONFIRMED

Sat 07/05/08, MONTREAL JAZZ FESTIVAL [TENTATIVE]

Thu 07/10/08 SHAW'S CRAB HOUSE - CHICAGO

Fri 07/11/08, WARSAW PARKS & RECREATION SUMMER SERIES - WARSAW (INDIANA), CENTRAL PARK, WARSAW, INDIANA, 517 267-1502 x201

Sat 07/19/08, EUROPEAN TOUR: JULY 19TH - JULY 28TH

WE WILL PLAY IN SPAIN, PORTUGAL, SWITZERLAND, FRANCE AND SICILY. DETAILS TO FOLLOW.

Sun 07/20/08, HONDARRIBIA BLUES FESTIVAL [SPAIN - NEAR BIARRITZ]

SUNDAY, JULY 20TH. DETAILS TO FOLLOW.

Tue 07/22/08, BELLINZONA BLUES FESTIVAL, SWITZERLAND [JULY 22ND - JULY 25TH]

Thu 07/24/08 HEADLINERS, PIAZZA BLUES FESTIVAL - SWITZERLAND, BELLINZONA

Fri 07/25/08 RHYTHMS EN CEVENNES - FRANCE, SAINT JEAN DU PIN

Sat 07/26/08, ALCAMO BLUES FESTIVAL - SICILY [TO BE CONFIMED]

Sat 08/02/08 BAND IS UNAVAILABLE FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 2ND

Fri 08/08/08, MONTREAL, QUEBEC [TENTATIVE]

Sat 08/09/08, MONTREAL, QUEBEC [TENTATIVE]

Mon 08/11/08, HOUSE OF BLUES - CHICAGO [PRIVATE EVENT], 239 N. DEARBORN

Sat 08/23/08 UPTOWN JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL - DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE, IN [HEADLINERS], DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE AT 5TH ST - BACK ALLEY STAGE

Fri 08/29/08, ACORN THEATER - CD RELEASE PARTY, 107 GENERATIONS DRIVE, THREE OAKS, MI. 49128, (269) 756-0342

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29TH, 8PM START. THE ACORN THEATER IS A HOME AWAY FROM HOME VENUE FOR US. GREAT CROWD AND WELCOME. WE WILL CELEBRATE OUR DELMARK RECORDS NEW RELEASE, HATTIESBURG BLUES.

Sat 08/30/08, MARQUETTE AREA BLUES FESTIVAL [MICHIGAN], MATTSON LOWER HARBOR PARK, MARQUETTE, MI,49855

Thu 10/16/08, LAKE ARTS CENTER - IOWA, 2201 HIGHWAY 71, OKOBOJI, IOWA, 51355, 712 332-7013 X106

Sat 12/13/08, REDKEY PALACE THEATER, 123 S. MERIDIAN, REDKEY, INDIANA, 47373, (800) 369-0075

Aaron Moore -voc, piano - Artist profile/AMG bio

*Fri Mar 7 2008 , 9:00P Buddy Guy's Legends Chicago: Delmark Records 55th Anniversary Concert

Johnny B. Moore - voc, guitar - Johnny is making a comeback! Now playing with Tail Dragger!!

*Fri Mar 7 2008 , 9:00P Buddy Guy's Legends Chicago: Delmark Records 55th Anniversary Concert

Frank Morey -voc, guitar
(for more info visit the Frank Morey website)

Tad Robinson - voc, harp (for more info visit the Tad Robinson Website)

Wed, May 21: Buddy Guy's Legends 9:30-1:00 "Live in Chicago" DVD/CD Release Party! Featuring Dave Specter & many special guests. 754 S. Wabash Chicago,

Thurs May 22: SPACE (Specter's new club!) "Live in Chicago" DVD/CD Release Party! Featuring Dave Specter & many special guests. 9:00-? SPACE = Society for Preservation of Arts & Culture in Evanston 1245 Chicago Ave. Evanston, IL

Fri May 23: Nick's w/Dave Specter 9:00-12:30

Otis Rush - voc, guitar - Otis' Website

Ken Saydak -voc, keys- (for more info visit the Ken Saydak Website)

Eddie Shaw - voc, sax - Eddie & the Wolf Gang

*Fri Mar 7 2008 , 9:00P Buddy Guy's Legends Chicago: Delmark Records 55th Anniversary Concert

Byther Smith - voc, guitar - Byther's MySpace page

*Fri Mar 7 2008 , 9:00P Buddy Guy's Legends Chicago: Delmark Records 55th Anniversary Concert

SAT JULY 26, Poconos Blues Festival, Blakeslee, PA, 3:30-4:30 and 6:30-7:30 pm. http://www.jfbb.com/summer-blues-festival.asp

Dave Specter -guitar (for more info visit the Dave Specter Website

*Fri Mar 7 2008 , 9:00P Buddy Guy's Legends Chicago: Delmark Records 55th Anniversary Concert

Fri, March 21: Nick's, 9:00-12:30 1516 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL, (773) 252-1155

Wed, March 26: Buddy Guy's Legends, 9:30-1:00 754 S. Wabash, Chicago, IL, (312) 427-1190

Tues, April 1: Shaw's Crab House w/ The Fabulous FishHeads featuring Harlan Terson, Mark Wydra & Kenny Smith, 7:00-10:00 , 21 E. Hubbard

Tues April 8: Shaw's Crab House w/Pete Benson, Harlan Terson & Gerald Dowd 7:00-10:00 21 E. Hubbard Chicago, IL (312) 527-2722

Sat April 12: Basel Blues Festival, Switzerland w/B.B. & the BluesShacks and Sam Burckhardt Basel, Switzerland

April 14-21: France Tour: Dates TBA, France

Wed, May 21: Buddy Guy's Legends 9:30-1:00 "Live in Chicago" DVD/CD Release Party! Featuring Tad Robinson & many special guests. 754 S. Wabash Chicago,

Thurs May 22: SPACE (Dave's new club!) "Live in Chicago" DVD/CD Release Party! Featuring Tad Robinson & many special guests. 9:00-? SPACE = Society for Preservation of Arts & Culture in Evanston 1245 Chicago Ave. Evanston, IL

Fri May 23: Nick's w/special guest Tad Robinson 9:00-12:30

Thurs Apr 17 2008 9:00P, Le Rouge Gorge, Avignon France Avignon

Fri Apr 18 2008 9:00P, Jack Blues Café Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France Cagnes-Sur-Mer

Sat Apr 19 2008 9:00P, Biker's Roas Café, Corbas France Corbas

Sun Apr 20 2008 8:00P, Clermont, France TBA Clermont

Fri Jul 11 2008 8:00P Italy Tour with Rico Blues Combo

Tail Dragger - vocals - Tail Dragger YouTube clip

Tues, Wed April 29, 30 - Ponderosa Stomp!!- House of Blues, New Orleans, LA

Robert Ward - voc, guitar - Robert bio

Charles Wilson - vocals - www.charleswilsonlive.com

James Wheeler -voc, guitar - James MySpace - James Youtube clip

*every Thursday @ Rosa's Lounge, 3420 W. Armitage, Chicago, 9:30 pm

Zora Young -vocals - (for more info visit: www.zorayoung.com) -

*Fri Mar 7 2008 , 9:00P Buddy Guy's Legends Chicago: Delmark Records 55th Anniversary Concert

FRIENDS OF DELMARK- Blues Artists/Leaders on Delmark as "sidemen/women"

Melvina Allen -vocals

Pete Allen -voc, guitar - (on Zora Young's Tore Up From The Floor Up -DE 784)

Kenny Anderson - trumpet (on many Delmark CDs! Chicago Horns) - Kenny on AMG

Billy Boy Arnold - voc, harp, guitar - (on Blues Before Sunrise -DE 699)- Billy Boy Unterberger interview

Chico Banks -voc, guitar - Chico's MySpace

Dave Bartholomew - trumpet, voc - (on Jump 'N' Shout - DE 715)

Allen Batts - keys, voc - (on Lester Davenport's I Smell A Rat, Aron Burton's Good Blues To You, Shirley Johnson's Killer Diller)

Steve Behr -piano - (on Jim Beebe's, Michael Coleman's Blues Brunch - DE 785) - Boogie Woogie Masters AAJ

Dennis "The Long Man" Binder - Dennis' website - (on Long Man Blues -DE 717)

Rodney Brown and Hot Rod - sax, voc - (on Big Time Sarah's CDs)

Barrelhouse Chuck - voc, piano - (on Specter's Left Turn On Blue, Specter/Freund's Is What It Is)- Chuck's website

Billy Branch - voc, harp- Billy's Website -(on Willie Kent's Too Hurt To Cry - DE 667, Bonnie Lee's DE 676, Tail Dragger's CDs, Aron Burton's DE 727)

every Monday at Artis' Lounge, 1249 E. 87th, Chicago

every Wednesday with Nellie Tiger Travis, Genesis Lounge, 4838 W. 183rd, Country Club Hills: 8 PM

Mark Braun (Mr.B) - piano - (on Steve Freund's "I'll Be Your Mule") - Mr. B's website

Tommy Brown - vocals - Tommy's website (on Big Walter Horton/Alfred Harris' Harmonica Blues Kings - DD 712)

John Brumbach -sax -(on Specter's, Tad Robinson's, Al Miller's, Zora Young's Learned My Lesson, Jimmy Burns' Leaving Here Walking)- John's website

Sam Burckhardt -sax - (on Steve Freund's CDs) - Sam and Airway Records Website

Birmingham "Harmonica" George Conner - voc, harp - (on Chicago Ain't Another Blues Band- DE 624)

Pete Crawford -guitar - (on Steve Freund's "C" For Chicago - DE 734)

Steve Cushing - drums, blues historian/DJ! (on Lurrie Bell's Mercurial Son- DE 679, Big Wheeler's Bone Orchard, Jimmie Lee Robinson's Lonely Traveller) - Blues Before Sunrise

Katherine Davis - vocals - www.katherinedavis.com - (on Dixie Stompers' Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody 'Bout DE 224)

Steve Dawson - voc, guitar - (on Barkin Bill's Gotcha!) -Steve Dawson Music

Willie "Toothpick" Davis -voc, guitar

Wendy Dewitt - piano (on Freund's "C" For Chicago) - Queen of Boogie Woogie

Scott Dirks - voc, harp - (on Jimmie Lee Robinson's Lonely Traveler - DE 665) - Little Walter web page

Michael Dotson - voc, guitar (on Jimmy Burns' Back to the Delta -DE 730) - Michael's website

Danny Draher -voc, guitar - (on Zora Young's Learned My Lesson -DE 748) - Danny's website

Ronnie Earl -guitar - (on Dave Specter's Bluebird Blues -DD 652) - Ronnie's website

Dietra Farr -vocals (on Dave Specter's Bluebird Blues -DD 652)- Dietra's website

Billy Flynn - voc, guitar, mandolin, harp - Billy's Web site - (on Little Arthur Duncan's DE 733, Mad Dog Lester's DG 763, Willie Kent's DE 723)

Hank Ford - sax - (on many Delmark CDs- Chicago Horns)

Henry Gray -voc, piano - Henry's website

Buddy Guy - voc, guitar - Buddy's website

Phil Guy - voc, guitar - Phil's website

Steve Guyger - voc, harp - (on Freund's "I'll Be Your Mule"- DE 752)- Steve's Website

Terry Hanck -sax (on Steve Freund's "C" For Chicago - DE 734)- Terry's website

Willie Henderson - sax (baritone) (on many Delmark CDs!!- Chicago Horns) - Willie's Soul Walking page

HI Rhythm Section - Mabon "Teenie" Hodges on guitar and his brothers Leroy and Charles on bass and organ respectively, along with drummer Howard Grimes-(on Syl Johnson's CDs)- Ponderosa Stomp page

Mark Hummel - voc, harp - Mark's website

Illinois Slim -guitar, (harp, voc) (on Blues Before Sunrise - DE 699) -

Plas Johnson -sax (on Jump 'N' Shout - DE 715) - Plas' website

Syleena Johnson - vocals (on Syl Johnson's Back In The Game - DE 674)

Lynne Jordan - vocals (on Women of Blue Chicago -DD 690)- Lynne's website

Sax Kari - guitar - Sax Kari story - (on Honkers and Bar Walkers, Vol 3 -DE 542)

Brother John Katke - voc, guitar, keys (on future Dave Specter, Live Rosa's, Legends DVD/CD) - Brother John's website

Rick Kreher - guitar (on Rockin' Johnny, Little Arthur Duncan) - Muddy Waters' MySpace

Sam Lay - drums, (guitar, voc) - (on Eddy Clearwater's Boogie My Blues Away -DD 678)- Sam's Howlin Wolf page

Bob Levis -guitar - (on Lonnie Brooks' CD, Karen Carroll's CD, Otis Rush -DE 781- Bob's Crossroads page

Sharon Lewis - vocals (on upcoming Dave Specter DVD/CD, Live at Rosa's) - Sharon's Texas Fire website

Grana Louise - vocals (on Bay City Jazz Band's Alligator Crawl- DE 242) - Grana's website

Lynwood Slim - voc, harp - Lynwood's Webpage - (on Dave Specter's Left Turn On Blue - DE 693)

Dave Maxwell - piano (on Steve Freund's "C" For Chicago -DE 734) - Dave's Website

Bill McFarland and the Chicago Horns - trombone- (on many Delmark CDs)

Rico McFarland - guitar (on Big Time Sarah's CDs, Jimmy Johnson's Johnson Whacks -DD 644)

Joe Moss - voc, guitar (on Lurrie Bell's Blues Had A Baby - DE 736) - Joe's Website

Nick Moss - voc, guitar, harp, bass - Nick and Kate Moss website

Matt "Guitar" Murphy -guitar, voc (on Memphis Slim's CDs) - You Tube clip w/Memphis Slim

Pete Nathan - guitar (Syl Johnson, Big DooWopper, Aaron Moore)- Crown Royals/ Sol Rey's MySpace- DIRTY FUNK GUITAR!!!!!

Pinetop Perkins - voc, piano - Pinetop's Website (on Carey Bell's Blues Harp - DE 622)

Lucky Peterson -voc, guitar, keys (on Little Milton's Live at Westville Prison -DE 681)- Lucky's MySpace

John Primer - voc, guitar - John's Website- (on Shirley Johnson's Killer Diller - DG 757, Jesse Thomas' Blues Is A Feeling - DE 749)

Roosevelt "Mad Hatter" Purifoy - keys (on Carey/Lurrie Bell's Gettin Up DE 791, Karen Carroll, Big Time Sarah, Shirley Johnson, Karen Carroll, Jimmy Burns)

Bob Riedy - piano - Bob's website (on Jimmy Johnson's Pepper's Hangout - DD 745 and Carey Bell's Heartaches and Pain -DD 666, Eddy Clearwater's)

Boz Scaggs - voc, guitar (on Steve Freund's "C" For Chicago - DE 734) - Boz' website

Jesse Scinto - sax, voc (on Rockin's Johnny's Straight Out of Chicago, DE 720) - Blow Jesse Blow!

Walter Scott - guitar, voc - (on Karen Carroll's Tallk To The Hand - DE 707 and Zora Young's Tore Up From The Floor Up -DE 784)

Alex Schultz -guitar - (on Tad Robinson's CDs) - Alex's website

Kenny Smith - drums, voc - Kenny's Bio

Willie "Big Eyes" Smith -voc, drums, harp - Willie's MySpace

Carl Snyder - keys - (on Jimmy Johnson's Johnson Whacks -DD 644) - The Illinois Slim band

Bob Stroger - bass, voc - Bob's website

Eddie Taylor, Jr. - voc, guitar (on Little Arthur Duncan's Singin' With The Sun -DE 733) - Eddie Taylor, Sr.

*every Monday, noon, Buddy Guy's Legends, 754 S. Wabash

Larry Taylor - voc, drums (on Eddie Burns' Snake Eyes - DE 758 and Jimmy Burns' Back To The Delta - DG 770) - Larry's website

Harlan Terson -bass (on Dave Specter, Lurrie Bell, Barkin' Bill) - Harlan's website

Little Al Thomas - vocals - on Delmark DVD/CD with Little Arthur, Live at Rosa's!

Gloria Thompson-Rodgers -vocals (on James Wheeler's Ready- DE 719) - Gloria's website

Twist Turner - drums, voc, blues storyteller supreme- Twist's website and Twist's MySpace

Maurice John Vaughn - voc, guitar, sax - (on Detroit Jr.'s Blues On The Intenet -DE 777 and Shirley Johnson's Killer Diller- DG 757)

Dave Waldman - harp, guitar - (on Big Wheeler's Bone Orchard, Jimmie Lee Robinson's Lonely Traveller, with Tail Dragger on Blues Brunch at the Mart DE785)

Carl Weathersby -voc, guitar (on Charles Wilson's If Heartaches Were Nickels -DE 771) - Carl's website

Jody Williams - guitar, voc - (on J.T. Brown's Windy City Boogie - DE 714) - Jody page

Kim Wilson - harp, voc - T-Birds Site (on Steve Freund's "C" For Chicago - DE 734)

Mark Wydra - guitar, voc (on Ken Saydak's Love Without Trust DE 751, Dave Clark's Switchin in the Kitchen -DE 768)

Willie Young -sax (on Rockin Johnny's, Tail Dragger's CDs) - Willie at Joe's Corner