The Gigs PageNEW ANNOUNCEMENT!
Little Arthur Duncan is now forever "Singin' With the Sun!"- Low-reenLittle Arthur Duncan Benefit/Memorial/Backscratcher party at Rosa's Lounge, Chicago- Sept 19
We will be celebrating the life of Little Arthur Duncan with a memorial benefit for the family at Rosa's Lounge on Friday, Sept. 19, 2008
Live performance from the BackScratchers and many special guests, including Tail Dragger, Billy Boy Arnold, Zora Young, Eddie Taylor, Jr.!
Very, very sad Chicago blues news to report. Two of the nicest Chicago bluesmen passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2008, our dear friends Little Arthur Duncan (from complications from brain surgery) and Phil Guy. Arthur and Phil were not only both underappreciated outstanding blues musicians, but truly great fans of the blues. While many musicians do not go out to the clubs unless they are playing, both Arthur and Phil were seen out all the time with big infectious smiles listening to their favorite blues artists.
Little Arthur Duncan was absolutely the sweetest guy I personally knew on the Chicago blues scene. He was a great friend, a proud and very well respected man, a wonderful story teller with a great sense of humor, and one of the last of the down home Chicago blues singers and harp players- Blues with a FEELING. Mr. Duncan also held the best blues parties, with his great southern soul food cooking. We'll miss you, Mr Back Scratcher!
Here is the information for the services for Little Arthur Duncan.
Visitation;
Friday, August 29th after 4 PM
AA Rayner & Sons Funeral Home
318 East 71st Street
Chicago 773-846-6133
Funeral;
Saturday, August 30th 10AM - 11 AM Visitation; 11 AM - 12 PM Service
Second Mount Vernon Missionary Baptist Church
7922 South Hoyne Ave.
Chicago
This is from our friend Bob Corritore....
RIP Little Arthur Duncan 2/5/1934-8/20/2008: It is with great sadness that we report yet another passing in this terrible week of losses to our blues community. Chicago harmonica ace Little Arthur Duncan passed away Wednesday morning, August 20, 2008 at Kindred Hospital in Northlake, IL. He was 74. He had been incapacitated for months with little hope of recovery. Born February 5, 1934 in Indianola, Mississippi, Arthur moved to Chicago at age 16, where he heard and befriended Little Walter, who inspired him to take up the harmonica. While holding down a construction day job, he began performing around Chicago with John Brim, Floyd Jones, and Hip Lankchan. He would later own and operate the Artesia Lounge on Lake Street, which moved to West Madison Street and reopened as Backscratcher's Social Club. Owning a club gave Arthur a regular place to perform, and he became a popular neighborhood attraction on the West Side. Twist Turner produced some of Arthur's first recordings, which appeared first on cassette and then on Cannonball Records' Blues Across America series. As Arthur's stature grew in Chicago, he recorded more, cutting two beautiful CDs for Delmark (Singin' With The Sun and Live At Rosa's Blues Lounge (on DVD and CD), and one for Random Chance (Live In Chicago). He was a simply great vocalist, with tremendous power and expressiveness; and his sparse harmonica was always on the money. He specialized in third position and chromatic harmonica. His final band included Illinois Slim, Rick Kreher, and Twist Turner. He had a warm and gracious personality, and his passing leaves a huge hole in the Chicago blues scene, as he was one of a handful of the dwindling old school harmonica masters. We will miss you, Arthur.
RIP Phil Guy 4/28/1940-8/20/2008: This news form Steve Hecht of Piedmont Talent and Buddy Guy's Legends: Guitarist/vocalist Phil Guy, the younger brother of the legendary Buddy Guy, passed away today at St. James Hospital in Olympia Fields, IL, after a battle with kidney and liver cancer. He was 68. Born April 28, 1940 in Lettsworth, Louisiana, Phil learned to play guitar as a child. He followed in Buddy's footsteps, playing after him with Baton Rouge artists Big Poppa and Raful Neal. He recorded as accompanist for his brother in 1957, for Raful Neal around 1958, and for Slim Harpo in the mid-60s. He joined his brother's band in Chicago in 1969, and has been based there ever since. He has worked and recorded with many of the city's leading artists, such as his brother, Junior Wells, Byther Smith, and Jimmy Dawkins. Phil began focusing his efforts on advancing his own musical career during the 80's and he developed a solid reputation as a tough, electrified Chicago blues guitarist. He toured all around the world; and though he never achieved the fame or recognition that his brother did, he was considered a star in his own right. His recordings are numerous and appear on labels such as JSP, Wolf, Isabel, and Red Lightning.
*You can also some incredibly underrated guitar from Phil Guy on Delmark's Junior Wells recordings, On Tap, and Live at Theresa's, 1975!
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. September 26, 2008, 8pm
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!-
Ari Brown, Nicole Mitchell, Corey Wilkes, Jimmy Johnson, Lurrie Bell, and many more special guests will be throwin' it down at the Old Town School!!!
4544 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago - 773-728-6000
www.oldtownschool.org
Saturday, September 27, 2008 - Hyde Park Jazz Festival!! -- hydeparkjazzfestival.orgMany Delmark recording artists at the 2nd annual Fest on Chicago's South Side! (Delmark artists in bold)
12:00-12:30pm Jazz Institute Jazz Links Ensemble DuSable Museum
1:00-1:30 Reginald R. Robinson DuSable Museum
1:00-2:00 M.A.D.D. Rhythms Midway Plaisance
Bethany Pickens Little Black Pearl
2:00-3:00 Henry Johnson DuSable Museum
Nicole Mitchell Smart Museum - 5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, (773) 702-0200, http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/
2:30-3:30 Ron Haynes Little Black Pearl
3:00-4:00 Fred Anderson Hyde Park Art Center
Chicago Jazz Orchestra, featuring Frieda Lee, vocalist Midway Plaisance
3:30-4:30 Robert Irving, III Smart Museum
Frank Russell Experimental Station
4:00-5:00 Ari Brown Quadrangle Club*
4:00-6:00 Two for Brazil (Paulinho Garcia, Greg Fishman) + Heitor Garcia Robie House*
4:30-5:30 Corey Wilkes + Kahil El'Zabar Hyde Park Art Center
5:00-6:00 Charlie Johnson Midway Plaisance
Maggie Brown Experimental Station
6:00-6:30 U-High Jazz Band Oriental Institute
6:30-7:30 Khari B Experimental Station
Greg Spero Checkerboard Lounge
7:00-8:00 Dee Alexander Rockefeller Chapel
Peter Lerner Oriental Institute
Edwin Sanchez Midway Plaisance
John Wright International House
8:00-9:00 Joan Collaso & Larry Hanks Checkerboard Lounge
8:30-9:30 Orbert Davis International House
9:00-10:00 Sax In The City (Ray Silkman, James Perkins, Skinny Williams and Audley Reid) Midway Plaisance
9:30-10:30 Willie Pickens Checkerboard Lounge
10:00-11:00 The Greatest Guitars (Henry Johnson, Curtis Robinson, Buddy Fambro) International House
12:00am-? MIDNIGHT SLAM JAM International House
***** catch these Delmark recording artists at their next performance *****
Sort artists by: BLUES or JAZZ
Josh Abrams -Bass, (percussion, piano) Josh's MySpace
Sun, Aug 31, Chicago Jazz Fest, 2:20 pm, Jazz on Jackson Stage- Josh Berman and Gang - Jason Stein, Guillermo Gregorio, Jeb Bishop, Jason Adasiewicz, Josh Abrams, Frank Rosaly
Mon, Nov 1, Rob Mazurek-cornet, Jason Adasiewicz-vibes, Matt Lux-bass guitar, Josh Abrams-bass, John Hearndon-drums- Velvet Lounge, Chicago
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,
Eric Alexander - sax - Eric's website
Fred Anderson - sax -(for more info visit Fred Anderson's Velvet Lounge website.)
Sat, Sun Aug 30,31 - 10pm Jazz Festival AfterFest Session with Fred Anderson, Kidd Jordan, Harrison Bankhead, Isaiah Spencer with special guests- Velvet Lounge
Tues, Sept 2 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago - 5:30 pm, 220 E. Chicago
Wed. Sept 17- Velvet Lounge, Chicago- Henry Grimes (with Fred Anderson, Douglas Ewart & Avreeayl Ra)
Saturday September 27 - Hyde Park Jazz Fest- 3- 4 pm - Hyde Park Art Center- 5020 S. Cornell Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615, 773-324-5520www.hydeparkart.org/
Thursday, October 9- Velvet Lounge, Chicago- Chicago Calling Festival
Friday, Saturday October 17, 18 - Velvet Lounge, Chicago- Douglas Ewart & Inventions: "Interdependence" w/ Mwata, Dee Alexander, Jeff Parker, Edward Wilkerson, and more
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, Sept 3, Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia, Chicago - Hunt/Baker/Ward/Bankhead
Sun Sept 14- Hungry Brain, 2319 W. Belmont. Chicago- 10 pm, with Weasel Walter, Hartsaw, Jeb Bishop, M. Forbes, A. Scott Young
Billy Bang - violin - Billy AAJ article
Anthony Braxton -sax, reeds - Braxton's AACM page -www.myspace.com/anthonybraxtonpage
Zack Brock and Tom Wright's Common Ground - violin and guitar - Zack's Website
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009, The 2009 Emerging Artists Festival featuring Zach Brock & Arrival/Departure and Vernon Reid & DJ Logic (The Yohimbe Bros)
@ Henry Street Settlement School, 265 Henry Street, New York, NY 10002
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
Sat Aug 30- Chicago Jazz Fest, Petrillo Main Stage, 5pm- w/ Pharez Whitted Sextet
Ari Brown - sax, reeds, piano - Ari's AACM page
Fri, Aug 29, 3:30 pm, Chicago Jazz Fest- Jazz on Jackson stage- "Jazz Has the Blues" w. Brown, George Freeman, Billy Branch, and Corey Wilkes
Fri, Aug 29, Chicago Jazz Fest, Petrillo Main Stage, 5pm - T.S. Galloway's Tribute to Cap'n Walter Dyett-w/ Ari, Von Freeman, Julian Priester, Mwata Bowden, Edwin Daugherty, and Ken Chaney
Sun, Aug 31, Jazz Record Mart- 10:15 am- Chicago Jazz Fest JRM Brunch , 27 E. Illinois, Chicago
Wed, Sept 3 - Andy's, Chicago, 5pm
Wed, Sept 10 -Andy's, Chicago, 5pm
Wed, Sept 17 -Andy's, Chicago, 5pm
Fri, Sat - Sept 19, 20- Green Mill, Chicago
*Friday, Sept. 26, DELMARK 55th ANNIV. Blues/Jazz Summit Concert! Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago
Sat Sept 27, HYDE PARK JAZZ FESTIVAL with DEE ALEXANDER, ARI BROWN, ORBERT DAVIS, CHICAGO JAZZ ORCHESTRA, MAURICE BROWN & COREY WILKES, - Hyde Park
4-5pm, Quadrangle Club, 1157 E 57th St., Chicago IL 60637, 773 - 493 - 8601 CHicago, http://quadclub.uchicago.edu
John Burnett Swing Orchestra w. Frieda Lee- John's website . Frieda's website
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
Fri, Sat Sept 5, 6 Andy's Jazz Club, 11 E. Hubbard, Chicago
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,
Rich Corpolongo - Woodwinds Frank Portolese - Guitar Doug Lofstrom - Bass, Piano Dave Williams - Drums
Wed, Sept 10, Velvet Lounge, CHicago - Rich Corpolongo-sax/flute, Frank Portolese-guitar, Doug Lofstrom-bass, Dave Williams-drums
Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble - sax, reeds, voc -Ernest Website- Ernest Dawkins AACM page and Chicago Creative Arts page
Fri, Aug 29- Velvet Lounge, Chicago- AACM Great Black Music Ensemble -w/ Dawkins, Roscoe Mithcell, Amina Claudine Myers, Thurman Barker, Edwin Daugherty, Lester Lashley, Dee Alexander, Edward Wilkerson
Mon, Sept 8th-Velvet Lounge, Chicago- E. Dawkins featuring special guest Willie Pickens (piano) with Steve Berry (trombone), Darius Savage (bass), & Isaiah Spencer (drums). Intermission will feature a discussion of the role of "straight ahead jazz" in today's music
Fri, Sat Sept 12, 13- Green Mill, Chicago - w/ special guest Willie Pickens
Saturday, Sept 13- ENGLEWOOD JAZZ FEST, 4:45 pm, Hamilton Park, 513 W. 72nd St, Chicago- with Willie Pickens and Orbert Davis
Saturday, Sept 20, Velvet Lounge, Chicago- Tribute to Coltrane- Ernest Dawkins (sax/percussion), Willie Pickens (piano), Harrison Bankhead (bass), Isaiah Spencer (drums)
Thurs, October 23, Velvet Lounge, Chicago- and the Chicago 12 w/ Dee Alexander, Corey Wilkes, Josh Abrams, Avreeayl Ra
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
* Chris Foreman performs every Friday at Green Mill for Cocktail Hour Show (solo), 5-8pm and every Sunday at Green Mill, 11pm-2am w/ Andy Brown (gtr) and Kimberly Gordon (voc)-Chicago's premier B3 Organ player!
Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio - drums, percussion, voc - Kahil's Website and Kahil's MySpace
Saturday, Sept 13- ENGLEWOOD JAZZ FEST, 3:15 pm, Hamilton Park, 513 W. 72nd St, Chicago
Saturday, Sept 27- Hyde Park Jazz Fest, 4:30-5:30 pm- Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Avenue, Chicago- with Corey Wilkes- www.hydeparkart.org
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
*First Tuesday of the Month . 9:30P, Quencher's Chicago, Illinois, 2401 N. Western
Friday, Sept 5- African Harambee Restaurant, 7537 N. Clark, 8-10 pm, Chicago
George Freeman - guitar, (sax)
*every Thursday at Sids Tropical Den, 7209 S. Exchange, Chicago
Fri, Aug 29, 3:30 pm, Chicago Jazz Fest- Jazz on Jackson stage- "Jazz Has the Blues" w. Freeman, Ari Brown, Billy Branch, and Corey Wilkes
Von Freeman
- sax
* Every Tuesday at the New Apartment Lounge, Chicago,
IL.
Fri, Aug 29, Chicago Jazz Fest, Petrillo Main Stage, 5pm - T.S. Galloway's Tribute to Cap'n Walter Dyett- Freeman, Julian Priester, Mwata Bowden, Edwin Daugherty, Ari Brown, and Ken Chaney
Fri, Sat Sept 12, 13- Andy's JAzz Club, Chicago - Von Freeman Quintet
Sat Sept 27, 12th Annual Macy's Day of Music, CSO.ORG/DAYOFMUSIC, 2-10pm, 220 S. Michigan, 312-294-3000
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
Andy Goodrich - saxophone - AMG bio
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
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
Franz Jackson - sax, clarinet - Franz' Website- rest in peace, Franz (November 1, 1912 - May 6, 2008) Chicago jazz will not be the same
Sat, Aug 30, Chicago Jazz Fest- Remembering Franz Jackson- Eric Schneider, Art Hoyle, Tom Hope, Dan Delorenzo, & Robert Cousins - 4:30 pm, Petrillo Stage
Keefe Jackson - sax, clarinet - Keefe's Website
Sunday, February 24, CD release party for Keefe's Project Project, Just Like This, Hungry Brain, 2319 W. Belmont, Chicago
Mon, Sept 29, Skylark, Chicago- 2149 S Halsted, Halsted and Cermak, 10pm
Thurs, October 30, Velvet Lounge, Chicago- Keefe, Jeb Bishop, Jason Roebke, and Marc Riordan
Joseph Jarman - sax, reeds, percussion - Art Ensemble Jarman page
The Jazz O'Maniacs - check out DVD trailer
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
Friday, Aug 29, Chicago Jazz Fest , noon, Jazz on Jackson stage- Isotope 217 w/ Mazurek, Jeff Parker, Dan Bitney, John Herndon, Matt Lux
Mon, Nov 1, - Rob Mazurek-cornet, Jason Adasiewicz-vibes, Nicole Mitchell - flute, Matt Lux-bass guitar, Josh Abrams-bass, John Hearndon-drums - Velvet Lounge,
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre (Ahra Difda)- sax, reeds - Kalaparusha AAJ article
Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble - flute, piccolo - Nicole's website - Nicole's MySpace
Sat Aug 30 - 10:00pm - Nicole Mitchell Quartet plays Hereafter Festival at the Heaven Gallery, 1550 N. Milwaukee, 2nd floor
Mon, Sept 1, 8:30 pm -Velvet Lounge, Chicago- Rob MAzurek, Nicole Mitchell, Jason Adasiewicz, Josh Abrams
Sep 6 2008 , 8:00P, Exploding Star Orch w/Bill Dixon Poland Tour. Lodz, Poland
Sept 7, 8, Exploding Star Orch w/ Bill Dixon Tour, Vienna, Austria
Fri, Sept 12, 9:00pm -Black Earth Ensemble at the Velvet Lounge, Chicago
Sep 17 2008 - 8:00pm - Sep 20 2008 - 2:00pm - Mitchell plays with the San Francisco Ballet at the Auditorium Theater, Chicago
Sat Sep 20 2008 - 7:00pm - Black Earth Strings performs at Sotish in LaGrange IL, www.sotish.com, 7:30, 9:30 pm
*Friday, Sept. 26, DELMARK 55th ANNIV. Blues/Jazz Summit Concert! Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, 8pm
Sat Sept 27 Hyde Park Jazz Fest - 2-3pm , Smart Museum of Art, 5550 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, IL -smartmuseum.uchicago.edu
Mon Sept 29, Velvet Lounge, Chicago- Isaiah Spencer & the Originals (drums) featuring special guest Nicole Mitchell (flute), with Kevin Nabors (sax), Scott Hesse (guitar), Darius Savage (bass)
Sat, Oct 11 2008 - 8:00pm - Nicole Mitchell/Matana Roberts Project at the Kitchen (NYC) - As part of the celebration of George Lewis groundbreaking book on the history of the AACM, Nicole Mitchell and Matana Roberts will perform a special project with Craig Tayborn and Chad Taylor.
Oct 24 2008 - 8:00pm - Exploding Star Orchestra in Toronto, Canada
Oct 30 2008 - 8:00pm - Nicole Mitchell/Jeff Parker Duo at UMass Amherst
Nov 1 2008 , 8:00P, Exploding Star Orch Frankfurt, Germany
Nov 2 2008 - 12:00pm - Nov 9 2008 - 8:00pm- Mitchell does Jazz Residency with Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Nov 17 2008 - 12:00pm - Nov 22 2008 - 10:00pm- Mitchell perform her Alice Coltrane Tribute for "Made in Chicago Project" in Poznan, Poland
Roscoe Mitchell - sax, reeds, percussion - Art Ensemble of Chicago
Fri, Aug 29, Chicago Jazz Fest 6:00-6:55 - AACM Tribute featuring Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, Amina Claudine Myers, Michael Logan and Thurman Barker
Fri, Aug 29- Velvet Lounge, Chicago- AACM Great Black Music Ensemble -w/ Roscoe Mithcell, Amina Claudine Myers, Thurman Barker, Edwin Daugherty, Lester Lashley, Dee Alexander, Edward Wilkerson
Kevin O'Donbell's Quality Six (with Andrew Bird) - drums (and Andrew Bird on voc, violin) - Andrew Bird's Website
ANDREW BIRD, Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago, 9/3, free!
The Original Salty Dogs - Salty Dogs webpage - 60th year performing since 1947!!
Wednesdays, 5pm, Andy's Jazz Club, ChicagoNi
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
Sep 4 2008 10:00P Tortoise @ The Blind Pig Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sep 5 2008 7:00P Tortoise at The Mod Club Toronto, Ontario
Sep 6 2008 8:00P Tortoise @ The Guelph Jazz Festival Guelph, Ontario
Sep 12 2008 8:00P Jazz a La Villette 2008 w/Tortoise, Rob Mazurek & Kevin Drumm Paris
Sep 25 2008 10:00P Djing @ Danny's Tavern Chicago, Illinois
Fri, Sept 26- Velvet Lounge, Chicago - Perspectives III - Music for Soloist and Ensembles featuring works by Jeff Chan (woodwinds), with Tatsu Aoki (bass/shamisen), Donna Kwon (vocals/Korean p'ungmul percussion), plus special guest Jeff Parker (guitar)
Sat, Sept 27- Velvet Lounge, Chicago- Jeff Chan's (woodwinds) big fUn philharmonic with Ed Wilkerson (woodwinds/percussion), Avreeayl Ra (drums/percussion/mâ¤bira), Tatsu Aoki (bass/ shamisen), Donna Kwon (vocals/Korean p'ungmul percussion), Jeff Parker (guitar) and more.
Oct 24 2008 9:00P Jeff Parker Organ Quartet @ Andy's Jazz Club Chicago, Illinois
Oct 25 2008 9:00P Jeff Parker Organ Quartet @ Andy's Jazz Club
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
Sat Sept 27, Hyde Park Jazz Festival- DuSable Museum, 1- 1:30 pm, Chicago- http://www.dusablemuseum.org/, 740 East 56th Place, 773.947.0600
Sat Sept 27, 12th Annual Macy's Day of Music, CSO.ORG/DAYOFMUSIC, 2-10pm, 220 S. Michigan, 312-294-3000
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
Mon, Aug 25- Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago- 6:30 pm with Art Hoyle and Julian Priester as part of Mike Reed's People, Places, & Things Octet
Tues-Sun, Aug 26-31, JAZZ SHOWCASE, Chicago- and Festival Jam Session, Sets at 8 and 10 Mon-Sat, and at 4 PM and 8 and 10 on Sundays
Wed, Sept 3 - Jazz Showcase, Chicago- W/ Benny Golson in a tribute to the late Johnny Griffin
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 --- Umbrella Music
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 - www.myspace.com/coreywilkes
**Friday, June 20 - Close Up 2, 416 S. Clark, Chicago, 11pm - Delmark CD release party for Drop It!!!
Sat, Sept 13, Serbia Jazz Fest, Kanjiza, Serbia, w/Roscoe Mitchell
*Friday, Sept. 26, DELMARK 55th ANNIV. Blues/Jazz Summit Concert! Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago
Sat Sept 27, HYDE PARK JAZZ FESTIVAL with DEE ALEXANDER, ARI BROWN, ORBERT DAVIS, CHICAGO JAZZ ORCHESTRA, MAURICE BROWN & COREY WILKES, - Hyde Park (over several venues)
4:30- 5:30 pm, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago- with Kahil El ' Zabar - http://www.hydeparkart.org/, 5020 S. Cornell Avenue
Thurs, October 23, Velvet Lounge, Chicago- w Ernest Dawkins and the Chicago 12 w/ Dee Alexander, Josh Abrams, Avreeayl Ra, and more
Tues, Oct 28, Milan Jazz Fest, Milan, Italy
Nov 28.08 to 11.30.08, Poznan, Poland,- Poznan Jazz Festival w/Roscoe Mitchell
Dec 05, 2008- Hamilton Park, 7:00pm, Chicago, IL Robert "Baabe" Irving's - Tribute to Art Blakey (feat. Winard Harper)
John Young - piano- rest in peace, forever young John (1922- April 16, 2008)
FRIENDS OF DELMARK- Jazz Artists/Leaders on Delmark as "sidemen/women"
Tom Abbs - bass (on Active Ingredients' Titration - DG 547)- Tom's MySpace
Ernie Adams - drums - (on Jodie Christian's CDs)- Ernie's MySpace
Tatsu Aoki - bass, drums (on Fred Anderson's CDs) -Tatsu's website
Dee Alexander -vocals (on Malachi Thompson's CDs and Corey Wilkes' Drop It - DE 582) - Dee's Website
*TUESDAYS: Dee Alexander Quartet , Jazz Showcase, Chicago, Sets at 8 and 10 Mon-Sat, and at 4 PM and 8 and 10 on Sundays
Harrison Bankhead - Bass, guitar - (on Fred Anderson's CDs) - Harrison anf Fred Youtube
Thurman Barker - drums, percussion - (on Jarman. Muhal, Kalaparausha's) - Thurman's bio Thurman's MySpace
Fri, Aug 29 - Chicago Jazz Fest, 6pm- Petrillo Main Stage - AACM Tribute: Barker, Wadada Leo Smith, Roscoe Mitchell, Amina Claudine Myers, Michael Logan
Robert Barry - drums - (on Sun Ra's Sun Song, Lin Halliday's Where or When, Ken Vandermark's) - Robert's AMG bio
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
*every Monday - Old Town Ale House, Chicago (North and Wells), 9pm - with matt schneider on guitar and jason roebke on bass.
Sun, Aug 31, Chicago Jazz Fest, 2:20 pm, Jazz on Jackson Stage- Berman, Jason Stein, Guillermo Gregorio, Jeb Bishop, Jason Adasiewicz, Josh Abrams, Frank Rosaly
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
Wed. Sept 3- Pritzker Pavillion, Millennium Park, Chicago- FREE!!, 6:30 pm
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 Ethnic Heritage Enemble's, Kahil El Zabar's Infinity Orchestra's Transmigration -DE 576) - DeFunkt's Website
David Boykin - sax (on Active Ingredients-Titration- DG-547)- David's MySpace
Sundays 6 pm Jam Session with David Boykin , Cafe Mestizo, Chicago (312) 942-0095
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
Rahn Burton - piano - (on Roy Campbell's La Tierra del Fuego DE 469)
Dennis Carroll -bass (on Brad Goode, Lin Halliday, Jodie Christian, Bobby Broom)
Bryan Carrot - Vibraphone, Marimba- (on Roy Campbell's New Kingdom - DE 456)
Adegoke Steve Colson -piano (on Kahil's Bright Moments' Return of the Lost Tribe DE 507)- Steve's website AACM page
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) -
Vincent Davis - drums - (on Jodie Christian's Experience - DD 454 and Rain or Shine DE 467) - Vincent's MySpace
Ron Dewar - sax, clarinet- Memphis Nighthawks' Jazz Lips
Sunday Aug 31, Chicago Jazz Fest, Petrillo Main Stage, 5pm
Justin Dillard -piano (Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble)- Justin MySpace
Bob Dogan - Piano (on Jim Cooper's CDs, Jesse Fortune, Dave Specter's Blueplicity 664)- Bob Dogan web
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
Jacey Falk - vocals (on Curtis Fuller's Up Jumped Spring -DE550)
James Falzone - clarinet (on Keefe Jackson's Project Project)
Alvin Fielder -drums, percussion (on Roscoe Mitchell's Sound DE 408)- Alvin's NYC AAMC page
George Fludas - drums (on Lin Halliday's and Eric Alexander's)
Michael Formanek - bass - (on Scott Fields' Mamet 527)- MySpace AMG bio
Larry Gray - bass - Larry's Website - (on Jodie Christian's CDs, Lin Halliday's Where or When DE 468, Curtis Fuller's Up Jumped Spring DE 550)
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 - Johnny, rest in peace! (1924-2008)
*Wed, Sept 3- Tribute to Johnny Griffin at Jazz Showcase w. Ira Sullivan and Benny Golson
Tim Haldeman - sax (on Jason Ajemian's Smokeless Heat)
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
Eric Hochberg- bass - (on Rich Corpolongos' Just Found Joy DE 489 and Frank Catalano's Live at Green Mill DG 536) - Eric's MySpace
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 and Corey Wilkes' Drop It, DE 582)- Robert's bio
Mon, Oct 27 - Velvet Lounge, - Robert's BDay party- w/ Larry Gray, Ernie Adams, Sylvia de la Cerna
Yosef Ben Israel - bass (on Ernest Dawkins', Kahil El'Zabar's, Malachi Thompson's New Standards, Ari Brown's live at Green Mill and VENus)
Jeff Jenkins - Piano (on Brad Goode's Nature Boy)- JazziestJeff's MySpace
Leroy Jenkins - violin (1932-2007, R.I.P.) (on Muhal Richard Abrams' ...Degrees of Light DD413 and A. Braxton's 3 Compositions...DD 415
Elvin Jones - drums - (on Jimmy Forrest's All The Gin Is Gone DD 404 and Black Forrest- DD 427) - Elvin's Jazz Machine
Leon Joyce, Jr. - drums (on Malachi Thompson's Blue Jazz)
Noel Kupersmith - bass (Chicago Underground Trio)
Oliver Lake - sax (on Malachi Thompson's Talking Horns DE 532) - Oliver's Website
Lester Lashley - trumpet, flute, cello, woodwinds- (on Joseph Jarman's As If It Were the Seasons, Roscoe Mithcell's Sound, George Freeman's Birth Sign, Muhal's)
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
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello (on Keefe Jackson's Fast Citizens' Ready Everyday DE 571) - Fred interview in Perfect Sound Forever
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
Nate McBride - bass - Nate's MySpace
Jim McNeely - piano - (on Chris Woods' Modus Operandi- DE 437)
Ravish Momin -drums, percussion (on Kalaparusha's Morning Song DE 553) - Ravish's website
Friday, Oct 31- Velvet Lounge, Chicago- Ravish's Trio Tarana
Jemeel Moondoc - alto sax - on Active Ingredients' Titration (DG 547)- Jemeel on AMG
Famoudou Don Moye - percussion - Don's Website
Idris Muhammad (Leo Morris)-drums (on Bobby Broom's Modern Man DE 530)- Idris' AAj article Idris' MySpace
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
*WEDNESDAYS: Willie Pickens Trio & Friends , JAZZ SHOWCASE, Chicago, Sets at 8 and 10 Mon-Sat, and at 4 PM and 8 and 10 on Sundays
Julian Priester - trombone (on Sun Ra's Sun Song - DD 411 and Sound of Joy - DD 414)
Avreeayl Ra - drums - (Malachi Thompson's CDs, Ernest Dawkins' CDs, Active Ingredients, Ari Brown's) - Avreeayl on AAJ
Mike Reed - drums - Mike's Website - Umbrella
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- Umbrella
Melvin Rhyne - organ - (on Jimmy Coe's Say What DD011) - AMG Bio
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
Brian Sandstrom - bass, guitar (NRG Ensemble. Frank Catalano's Cut It Out, Von & Ed, Ed Petersen' THe Haint)
Darius Savage - bass - (on Ernest Dawkins' CDs) LowEnd SPecialist MySpace
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
Sat, Aug 30, Chicago Jazz Fest- Remembering Franz Jackson- Eric Schneider, Art Hoyle, Tom Hope, Dan Delorenzo, & Robert Cousins - 4:30 pm, Petrillo Stage
Aram Shelton - alto sax, clarinet (on Keefe JAckson's Fast Citizens)- Aram' website
Robert Shy - drums (Mike Smith, Ed Petersen, Frank Catalano, Von Freeman, Harold Ousley,
Kelly Sill - bass (on Brad Goode's Hypnotic Suggestion DE 567 and Cy Touff/Sandy Mosse)
Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet - (on Anthony Braxton's 3 Compositions -DD 415, Muhal Abrams' Young At Heart DE 423) - Leo's Website
Fri, Aug 29 - Chicago Jazz Fest, 6pm- Petrillo Main Stage - AACM Tribute: Smith, Roscoe Mitchell, AMina Claudine Myers, Michael Logan, Thurman Barker
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
Steve Swell - trombone - (on Active Ingredients' Titration- DG 547)- Steve's MySpace Swell 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 and Catalano's Live at Green Mill DG 536) - Paul's Website
John Whitfield - bass (on MIke Smith, Jodie Christian, Malachi Thompson, Harold Ousley, Othello/Al Green..)
Pharez Whitted - trumpet (on Ari Brown's Live at the Green Mill- DVD/DE 1577/577 and Jimmy Coe's Say What DD 011) -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
Dr. Odies Williams - trumpet, flugelhorn - (on Al Green/Othello Harrington's Mr. Lucky 539)
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
Michael Zerang - drums, percussion - (on Scott Fields' Mamet 527) - Zerang's MySpace
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
Wed, Sept 10- Buddy Guy's Legends, with Dave SPecter
September 11th, Market Street Saloon, Wilmington, NC 28405, Tel: (910) 793-6042
September 12th- Hillsborough, NC, Blue Bayou Club - Lurrie Bell Blues Band, www.bluebayouclub.com
September 13th, Virginia Beach, VA, Blues at The Beach - Lurrie Bell Blues Band, www.natchelblues.org/BluesAtBeach
Saturday, Sept 20, Rosa's Lounge, Chicago
*Friday, Sept. 26, DELMARK 55th ANNIV. Blues/Jazz Summit Concert! Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, www.oldtownschool.org
Saturday, Oct 4, Blues Lovers United of San Diego, CA- W. Cadillac Zack- www.blusd.org
Oct 5- 12 - San Diego, CA- Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise- w. Koko Taylor - www.bluescruise.com
Wed Oct 15- Real Folk Blues Sessions - w/ Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, Paul Oscher-Triple Door, Seattle. WA, www.thetripledoor.net
Thurs Oct 16 - Real Folk Blues Sessions - w/ Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, Paul Oscher- Divinci Centre, Victoria, BC, Canada, www.victoriabluessociety.ca
Saturday, Oct 25- Monmouth BLues Fest- Rivoli Theater, Monmouth, IL www.monmouthblues.com
Friday, November 7- SPACE, Evanston, IL - solo - www.evanstonspace.com
Friday, Nov 14- B.L.U.E.S. on Halsted, Chicago - www.chicagobluesbar.com
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
Saturday October 11- Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago
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.
Aron Burton - voc, bass
Saturday, Sept 13, - Buddy Guy's Legends, 9:30 pm - opening for Lil' Ed
Karen Carroll -vocals
Dave Clark - sax, guitar
Eddy Clearwater - voc, guitar - "The Chief" website
Sat Sept 27, Bill's Blues, Evanston, IL
Saturday, October 4, Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago
Saturday, October 25, Bill's Blues, Chicago
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
Friday October 24, - Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago
Little Sammy Davis - voc, harp
Mad Dog Lester Davenport - voc, harp
Jimmy Dawkins -voc, wes cide gitar - Jimmy' website
Little Arthur Duncan -voc, harp - Little Arthur MySpace - We'll miss you dearly, Arthur! Rest in peace (2/5/1934-8/20/2008)
Friday, Sept 19- Little Arthur Memorial/Benefit- Rosa's Lounge, Chicago- Live performane by the BackScratchers and MANY SPECIAL GUESTS!
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/
Friday, November 14, Lucerne Blues Festival , www.bluesfestival.ch, SWITZERLAND - Steve Guyger feat. Steve Freund, Dave Maxwell, Steve Gomes and Steve Ramsay
Lacy Gibson - voc, guitar- Lacy article in Jefferson
Jimmy Johnson - voc, guitar - Jimmy's website
Sat, Sept 6- Buddy Guy's Legends- Free acoustic set 6- 8:30 pm
Wed, Sept 24, Buddy Guy's Legends, CHicago- 9:30 pm
*Friday, Sept. 26, DELMARK 55th ANNIV. Blues/Jazz Summit Concert! Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago
Thurs Oct 16- Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago
Sat, Oct 25 - Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago - acoustic set 6- 8:30 pm
Shirley
Johnson-
vocals -
* every
Sunday and Thursday at Blue
Chicago,
536 North Clark Street
Fri, Sat Sept 12, 13- Blue Chicago, 736 N. Clark, Chicago
Saturday, October 4 - Sotish Jazz Cabaret, La Grange, IL- www.sotish.com, 7:30 and 9:30 pm
Syl Johnson - voc, guitar, harp - Syl Discography
LOLLAPALOOZA !! Sat Aug 2, w/ Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings- Chicago
Lenny Lynn - vocals - Lenny page
Magic Slim and the Teardrops - voc, guitar - Magic Slim's website
Fri, Sat Sept 19, 20 - Kingston Mines, Chicago
October 5- 12, San Diego, CA, Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
Sat Oct 25- Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago
Al Miller -voc, harp
Mississippi Heat - Pierre LaCocque (harp) Inetta Visor (vocals) Lurrie Bell, Carl Weathersby, Giles Corey (guitars) - Mississippi Heat Website
FRIDAY, MAY 30TH. DELMARK RECORDS CD RELEASE PARTY. w/ Carl Weathersby!
Thu 09/04/08 HOUSE OF BLUES - CHICAGO
Fri 09/05/08, ALL THAT JAZZ - DUBUQUE [IOWA], TOWN CLOCK PLAZA, MAIN & 7TH STREET, DUBUQUE, IOWA, 52001, 6:00PM-9:00PM.
Fri, Sat 09/26,27/08, WINDSOR HOTEL - WINNIPEG [CANADA], 187 GARRY STREET, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA
Sat 10/04/08, STREATY'S CLUB [MARION, IN], 1525 S. McCLURE STREEET, MARION, INDIANA
Wed 10/15/08 - ZOO BAR [WITH GUEST CARL WEATHERSBY]-LINCOLN, NE
Thu 10/16/08, Pearson LAKE ARTS CENTER - IOWA, 2201 HIGHWAY 71, OKOBOJI, IOWA, 51355, 712 332-7013 X106
Sun 10/26/08 MIDWAY TAVERN [CD RELEASE PARTY] - MISHAWAKA, IN [TO BE CONFIRMED] 810 W. 4TH STREET MISHAWAKA, IN 46545, 574 255-0458
Sat, November 1 - Sotish Jazz Cabaret, La Grange, IL, www.sotish.com, 7:30, 9:30
Fri 11/07/08 - LUCKY'S - CORTLAND [NY], 77 MAIN STREET, CORTLAND, NY, 13045, 607 756-4068
Sat 11/08/08, LAFAYETTE TAP ROOM - BUFFALO [NY], 391 WASHINGTON STREET, BUFFALO, NY, 14203, 716 854-2466
Sat 12/13/08, REDKEY PALACE THEATER, 123 S. MERIDIAN, REDKEY, INDIANA, 47373, (800) 369-0075
Wed 12/17/08, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO - PRIVATE EVENT, MAGGIANO'S BANQUET HALL, 516 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO, IL, 6:00PM-7:15PM
Sat 03/14/09, THE HOLLAND 1200 CLUB - OMAHA, NEBRASKA [BACK UP BAND FOR MIKE GOUDREAU]
Aaron Moore -voc, piano - Artist profile/AMG bio
Johnny B. Moore - voc, guitar - Johnny is making a comeback! Now playing with Tail Dragger!!
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
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
Friday, Sept 5- B.L.U.E.S. on Halsted , Chicago- with Gene Barge and Chicago R&B Kings
Thurs, Oct 9- Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago
Byther Smith - voc, guitar - Byther's MySpace page
Dave Specter -guitar (for more info visit the Dave Specter Website
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
Tues, Sept 9 :, Shaw's Crab House,Chicago w/Pete Benson, Harlan Terson & Gerald Dowd, 7:00-10:00
Wed, Sept 10- Buddy Guy's Legends, 9:30 pm, Chicago - with Lurrie Bell
Fri, Sept 12: Nick's, Chicago w/special guest Jimmy Johnson, 10:00-1:30
*Friday, Sept. 26, DELMARK 55th ANNIV. Blues/Jazz Summit Concert! Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago
Wed, Oct 22 - Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago
Tail Dragger - vocals - Tail Dragger YouTube clip
Saturday October 11- Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago- opening for Lonnie Brooks
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) -
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)- RIP - d. Sept 2, 2008- Pete, We'll miss you!!!!!
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
Gene "Daddy G" Barge - sax, arranger, producer - (on Tad Robinson's One To Infinity, Syl Johnson's Talkin' Bout Chicago)
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
Fri, Sat Oct 10, 11- Kingston Mines, Chicago
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
Mojo Buford - harp, voc - (on Chicago Ain't Nothin' But A Blues Band on JoJo Williams' Atomic- H)
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)
Will Crosby - guitar (on Syl Johnson's Back In the Game) - Will's MySpace
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 (on Chicago Ain't Nothin' but A Blues Band)
Buddy Guy - voc, guitar - Buddy's website (on Jr Wells' Hoodoo Man Blues, Southside Blues Jam)
Phil Guy - voc, guitar - Phil's website - rest in peace, Phil! (4/28/1940-8/20/2008) (on Jr Wells' On Tap and Live at Theresa's 1975)
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 and Little Arthur Duncan's)
Morris Jennnings - drums (on Syl Johnson's Back In the Game 674)
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 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 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
Mondays, Blue Chicago, 736 N. Clark: Music at 9 PM. Grana' Louise & the Troublemakers. 312-642-6261.
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)
Kevin McKendree - keyboards, voc - on Tad Robinson's Last Go Round - Kevin's website
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 and Chicago Ain't Nothin' But A Blues Band) - 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, Lurri