The Gigs PageNEW 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
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!
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.
**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 !
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-?
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
**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
***** catch these artists at their next performance *****Sort artists by: BLUES or JAZZ
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
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
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