New Jazz Releases


 

 

Zoot Sims
Compatability

Jump 12-36

Delmark has acquired the Jump label and this is the first of many re-issues. Originally issued as a 1955 10" LP under the leadership of trumpeter Hall Daniels the session features Dick Nash, trombone; Zoot Sims, tenor sax; Bob Gordon, baritone sax; Tony Rizzi, guitar; Paul Atkinson, piano; Rolly Bundock, bass; and Jack Sperling, drums. A top studio arranger Daniels wrote many scores for motion pictures and is also noted for his work with Les Baxter. Hall composed two originals for this session and wrote wonderful arrangements for two standards. The songs are "The Way You Look Tonight", "Nash-Ville", "You Don't Know What Love Is" and "Compatability" however there are as many as four varying takes of each song so there's over 55 minutes.

 

Sims, Zoot / Compatability -CD *Jump 12
Jazz CD Jump 12-36. 1955 session

$14.99



 

 

Frank Rosaly
Cicada Music

Delmark 5006

Jazz drummer Frank Rosaly, who has recorded with Delmark artists Nicole Mitchell, Fast Citizens, Josh Berman, Jason Stein and Keefe Jackson, is now coming out with his debut album as leader. Cicada Music is an extension of drummer Rosaly's original soundtrack work from the documentary Scrappers, which follows the life of two Chicago recyclers scouring the alleys for scrap metal. Rosaly's music is a meditation on that struggle, the vast complexity of the urban environment and the beauty of human perseverance. Using some of the leading voices in Chicago's free music scene, these 10 tracks feature James Falzone, Jason Stein, Keefe Jackson,Jason Adasiewicz, Jason Roebke and Frank Rosaly.

Rosaly, Frank / Cicada Music -CD *Delmark 5006
Jazz CD Delmark 5006. w/ Jason Adasiewicz, Keefe Jackson, Jason Roebke, Jason Stein *R

$14.99

 


 

 

Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Electro Acoustic Ensemble
The Space Between

Delmark 5007

The Space Between is a multi-faceted sound/visual orchestration based on the idea of multiplying forces and the space between these forces. Both macro and micro, this new work (commissioned by Meet the Composer USA) from composer Rob Mazurek and video artist Marianne M. Kim, along with members of Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra, pursues the heavens with the idea of the Indra's Net, a continuous reflection of, but always changing reality of, our universe and what is not seen or heard. Featuring the dynamic flute of Nicole Mitchell, the Wellesian voice of Damon Locks, and stellar contributions from the other members of the Ensemble, along with Marianne M. Kim's multi-layered visual poem. The Space Between represents a step into the direction of sound as vision / vision as sound. Contains one CD and DVD (DVD audio in PCM stereo, DTS and Dolby 5.1). The DVD also contains the special feature Illumination Drone #17, Rob Mazurek's silent video.

 

Mazurek, Rob Electro Acoustic Ensemble / The Space Between -CD *Delmark 5007
Jazz CD Delmark 5007. w/ Damon Locks, Nicole Mitchell. plus bonus DVD *M

$14.99

 


 

 

Bop Lives!
Delmark DX 910

Coleman Hawkins with Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Forrest, Sir Charles Thompson with Charlie Parker, Francine Griffin, Bud Powell, Cecil Payne, Donald Byrd and Babs Gonzales. Bop has been around for more than 65 years and still going strong. Bop Lives! covers it from the very first bebop recording - Coleman Hawkins' 1944 "Woody'n You" - to recent recordings by Cecil Payne and the wonderful jazz vocalist Francine Griffin.

VA / Bob Lives! -CD *Delmark
Jazz CD Delmark DX910 Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, etc

$7.99



 

 

Chicago's Avant Today
Delmark DX 911

Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble, NRG Ensemble featuring Mars Williams and Ken Vandermark, Rob Mazurek's Chicago Underground, Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio, Malachi Thompson, Jeff Parker and Ken Vandermark's Sound In Action Trio featuring Robert Barry. Chicago has been a hotbed of avant garde jazz since the late `50s, reflected in the earliest Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) recordings. Delmark was the first label to document this movement and today, 50 years later, the fire is still burning.

V/A / Chicago's Avant Today -CD *Delmark 911
Jazz CD. Delmark DX 911. Ken Vandermark, Jeff Parker, Kahil El'Zabar. *V. For more info, click here.

$7.99



 

 

Kahil El'Zabar Quartet
What It Is!

Delmark DE 5002

After leading albums on Delmark that featured jazz vets Pharoah Sanders and Archie Shepp, Kahil El'Zabar is back with a pride of young lions. Tenor saxophonist Kevin Nabors has studied with Von Freeman, Ari Brown and recorded with Corey Wilkes. Keyboardist Justin Dillard is in many bands in various styles of music including his own D-O-3-O organ group. Bassman extraordinaire Junius Paul has recorded with many Chicago jazz greats including Corey Wilkes, Ernest Dawkins and Dee Alexander. Kahil is featured on drums, African hand drum and kalimba. What It Is contains seven songs including a burning "Impressions".

EL'ZABAR, KAHIL / What It Is! -CD *Delmark - 5002
Jazz CD Delmark - 5002

$14.99

 

 


 

 

Nicole Mitchell's Ice Crystals
Aquarius

Delmark DE 5004

Nicole Mitchell's Ice Crystal project explores water and glass chemistry of flute and vibes, by combining the creative flutist with young luminary Jason Adasiewicz on vibraphone. Ice Crystal's sound reminds us of the legendary collaboration between flutist Eric Dolphy and vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, but with a Chicago twist. Expression of yet another color in Mitchell's kaleidoscope of approaches, Aquarius is blues-inflected serenity, playfully swinging to the ethereal. Mitchell may have migrated to California, but her Chicago story continues, as she teams up with veteran improvisers Joshua Abrams (bass), Frank Rosaly (drums) and Jason Adasiewicz to take free swing to the nth degree.

Nicole Mitchell's Ice Crystals Aquarius
Delmark DE 5004

$14.99

 

 


 

 

Mikrokolektyw
Absent Minded

Delmark DE 5003

As Mikrokolektyw Kuba Suchar and Artur Majewski continue to explore a vast terrain of post jazz soundscapes. These shifting limitless ideas, merging electronic sounds with complex melody and rhythm, push them to the forefront of contemporary jazz. As with their critically acclaimed debut Revisit (Delmark 591) and it's follow-up live dvd Dew Point (Delmark 1597), Absent Minded is a stark and brilliant reminder that jazz is a living language, constantly expanding into new horizons. Mikrokolektyw reveal a facet of jazz whose sonic palette is both diverse and challenging yet astoundingly beautiful. A boundary erasing excursion into the range of emotions that is possible when we speak in multiple tongues.

 


 

The Fat Babies
Chicago Hot

Delmark DE 253
Chicago Hot is the debut release by Chicago's newest hot jazz group, The Fat Babies. The band was started two years ago by string bassist and band leader, Beau Sample, and has held down a Sunday residency at Chicago's Honky Tonk BBQ ever since. The Fat Babies consists of Sample, bass; Andy Schumm, cornet; John Otto, clarinet/saxophone; Dave Bock, trombone; Paul Asaro, piano; Jake Sanders, tenor banjo; and Alex Hall, drums. Chicago Hot is a collection of 20s and 30s tunes mostly from Chicago's south side.  The band takes on recordings by King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Erskine Tate, Freddie Keppard, Jimmy Noone, Bix Beiderbecke which are infectiously danceable and endlessly engaging.

THE FAT BABIES / Chicago Hot -CD *Delmark 253
Jazz-Trad CD Delmark 253 *T

$14.99

 

 


 

 


Delmark - 55 Years Of Jazz

Delmark DE 914 (CD & DVD together)

Contains one CD and one DVD! After wearing out Delmark's 2003 set celebrating 50 years of great jazz you probably thought you were going tohave to wait at least until 2013 for another such anniversary collection but when you've got a rich catalog like Delmark's and a label head like Bob Koester who is committed to keep expanding that catalog, why not seize every opportunity to throw a party for your enterprise-and all the great artists behind the candles on the cake? CD features Coleman Hawkins, Sun Ra, George Lewis, Curtis Fuller, Deep Blue Organ Trio, Francine Griffin and more. DVD features Nicole Mitchell, Ari Brown, Fred Anderson, Chicago Underground Trio and more.

[CD + DVD: 03815091421]

 

DELMARK / 55 Years Of Jazz -CD & DVD
Jazz CD & DVD Delmark 914

$14.99

 



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