Tag Archives: Delmark

Eric Alexander: Up, Over & Out

In August 1993, “Delmark” label released “Up, Over & Out”, the third Eric Alexander album.

Personnel:

  • Eric Alexander – tenor saxophone
  • Harold Mabern – piano
  • John Ore – bass
  • Joe Farnsworth – drums

Track listing:

  1. Up, Over & Out – Hank Mobley
  2. The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
  3. Eronel – Thelonious Monk
  4. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  5. Flying Fish – Cecil Payne
  6. Blues for Mabe – Harold Mabern
  7. I Remember Clifford – Benny Golson
  8. Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are – Thelonious Monk

Rob Mazurek: Silver Spines

On August 27, 2002, “Delmark” label released “Silver Spines”, album by Rob Mazurek. It was recorded in March 2002, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Casey Rice and Rob Mazurek.

Personnel:

  • Rob Mazurek – cornet, Moog, laptop, found sound, tubular bells
  • Casey Rice − Nord micro modular, Metal monster saturation pedal

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Mazurek, except where noted.

  1. Moving Through and Back Again (The Quietude of Moving Through You and Back Again)
  2. Cloth and Bells Cut, 4 Seconds of Silence (I Have Separated Nothing and Doubled My Heart)
  3. Breathe and Silver Spines Contained (For Stanley Kubrick)
  4. Birds Song So Sang Them
  5. Patterns and Fixations Along the Path of Seeing Red
  6. Feel Ard… Ardeel… Feeling Hard… Falling Harder – Casey Rice
  7. Haphazard Half Hazardous.. Frequencies Push Through Another and Another…
  8. For, Love (No Burst in Beginning)
  9. Through the Window There Was a Green and Blue Dress
  10. Metal Monsters Never Fail Me Now – Casey Rice
  11. Composition 56 in 4th Place and Still Looking
  12. Them Sang So Song Birds
  13. Remember the Time It Spun Out and Fell into Itself. It Never Stopped Rising…
  14. Quietly Sleeping
  15. How Times Turns Itself (Or) That Thought I Had Next Thursday Was a Good One
  16. Underwater and Trying to Find the Stars
  17. Still Looking but Not Breathing
  18. Love, For (Slight Burst in Beginning)

Curtis Fuller: Up Jumped Spring

On March 16, 2004, “Delmark” label released “Up Jumped Spring”, the 24th Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in August 2003, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester and Jacey Falk.

Personnel:

  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Brad Goode – trumpet
  • Karl Montzka – piano
  • Larry Gray – bass
  • Stewart Miller – bass
  • Tim Davis – drums
  • Jacey Falk – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Cantaloupe Island – Herbie Hancock
  2. Up Jumped Spring – Freddie Hubbard
  3. In a Mellow Tone – Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler
  4. God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
  5. Bags’ Groove – Milt Jackson
  6. Equinox – John Coltrane
  7. I’m Old Fashioned – Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer
  8. Alone Together – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
  9. Whisper Not – Benny Golson
  10. Black Night – Jessie Mae Robinson
  11. Star Eyes – Gene de Paul, Don Raye

Sonny Stitt: It’s Magic

On March 22, 2005, “Delmark” label released “It’s Magic”, album by Sonny Stitt. It was recorded in 1969, at “P.S. Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Stitt- alto and tenor saxophone, varitone
  • Don Patterson- organ
  • Billy James – drums

Track listing:

  1. Four – Miles Davis
  2. On Green Dolphin Street – Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington
  3. Parker’s Mood – Charlie Parker
  4. How High the Moon – Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton
  5. Shake Your Head – Bob Gerow, Sammy Cahn
  6. It’s Magic – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
  7. Getting Sentimental Over You – George Bassman, Ned Washington
  8. Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
  9. Body and Soul – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton
  10. They Can’t Take That Away from Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin

Junior Wells: Hoodoo Man Blues

On November 26, 1965, “Delmark” label released “Hoodoo Man Blues”, the debut Junior Wells album. It was recorded in September 1965, and was produced by Bob Koester.

Personnel:

  • Junior Wells– vocals, harmonica
  • Buddy Guy(billed as Friendly Chap) – vocals, guitar
  • Bill Warren – drums
  • Jack Myers – bass
  • Stu Black – engineer
  • Zbigniew Jastrzebski – design
  • Greg Roberts (a.k.a. Bob Koester) – photography
  • Bob Koester– linear notes, supervisor

Track listing:

  1. Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells
  2. Ships on the Ocean – Junior Wells
  3. Good Morning Schoolgirl – traditional
  4. Hound Dog – Big Mama Thorton
  5. In the Wee Wee Hours – Junior Wells, Buddy Guy
  6. Hey Lawdy Mama – traditional
  7. Hoodoo Man Blues – Junior Wells
  8. Early in the Morning – traditional
  9. We’re Ready – Buddy Guy, Junior Wells
  10. You Don’t Love Me Baby – Junior Wells
  11. Chillin’ Con Came – Junior Wells
  12. Yonder Wall – traditional