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Maurice McIntyre: Feelings And Forces

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In December 1970, “Delmark” label released “Forces and Feelings”, the second Maurice McIntyre studio album. It was recorded in November 1970, at “Sound Studios” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester.

Personnel:

  • Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute, bells
  • Rita Omolokun – vocals
  • Sarnie Garrett – guitar
  • Fred Hopkins – bass
  • Wesley Tyus – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre

  1. Fifteen or Sixteen
  2. Sun Spots
  3. Ananda
  4. Twenty-One Lines
  5. Behold! God’s Sunshine!

Magic Sam: Live At The Avant Garde

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On November 18, 2013, “Delmark” label released “Live at the Avant Garde”, the eleventh Magic Sam (Samuel Gene Maghett) album. It was recorded in June 1968, at “The Avant Garde” in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was produced by Jim Charne and Robert G. Koester.

Personnel:

  • Magic Sam − vocals, guitar
  • Robert “Big Mojo” Elem – bass
  • Bob Richey – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Samuel Maghett (Magic Sam) except where noted

  1. San-Ho-Zay – Freddie King, Sonny Thompson
  2. Don´t Want No Woman – Don Robey
  3. I Need You So Bad – B.B. King, Sam Ling
  4. Feelin´ Good – Herman Parker
  5. It´s All Your Fault Baby – Lowell Fulson
  6. You Belong to Me
  7. Bad Luck Blues
  8. Come On in This House – Amos Blakemore
  9. Hoochie Coochie Man – Willie Dixon
  10. Still a Fool – Muddy Waters
  11. That´s All I Need
  12. All Your Love (I Miss Loving) – Otis Rush
  13. That´s All Right – Jimmy Rogers
  14. Lookin’ Good
  15. Everynight and Everyday – Jimmy McCracklin
  16. Hully Gully Twist – B.B. King, Joe Josea

Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio: Africa N’Da Blues

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On August 15, 2000, “Delmark” label released “Africa N’Da Blues”, the ninth Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio album. It was recorded in December 1999, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Robert G. Koester and Kahil El’Zabar.

Personnel:

  • Kahil El’Zabar – drums, percussion
  • Ari Brown – piano, soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone
  • Malachi Favors – bass
  • Susana Sandoval – spoken word

Track listing:

All tracks by Kahil El’Zabar, except where noted.

  1. Ka-Real (take 2) – Joseph Bowie
  2. Africanos/ Latinos – Kahil El’Zabar, Susana Sandoval
  3. Miles’ Mode – John Coltrane
  4. Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer
  5. Africa N’Da Blues
  6. Pharoah’s Song
  7. Ka-Real (take 1) – Joseph Bowie

Malachi Thompson: Talking Horns

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On August 14, 2001, “Delmark” label released “Talking Horns”, the twelve Malachi Thompson album. It was recorded in March 2001, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester and Malachi Thompson.

Personnel:

  • Malachi Thompson – trumpet
  • Oliver Lake – alto saxophone
  • Hamiet Bluiett – baritone saxophone, contrabass clarinet
  • Willie Pickens – piano
  • Harrison Bankhead – bass
  • Reggie Nicholson – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Malachi Thompson, except where noted.

  1. Woody’s Dream
  2. Brass and Oak – Oliver Lake
  3. Scope – Oliver Lake
  4. Way Back When We Didn’t Understand – Hamiet Bluiett
  5. Fred Hopkins – Hamiet Bluiett
  6. Talking Horns
  7. Lucky Seven
  8. Circles in the Air

Maurice McIntyre: Forces And Feelings

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In December 1970, “Delmark” label released “Forces and Feelings”, the second Maurice McIntyre studio album. It was recorded in November 1970, in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Robert G. Koester.

Personnel:

  • Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute, bells
  • Rita Omolokun – vocals
  • Sarnie Garrett – guitar
  • Fred Hopkins – bass
  • Wesley Tyus – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre.

  1. Fifteen or Sixteen
  2. Sun Spots
  3. Ananda
  4. Twenty-One Lines
  5. Behold! God’s Sunshine!

Malachi Thompson: Rising Daystar

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October 26, 1999, “Delmark” label released “Rising Daystar”, the tenth Malachi Thompson album. It was recorded May 1998 – June 1999, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester, Steve Wagner and Malachi Thompson.

Personnel:

  • Malachi Thompson – trumpet
  • Gary Bartz – soprano and alto saxophone
  • Sonny Seals – tenor saxophone
  • Kirk Brown – piano
  • James Cammack, Harrison Bankhead, Fred Hopkins, John Whitfield – bass
  • Nasar Abedey, Dana Hall – drums
  • Tony Carpenter – percussion
  • Dee Alexander – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Malachi Thompson, except where noted.

  1. Rising Daystar
  2. Mansa
  3. Busy Little Fingers
  4. Nefertiti – Wayne Shorter
  5. Surrender Your Love
  6. Fanfare for Trane
  7. Song for Morgan
  8. Circles in the Air (Dedicated to Fred Hopkins)

Malachi Thompson: Blue Jazz

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On October 21, 2003, “Delmark” label released “Blue Jazz”, the 13th and final Malachi Thompson studio album. It was recorded in February 2003, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester.

Personnel:

  • Malachi Thompson – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Gary Bartz – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Billy Harper – tenor saxophone
  • Ari Brown – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Gene “Daddy G” Barge – tenor saxophone
  • David Spencer, Kenny Anderson, Micah Frazier, Elmer Brown – trumpet
  • Tracy Kirk, Steve Berry, Bill McFarland, Omar Jefferson – trombone
  • Kirk Brown – piano
  • Harrison Bankhead – bass
  • Leon Joyce Jr. – drums
  • Dee Alexander, The Big DooWopper – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Malachi Thompson, except where noted.

  1. Black Metropolis
  2. The Panther
  3. Jaaz Revelations
  4. Genesis / Rebirth
  5. Po’ Little Louie
  6. Get On the Train
  7. Blues for a Saint Called Louis
  8. Blue Jazz
  9. Footprints – Wayne Shorter
  10. Mud Hole

Kahil El Zabar’s Ritual Trio: Big M: A Tribute To Malachi Favors

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On October 17, 2006, “Delmark” label released “Big M: A Tribute to Malachi Favors”, the eleventh Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio album. It was recorded in December 2004, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Steve Wagner and Robert G. Koester.

Personnel:

  • Kahil El’Zabar – vocals, drums, earth drums, kalimba, flute
  • Yosef Ben Israel – bass
  • Ari Brown – tenor saxophone, piano
  • Billy Bang – violin

Track listing:

All tracks by Kahil El’Zabar, except where noted.

  1. Crumb-Puck-U-Lent
  2. Oof
  3. Freedom Flexibility – Billy Bang
  4. Big M
  5. Kau
  6. Maghoustut
  7. Malachi

Curtis Fuller: Up Jumped Spring

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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

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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