Pharez Whitted is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, band leader and educator from Indianapolis, Indiana. In January 2011, Whitted was nominated for the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards in the Jazz Album category for Transient Journey.[2] In December 2016 he was named one of six "Chicagoans of the Year" by the Chicago Tribune.[3]
For Alto is a jazz double-LP by composer/multi-reedist Anthony Braxton, recorded in 1969 and released on Delmark Records in 1971. Braxton performs the pieces on this album entirely on alto saxophone, with no additional musicians, instrumentation or overdubbing. Although other jazz musicians, such as Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Rollins, and Eric Dolphy, had recorded unaccompanied saxophone solos, For Alto was the first jazz album composed solely of solo saxophone music.
Robert Broom Jr. is an American jazz guitarist, composer, and educator. He was born and raised in New York City, then moved to Chicago, which has been his home town since 1984. He performs and records with The Bobby Broom Trio and his organ group, The Bobby Broom Organi-Sation. While versed in the traditional jazz idioms, Broom draws from a variety of American music forms, such as funk, soul, R&B, and blues.
Kahil El'Zabar is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer. He regularly records for Delmark Records.
Chris Foreman is a Chicago-based organist and pianist. He has been recorded with the Deep Blue Organ Trio and the Kimberly Gordon Trio and appears in a BT Productions video titled "Funk on the B-3". Foreman appears regularly at the Green Mill. In January 2015 he released his own compact disc entitled "Now is the Time".
Ari Brown is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and pianist.
Nicole Mitchell is an American jazz flautist and composer who teaches jazz at the University of Virginia. She is a former chairwoman of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM).
Jazzwise is a monthly British magazine focused on jazz, launched in 1997. The magazine covers a wide spectrum of jazz sub-genres, encompassing jazz, improv, hard bop, jazz-rock, bebop, classic jazz, as well as jazz crossover genres such as jazz-funk, jazz hip-hop, and jazz-electronica.The magazine provides a range of content including news coverage, a national gig guide, a gossip column, a jazz-on-film page, an opinion column, in-depth feature articles, and a review section that evaluates new CD releases, reissues, vinyl records, DVDs, books, and live performances. Breaking news stories also feature on the Jazzwise magazine website. Jazzwise also mentors new jazz writers through its ongoing intern scheme and the Write Stuff workshops held each November during the London Jazz Festival.
Jo'burg Jump is an album by American jazz saxophonist Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble, which was recorded in 2000 and released on Delmark. The album title was inspired by a visit to Johannesburg, South Africa.
Harrison Napoleon Bankhead III was an American jazz double-bassist.
Live at the River East Art Center is a live album by Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio, with special guest violinist Billy Bang, that was recorded in Chicago in 2004 and released on the Delmark label.
Big M: A Tribute to Malachi Favors is an album by Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio, featuring violinist Billy Bang, that was recorded in Chicago in late 2004 and released on the Delmark label.
New Standards is an album by the American jazz trumpeter Malachi Thompson recorded and released by the Delmark label in 1993.
Talking Horns is an album by the American jazz trumpeter Malachi Thompson recorded and released by the Delmark label in 2001.
Velvet Blue is the second album by American jazz double-bassist Harrison Bankhead. It was recorded in March 2013 in Amherst, Massachusetts, and was released later that year by Engine Studios. On the album, Bankhead is joined by saxophonists Mars Williams and Edward Wilkerson, and drummer Avreeayl Ra.
Chronicle is a live album by the Chicago Underground Trio, featuring trumpeter Rob Mazurek, bassist Jason Ajemian, and drummer Chad Taylor. It was recorded on July 21, 2006, at the German Cultural Center in Chicago, and was released in 2007 by Delmark Records in both CD and DVD formats, the latter directed by Raymond Salvatore Harmon.
Cloud Script is an album by the free jazz quartet of the same name, led by double bassist and composer Joshua Abrams, and featuring tenor saxophonist Ari Brown, guitarist Jeff Parker, and drummer Gerald Cleaver. Consisting of six original compositions by Abrams, it was recorded on September 26, 2016, at Electrical Audio in Chicago, and was released on vinyl and CD in 2020 by the Rogueart label.
Ultimate Frontier is the debut album by saxophonist and pianist Ari Brown. Featuring six original compositions plus a traditional piece, it was recorded on January 17 and 18, 1995, at Riverside Studio in Chicago, and was released in 1996 by Delmark Records. On the album, Brown is joined by pianist Kirk Brown, double bassist Yosef Ben Israel, and drummer Avreeayl Ra.
Venus is the second album by saxophonist and pianist Ari Brown. It was recorded on March 3 and 4, 1998, at Riverside Studio in Chicago, and was released later that year by Delmark Records. On the album, Brown is joined by pianist Kirk Brown, double bassist Josef Ben Israel, and drummer Avreeayl Ra.
Groove Awakening is the fourth album by saxophonist and pianist Ari Brown. It was recorded during May 2013 at Riverside Studio in Chicago, and was released later that year by Delmark Records. On the album, Brown is joined by pianist Kirk Brown, double bassist Josef Ben Israel, drummer Avreeayl Ra, and percussionist Dr. Cuz.
