Delmark's 50 Years of Jazz and Blues is a decent budget-priced 28-cut retrospective highlighting the types of jazz the Chicago label has championed since its beginning in 1953, from Dixieland, bop, and free jazz to modern experimental. Not only does it include exceptional material by Illinois Jacquet, Muhal Richard Abrams, Sun Ra, Ira Sullivan, and Roscoe Mitchell, but also unissued tracks by Tab Smith, Art Hodes, Malachi Thompson's Africa Brass, and Sonny Stitt. This collection gives a superb overview of Delmark's activities through the years, and is recommended to all jazz historians along with beginners just starting to explore this music. ~ Al Campbell, All Music Guide
Delmark - 50 Years of Jazz and Blues: Jazz
04/22/2003
All Music Guide Review
Delmark - 50 Years of Jazz and Blues: Jazz Track Listing
Credits of Delmark - 50 Years of Jazz and Blues: Jazz
- Harold Mabern
- Piano
- Zane Massey
- Sax (Tenor)
- Rob Mazurek
- Cornet
- Bill McFarland
- Trombone, Soloist
- Wallace McMillan
- Sax (Alto)
- Bob Neighbor
- Trumpet, Lead
- Reggie Nicholson
- Drums
- Larry Novak
- Piano
- Kevin O'Donnell
- Drums
- John Ore
- Bass
- Pat Patrick
- Sax (Alto)
- Willie Pickens
- Piano
- Gene Porter
- Sax (Baritone)
- Sun Ra
- Piano
- Scott Roberts
- Trombone
- Joel Spencer
- Drums
- Victor Sproles
- Bass
- Ricardo Strobert
- Flute
- Hideiji Taninaka
- Bass
- Duane Thamm
- Vibraphone
- Mike Walbridge
- Tuba
- John Whitfield
- Bass
- Shadow Wilson
- Drums
- Jane Johnson
- Sax (Alto)
- Craig Kaucher
- Trombone (Bass)
- Tim McNamara
- Sax (Tenor), Soloist
- Hank Ford
- Sax (Tenor)
- Mike Levin
- Sax (Tenor)
- Al Lucas
- Bass
- Peewee Mckindra
- Bass
- Audrey Morrison
- Trombone, Lead
- Ken Vandermark
- Sax (Tenor)
- Barry Winograd
- Sax (Baritone)
- Lee Young
- Drums
- Michael Raynor
- Drums
- Jim Herndon
- Tympani (Timpani)
- David Dieckmann
- Trombone
- Vic Coulson
- Trumpet
- Larry Kohut
- Bass
- Noel Kupersmith
- Bass
- Tim Mulvenna
- Drums
- Ed Van Dever
- Trumpet
- Andrew Bird
- Violin
- Vernon King
- Bass
- Frank Catalano
- Sax (Tenor), Soloist
- Sadiq M. Abdu Shahid
- Drums
- Joe Farnsworth
- Drums
- Leonard Lowry
- Sax (Alto)
- Denton Darien
- Piano
- Josh Hirsch
- Bass
- Dave Young Orchestra
- Trumpet
- Rob Curtis
- Guitar
- Pete Ellman
- Trumpet
- Colin Bunn
- Guitar
- Chris Lopes
- Bass
- John Cooper
- Piano
- Ray Campbell
- Flugelhorn
- Kevin Belford
- Cover Art
- Jim Snyder
- Trombone
- Reggie Willis
- Bass
- Steve Wagner
- Producer, Mastering
- John Boland
- Clarinet
- Jack Kuncl
- Banjo
- Eric Butkus
- Mastering
- Wally Eckhardt
- Bass
- John Bailey
- Trumpet
- Charles Davis
- Sax (Baritone)
- Jerry Fisele
- Drums
- Sammy Gardner
- Clarinet
- Brad Goode
- Trumpet, Soloist
- Muggsy Sprecher
- Cornet
- Coleman Hawkins
- Sax (Tenor)
- Rich Corpolongo
- Sax (Alto), Soloist
- Kahil El'Zabar
- Drums
- Sir Charles Thompson
- Piano
- Gene Ramey
- Bass
- Malachi Favors
- Bass
- Steve Berry
- Trombone, Soloist
- Talik Abdullah
- Percussion
- Muhal Richard Abrams
- Piano
- Ray Abrams
- Sax (Tenor)
- Eric Alexander
- Sax (Tenor), Soloist
- Harrison Bankhead
- Bass
- Wilbert Barranco
- Piano
- Robert Barry
- Drums
- Tom Bartlett
- Trombone
- Lorin Binford
- Trombone
- Charles Braugham
- Drums
- Ari Brown
- Piano
- Elmer Brown
- Trumpet
- Kirk Brown
- Piano
- Don Byas
- Sax (Tenor)
- Lloyd Byassee
- Drums
- Wilbur Campbell
- Drums
- William "Bugs" Cochran
- Drums
- Kim Cusack
- Sax (Alto)
- Edwin Daugherty
- Sax (Tenor)
- Eddie DeHaas
- Bass
- Everett Farey
- Trumpet
- Karl George
- Trumpet
- Jewell L. Grant
- Sax (Alto)
- Francine Griffin
- Vocals
- Clyde Hart
- Piano
- Albert "Tootie" Heath
- Drums
- Arthur Hoyle
- Trumpet
- Walter Johnson
- Drums
- Wayne Jones
- Drums
- Robert G. Koester
- Producer
- Gary Bartz
- Sax (Alto)
- Marcus Belgrave
- Trumpet
- Jodie Christian
- Piano
- Jimmy Forrest
- Sax (Tenor)
- Von Freeman
- Sax (Tenor), Soloist
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Trumpet
- John Gilmore
- Sax (Tenor)
- Grant Green
- Guitar
- Johnny Griffin
- Sax (Tenor)
- Lin Halliday
- Sax (Tenor), Soloist
- Art Hodes
- Piano
- Franz Jackson
- Sax (Tenor)
- Milt Jackson
- Vibraphone
- Illinois Jacquet
- Sax (Tenor)
- Budd Johnson
- Sax (Tenor)
- Elvin Jones
- Drums
- Charles Mingus
- Bass
- Roscoe Mitchell
- Sax (Tenor)
- Joe Newman
- Trumpet
- Leo Parker
- Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
- Cecil Payne
- Sax (Baritone)
- Oscar Pettiford
- Bass
- Julian Priester
- Trombone
- Max Roach
- Drums
- Archie Shepp
- Sax (Tenor)
- Tab Smith
- Sax (Alto)
- Sonny Stitt
- Sax (Alto)
- Ira Sullivan
- Trumpet
- Lucky Thompson
- Sax (Tenor)
- Malachi Thompson
- Trumpet
- Dinah Washington
- Vocals
- Fred Anderson
- Sax (Tenor)
- Rahn Burton
- Piano
- Barrett Deems
- Drums











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