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| Genre | Jazz, blues |
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| Founded | 1953 |
| Founder | Bob Koester |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois |
Number of locations | United States |
| Website | www |
Delmark Records is an American jazz and blues independent record label.[1] It was founded in 1958 as Delmar Records and is based in Chicago, Illinois. The label originated in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1953 when then owner, and founder, Bob Koester released a recording of the Windy City Six, a traditional jazz group, under the Delmar imprint.
History
Born in 1932 in Wichita, Kansas, Bob Koester was the son of a petroleum engineer. While in the hospital with polio when he was a child, he listened to the radio and was cheered up when he heard Eddie Condon and Benny Goodman. In his teens, he was a dedicated jazz fan who began buying old records from a Salvation Army store. At concerts in Kansas City, he heard Red Allen, Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing, Tommy Douglas, Lionel Hampton, and Jay McShann.[2]
Moving from Wichita to St. Louis to attend college, Koester began his career as a record trader in his dormitory room. Joining a local jazz club gave Koester his first taste of live jazz, seeing Clark Terry perform. Koester made acquaintance with a fellow jazz club member, Ron Fister, with whom he opened his first record shop, K & F Sales. Shortly after opening in an old restaurant storefront, they changed the name to the Blue Note Record Shop. About a year after this joint venture, Fister and Koester decided to part ways, with Koester moving to the corner of Delmar and Olive streets in St. Louis. Taking the name from the street his shop was on, Koester recorded a local jazz group the Windy City Six in 1953. Shortly thereafter, Koester found local talent such as James Crutchfield, Speckled Red, J.D. Short, and Big Joe Williams.
Koester moved to Chicago in August 1958. He bought Seymour's Jazz Mart, and in renaming the storefront the Jazz Record Mart, Delmark Records found its new home in the basement of the record shop. By 1963, Koester had moved the shop to a location at 7 West Grand. During this period in Chicago, Delmark released albums by, Barney Bigard, Donald Byrd, Jimmy Forrest, George Lewis, Bud Powell, and Ira Sullivan.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Delmark recorded the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Sonny Stitt, Junior Wells,[3] Luther Allison, Arthur Crudup, Jimmy Dawkins, Sleepy John Estes, Buddy Guy, J. B. Hutto,[4][5] Jimmy Johnson, Magic Sam, Robert Nighthawk, Yank Rachell, Otis Rush, Roosevelt Sykes, and Malachi Thompson.
In 1966, Chuck Nessa, manager of the Jazz Record Mart, convinced Koester to release albums by musicians associated with the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. The first record was Roscoe Mitchell's Sound (1966) which received a five star review in Downbeat. This was followed by Muhal Richard Abrams' Levels and Degrees of Light (1968), Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre's Humility in the Light of the Creator (1969) and Anthony Braxton's For Alto (1969). Delmark released two of the earliest Sun Ra albums, Sun Song and Sound of Joy, in 1967 and 1968 respectively.
Delmark has also released albums by Fred Anderson, Frank Catalano, Rob Mazurek, Nicole Mitchell, Ken Vandermark, Roy Campbell, Jr., and Ethnic Heritage Ensemble; and blues musicians including Zora Young, Ken Saydak, Byther Smith, Michael Coleman, Little Arthur Duncan, Eddie C. Campbell, Jimmy Burns, and ragtime musicians including Terry Waldo.
In March 2010, Delmark announced the release of the album Revisit by the Polish duo Mikrokolektyw. This album was Delmark's first by a European avant-garde jazz group in its 57-year history.[6] In 2012, Delmark released two Chicago blues albums by Linsey Alexander and Mike Wheeler.[7][8][9]
In May 2018, Koester retired and sold Delmark Records to Delmark Records LLC, of which Julia A. Miller is the Managing Member. Julia A. Miller became the label President & CEO and Elbio Barilari became the Vice President & Artistic Director. They are two musicians from Chicago and Uruguay, respectively. The sale included Delmark's subsidiary labels, CD and LP inventory, the catalog of masters, and Riverside Studio.[10]
Discography
Jazz
Delmark Records began releasing 12 inch LP jazz albums sporadically from 1959 commencing with the 400 series and continuing with the 500 series in 1998.[11][12][13]
| Catalog No. | Album | Artist | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | The Bob Graf Sessions | Bob Graf | also released as At Winchester |
| 402 | Blue Stroll | Ira Sullivan | |
| 403 | The John Young Trio | John Young | also released as Serenata |
| 404 | All the Gin Is Gone | Jimmy Forrest | recorded 1959 |
| 406 | Bouncing with Bud | Bud Powell | |
| 407 | Yusef! | Yusef Lateef | reissue of 1956 Transisition LP also released as First Flight by Donald Byrd |
| 408 | Sound | Roscoe Mitchell | |
| 409 | Archie Shepp in Europe | Archie Shepp with the New York Contemporary Five | partial reissue of 1964 Sonet double LP |
| 410 | Song For | Joseph Jarman | |
| 411 | Sun Song | Sun Ra | reissue of 1957 Transition LP |
| 413 | Levels and Degrees of Light | Muhal Richard Abrams | |
| 414 | Sound of Joy | Sun Ra | |
| 415 | Three Compositions of New Jazz | Anthony Braxton | |
| 416 | I Remember Newport | Leon Sash | |
| 417 | As If It Were the Seasons | Joseph Jarman | |
| 418 | Celebration for Modern Man | Kent Schneider | |
| 419 | Humility in the Light of the Creator | Maurice McIntyre | |
| 420/21 | For Alto | Anthony Braxton | Double LP |
| 422 | Nicky's Tune | Ira Sullivan | |
| 423 | Young at Heart/Wise in Time | Muhal Richard Abrams | |
| 424 | Birth Sign | George Freeman | |
| 425 | Forces and Feelings | Kalaparushna Maurice McIntyre | |
| 426 | Made for Each Other | Sonny Stitt and Don Patterson | |
| 427 | Black Forrest | Jimmy Forrest | recorded 1959 |
| 428 | Together Alone | Joseph Jarman and Anthony Braxton | |
| 429 | Because of You | Tab Smith | |
| 430 | Things to Come from Those Now Gone | Muhal Richard Abrams | |
| 431 | Bad Bascomb | Paul Bascomb | |
| 432/33 | Live at Mandel Hall | Art Ensemble of Chicago | Double LP |
| 434 | Somebody Done Stole My Blues | Chris Woods | |
| 435 | Night Train | Jimmy Forrest | |
| 436 | Reality | Frank Walton | |
| 437 | Modus Operandi | Chris Woods | |
| 438 | Honkers And Bar Walkers 1 | Various Artists | |
| 439 | Big Band Jazz: Tulsa to Harlem | Various Artists | |
| 440 | Shock of the New | Brad Goode | |
| 441 | Last Trio Session | Wynton Kelly | |
| 442 | Spirit | Malachi Thompson | |
| 443 | After Hours Joint | Jimmy Coe | |
| 444 | Unit 7 | Mike Smith | |
| 445 | Upward Spiral | Edward Petersen | |
| 446 | Tough Town | Jim Cooper | |
| 447 | Jump Time | Tab Smith | |
| 448 | On a Cool Night | Mike Smith | |
| 449 | Delayed Exposure | Lin Halliday | |
| 450 | Takin' Off | Sir Charles Thompson | |
| 451 | Mellow Mama | Dinah Washington | compilation of 1947 Apollo recordings |
| 452 | Honkers and Bar Walkers 2 | Various Artists | |
| 453 | The Jaz Life | Malachi Thompson | |
| 454 | Experience | Jodie Christian | |
| 455 | Ace High | Tab Smith | |
| 456 | New Kingdom | Roy Campbell | |
| 457 | Nutville | Jim Cooper | |
| 458 | East of the Sun | Lin Halliday | |
| 459 | Rainbow Mist | Coleman Hawkins | compilation of 1944 Apollo recordings |
| 460 | Call of the Gators | Willis Jackson | compilation of 1949-50 Apollo recordings |
| 461 | Straight Up | Eric Alexander | |
| 462 | The Traveler | Mike Smith | |
| 463 | Lift Every Voice | Malachi Thompson | |
| 464 | Brass Knuckles | Zane Massey | |
| 465 | Swingtet Live at Andy's | Chuck Hedges | |
| 466 | Renaissance of the Resistance | Kahil El'Zabar Ritual Trio | |
| 467 | Rain or Shine | Jodie Christian | |
| 468 | Where or When | Lin Halliday | |
| 469 | La Tierra del Fuego | Roy Campbell | |
| 470 | And the Duke's Men | Earl Hines | compilation of 1944/47 Apollo recordings |
| 471 | Arnett Blows for 1300 | Arnett Cobb | compilation of 1947 Apollo recordings |
| 472 | How D'You Like It So Far? | Barrett Deems | |
| 473 | New Standards | Malachi Thompson | |
| 474 | Haint | Edward Petersen | |
| 475 | Hey Donald | Roscoe Mitchell | |
| 476 | Up, Over & Out | Eric Alexander | |
| 477 | Big Cliff | Kahil El'Zabar Ritual Trio with special guest Billy Bang | |
| 478 | Cerupa | Cecil Payne | |
| 479 | Portrait in the Mist | Andrew Lamb | |
| 480 | Sinatra Song Book | Mike Smith | |
| 481 | Buddy Bolden's Rag | Malachi Thompson and Africa Brass featuring Lester Bowie | |
| 482 | Horns Aplenty | Betty O'Hara | |
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