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Delmark Records
Genre
Jazz, blues
Founded
1953 (1953)
Founder
Bob Koester
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
Number of locations
United States
Website
www.delmark.com
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.
^Zimmerman, Karla; Dunford, Lisa; Cavalieri, Nate (2008). Chicago City Guide. Lonely Planet. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-74104-767-7. The oldest independent jazz and blues label in the country, Delmark Records has inspired countless small startups around the world determined to promote the pioneers and mavericks of the two genres.
DelmarkRecords is an American jazz and blues independent record label. It was founded in 1958 as Delmar Records and is based in Chicago, Illinois. The...
clubs, including the Court of Two Sisters. When he recorded in the 1960s, it was for labels such as Delmark, Bluesville, Storyville and Folkways, which were...
Buddy Guy. Released on LP by DelmarkRecords in November 1965, the album has been subsequently reissued on CD and LP by Delmark and Analogue Productions....
enter the chart. Wells's album Hoodoo Man Blues, released in 1965 by DelmarkRecords, featured Buddy Guy on guitar. The two worked with the Rolling Stones...
guitarist and singer active from the 1970s to the 1990s. He recorded for DelmarkRecords and JSP Records. Snooky Pryor (September 15, 1921 – October 18, 2006)...
to record and produce his favorite band Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers, whom his employer, Bob Koester of DelmarkRecords, declined to record. Nine...
Down South Blues (Delmark) Sleepy John Estes in Europe (Delmark, 1999) Sleepy John Estes, 1929–1940 (RBF Records) Complete Recorded Works 1929–1941, vols...
was an American record producer and businessman who was the founder and owner of DelmarkRecords, a jazz and blues independent record label. He also operated...
one of his best works. He also released some albums for DelmarkRecords and for Sonet Records in Europe during the 1970s, but by the end of the decade...
Junior Wells recorded a song, "Chitlin Con Carne" on his acclaimed DelmarkRecords album, Hoodoo Man Blues. Jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded the unrelated...
Nessa Records is an American jazz record label founded in Chicago in 1967 by producer Chuck Nessa. After working at DelmarkRecords for a year, Nessa...
clubs at night. During his tenure with Chess, Guy recorded sessions with Junior Wells for DelmarkRecords under the pseudonym Friendly Chap in 1965 and 1966...
toured the U.S., Britain and Germany. He was signed to DelmarkRecords in 1967, for which he recorded West Side Soul and Black Magic. He continued performing...
Note, 1994) Hey Donald (Delmark, 1995) First Meeting (Knitting Factory, 1995) Pilgrimage (Lovely Music, 1995) Sound Songs (Delmark, 1997) The Day and the...
rest of United's output was eventually acquired by Bob Koester of DelmarkRecords, which has made most of it available through LP and CD reissues. When...
Jake Harris and Sunnyland Slim. He recorded his first single in 1965. He signed a recording contract with DelmarkRecords in 1967 and released his debut album...
in 1965. His first solo record appeared in 1969. During this time he also recorded as a session musician for DelmarkRecords, playing with George Freeman...
Right (2015) – Delmark Live at B.L.U.E.S. (2007) – Delmark "Forget It" (1964) – USA Records "Give Her To Me" (1965) – Tip Top Records "You're Gonna Miss...
the NRG Ensemble Calling All Mothers (Quinnah, 1994) This Is My House (Delmark, 1996) Bejazzo Gets a Facelift (Atavaistic, 1998) With Liquid Soul Liquid...
basement of and occasionally working at Jazz Record Mart (the record store operated by DelmarkRecords founder Bob Koester) with Big Joe Williams and...
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