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George Freeman - Birth Sign (1969) {Delmark DD-424 rel 1993}
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© 1969, 1993 Delmark Records | DD-424
Jazz / Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Guitar

Chicago electric guitarist George Freeman was a quintessential sideman when backing bands led by Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Gene Ammons, and Shirley Scott. This is his debut recording, done in the height of the soul-jazz era circa 1969, featuring his famed brother Von Freeman on tenor sax for four tracks, drummer Billy Mitchell throughout, and either Sonny Burke or Robert Pierce on the Hammond B-3 organ. At times Freeman's sound traces to no single individual source, though it is steeped in Chi-Town blues and a progressive stance that is apart from the Wes Montgomery/George Benson school of the day.

Jimmy Forrest - Black Forrest (1959) {Delmark DD-427 rel 1999}
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© 1959, 1999 Delmark Records | DD-427
Jazz / Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Saxophone

This 1972 LP (recorded at 1959), a complement to All the Gin Is Gone, released the remainder of tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest's two Delmark sessions, including four alternate takes and five other songs. Forrest sounds fine, guitarist Grant Green was making his debut on record, and the rhythm section (pianist Harold Mabern, bassist Gene Ramey and drummer Elvin Jones) plays up to par. Get All the Gin Is Gone first, and then, if one wants to hear the rest of the story, this set.

Duke Henderson - Get Your Kicks (1945) {Delmark DD-668 rel 1994}
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© 1945, 1994 Apollo / Delmark Records | DD-668
Jazz / Blues / Jump Blues / Regional Blues / West Coast Blues

Blues shouter Henderson was quite a popular jump blues singer on the postwar L.A. scene. His 1945 output for Apollo, collected here, rates with his best; backed by top-drawer sidemen including saxists Lucky Thompson, Wild Bill Moore, and Jack McVea and guitarist Gene Phillips, Henderson's pipes convey the proper party spirit on these 20 swinging sides.