Delmark Records

Delmark Records

88 releases 10 sub-labels 1958–2025

About

US label based in Chicago issuing recording by Blues and & Jazz musicians. It was founded by Robert G. Koester (originally as around 1953, named after the street of Koester's first record store in St. Louis, Missouri), then as Delmark Records in 1963 after a legal dispute. From 1958, the label was based in Chicago and, later in the 1960s, the company began to record jazz artists connected to the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. The first ever issue was by the traditional jazz group, Sammy Gardner And The Fabulous Windy City Six (Delmar DLP 101), which features .

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Top Delmark Records Releases

For Alto
Anthony Braxton
1971
Cold Day in Hell
Cold Day in Hell
Otis Rush
1976
Blues Hit Big Town
Blues Hit Big Town
Junior Wells
1977
Love Me Mama
Luther Allison
1969
Hoodoo Man Blues
Hoodoo Man Blues
Junior Wells’ Chicago Blues Band with Buddy Guy
1965
On Tap
On Tap
Junior Wells
1974
Piney Woods Blues
Piney Woods Blues
Big Joe Williams
1958
West Side Soul
Magic Sam Blues Band
1967
Fast Fingers
Fast Fingers
Jimmy Dawkins
1969
Look on Yonder’s Wall
Look on Yonder’s Wall
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
1969
Live
Magic Sam
1981
Modern Man
Modern Man
Bobby Broom
2001
Africa N’da Blues
Africa N’da Blues
Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio
2000
Back in the Game
Syl Johnson
1994
Blues Guitar Greats
Various Artists
1996
Brownsville Blues
Sleepy John Estes
1992
East Coast Jive
Various Artists
1994
All for Business
All for Business
Jimmy Dawkins
1973
Kidney Stew Is Fine
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
1969
Blues From Up the Country
Various Artists
2003
Hawk Squat
J.B. Hutto & His Hawks with Sunnyland Slim
1968
Blisterstring
Blisterstring
Jimmy Dawkins
1976
John The Conquer Root
Toronzo Cannon
2013
Bright Light In Winter
Jeff Parker Trio
2012
North // South
North // South
Jimmy Johnson
1999
Corey Dennison Band
Corey Dennison Band
2016
Delmark: 55 Years of Jazz
Various Artists
2008
Sound of Joy
Sun Ra and the Arkestra
1968
Do Your Thing!
Michael Coleman
2008
Revisit
Mikrokolektyw
2010
Killer Diller
Shirley Johnson
2002
Mercurial Son
Lurrie Bell
1995
Black Magic
Magic Sam Blues Band
1968
Levels and Degrees of Light
Levels and Degrees of Light
Muhal Richard Abrams
1968
I Want a Little Girl
I Want a Little Girl
T‐Bone Walker
1973
Groove Awakening
Groove Awakening
Ari Brown
2013
Soloist
Soloist
Andy Brown
2015
Sound
Roscoe Mitchell Sextet
1966
Like-Coping
Like-Coping
Jeff Parker
2003
Birth Sign
George Freeman
2004
Flamethrower
Flamethrower
Chicago Underground Trio
2000
Blues Spoken Here
Dave Specter & Lenny Lynn
1998
The Blues Had a Baby
The Blues Had a Baby
Lurrie Bell
1999
Ace High
Tab Smith
1992
Gather
Fred Lonberg-Holm's Fast Citizens
Deep Blue Bruise
Deep Blue Organ Trio
2004
Cab Driving Man
Cab Driving Man
Mississippi Heat
2016
Last Trio Session
Wynton Kelly
1988
The Space Between
Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Electro Acoustic Ensemble
2013
Freedom Jazz Dance
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
1999
Blues in My Soul
Blues in My Soul
Lurrie Bell
2013
Breeding Resistance
Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls
2004
Mellow Mama
Dinah Washington
1993
Jumpin' at Apollo
Illinois Jacquet
2002
Live at SPACE
Dave Specter
2025
Venus
Ari Brown
Son of The Seventh Son
Mud Morganfield
2012
Slidewinder
J.B. Hutto
1990
Boogie Woogie Stomp
Boogie Woogie Stomp
Albert Ammons & Meade Lux Lewis & Pete Johnson
1998
For Jumpers Only!
Various Artists
2003
Heartache and Pain
Carey Bell
1994
Blues Attack
Shirley Johnson
2009
Bluebird Blues with Ronnie Earl
Dave Specter & Barkin’ Bill Smith
1991
The Continuum
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
1998
Night Time Again
Jimmy Burns
1999
Johnson's Whacks
Jimmy Johnson
1991
What It Is!
Kahil El’Zabar Quartet
2013
Live at Blue Chicago
Johnny B. Moore
1996
Too Hurt to Cry
Willie Kent (with Billy Branch)
1994
Portrait
Mud Morganfield
2022
Renaissance of the Resistance
Renaissance of the Resistance
Kahil El’Zabar Ritual Trio
1994
It Ain't Right
Jimmy Burns
2015

Delmark Records Artist Roster

Various Artists
Various Artists
37 releases
Other
Malachi Thompson
Malachi Thompson
11 releases
Person
DS
Dave Specter
9 releases
Person
Lurrie Bell
Lurrie Bell
8 releases
Person
Sleepy John Estes
Sleepy John Estes
6 releases
Person
MH
Mississippi Heat
6 releases
Group
Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams
5 releases
Person
Anthony Braxton
Anthony Braxton
5 releases
Person
Art Hodes
Art Hodes
5 releases
Person
Magic Sam
Magic Sam
5 releases
Person
Junior Wells
Junior Wells
5 releases
Person
Jimmy Dawkins
Jimmy Dawkins
5 releases
Person
JJ
Jimmy Johnson
5 releases
Person
BG
Brad Goode
4 releases
Person
SS
Sunnyland Slim
4 releases
Person
FA
Fred Anderson
4 releases
Person
Ira Sullivan
Ira Sullivan
4 releases
Person
EA
Eric Alexander
4 releases
Person