Aug 26, 2025 1:53 PM
Blindfold Test: Buster Williams
Buster Williams, who at the age of 83 has been on the scene for 65 years, had never done a Blindfold Test. The first…
Delmark is marching out the reissues this month with Robert Jr. Lockwood’s Steady Rollin’ Man, Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson’s Kidney Stew Is Fine, Joseph Jarman’s As If It Were The Seasons and the Dixie Stompers’ At Westminster College, which is available on CD for the first time.
On April 17, Delmark will also drop live CD/DVDs like Carey and Lurrie Bell’s Getting Up: Live At Buddy Guy’s Legends, Rosa’s And Lurrie’s Home, the Chicago Underground Trio’s Chronicle and the Jazz O’Manias’ Sunset Café Stomp. Kahil El’ Zabar’s Infinity Orchestra’s new CD, Transmigration, will also be released.
For more information, visit: www.delmark.com
“What I got from Percy was the dignity of playing the bass,” Buster Williams said of Percy Heath.
Aug 26, 2025 1:53 PM
Buster Williams, who at the age of 83 has been on the scene for 65 years, had never done a Blindfold Test. The first…
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