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Delmark Records is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing, Jay McShann and Clark Terry. Those roots explain a lot about how Delmark Records arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Big Joe Williams, Donald Byrd, Bud Powell, Sonny Stitt and Junior Wells, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Delmark Records, reaching back through Benny Goodman and forward to Big Joe Williams. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Delmark Records is an American jazz and blues independent record label. The label originated in 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri, as Delmar, when owner, and founder, Bob Koester released a recording of the Windy City Six, a traditional jazz group, under the Delmar imprint. Koester and the label moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1958, and the label's name became Delmark. Koester sold the label assets in 2018, and the label since operates as Delmark Records LLC.
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Delmark Records grew out of Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing and Jay McShann, went on to shape Big Joe Williams, Donald Byrd, Bud Powell and Sonny Stitt. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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