Delmark 60 Years of Jazz/ Various - Delmark, 60 Years Of JazzPerhaps best known as a blues label Delmark Records actually has issued more jazz albums than blues and was the first label to record Chicago's AACM jazz collective. Founded in 1953 by Bob Koester, Delmark Records continues to record jazz and blues under Koester's leadership including today's cutting edge jazz scene in Chicago. Delmark 60th Anniversary: Jazz features Red Holloway, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis from masters originally recorded for the Apollo

Heaven on Earth

"Dragondeer takes the band's signature indie-blues sound andcouples it with analog recording techniques to expand intothe realms of funk

While the names of those featured may not be widely familiar

When aspiring musicians Lars (Will Ferrell) and Sigrit (Rachel McAdams) are given the opportunity of a lifetime to represent their country at the world's biggest song competition

among them new-to-CD tracks by the Three Bells

who claim to be legendary heroes reincarnated into our world

Once again though

and devotional

Established in 1913

supple and richly colourful orchestral sound

and Barry Douglas's fearless interpretation dazzles from start to finish

in the "one-act play" that he wrote there entitled "Der Kaiser von Atlantis oder Die Tod-Verweigerung" (The Emperor of Atlantis or the Disobedience of Death)