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Producer and audio engineer based in Chicago. Was the label manger of Delmark Records and studio manger of Delmark's [l296902] for 33 years until he retired in 2020. Father of Djavan Wagner
ALBUMS
Breezy Rodio
Sometimes The Blues Got Me
2018, CD, Album, Delmark Records, Delmark Records, Delmark Records, 
Various
Tribute - Newly Recorded Blues Celebration Of Delmark's 65th Anniversary
2018
Corey Dennison Band
Night After Night
2017,
Roscoe Mitchell With Anthony Braxton
Duets
2017
Joseph Bowie • Oliver Lake
Joseph Bowie • Oliver Lake
2017
Mike Wheeler Band
Turn Up!!
2016, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Corey Dennison Band
Corey Dennison Band
2016, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Omar Coleman
Omar Coleman Live! At Rosa's Lounge
2016, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames With Special Guests Bobby Rush, Greg Guy, Sax Gordon
Slip Into A Dream
2015, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Omar Coleman
Born & Raised
2015, CD, Album, Delmark Records
George Lewis
The Solo Trombone Record
2015
Paul Giallorenzo's Gitgo
Force Majeure
2014, CD, Album, Delmark Records
George Van Eps, Eddie Miller (2), Stanley Wrightsman*
Once In Awhile
2014
Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band With Buddy Guy
Hoodoo Man Blues
2014
Don Pullen
Richard's Tune
2014, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz
Anthony Braxton
Trio And Duet
2014
Linsey Alexander
Come Back Baby
2014
Nicole Mitchell's Ice Crystal
Aquarius
2013, CD, Album, Delmark Records
The Kahil El'Zabar Quartet
What It Is!
2013, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio
Follow The Sun
2013, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Magic Sam
Live At The Avant Garde
2013, ,
, Chicago Blues
Roscoe Mitchell Quartet
Live At "A Space" 1975
2013
Rockin' Johnny Band*
Grim Reaper
2012, CD, Album, Delmark Records, Delmark Records, Delmark Records,
Junior Wells & The Aces
Live In Boston 1966
2010
Fred Anderson
21st Century Chase
2009, CD, Album, Delmark Records, Delmark Records, ,
, Free Jazz
Fred Anderson
21st Century Chase
2009, DVD, NTSC, Delmark Records, ,
, Free Jazz
Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Strings
Renegades
2009
Shirley Johnson
Blues Attack
2009
Sleepy John Estes With Hammie Nixon
On 80 Highway
2008, CD, Album, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Byther Smith
Blues On The Moon - Live At Natural Rhythm Social Club
2008, ,
, Chicago Blues
Dave Specter With Jimmy Johnson (8), Tad Robinson, Sharon Lewis
Live In Chicago
2008
Kahil El'Zabar's Infinity Orchestra with Ernest Dawkins*, Joseph Bowie
Transmigration
2007, CD, Delmark Records, Delmark Records, ,
, Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble
Black Unstoppable
2007, CD, Album, Delmark Records, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz
Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble
Black Unstoppable
2007, DVD-V, NTSC, Delmark Records
Barrelhouse Buck McFarland*
Alton Blues
2007, CD, Album, RM, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Sabertooth*
Dr. Midnight: Live At The Green Mill
2007, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
Hot 'N' Heavy / Live At The Ascension Loft
2007, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Jimmy Burns
Live At B.L.U.E.S
2007
Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio Featuring Billy Bang
Big M, A Tribute To Malachi Favors
2006, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble*
The Messenger: Live At The Original Velvet Lounge
2006, CD, Album, Delmark Records, ,
, Free Jazz/Post Bop
Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble*
The Messenger - Live At The Original Velvet Lounge
2006, DVD-V, Album, NTSC, Delmark Records, ,
, Free Jazz/Hard Bop
Fred Anderson
Timeless
2006
Magic Slim & The Teardrops, Joe Carter (5) With Sunnyland Slim
That Ain't Right
2006, CD, ,
, Chicago Blues
Junior Wells
Live At Theresa's 1975
2006, CD, ,
, Chicago Blues/Soul/Funk/Harmonica Blues
Otis Rush
All Your Love I Miss Loving (Live At The Wise Fools Pub Chicago)
2005
Zora Young
Tore Up From The Floor Up
2005,
Tail Dragger* With Billy Branch, Lurrie Bell And Jimmy Dawkins
My Head Is Bald (Live At Vern's Friendly Lounge, Chicago)
2005
Billy Butterfield Joins Andy Bartha
Take Me To The Land Of Jazz
2005
Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio With Special Guest Billy Bang
Live At The River East Art Center
2005
Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray
We Is >> Live At The Bop Shop
2004, CD, Album, Delmark Records, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble*
Mean Ameen
2004, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Kalaparush* And The Light
Morning Song
2004, CD, Album, Delmark Records, Delmark Records, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz
Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls
Breeding Resistance
2004, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Jeff Parker & Scott Fields
Song Songs Song
2004, CD, Album, Delmark Records
J.B. Hutto
Stompin' At Mother Blues
2004, CD, Album, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Detroit Jr.*
Blues On The Internet
2004, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Various
Yes Indeed! Women Vocalists On United
2004, CD, Comp, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Byther Smith
Hold That Train
2004
Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble*
Cape Town Shuffle: Live At Hothouse
2003, CD, Album, Delmark Records, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Fred Anderson
Back At The Velvet Lounge
2003, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Various
Chicago's Avant Today
2003, CD, Delmark Records,
Various
Delmark Records 50 Years Of Jazz And Blues - Blues
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Delmark Records,
Johnny B. Moore
Rockin' In The Same Old Boat
2003, 
,
, Chicago Blues
Anthony Braxton
Four Compositions (GTM) 2000
2003
Kahil El'Zabar Trio Featuring David Murray And Fred Hopkins
Love Outside Of Dreams
2002, CD, Album, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Illinois Jacquet
Jumpin' At Apollo
2002, CD, Comp, Delmark Records
Various
Honkers & Bar Walkers Volume Three
2002, CD, Comp, Delmark Records
Robert McCoy
Bye Bye Baby
2002, CD, Comp, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Various
On The Battlefield... (Great Gospel Quartets)
2002, CD, Comp, Delmark Records
Memphis Slim And His House Rockers* With Matt "Guitar" Murphy*
The Come Back
2002
Magic Sam
Rockin' Wild In Chicago
2002, ,
, Chicago Blues
Shirley Johnson
Killer Diller
2002, ,
, Chicago Blues/Vocal
Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio
Ethnic Stew And Brew
2001, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Various
This Is The Blues Harmonica
2000, CD, Album, Comp, Delmark Records, ,
, Blues Rock/Chicago Blues/Harmonica Blues
Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble*
Jo'burg Jump
2000, CD, Album, Delmark Records, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Michael Coleman
Do Your Thing!
2000, CD, Album, Delmark Records, Delmark Records, ,
, Chicago Blues
Various
Mojo Mamas
2000, CD, Album, Enh, Blue Chicago
Various
Biddle Street Barrelhousin'
2000, CD, Comp, Delmark Records, Delmark Records, ,
, Piano Blues/Boogie Woogie
Various
Jump 'n' Shout! (New Orleans Blues & Rhythm)
2000, CD, Comp, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Robert Ward
New Role Soul
2000,
Tail Dragger*
American People
1999, CD, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Johnny B. Moore And Willie Kent With Special Guests Mad Dog Lester Davenport* And Bonnie Lee
Acoustic Blue Chicago
1999, CD, Album, Blue Chicago
Various
Chicago Ain't Nothin' But A Blues Band
1999, CD, Album, Comp, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Ken Vandermark's Sound In Action Trio, Robert Barry (2) / Ken Vandermark / Tim Mulvenna
Design In Time
1999, ,
, Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Various
Delmark Records - 45 Years Of Jazz And Blues
1998, 2xCD, Comp, Delmark Records,
Bright Moments
Return Of The Lost Tribe
1998, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Ari Brown
Venus
1998, CD, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Willie Kent
Make Room For The Blues
1998, CD,
Jimmy Dawkins
Fast Fingers
1998
Dave Specter, Lenny Lynn
Blues Spoken Here
1998,
Robert Nighthawk
Bricks In My Pillow
1998, ,
, Delta Blues/Electric Blues
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
The Continuum
1997, CD, Album, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Various
Clark Street Ramblers Blue Chicago
1997, CD, Album, Comp, Blue Chicago, ,
, Chicago Blues
Eddie Shaw & The Wolf Gang*
Can't Stop Now
1997, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Johnny B. Moore
Troubled World
1997, CD, Album, Delmark Records, ,
, Chicago Blues
Magic Sam
The Magic Sam Legacy
1997
Johnny B. Moore
Live At Blue Chicago
1996, CD, Album, Delmark Records,
Blu Lu Barker*, Wee Bea Booze* & Baby Dee
Don't You Feel My Leg (Apollo's Lady Blues Singers)
1996, CD, Album, Comp, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Ari Brown
Ultimate Frontier
1996
Wynonie Harris With Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea, Oscar Pettiford
Everybody Boogie!
1996, CD, ,
, Rhythm & Blues
Andrew Lamb
Portrait In The Mist
1995, CD, Delmark Records
Malachi Thompson & Africa Brass Featuring Lester Bowie
Buddy Bolden's Rag {100 Years Of Jazz}
1995, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Zane Massey
Safe To Imagine
1995
Little Milton
Live At Westville Prison
1995
Bonnie Lee
Sweetheart Of The Blues
1995,
Roy Campbell
La Tierra Del Fuego
1994, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Arnett Cobb
Arnett Blows For 1300
1994, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Duke Henderson
Get Your Kicks
1994, CD, Comp, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Barkin' Bill*
Gotcha!
1994, CD, Delmark Records
Kahil El'Zabar Ritual Trio*
Renaissance Of The Resistance
1994
Earl Hines & The Duke's Men
Earl Hines & The Duke's Men
1994
The Ira Sullivan Quintet*
Nicky's Tune
1994
Zane Massey
Brass Knuckles
1993, CD, Album, Delmark Records, ,
, Free Jazz/Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Various
West Coast Jive
1992
Roy Campbell
New Kingdom
1992
Big Joe Williams
Blues On Highway 49
1992, 
,
, Country Blues
Dinah Washington
Mellow Mama
1992, Vinyl, ,
, Rhythm & Blues/Vocal
Coleman Hawkins
Rainbow Mist
1992
Sleepy John Estes
Brownsville Blues
1992
Various
Honkers & Bar Walkers Volume Two
1992, CD, ,
, Jump Blues
Willie Kent
Ain't It Nice
1991
Magic Sam
Give Me Time
1991
Jimmy Johnson
Johnson's Whacks
1991
Junior Wells
On Tap
1991
Dave Specter And Barkin' Bill Smith Featuring Ronnie Earl
Bluebird Blues
1991, ,
, Chicago Blues
Magic Sam
Magic Sam Live
1990
Paul Giallorenzo Trio W/ Joshua Abrams, Mikel Patrick Avery*
Flow
2017, CD, Album, Delmark Records,
Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble*
The Prairie Prophet
2011, ,
, Free Jazz
Big Joe Williams
I Got Wild
2003, CD, Album, Comp, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Jimmy Burns
Back To The Delta
2003, CD, Album, Delmark Records, Delmark Records, ,
, Country Blues/Chicago Blues
J.B. Hutto
Slidewinder
1976
Billy Flynn With Special Guest Deitra Farr
Lonesome Highway
2017, CD, Album, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Dave Specter With Otis Clay, Brother John Kattke, Bob Corritore
Message In Blue
2014, ,
, Chicago Blues/Electric Blues
The Buddy Tate Quartet*
Texas Tenor
2014, CD, ,
, Swing
Toronzo Cannon
John The Conquer Root
2013
Eddie C. Campbell Special Guest Lurrie Bell
Spider Eating Preacher
2012, CD, Album, Delmark Records, Delmark Records,
Magic Sam Blues Band
West Side Soul
2011
Graná Louise
Gettin' Kinda Rough!
2011
Dave Specter
Spectified
2010, CD, Album, FRET12 Records
Lester Bowie
All The Numbers
2009, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Nessa Records
Eddie C. Campbell
Tear This World Up
2009, CD, Album, Jew, Delmark Records
Corey Wilkes
Drop It
2008, CD, Album, Delmark Records, ,
, Free Improvisation/Chicago Blues/Contemporary Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Fareed Haque + The Flat Earth Ensemble
Flat Planet
2008, CD, Album, Owl Studios
Roscoe Mitchell
Nonaah
2008
Chris Harper (6) And Sharade Band
Blues Is My Life
2007, CD, Album, Promo, Not On Label
Gabe Noel
Six Thirty
2006, CD, Album, Vosotros
Frequency
Frequency
2006, CD, Album, Thrill Jockey
SavoirFaire
Running Out Of Time
2005, CD, Album, Enh, Delmark Records
Dave Specter, Steve Freund
Is What It Is
2004, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Charles Wilson
If Heartaches Were Nickels
2004, CD, Album, Delmark Records, Delmark Records, ,
, Funk/Electric Blues/Soul
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
Ka-Real
2000, CD, Album, Silkheart, 
,
, Free Jazz
Eddy Clearwater
Boogie My Blues Away
1995, CD, Album, Delmark Records, ,
, Chicago Blues/Modern Electric Blues
Dan Boadi
Gye Nyame
1994
APPEARANCES +
The Blueshift Big Band
Waitin' On You / Cold, Cold Feeling
2021
Goran Ivanović & Fareed Haque
IndoBalkan
2020, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Carl Weathersby
Live At Rosa's Lounge
2019, LP, Album, Ltd, Bearpath Records, ,
, Chicago Blues/Texas Blues/Memphis Blues
Soul Message Band
Soulful Days
2019, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Dave Specter
Blues From The Inside Out
2019
Jimmy Forrest
All The Gin Is Gone
2019
Roscoe Mitchell with Yuganaut
Four Ways
2017, CD, Album, Nessa Records
Flip Phillips
Your Place Or Mine?
2017
Lester Bowie
Numbers 1&2
2017
Josh Berman Trio
A Dance And A Hop
2015, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz/Post Bop/Modal
Billy Price (2) & Otis Clay
This Time For Real
2015
Junior Wells
Southside Blues Jam
2014, CD, ,
, Chicago Blues
Hal Russell NRG Ensemble* + Charles Tyler
Generation
2014
Ira Sullivan
Circumstantial
2014
Art Ensemble*
Early Combinations
2012, CD, Album, Nessa Records, ,
, Free Jazz
Jim Holman With Richie Cole & Frank Catalano
Explosion!
2012, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Roscoe Mitchell
Before There Was Sound
2011, CD, Album, Nessa Records, ,
, Free Jazz
Roscoe Mitchell Art Ensemble*
Old/Quartet Sessions
2011, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Nessa Records
Eddie Johnson
Indian Summer
2011
Nicole Mitchell
Awakening
2011, CD, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Karl E. H. Seigfried
Portrait Of Jack Johnson
2010, CD, Imaginary Chicago Records
Terry Waldo's Gutbucket Syncopators* With Special Guest Edith Wilson
The Ohio Theatre Concert
2009
The Roscoe Mitchell Art Ensemble
Congliptious
2009
Charles Tyler
Saga Of The Outlaws
2009
Memphis Nighthawks* Featuring Ron Dewar
Jazz Lips
2009
Leo Smith*
Spirit Catcher
2009
Brian Pepper
Lost Days
2008, CD, Album, Dig, Ten-O-Nine Records
774th Street Quartet
A Rare Thing
2007, CD, Album, Bloody Murder Records, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz
The Jazz O'Maniacs*
Sunset Cafe Stomp
2007, CD, Album, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Chicago Underground Trio
Chronicle
2007
Tammy McCann
Classic
2007
Deep Blue Organ Trio
Goin' To Town (Live At The Green Mill)
2006, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Deep Blue Organ Trio
Goin' To Town (Live At The Green Mill)
2006, DVD-V, Delmark Records
Subliminal 3
Decidedly Against Going
2005, 20xFile, MP3, Album, Beta:Sound
Common Ground
High Voltage
2005, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Roosevelt Sykes
Chicago Boogie
2004, CD, Comp, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Larry Taylor And His Chicago West Side Blues & Soul Band*
They Were In This House
2004, CD, Album, Wolf Records (2)
Various
The United Records Story
2004, CD, Comp, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Warne Marsh
All Music
2004
Various
Delmark Records 50 Years Of Jazz And Blues - Jazz
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Delmark Records
World Saxophone Quartet
Steppenwolf
2002, CD, Album, Justin Time
Alex "Guitar Slim" Seward* And Louis "Jelly Belly" Hayes* With Blind Willie McTell * Champion Jack Dupree * Brownie McGhee
The Back Porch Boys
2002, CD, Comp, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Eddie Burns With Jimmy Burns
Snake Eyes
2002, CD, Album, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Kahil El'Zabar / Billy Bang
Spirits Entering
2001, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Big Time Sarah
A Million Of You
2001, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Frank Catalano
Live At The Green Mill
2001, CD, Album, Delmark Records, Delmark Records,
The Ken Saydak Band
Love Without Trust
2001, CD, Album, Delmark Records, ,
, Piano Blues/Chicago Blues
Dave Specter And The Bluebirds, Tad Robinson
More Than The Blues: From Chicago To New Orleans
2001, CD, S/Edition, Forest Pharmaceuticals
Von Freeman And Frank Catalano
You Talkin' To Me?!
2000, CD, Album, Delmark Records,
Dave Specter
Speculatin'
2000, CD, Album, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
James Wheeler
Can't Take It
2000, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
Freedom Jazz Dance
1999
The Rockin' Johnny Band
Straight Out Of Chicago
1998, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Mark Hummel
Heart Of Chicago
1997
Jimmy Burns
Leaving Here Walking
1996, CD, Album, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Roscoe Mitchell Sextet
Sound
1996
Speckled Red
The Dirty Dozens
1996
Joseph Jarman
As If It Were The Seasons
1996
Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio Special Guest Billy Bang
Big Cliff
1995
NRG Ensemble
This Is My House
1995
Various
Jazz Ltd Volume 1
1994, CD, Comp, Mono, RE, Delmark Records
Joseph Jarman / Anthony Braxton
Together Alone
1994, ,
, Free Jazz/Avantgarde
Various
The Blues World Of Little Walter
1993, ,
, Chicago Blues/Harmonica Blues
Sunnyland Slim Featuring Jimmy Rogers, Willie Mabon, St. Louis Jimmy*
House Rent Party
1992
Big Joe Williams
Blues On Highway 49
1992
John Young
Serenata
1992
Joseph Jarman
Song For
1991, ,
, Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Art Ensemble Of Chicago*
Live
1991
Muhal Richard Abrams
Levels And Degrees Of Light
1991
Big Joe Williams And J.D. Short*
Stavin' Chain Blues
1991
Sleepy John Estes
Electric Sleep
1991
Ray Charles
Genius + Soul = Jazz
1988
The AACM Great Black Music Ensemble
Live @ The Currency Exchange Cafe Volume 1
CD, Album, AACM Chicago Productions
Toronzo Cannon
John The Conquer Root
2013, 
,
, Chicago Blues
Zora Young
Tore Up From The Floor Up
2006, CD,
Junior Wells
Live At Theresa's 1975
2006, ,
, Chicago Blues/Soul/Funk
Otis Rush
All Your Love I Miss Loving (Live At The Wise Fools Pub Chicago)
2005