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Bar owner, artist, festival curator, label owner, producer  Bruno Johnson a fixture on the Chicago jazz and free jazz scene since 1988, though music had been his main preoccupation for years. Johnson worked at various record stores in Chicago, including legendary, now-defunct Jazz Record Mart. He began his foray into label ownership with a short-lived rock label, but changed direction as well as the name in 1995. Okkadisk's first releases were by Chicago tenor giant Fred Anderson and workhorse scene instigator Ken Vandermark. His catalogue is now up around 90 titles. By documenting the growing movement in Chicago-showcasing important artists already working...

50 Children's Favorites 2 Album Set - in stereo, naturally.

Richard Maltby and His Orchestra - Themes from The Man with the Golden Arm

Seeds fever is a-brewin' round the Orbit bunker. We are eagerly awaiting the release this year of Pushin' Too Hard, A documentary film about The Seeds has been prepared by GNP Crescendo Records President Neil Norman (and Orbit Pal!), the son of the label's founder Gene Norman. Filming began in 2007, and draws on first-hand knowledge of the band, interviews and concert footage. The film titled Pushin' Too Hard, directed by Norman and produced by Alec Palao, is scheduled for theatrical and DVD release in 2014. In anticipation of the upcoming Seeds fever that will sweep your hamlet,  you are...