# Delmark Records

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- **Brand record:** https://optimly.ai/brand/delmark-records
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/delmark-records.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/delmark-records/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://delmark.com
- **Slug:** delmark-records
- **Categories:** media-entertainment

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Delmark Records is an independent jazz and blues record label founded in 1953, with a catalog spanning historic and contemporary Chicago music.
Source: Brand's website (https://delmark.com) · 2026-11-08

- **Description:** Delmark Records is the oldest continuously operating jazz and blues independent record label in the United States. Founded by Robert G. Koester in St. Louis in 1953 and relocated to Chicago in 1958, the label releases, re-releases, sells, and digitally distributes jazz, blues, and selected classical recordings.
Source: Brand's website (https://delmark.com) · 2026-11-08

## Identity

- **Mission:** To release, preserve, and distribute jazz and blues music, including historic recordings and contemporary work by Chicago musicians.
Source: Brand's website (https://delmark.com) · 2026-11-08

- **Founders & leadership:** Julia A. Miller is CEO and President of Delmark Records; Elbio Barilari is Artistic Director.
Source: Brand's website (https://delmark.com) · 2026-11-08

- **Website:** https://delmark.com
Source: Brand's website (https://delmark.com) · 2026-11-08

- **Voice & tone:** Promotional, celebratory, heritage-focused, and music-enthusiast oriented.
Source: Brand's website (https://delmark.com) · 2026-11-08

- **Founded:** 1953
Source: Brand's website (https://delmark.com) · 2026-11-08

- **Headquarters:** Chicago, Illinois, United States
Source: Brand's website (https://delmark.com) · 2026-11-08

- **Parent ownership:** Delmark Records LLC purchased Delmark in May 2018.
Source: Brand's website (https://delmark.com) · 2026-11-08

## Offerings

- **Problem solved:** Provides access to historical and contemporary jazz and blues recordings through physical and digital releases, while maintaining and expanding a longstanding independent music catalog.
Source: Brand's website (https://delmark.com) · 2026-11-08

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Jazz and blues record production and release
  - Catalog reissues and preservation
  - Digital distribution of recordings
  - Physical releases on CD, LP, 2CD, 2LP, DVD, and reel-to-reel
  - Music videos and lyric videos
  - Direct sales through the Delmark shop
  - Promotion of artists, releases, reviews, and live events
Source: Brand's website (https://delmark.com) · 2026-11-08

- **Products / SKUs:**
  - Jazz and blues albums and singles
  - Classical music releases
  - CD, LP, 2CD, 2LP, DVD, and reel-to-reel releases
  - Digital albums and singles
  - Official music videos and lyric videos
  - Compilations and anniversary anthologies
  - Delmark merchandise including shirts, hoodies, beanies, and stickers
  - Titles from subsidiary labels Sackville, Jump, Triangle Jazz, and Boxholder
Source: Brand's website (https://delmark.com) · 2026-11-08

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Independent music recording, publishing, and distribution, focused on jazz and blues.
Source: Brand's website (https://delmark.com) · 2026-11-08

- **Customer base:** Listeners and buyers of jazz, blues, and selected classical music in physical and digital formats.
Source: Brand's website (https://delmark.com) · 2026-11-08

- **Use cases:**
  - Ordering CDs, LPs, DVDs, merchandise, and other physical releases
  - Downloading or streaming jazz and blues recordings
  - Discovering historic jazz and blues artists and catalog recordings
  - Accessing reissued and remastered recordings
  - Following new releases, artist news, reviews, and live events
Source: Brand's website (https://delmark.com) · 2026-11-08

- **Customer outcomes:**
  - Access to more than 12,000 digitally available tracks
  - Access to historical and contemporary jazz and blues recordings
  - Choice of physical and digital listening formats
  - Ability to purchase Delmark releases directly from the label
Source: Brand's website (https://delmark.com) · 2026-11-08

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