Sam Miltich and Dave Karr Salute Lester Young in the Dunsmore Room, May 28
© Andrea Canter They’ve performed as a duo and now guitarist Sam Miltich and saxophonist Dave Karr head a quartet (with Chris Bates and Jay Epstein) in celebration of...
Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog: Selby Avenue Brass Band, Park Evans Quintet on May 27
© Andrea Canter Memorial Day Weekend often conjures images of picnics in the park and brass bands on the band stand. Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog typically...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 26-June 1
© Andrea Canter We start off the weekend with our first “summer” holiday, and there’s plenty of music to fit in around any barbecues, picnics, or gardening activities. In...
A Cutting Edge Thursday: The Music of Low, Seru & Ewart, Pete Hennig
© Andrea Canter The Twin Cities Jazz Community boasts a multi-generational affinity for modern approaches to improvisation. On Thursday, May 25, several of these forces converge on the...
Newark-Born Saxophonist Wayne Shorter Honored at NJPAC
From April 20 to 23, 2017, Newark’s New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) held Wayne Shorter Weekend in tribute to one of Newark’s own, iconic saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter. This...
DeJohnette, Grenadier, Medeski, Scofield: “Hudson” (Motema Records)
If ever there was a fusion armada, it would have to be these guys. Three veterans and a relative newbie: Jack Dejohnette, Larry Grenadier, John Medeski, and John Scofield...
Louis Hayes: Serenade For Horace (Blue Note)
Blue Note Records has given a home to arguably the greatest recording artists in jazz for many decades. Like all major record labels, particularly those devoted to so-called...
Twin Cities Jazz Festival Announces Full Line-up of Headliners!
© Andrea Canter Ed. note: Portions of this article are taken from the May 10th press release from the Twin Cities Jazz Festival. Twin Cities Jazz Festival’s Executive...
The Heart of the Brazilian Soul Rocks the Bay Area
© Ken Vermes The stunning debut of “The Girl From Ipanema” over fifty years ago alerted Americans about a new music, billed with seductive power from an unknown land...
Karrin Allyson Shines at Catalina’s
Five-time Grammy-nominated vocalist, composer and pianist Karrin Allyson brought her quartet to Catalina Jazz Club in Los Angeles for a three-day engagement March 24-26. We attended Saturday, March 25th. ...
Sam Miltich and Dave Karr Salute Lester Young in the Dunsmore Room, May 28
Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog: Selby Avenue Brass Band, Park Evans Quintet on May 27
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 26-June 1
A Cutting Edge Thursday: The Music of Low, Seru & Ewart, Pete Hennig
Newark-Born Saxophonist Wayne Shorter Honored at NJPAC
DeJohnette, Grenadier, Medeski, Scofield: “Hudson” (Motema Records)
Louis Hayes: Serenade For Horace (Blue Note)
Twin Cities Jazz Festival Announces Full Line-up of Headliners!
The Heart of the Brazilian Soul Rocks the Bay Area
Karrin Allyson Shines at Catalina’s
2017 Twin Cities Jazz Festival: McCoy Tyner, Terence Blanchard, Anat Cohen, Bobby Lyle!
