David Amram’s 89th Birthday at Jazz Forum
On November 16, 2019, multi-instrumentalist/composer David Amram celebrated his 89th birthday at the beautiful, intimate, art-filled Jazz Forum nightclub in Tarrytown, New York. Since opening in 2017, Jazz Forum...
Jesse Simon: Ambassador of Hard Bop
Good things have a way of sticking around. And few things are better than the music called hard bop which flourished roughly from 1955 to 1965. Luckily for those...
Veronica Swift and The Emmet Cohen Trio – On Stage at Kingsborough
On Friday, October 11, 2019, On Stage at Kingsborough’s “Jazz at the Lighthouse” series presented Veronica Swift & The Emmet Cohen Trio. Jazz at the Lighthouse offers panoramic views,...
Review: JC Sanford Quartet, Keratoconus
Review: JC Sanford Quartet Keratoconus (Shifting Paradigm Records) I had to learn a couple of things about JC Sanford before I could fully appreciate his 2019 release Keratoconus. For...
Twin Cities Live Jazz, Winter 2020
Live jazz in the Twin Cities metro! The Jazz Police calendar is updated at least weekly. And we’re continuing “Andrea’s #8221; Bill Carrothers is back to join Red Planet...
No Surprise: Luke Peterson Curates “Our Own Festival” at Studio Z, December 26-28
Something about drummer Luke Peterson impressed me long before he completed his degree in math and physics at Northwestern, long before he started graduate studies in Aerospace Engineering at...
RIP Mr. Smooth: Irv Williams, 1919-2019
Either “the coolest old guy or the oldest cool guy…” — Pioneer Press Like a bobo doll, saxophonist Irv Williams seemed as if he would bounce back for an...
The 2019 JazzFest White Plains
The 2019 JazzFest White Plains took place from September 15 to 19 in White Plains, New York, a city in Westchester County located about 45 minutes north of New...
Minnesota Music Hall of Famers: The Petersons Celebrate Family, Music and the Holidays
“We live our lives like our parents taught us…..with integrity, musicality, and love for each other. They all go hand in #8221; –Paul Peterson We’ve known them for...
Twin Cities Jazz Venues
[Updated November 1, 2019] I hear these questions a lot: Where does one find live jazz in the Twin Cities? And how do you learn about it? Look no...
David Amram’s 89th Birthday at Jazz Forum
Jesse Simon: Ambassador of Hard Bop
Veronica Swift and The Emmet Cohen Trio – On Stage at Kingsborough
Review: JC Sanford Quartet, Keratoconus
Twin Cities Live Jazz, Winter 2020
No Surprise: Luke Peterson Curates “Our Own Festival” at Studio Z, December 26-28
RIP Mr. Smooth: Irv Williams, 1919-2019
The 2019 JazzFest White Plains
Minnesota Music Hall of Famers: The Petersons Celebrate Family, Music and the Holidays
Twin Cities Jazz Venues
Review: Davu Seru’s Motherless Dollar at Jazz Central
Larry Englund: Twin Cities’ “Jazz Hero”
