Jazz Police Calendar: Summer-Fall 2018
The Lead Sheet has retired. For now, we are providing a Jazz Police Calendar. This is not intended to be an exhaustive listing, but will provide a heads-up regarding...
Siereveld’s ‘Walk the Walk’ on Shifting Paradigm Records
New York based trumpeter Eric Siereveld embraces and embodies the classic B3 organ jazz sound on his 2018 release Walk the Walk (Shifting Paradigm Records). The personnel on the...
Emmet Cohen Interview: Jazz Across Generations
By Larry Englund Pianist/composer Emmet Cohen is only 28, yet he’s become an important figure in music and related arts as both a performer, and as someone committed to the...
Jazz Police Calendar – Summer 2018
The Lead Sheet has retired. As an interim service, we’re continuing to post a “Jazz Police Calendar” during the summer. This is not intended to be an exhaustive listing,...
Album Review: Fire Bell, INCENDIOS
Sometimes swinging, and sometimes twisting in a multi-meter tangle, Fire Bell’s new album INCENDIOS is all personality.
Larry Englund: Twin Cities’ “Jazz Hero”
© Janis Lane Ewart Each year, the Jazz Journalists Association seeks nominations from states and local jazz communities for Jazz Heroes. The 2018 Twin Cities “Jazz Hero” is Larry...
Night of Improvised Music at the Black Dog: Nathan Hanson Trio, Lease-Moriarty Quartet on October 28
© Andrea Canter Over the years of their life and musical partnership, Ellen Lease and Pat Moriarty have led many ensembles teetering on the edge of modern jazz. Best...
Creative Spirit, Educator, Jazz Pianist Geri Allen, 1957-2017
© Andrea Canter “One of the most brilliant, creative artists of our time…” – Christian McBride “Perhaps more than any other pianist, Ms. Allen’s style — harmonically refracted and...
Greg Ward Quintet at the Icehouse, Monday April 3
© Jon Morgan Since his last appearance in the Twin Cities as part of drummer Mike Reed’s People Places and Things quintet, saxophonist Greg Ward has been restlessly engrossed...
A “Colossus” Quartet at Reverie, March 30
© Andrea Canter A week after the Peter Schimke Trio prompted standing ovations, Steve Kenny’s Thursday Night Jazz at Reverie brings together another ensemble with firepower to spare. Dubbed...
Jazz Police Calendar: Summer-Fall 2018
Siereveld’s ‘Walk the Walk’ on Shifting Paradigm Records
Emmet Cohen Interview: Jazz Across Generations
Jazz Police Calendar – Summer 2018
Album Review: Fire Bell, INCENDIOS
Larry Englund: Twin Cities’ “Jazz Hero”
Creative Spirit, Educator, Jazz Pianist Geri Allen, 1957-2017
Louis Hayes: Serenade For Horace (Blue Note)
Free and Cheap Jazz in the Twin Cities: Plentiful and Easy to Find (2018 Update)
The 2018 Litchfield Jazz Festival – Coming Soon!
