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Another Look Back at 2020 – David Amram’s 90th Birthday Celebration at Jazz Forum

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 Sheila Horne Mason2002

The Jazz Forum in Tarrytown, NY celebrated yet another marvelous birthday with David Amram & Friends. This time, it was Amram’s 90th birthday, with a November 14 live-streamed set. Although […]

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Looking Back – The 2020 Monterey Jazz Festival – Virtual!

March 24, 2021March 24, 2021 Sheila Horne Mason3995

2020 was an unprecedented and challenging year for live, in-person music events. Due to the pandemic, most jazz festivals held in 2020 were presented online. Occasionally, a few live, socially […]

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Mourning and Celebration: Notes on Recent Losses in Twin Cities Jazz

March 22, 2021April 10, 2021 Bill Stieger2197

By Bill Stieger. “You want to play JAZZ? That music is too good. Now, you’ll really starve” – William Stieger Sr. The consequences of aging accumulate with each passing year. […]

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Prepared Piano Albums from Benoît Delbecq and Satoko Fujii

March 21, 2021March 23, 2021 Don Berryman1925

By Don Berryman The Weight Of Light by Benoît Delbecq was released on February 13th and Beyond, the debut recording of Futari, a duo of pianist-composer Satoko Fujii and vibraphonist […]

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Coping With COVID: Views From the Perspective of Twin Cities Jazz

March 12, 2021April 10, 2021 Bill Stieger2622

The pandemic of 2020 has forced a tsunami of change for everyone in the performing arts. With nightclubs, theaters, and museums closed, or operating at limited capacity, Twin City jazz musicians […]

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Experience Jazz, Grades 7-12: Applications Due March 5!

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 Andrea Canter2650

  Experience Jazz is a genre-bridging music ensemble program for aspiring musical artists with a common desire to make new music rooted in jazz, blues, pop and hip-hop, to create […]

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“Return to Forever”: Chick Corea, 1941-2021

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Andrea Canter3982

“What making music for people does, I’ve observed, is it stimulates what’s natural in all of us. It’s native sense, in every person. You don’t have to be a professional […]

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RIP: We Were Always “Pleased and Flipped” to be With Davis Wilson

January 30, 2021January 31, 2021 Andrea Canter5121

Author’s Note. Much of this article is drawn from my interview with Davis in 2006, with thanks to Al Iverson for providing much of the background information. “Support them all. […]

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20 from 2020 – New Music that Helped

January 3, 2021March 23, 2021 Don Berryman5352

By Don Berryman 2020 was the Year of the Rat which seems fitting for this year of plague. Concerts have been canceled, jazz clubs closed and it was a time […]

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The 2020 Litchfield Virtual Jazz Festival!

August 27, 2020September 5, 2020 Sheila Horne Mason1159

On Saturday, July 25, 2020, the Litchfield Jazz Festival held a virtual event. During this pandemic, it is wonderful to see organizations still bringing music to the people. This is […]

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2020 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal – Virtual!

July 23, 2020September 5, 2020 Sheila Horne Mason1073

A couple of months ago, there was the sad, but expected, news that this year’s Montréal Jazz Festival (officially the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal – FIJM) was cancelled […]

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Streaming Live at the Village Vanguard with the Vijay Iyer Trio

June 24, 2020June 26, 2020 Sheila Horne Mason1045

On Saturday, June 20, and Sunday, June 21, 2020, the Village Vanguard presented the Vijay Iyer Trio online. Before the Saturday concert started, Vijay addressed the current state of live […]

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The Adam Linz Interview – Part Two

June 12, 2020July 23, 2020 Samuel Worthington967

Adam Linz is a double bassist and an eminent force on Twin Cities jazz and creative music scenes. Linz has been a part of some of the area’s most exciting […]

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The National Jazz Museum in Harlem – CRIB Collective Virtual Concert

June 10, 2020June 13, 2020 Sheila Horne Mason986

                  Christian McBride and DJ Logic   © Kevin R. Mason On Wednesday, May 20, the National Jazz Museum in Harlem presented an online […]

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The Adam Linz Interview – Part One

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Samuel Worthington1078

Adam Linz is a double bassist and an eminent force on Twin Cities jazz and creative music scenes. Linz has been a part of some of the area’s most exciting […]

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Celebrating Harlem Stage! – Virtual Gala

May 24, 2020June 8, 2020 Sheila Horne Mason909

It is fortunate that during this time when live concerts and festivals are being cancelled, there are many online events to keep the music going. On Monday, May 18, 2020, […]

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Tatiana Eva-Marie and the Avalon Jazz Band at On Stage at Kingsborough

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 Sheila Horne Mason1089

  Writer’s Note: This was one of the last live events in the New York area before the pandemic became full-blown. I hope you enjoy it as a reminder of […]

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Litchfield Jazz Festival’s 2019 “Jingle & Mingle”

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 Sheila Horne Mason937

  Writer’s Note: Here is another look back at a jazz event, and I hope the article will entertain you, especially if you are sheltering at home, or in quarantine. […]

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The Baylor Project

March 23, 2020March 29, 2020 Sheila Horne Mason909

Writer’s Note: With all that is going on with the growing concerns over the virus pandemic, it is nice to look back at one of the many excellent free concerts […]

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Will the Arts Face a Corona Virus Challenge?

March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 Ken Vermes778

As the announcement of art events cancellations appear from Europe, the question is how could this event affect the arts. Locally here in San Francisco, there is the question of […]

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The 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition – The SASSY Awards!

March 1, 2020March 3, 2020 Sheila Horne Mason997

On Sunday, November 24, 2019, the 8th annual contest named after the legendary Sarah Vaughan, “The Divine One,” gave five vocalists an opportunity to compete for a $5,000 cash prize […]

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David Amram’s 89th Birthday at Jazz Forum

February 9, 2020February 11, 2020 Sheila Horne Mason994

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 has […]

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Jesse Simon: Ambassador of Hard Bop

February 2, 2020February 23, 2020 Samuel Worthington802

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 of […]

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Review: JC Sanford Quartet, Keratoconus

January 13, 2020January 14, 2020 Samuel Worthington770

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 starters, […]

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RIP Mr. Smooth: Irv Williams, 1919-2019

December 15, 2019December 15, 2019 Andrea Canter1143

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 eternity. […]

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Twin Cities Jazz Venues

November 3, 2019November 21, 2019 Andrea Canter976

[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 farther! […]

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Creative Spirit, Educator, Jazz Pianist Geri Allen, 1957-2017

June 27, 2017June 27, 2017 Andrea Canter990

© 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 rhythmically […]

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