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; Jazzy fun for Tuesday night– start at Jazz...
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...
The 27th Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival celebrated its 27th year from August 21 to 25, 2019, under the auspices of the City Parks Foundation and SummerStage. From Wednesday, August 21...
JT Bates Brings World Class Jazz Quartet to Dakota
The Dakota has been, for the most part, not specifically a Jazz Club for possibly more than a decade or two, and recently has even (correctly) removed ‘Jazz Club’...
The 2019 Newport Jazz Festival – 65 Years of Musical Magic!
The 2019 Newport Jazz Festival, Presented by Natixis Investment Managers, took place from Thursday August 1 to Sunday August 4. This was the 65th anniversary of the Festival,...
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
Minnesota Music Hall of Famers: The Petersons Celebrate Family, Music and the Holidays
The 27th Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
The 2019 Newport Jazz Festival – 65 Years of Musical Magic!
Twin Cities Jazz Venues
Who Is Dean Granros?
The 2019 Litchfield Jazz Festival – Fun in the Sun!
Review: Davu Seru’s Motherless Dollar at Jazz Central
Chris Bates Red 5 at Studio Z: Never Too Much of This Good Thing
The 2019 Montreal Jazz Mass – Where Jazz and Art Meet
New Season, New Directions for JazzMN
Inspired and Inspiring: “Summer School” With the National Youth Jazz Orchestra
The 2019 Montreal Jazz Festival – 40 Years of Music!
Outstanding: Eyran Katsenelenbogen ‘s New Solo Release, “Outstandards”
Coltrane ’58: The Prestige Recordings
Minnesota’s “Jazz Hero”: Steve Kenny Recognized by Jazz Journalists Association
Larry Englund: Farewell to Our Jazz Hero
RIP Phil Mattson
Larry Englund: Twin Cities’ “Jazz Hero”
