Hoaxer Returns to Vieux Carre’ on Friday, August 18
© Andrea Canter “…sure to be one of the more important collaborations of young jazz musicians to emerge from Minnesota in a long #8221; –Steve Kenny (Producer) and...
Artists Quarter Favorites Resurface in the Dunsmore Room: Bob Rockwell and David Hazeltine, August 14-15
© Andrea Canter “This is straight-ahead bop and postbop served with panache by pros who share taste and hours together on the bandstand.” — Britt Robson, StarTribune Back in...
98 and Counting! Irv Williams’ Birthday Celebration at the Dakota, August 13
© Andrea Canter Either “the coolest old guy or the oldest cool guy…” — Pioneer Press A number of years ago, tenor saxophone legend Irv Williams hinted at...
The Lead Sheet Update! August 11, 2017
© Andrea Canter The Lead Sheet is published monthly but updated at least weekly! Some highlights of the coming week: Friday, August 11. The Jana Nyberg 5 debuts in...
2017 Detroit Jazz Festival Features Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Kamasi Washington, Tribute to Michael Brecker — September 1-4
Labor Day Weekend in Detroit has a long tradition of community, hope, and of course the best jazz in the world, with an estimated quarter of a million...
CD Reviews: New Orleans Flotilla, Crooner Abuse, and Hands Across the Baltic/Seine
michael kors Normally I keep this to a two-blurb minimum. But this week it’s a trifecta. I’m out of the studio for much of the month and there’s simply...
2017 Montreal Jazz Festival: An Embarrassment of Riches!
The 2017 Montreal Jazz Festival, officially Le Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, hosted more than 500 concerts (two-thirds of them free!) featuring some of jazz’s biggest names in...
Ken Peplowski Quartet with Sue Raney at Sunset Jazz at Newport
Kicking off the 8th Annual Sunset Jazz at Newport series on July 12th was the Ken Peplowski Quartet with special guest vocalist, Sue Raney. Peplowski plays tenor sax and...
Pamela Rose Brings “Blues Is a Woman” to Custom Made Theater in San Francisco, August 3-27
Pamela Rose has had a long career as a singer and band leader in the San Francisco Bay Area. But this year she is producing a special show at...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, August 2017
© Andrea Canter Note: Continuing the new monthly format, remember to look for updates at least once per week, in the Calendar section but also under Big Gigs. Call...
Hoaxer Returns to Vieux Carre’ on Friday, August 18
Artists Quarter Favorites Resurface in the Dunsmore Room: Bob Rockwell and David Hazeltine, August 14-15
98 and Counting! Irv Williams’ Birthday Celebration at the Dakota, August 13
The Lead Sheet Update! August 11, 2017
2017 Detroit Jazz Festival Features Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Kamasi Washington, Tribute to Michael Brecker — September 1-4
CD Reviews: New Orleans Flotilla, Crooner Abuse, and Hands Across the Baltic/Seine
2017 Montreal Jazz Festival: An Embarrassment of Riches!
Ken Peplowski Quartet with Sue Raney at Sunset Jazz at Newport
Pamela Rose Brings “Blues Is a Woman” to Custom Made Theater in San Francisco, August 3-27
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, August 2017
Teri Roiger’s “Ghost of Yesterday: Shades of Lady Day” (2017, Dot Time Records)
Creative Spirit, Educator, Jazz Pianist Geri Allen, 1957-2017
Louis Hayes: Serenade For Horace (Blue Note)
2017 Twin Cities Jazz Festival: McCoy Tyner, Terence Blanchard, Anat Cohen, Bobby Lyle!
Free and Cheap Jazz in the Twin Cities: Plentiful and Easy to Find
Jana Nyberg 5 Celebrates New Album in the Dunsmore Room, August 11
