Phil Hey Quartet Celebrates Monk in the Dunsmore Room, October 20
© Andrea Canter “The PHQ is a true, seasoned ensemble laying down a musical vision with common purpose.”—Pat Courtemanche Twin Cities jazz fans may not always appreciate our great...
Wycliffe Gordon in the Dunsmore Room and with JazzMN at Ordway, October 19-20
© Andrea Canter The JazzMN Orchestra opens its 2017-18 season in the Ordway Concert Hall in downtown St. Paul on Friday, October 20, 7:30 pm. Featured guest artist will...
Blue Note All-Stars: “Our Point Of View” (Blue Note Records, 2017)
If ever there was a jazz label more entitled to proclaim some of their stable “All-Stars,” Blue Note Records would surely top that list. Likewise, if there were a...
Hiromi/Edmar Castaneda, “Live in Montreal” (Telarc, 2017)
If you think about it, the harp is just a piano with its guts strewn about. Or, to be more historically accurate, the piano is a harp with little...
Arturo Sandoval Returns to the Dakota, October 19
© Andrea Canter ” He’s one of the best. He has a very athletic style, but can play softly too. He’s got bull chops!” –Dizzy Gillespie Protégé of the...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, October 2017
© Andrea Canter [The Lead Sheet is updated weekly during the month] October typically brings some of the year’s best weather, and often, some of the year’s best jazz...
Music Beyond the 2017 Montreal Jazz Festival!
Every year, Le Festival International de Jazz de Montréal presents hundreds of concerts. However, Montréal’s vibrant music scene isn’t limited to the Festival itself. Before, during, and after the...
Steve Kenny Launches the Illicit Jazz Workshop, Fridays at Jazz Central
Jazz artist and curator Steve Kenny announces a new weekly jazz concert series, The Illicit Jazz Workshop, starting October 6 and every Friday at Jazz Central Studios. The...
Kermit Ruffins and Irvin Mayfield: “A Beautiful World” (Basin Street, 2017)
There are but a scant few variables you can count on in this woeful world: Frozen pizza is always sub-par, dogs are awesome, and New Orleans will always...
Dee Dee Bridgewater: “Memphis…Yes I’m Ready” (Okeh, 2017)
Since the days of Billie and Ella, it is nearly impossible to find a jazz singer who wasn’t a by-product of the popular music of her day. Yet for...
Phil Hey Quartet Celebrates Monk in the Dunsmore Room, October 20
Wycliffe Gordon in the Dunsmore Room and with JazzMN at Ordway, October 19-20
Blue Note All-Stars: “Our Point Of View” (Blue Note Records, 2017)
Hiromi/Edmar Castaneda, “Live in Montreal” (Telarc, 2017)
Arturo Sandoval Returns to the Dakota, October 19
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, October 2017
Music Beyond the 2017 Montreal Jazz Festival!
Steve Kenny Launches the Illicit Jazz Workshop, Fridays at Jazz Central
Kermit Ruffins and Irvin Mayfield: “A Beautiful World” (Basin Street, 2017)
Dee Dee Bridgewater: “Memphis…Yes I’m Ready” (Okeh, 2017)
Jackie Ryan/Rickey Woodard Quintet at Sunset Jazz at Newport
Creative Spirit, Educator, Jazz Pianist Geri Allen, 1957-2017
Louis Hayes: Serenade For Horace (Blue Note)
