Chronically Jazzed: Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog Features Graydon Peterson Quartet, April 28
© Andrea Canter As is the usual plan for Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog, this weekend features an opening set from a relatively new ensemble of young...
A Conversation With Laura Caviani
Laura Caviani talks about her roots, touring with Karrin Allyson, her new trio record Confluence, and composing for new mediums.
2018 Twin Cities Jazz Festival: Headliners Announced
Adapted from April 17, 2018 press release The 20th annual Twin Cities Jazz Festival will be headlined this year by Grammy-winning vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, New Orleans artists Nayo Jones and Aurora...
Album Review: Fire Bell, INCENDIOS
Sometimes swinging, and sometimes twisting in a multi-meter tangle, Fire Bell’s new album INCENDIOS is all personality.
Rescheduled! Firebell CD Release, Dakota Combo on April 22/Amethyst Trio and Red 5 on April 21 at the Black Dog
© Andrea Canter A few weeks ago, Steve Kenny’s Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog series celebrated its 200th consecutive Saturday of top jazz performances, featuring the best...
In Tribute to Hugh Masekela: Abdullah Ibrahim and Ekaya at the Dakota, April 16
© Andrea Canter “There are some concerts that change the way you look at music. And then there are those rare concerts that change the way you look at...
Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog: Courageous Endeavors and Carter Pearson Quartet
© Andrea Canter When they made their debut at the Artists Quarter six years ago, Courageous Endeavors was a band of young upstarts, recent college graduates who were already...
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...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, April 2018
© Andrea Canter Ed. note: The Lead Sheet is published monthly with weekly updates. The final Lead Sheet will be published around May 1. Stay tuned for announcement of...
“Full Circle”: Debbie Duncan Live at the Dakota, March 30-31
© Andrea Canter In 1993, when the Dakota was in its first incarnation at Bandana Square in St Paul, Debbie Duncan made the club label’s first live recording. Nearly...
Atlantis Quartet in the Dunsmore Room, March 27
© Andrea Canter ” [Atlantis Quartet] shifts nimbly from a punk-jazz aesthetic to an ECM-ish #8221;–Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times One of the most praised jazz ensembles in the...
Steve Kenny and Two Hundred Jazz Nights at the Black Dog: Celebrate on March 24!
© Andrea Canter “The fact that the series is hitting this 200th show milestone is all the proof you need to see that there a fantastic jazz scene in...
Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog: Ellen Lease/Pat Moriarty Quartet, Roseville Area High School Big Band I on March 17
© 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...
Three Faces, Jax Ravel Gang at the Black Dog–Tonight!
© Andrea Canter A new collaboration of veterans followed by a quartet of “young lions” fills the schedule for tonight’s Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog. “Three Faces”...
Charles Lloyd at 80: Four Stunning Nights at the Dakota, March 8-11
“I am still searching to find the sound. It is my path. I call myself a ‘sound seeker.’ The deeper I dive into the ocean of sound, I find...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, March 2018
© Andrea Canter [Note: New posts monthly with updates weekly. Post updated 3-30-18] March kicks off with Delfeayo Marsalis at the Dakota, where this month also brings Monk Competition...
Central Standard Time on The illicit Jazz Workshop.
Central Standard Time, on March 2 (8:00 pm) Under the leadership of Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog curator Steve Kenny, the ensemble Central Standard Time launched...
Jazz in the Target Atrium: “At the Piano” on February 23 with Four Local Titans
© Andrea Canter Jeremy Walker’s Jazz in the Target Atrium series continues on Friday, February 23 (8 pm) with a program saluting the “band in a box,” dubbed “At...
My Next Retirement: Chord Changes at Jazz Police
© Andrea Canter I’m not yet 70 and already I have retired three times. And since Minneapolis Schools became my first real employer, I changed “jobs” there about every...
Sam Miltich Quartet, “Elevator Jazz” at the Black Dog, February 17
© Andrea Canter About a year ago, guitar whiz Sam Miltich and elder statesman saxophonist Dave Karr led a quartet at the Black Dog with pals Chris Bates and...