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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, October 2017

October 13, 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 as […]

Davu Seru’s No Territory Band at Jazz Central, October 13

October 10, 2017  •  

© Andrea Canter “The squawks, silences and knotty time signatures usually associated with art-house music get a big boost from the staccato funk of hip-hop and the circular rhythms of […]

Jazz in the Target Atrium Features “Drum and Trumpet” on October 13

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© Andrea Canter Folklore suggestions Friday the 13th is a day for apprehension, bad luck, black cats, etc. At Orchestra Hall on this upcoming October Friday the 13th, we have […]

Corea/Gadd Band at the Dakota, October 10-11

October 9, 2017  •  

© Andrea Canter Piano legend Chick Corea has brought a number of projects to the Dakota Jazz Club in downtown Minneapolis, including reunions with Gary Burton and Bela Fleck. Now […]

Jazz Women All-Stars Return to the Dakota on October 6

October 5, 2017  •  

© Andrea Canter A project initiated and directed by Twin Cities’ vocalist Patty Peterson, The Jazz Women All-Stars debuted at the 2016 Twin Cities Jazz Festival, opening music on the […]

Bryan Nichols Quintet Launches Friday Night Jazz in the Dunsmore Room, October 6

October 3, 2017  •  

© Andrea Canter “…a swinging, sometimes quirky sense of time and creative expression.” – Jazz Police Although he admits that he never formally studied jazz, it did not take pianist […]