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JazzINK Showcase, Steve Kenny Quintet at the Black Dog, August 26

August 25, 2017  •  

© Andrea Canter Running now for three years of consecutive Saturday nights, Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog continues this weekend with the JazzINK Youth Showcase featuring the BCA […]

All Originals Jazz: Improvisation in Music and Poetry at Studio Z, August 25

August 24, 2017  •  

© Andrea Canter   “Life without poetry makes no sense to me.” — Amy Nash They call it Jazz Word Jazz — a night of small ensemble jazz and poetry […]

R.I.P. John Abercrombie (1944-2017)

August 23, 2017  •  

[Press Release] “To my mind John was his generation’s Jim Hall. His playing was always oriented around interplay with others, harmonic richness and flexibility, and tended more towards understatement a […]

Live (Again) at the Dakota: Debbie Duncan Recording on August 24

August 21, 2017  •  

© Andrea Canter In 1993, when the Dakota was in its first incarnation at Bandana Square in St Paul, Debbie Duncan recorded the club’s first live album. Nearly 25 years […]

The Lead Sheet: August 18 Update

August 18, 2017  •  

© Andrea Canter The Lead Sheet is published monthly and updated at least weekly. Friday, August 18. After their stellar CD release gig earlier this summer, the amazing young guns […]

Happy Saturday! Happy Apple Headlines at the Black Dog on August 19

August 16, 2017  •  

© Andrea Canter  “Funny as the men were to watch, this was one of the most serious groups I’ve ever seen.”  –Ben Ratliffe, The New York Times Although its fan […]