Jazz Police, Author at Twin Cities Jazz Festival

Our Jazz Hero, Steve Heckler

April 16, 2024 •

Our Jazz Hero, Steve Heckler The Jazz Journalists Association annually recognizes individuals “who go beyond their job titles to have have significant impact in their local communities by supporting jazz music, musicians and musical culture.” For 2024, JJA has named 33 “activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz” as the 2024 Jazz Heroes, including […]

Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy: The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp

April 5, 2024 •

By Don Berryman – Photos by Hugo Peeters Mal Waldron, photo by Hugo Peeters Last year I reviewed the newly found recording from Mal Waldron Searching In Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert [read my review here]. That is a brilliant solo piano performance recording. Now I am delighted to have another find by the […]

EP April: Epilogue/Prologue (Replacing the Lead Sheet)

March 28, 2024 •

KBEM’s Jazz Legends of 2023 with Patty Peterson and supporting musicians (2024 Legends event at the Minnesota History Center, April 14) As you may have noticed, this is not the Lead Sheet. When I started the Lead Sheet over a decade ago, there were far fewer venues for jazz in the Twin Cities. While we […]

Yusef Lateef Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert in Avignon

March 6, 2024 •

By Don Berryman Yusef Lateef ©1977 Veryl Oakland, jazzinavailablelight.com Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert in Avignon presents a never-before-released performance featuring Yusef Lateef in a quartet with fellow jazz greats Kenny Barron, Bob Cunningham, and Albert “Tootie” Heath. It was recorded live by radio producer André Francis at Cloître des Célestins in Avignon, France, on July […]

The Lead Sheet: March Jazz in the Twin Cities

March 1, 2024 •

JT Bates hosts Monday jazz at the Icehouse in March Jorge Luis Pacheco It’s been more difficult than ever to figure out what season it is, but play it safe and just refer to this as Jazz Season. That seems appropriate anyway. I didn’t get out as much this past month as planned, but enjoyed […]

Twin Cities Winter Jazz Fest, February 24th

February 16, 2024 •

Jorge Luis Pacheco at the 2019 TC Jazz Fest It might not seem much like winter, but downtown St Paul will host the 2024 edition of the Twin Cities Winter Jazz Festival next weekend, Feburary 24th, with three stages of music in the historic Hamm Building. Two stages in the Park Square Theater and another […]