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The Lead Sheet: August 25 Update!

August 25, 2017 •

© Andrea Canter [Weekly update of August Lead Sheet] Friday-Sunday, August 25-27. Three nights of improvisation at the Southern Theater features Black Magnesia curated by Joe Horton. Each night addresses a different aspect of improvisation and a different combination of artists–Joe Horton, Anthony Cox, Cory Healey, DeVon Gray, Chris Cunningham, Pat O’Keefe, Dave King, James […]

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

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© 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 Trio, followed by the headline band, the Steve Kenny Quintet. BCA Trio (7 pm) The BCA Trio features threes three metro-area high school musicians: […]

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 readings most recently held on the Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog series in 2016. Now, with SNJ curator Steve Kenny heading his fourth […]

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 time when so many guitarists were moving in the opposite direction.. Like his music, John never aggressively sought the limelight; he simply tried to make […]

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 and about that many live albums later, the Dakota again hosts a live recording session by Minnesota’s “First Lady of Song,” on Thursday, August 24. […]

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 of Hoaxer repeat at Vieux Carre’ –Will Kjeer, Peter Goggin, Charlie Lincoln and Edmund Catlin. Jazz Central hosts the visiting Bridge Trio, three rising star […]