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Purely Jazz: Sheila Jordan, 1928-2025

August 12, 2025 •

Sheila Jordan (2009 Detroit Jazz Festival) Jordan has “absorbed bebop from the source, but she’s also a committed modernist whose style has evolved with the ensuing decades.” – The New Yorker Sheila Jordan, 2012 Healdsburg Jazz Festival “She was revered in the jazz world as a chance taker who communicated an effervescent joy in the […]

Another Look Back: The 2024 Litchfield Jazz Festival

July 23, 2025 •

Amina Figarova Sextet & The Matsiko World Orphan Choir © Kevin R. Mason The 2024 Litchfield Jazz Festival (LJF) was held from July 26 to 28 at the Frederick Gunn School in Washington, CT. Several Grammy Award winners were part of this 29th year’s line-up. Friday, July 26 We Got Cake © Kevin R. Mason […]

Three for Free: Upper Midwest Jazz Fests Host Top Jazz Artists in The Twin Cities, Iowa City and Northfield

June 6, 2025 •

Mears Park is the epicenter of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, June 20-21 Jazz fans and the jazz-curious have three opportunities to sample top talents from the local and international scene in the coming month, and the music is all free! The 27th annual Twin Cities Jazz Festival starts the “parade” June 20-21 with headliners […]

Doreen Ketchens To Play The Twin Cities Jazz festival

June 4, 2025 •

Doreen Ketchens brings New Orleans to the Twin Cities Jazz Festival By Dan Emerson At the 2024 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, clarinetist and bandleader Doreen Ketchens finished her set in the Economy Hall tent and announced her next gig: “We’ll be back on the street tomorrow,” she told the audience. On the street […]

Honoring Kenny Horst: 2025 Jazz Journalists Association “Jazz Hero–Twin Cities”

May 22, 2025 •

Jazz Journalists Association “Jazz Hero Twin Cities” –Kenny Horst (photo: Andrea Canter) [Note: This article is slightly revised from the original published at www.pleasedandflipped.com. Thanks to Kelle Green for providing it to Jazz Police!] The Jazz Journalists Association just announced its national slate of 2025 Jazz Heroes, advocates who have had significant impact in their […]

Montreal 2024 – Beyond the Festival

May 21, 2025 •

Susie Arioli sings at the “Jjaazexpo” © Kevin R. Mason Jazz Mass Professor Norman Cornett © Kevin R. Mason Each summer, during Festival International de Jazz De Montréal (FIJM), the city of Montréal comes alive with so many musical events that […]