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Yes! Twin Cities Jazz Festival Returns, June 24-27

June 17, 2021 •

JazzMN Orchestra performs in the new Belvedere at Crooners on the final day of the festival, June 27 2020 was filled with empty stages, indoors and out. Jazz artists and jazz fans started 2021 with dim prospects for gigs and festivals as venues remained closed. Yet Crooners Lounge persisted, and with some significant renovations, brought […]

Twin Cities Jazz Festival Returns June 24–27 at Crooners and the Dakota; Many Performances Streamed on Crowdcast

May 13, 2021 •

The Twin Cities Jazz Festival will see its return this June with a combination of live ticketed performances and outdoor streamed concerts. This year’s festival will be headlined by award-winning tenor saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi and his quartet, vocalist Kurt Elling, Jamecia Bennett, the Jazz Women All-Stars featuring Patty Peterson and Ginger Commodore, JazzMN Orchestra and […]

International Jazz Day and Jazz Appreciation Month!

April 23, 2021 •

2021 Global Concert artists (courtesy of International Jazz Day) [From IJD and JAM press releases] The 10th Anniversary of International Jazz Day, the world’s largest annual celebration of jazz, will take place on April 30th, with thousands of worldwide programs culminating in a spectacular All-Star Global Concert from New York, Los Angeles, UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, […]

Litchfield Jazz Festival Presents the Emmet Cohen Trio

April 15, 2021 •

Emmet Cohen © Kevin R. Mason Vita Vita Muir © Kevin R. Mason The Litchfield Jazz Festival presented the Emmet Cohen Trio virtually on Friday, December 18, 2020, featuring Emmet Cohen on piano, Kyle Poole on drums, and Philip Norris on bass. […]

Another Look Back at 2020 – David Amram’s 90th Birthday Celebration at Jazz Forum

March 29, 2021 •

David Amram and Mark Morganelli at the Jazz Forum © Kevin R. Mason The Jazz Forum in Tarrytown, NY celebrated yet another marvelous birthday with David Amram & Friends. This time, it was Amram’s 90th birthday, with a November 14 live-streamed set. Although the anniversary of Amram’s birth actually falls on November 17, these early […]

Looking Back – The 2020 Monterey Jazz Festival – Virtual!

March 24, 2021 •

Christian Sands – 2020/2021 Monterey Jazz Festival Artist-in-Residence © Kevin R. Mason 2020 was an unprecedented and challenging year for live, in-person music events. Due to the pandemic, most jazz festivals held in 2020 were presented online. Occasionally, a few live, socially distanced performances took place as a part of jazz festivals, but they were […]