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Pat Bianchi brings his killer organ trio with Paul Bollenback and Byron Landham to Crooner’s 11/14/2024

November 1, 2024 •

By Don Berryman Hammond B3 organ wiz Pat Bianchi is coming to the Twin Cities on November 14th at Crooners Supper Club with a killer trio featuring Joey DeFrancesco alums, guitarist Paul Bollenback and drummer Byron “Wookie” Landham. Pat Bianchi Avi Rothbard Quartet with Pat Bianhci on B3, Andrew Beals on alto, Jsson Brown on […]

Andrew Hill Sextet Plus 10 A Beautiful Day, Revisited

October 20, 2024 •

by Don Berryman A Beautiful Day, Revisited by the Andrew Hill Sextet plus 10 is a 2-LP/CD reissue of Hill’s 2002 big band album recorded live at Birdland Jazz Club in New York. It features a fresh remaster, an extended edit of one track, and a previously unreleased bonus track, available November 1, 2024 on […]

One More Look Back – The 2023 JazzFest White Plains

September 10, 2024 •

John Scofield and Joe Lovano Quartet © Kevin R. Mason The 12th annual JazzFest White Plains was held from September 6 to 10, 2023, and over the last decade, it has become one of the most established jazz events in the New York tri-state area. […]

EP/Twin Cities Jazz: September’s Epilogue and Prologue

September 2, 2024 •

Dave Graf in the spotlight at Crooners, September 15 Epilogue: Favorite Jazz Moments of August As seems true every summer (or, every month?), there was a lot of great music throughout August in the Twin Cities, and I heard a small fraction of it. And as seems true every month, I feel guilty coming up […]

Jazz Pianist Ethan Iverson, Renaissance Man

August 21, 2024 •

Written by Martin Keller There are Jazz events and then there is a performance by the Ethan Iverson Trio that deserves a star on your calendar. Led by the revered New York City Jazz pianist Ethan Iverson, his must-see trio features two dynamic Twin Cities stalwarts, Anthony Cox on bass and Kevin Washington on drums, […]