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Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog: Courageous Endeavors and Carter Pearson Quartet
April 6, 2018 •© Andrea Canter When they made their debut at the Artists Quarter six years ago, Courageous Endeavors was a band of young upstarts, recent college graduates who were already making waves in the Twin Cities jazz community–Nelson Devereaux, Joe Strachan, Brian Courage and Miguel Hurtado. They continued to snag gigs at top area venues, making […]
Larry Englund: Twin Cities’ “Jazz Hero”
April 4, 2018 •© Janis Lane Ewart Each year, the Jazz Journalists Association seeks nominations from states and local jazz communities for Jazz Heroes. The 2018 Twin Cities “Jazz Hero” is Larry Englund. This is his nomination from Janis Lane Ewart. Larry Englund has graced Minnesota’s Twin Cities with his broadcasting, writing and breadth of musical taste […]
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, March 2018
March 30, 2018 •© Andrea Canter [Note: New posts monthly with updates weekly. Post updated 3-30-18] March kicks off with Delfeayo Marsalis at the Dakota, where this month also brings Monk Competition and Grammy winning vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant and a four-night 80th birthday bash with Charles Lloyd; Walker Art Center hosts a “Sonic Universe” of artists connected […]
“Full Circle”: Debbie Duncan Live at the Dakota, March 30-31
March 29, 2018 •© Andrea Canter In 1993, when the Dakota was in its first incarnation at Bandana Square in St Paul, Debbie Duncan made the club label’s first live recording. Nearly 25 years and about that many live albums later, the Dakota again hosted a live recording session by Minnesota’s “First Lady of Song,” in August 2017. […]
Off to the Races: An Interview With Drummer and Bandleader Rodney Ruckus
•Ruckus talks about playing with Chick Corea, Sean Jones, Theo Croker, and growing up on the road.
Atlantis Quartet in the Dunsmore Room, March 27
March 22, 2018 •© Andrea Canter ” [Atlantis Quartet] shifts nimbly from a punk-jazz aesthetic to an ECM-ish sensitivity.”–Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times One of the most praised jazz ensembles in the Twin Cities, the Atlantis Quartet has been providing our community with innovative, original jazz for more than a decade. Most often heard in such venues as […]
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