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Jazz in the Target Atrium: “At the Piano” on February 23 with Four Local Titans

February 22, 2018 •

© Andrea Canter Jeremy Walker’s Jazz in the Target Atrium series continues on Friday, February 23 (8 pm) with a program saluting the “band in a box,” dubbed “At the Piano.” The concert features four of the metro area’s top pianists/composers–Chris Lomheim, Bryan Nichols, Javier Santiago and Jeremy Walker– playing jazz classics and original music. […]

My Next Retirement: Chord Changes at Jazz Police

February 18, 2018 •

© Andrea Canter I’m not yet 70 and already I have retired three times. And since Minneapolis Schools became my first real employer, I changed “jobs” there about every 6-7 years (even if I had the same employer, and even the same job title), so it never seemed like I had been in one place […]

Sam Miltich Quartet, “Elevator Jazz” at the Black Dog, February 17

February 15, 2018 •

© Andrea Canter About a year ago, guitar whiz Sam Miltich and elder statesman saxophonist Dave Karr led a quartet at the Black Dog with pals Chris Bates and Jay Epstein. Now the band returns on the Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog series at 8:30 pm, following Elevator Jazz, opening the evening on […]

John Raymond and Real Feels on a “Joy Ride” to the Icehouse, February 12

February 11, 2018 •

© Andrea Canter “…there’s a sense of sonic evenhandedness reflecting both the instrument’s depth of character and the artist’s depth of soul.” –Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz Nearly two years ago, Twin Cities native trumpeter John Raymond was on tour with his Real Feels trio in celebration of their eponymous debut studio album. The […]

Jazz Women All Stars in Crooners Lounge, February 11

February 6, 2018 •

© Andrea Canter A project initiated and directed by Twin Cities’ vocalist Patty Peterson, The Jazz Women All-Stars debuted at the 2016 Twin Cities Jazz Festival, opening music on the AARP Main Stage at Mears Park. With an initial cast of local (or formerly local) jazz women–Mary Louise Knutson on piano, Joan Griffith on bass, […]

JC Sanford Quartet in the Dunsmore Room, February 9

February 5, 2018 •

© Andrea Canter The Friday late night jazz series in the Dunsmore Room of Crooners Lounge continues this week (February 9) with the venue debut of the JC Sanford Quartet. Led by trombonist/composer Sanford, the quartet features Zacc Harris on guitar, Chris Bates on bass, and Pete James Johnson on drums. Music begins […]