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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 3-9

February 3, 2017  •  

© Andrea Canter It feels cold again but really it just normal February in Minnesota! Our options in jazz are perhaps even warmer than normal this week, which might cause […]

Ben Allison Trio in St Paul: McNally Smith Workshop, Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog on February 4

February 2, 2017  •  

© Andrea Canter For the past two years, trumpeter Steve Kenny has curated a weekly series of top-flight area jazz ensembles at the Black Dog in St. Paul’s Lowertown, bringing […]

Davell Crawford Brings Two Shows to the Dakota + Late Night With Peter Kogan, February 3-4

February 1, 2017  •  

© Andrea Canter In New Orleans we’ve used piano as a percussive instrument, as a groove keeper, as an instrument that carries the melody…it’s important to keep that alive, to […]

Jana Nyberg 5 at Vieux Carre’, February 3

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 © Andrea Canter A frequent performer throughout the Twin Cities on such stages as the Dakota, Vieux Carré, Crooners and Jazz Central, vocalist/songwriter/flautist Jana Nyberg recently brought her quintet to […]

Red Planet’s Orbit Swings into Reverie, February 2

January 31, 2017  •  

© Andrea Canter For the past 15 years, Red Planet has brightened the local jazz galaxy with inventive and entertaining performances from three of the area’s most creative musicians. The […]

Nicholas Payton wraps up Winter Jazz Fest in percussion-heavy style by TwinCities.com

January 30, 2017  •  

Original Article by Dan Emerson | Special to the Pioneer Press Trumpeter and keyboardist Nicholas Payton, who headlined the Twin Cities Winter Jazz Festival on Sunday at the St. Paul […]