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Epilogue/Prologue: Highlights of 2024, , Great Expectations for 2025 in Twin Cities Jazz

January 3, 2025 •

Fred Hersch, solo at The Dakota (June 9, 2024) It’s been a wild year in the life of the planet and the nation, and we can anticipate that 2025 will not likely bring us more calm or cleaner air. I am ending 2024 with a very personal listing of my favorite gigs of the year […]

Don’s picks for 2024

December 14, 2024 •

By Don Berryman At the end of the year I like to look back at some of my favorite new jazz releases of the year and 2024 was a great year for music. A Beautiful Day revisited, Andrew Hill A Beautiful Day, Revisited by the Andrew Hill Sextet plus 10 is a 2-LP/CD reissue of […]

EP/Epilogue-Prologue: Twin Cities Jazz, December 2024

December 1, 2024 •

Blu Luna returns to the Dunsmore Room, December 26 The holidays are upon us, and the coming month will be filled with seasonal music. In fact it might be hard to find unseasonal music throughout December, regardless of the band or musicians or venue. Looking back at November’s “hits” in the Twin Cities, some holiday […]

Emily Remler Cookin’ at the Queens Live in Las Vegas 1984 & 1988

November 22, 2024 •

By Don Berryman Emily Remler Cookin’ at the Queens Live in Las Vegas 1984 & 1988 is the first Emily Remler release In 34 years, and the only live album ever released from the unsung jazz guitar virtuoso, who tragically died on May 4, 1990, at the age of 32. This album presents over two […]

BIll Evans In Norway – The Kongsberg Concert

November 12, 2024 •

by Don Berryman Bill Evans, Credit: Jak Kilby / ArenaPALwww.arenapal.com Eddie Gomez, Credit: Jak Kilby / ArenaPAL www.arenapal.com You might ask yourself “Do I really need another Bill Evans album?”, and in this case the answer is probably “yes” and if you are an ardent fan of Bill Evans or Eddie Gómez the answer is […]

A Look Back and a Look Forward – The 2023 TD James Moody Jazz Festival

November 11, 2024 •

Ensemble celebrates Dave Grusin © Kevin R. Mason The 2023 TD James Moody Jazz Festival took place from November 3 to 19 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and a couple of other locations in Newark, NJ. This Festival has become established as one […]