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Joan Griffith and Laura Caviani Celebrate “Sambanova II”

February 7, 2023 •

Joan Griffith A Midwest native and long-time resident, Joan Griffith has devoted much of her career as musician (bass, guitar and mandolin), composer, and teacher to the sounds and spirit […]

From Peru to the World: Claudia Medina and her Minnesota “Farewell”

January 24, 2023 •

Claudia Medina, Belvedere at Crooners (October 2022) “I always say that music has saved, saves and will save my life.” –Claudia Medina She grew up in Lima where her father […]

Zenon sketches a continent’s story in music

January 23, 2023 •

By Dan Emerson To create his magnum opus album “Musica de Las Americas,” Puerto Rican saxophonist and composer Miguel Zenon took a neck-deep dive into an epic, endlessly intriguing topic […]

Headliners for the 25th Annual Twin Cities Jazz Festival June 23 & 24, 2023

January 16, 2023 •

Saint Paul, Minn. (January 17, 2023) – The Twin Cities Jazz Festival presented by AARP Minnesota will celebrate its 25th anniversary when it returns to Saint Paul’s Lowertown Arts District […]

Mal Waldron – Searching in Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert – Tompkins Square

January 2, 2023 •

By Don Berryman Searching In Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert is a previously unissued recording of jazz pianist and composer Mal Waldron’s mesmerizing solo performance at the “Five Days […]

Charles Mingus – The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott’s – Resonance Records

December 18, 2022 •

by Don Berryman Charles Mingus – Courtesy of Sue Mingus and Jazz Workshop, Inc I can think of few others who embody the phrase “larger than life’ as Charles Mingus […]