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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]