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Album Review: Fire Bell, INCENDIOS

April 12, 2018  •  

Sometimes swinging, and sometimes twisting in a multi-meter tangle, Fire Bell’s new album INCENDIOS is all personality.

In Tribute to Hugh Masekela: Abdullah Ibrahim and Ekaya at the Dakota, April 16

April 8, 2018  •  

© Andrea Canter “There are some concerts that change the way you look at music. And then there are those rare concerts that change the way you look at life.” […]

Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog: Courageous Endeavors and Carter Pearson Quartet

April 6, 2018  •  

© Andrea Canter When they made their debut at the Artists Quarter six years ago, Courageous Endeavors was a band of young upstarts, recent college graduates who were already making […]

Larry Englund: Twin Cities’ “Jazz Hero”

April 4, 2018  •  

© Janis Lane Ewart Each year, the Jazz Journalists Association seeks nominations from states and local jazz communities for Jazz Heroes. The 2018 Twin Cities “Jazz Hero” is Larry Englund. […]

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, March 2018

March 30, 2018  •  

© Andrea Canter [Note: New posts monthly with updates weekly. Post updated 3-30-18] March kicks off with Delfeayo Marsalis at the Dakota, where this month also brings Monk Competition and […]

“Full Circle”: Debbie Duncan Live at the Dakota, March 30-31

March 29, 2018  •  

© Andrea Canter In 1993, when the Dakota was in its first incarnation at Bandana Square in St Paul, Debbie Duncan made the club label’s first live recording. Nearly 25 […]