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B.B. King In France: Live at the Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival (1977)

November 10, 2024  •  

By Don Berryman A previously unreleased recording of blues legend B.B. King and his touring band, B.B. King In France: Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival was recorded on October 7th, 1977, with a solid performance by the blues icon and his band at his peak. It will be released on producer Zev […]

EP (Epilogue and Prologue): Twin Cities Jazz in November

November 1, 2024  •  

Happy Apple celebrates their vinyl release at The Dakota on November 8-9 Sorry about October. Fall has gotten away from me. It’s not that there wasn’t a lot of great music. I’ll recap some of my favorites going back to September before looking ahead to November! Epilogue: Jazz in September/October Kurt Elling and Joey Calderazzo […]

Pat Bianchi brings his killer organ trio with Paul Bollenback and Byron Landham to Crooner’s 11/14/2024

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By Don Berryman Hammond B3 organ wiz Pat Bianchi is coming to the Twin Cities on November 14th at Crooners Supper Club with a killer trio featuring Joey DeFrancesco alums, guitarist Paul Bollenback and drummer Byron “Wookie” Landham. Pat Bianchi Avi Rothbard Quartet with Pat Bianhci on B3, Andrew Beals on alto, Jsson Brown on […]

Andrew Hill Sextet Plus 10 A Beautiful Day, Revisited

October 20, 2024  •  

by Don Berryman A Beautiful Day, Revisited by the Andrew Hill Sextet plus 10 is a 2-LP/CD reissue of Hill’s 2002 big band album recorded live at Birdland Jazz Club in New York. It features a fresh remaster, an extended edit of one track, and a previously unreleased bonus track, available November 1, 2024 on […]

One More Look Back – The 2023 JazzFest White Plains

September 10, 2024  •  

                    John Scofield and Joe Lovano Quartet © Kevin R. Mason The 12th annual JazzFest White Plains was held from September 6 to 10, 2023, and over the last decade, it has become one of the most established jazz events in the New York tri-state area. […]

EP/Twin Cities Jazz: September’s Epilogue and Prologue

September 2, 2024  •  

Dave Graf in the spotlight at Crooners, September 15 Epilogue: Favorite Jazz Moments of August As seems true every summer (or, every month?), there was a lot of great music throughout August in the Twin Cities, and I heard a small fraction of it.  And as seems true every month, I feel guilty coming up […]