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Charles Lloyd at 80: Four Stunning Nights at the Dakota, March 8-11
March 7, 2018 •“I am still searching to find the sound. It is my path. I call myself a ‘sound seeker.’ The deeper I dive into the ocean of sound, I find there is still deeper and further to go.” –Charles Lloyd One of the most revered jazz artists of the 21st century, saxophonist/flautist Charles Lloyd will turn […]
Central Standard Time on The illicit Jazz Workshop.
February 28, 2018 •Central Standard Time, on March 2 (8:00 pm) Under the leadership of Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog curator Steve Kenny, the ensemble Central Standard Time launched about three years ago and has involved a rotating, cross-generation cast of area artists. A number of specific tunes have become associated with these bookings, and […]
Jazz in the Target Atrium: “At the Piano” on February 23 with Four Local Titans
February 22, 2018 •© Andrea Canter Jeremy Walker’s Jazz in the Target Atrium series continues on Friday, February 23 (8 pm) with a program saluting the “band in a box,” dubbed “At the Piano.” The concert features four of the metro area’s top pianists/composers–Chris Lomheim, Bryan Nichols, Javier Santiago and Jeremy Walker– playing jazz classics and original music. […]
My Next Retirement: Chord Changes at Jazz Police
February 18, 2018 •© Andrea Canter I’m not yet 70 and already I have retired three times. And since Minneapolis Schools became my first real employer, I changed “jobs” there about every 6-7 years (even if I had the same employer, and even the same job title), so it never seemed like I had been in one place […]
Sam Miltich Quartet, “Elevator Jazz” at the Black Dog, February 17
February 15, 2018 •© Andrea Canter About a year ago, guitar whiz Sam Miltich and elder statesman saxophonist Dave Karr led a quartet at the Black Dog with pals Chris Bates and Jay Epstein. Now the band returns on the Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog series at 8:30 pm, following Elevator Jazz, opening the evening on […]
John Raymond and Real Feels on a “Joy Ride” to the Icehouse, February 12
February 11, 2018 •© Andrea Canter “…there’s a sense of sonic evenhandedness reflecting both the instrument’s depth of character and the artist’s depth of soul.” –Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz Nearly two years ago, Twin Cities native trumpeter John Raymond was on tour with his Real Feels trio in celebration of their eponymous debut studio album. The […]
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