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Steve Kenny’s Group 47, Liquid Vinyl Return to Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog, January 6

January 4, 2018 •

© Andrea Canter Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog presents its 190th consecutive week of great local music across the generations on January 6. Opening will be the monthly JazzINK Youth Showcase featuring the return of Liquid Vinyl; the headliner set presents Steve Kenny’s Group 47. Liquid Vinyl (7 pm) The JazzInk Youth […]

Jon Weber’s “History of the Piano” in the Dunsmore Room, January 2

January 1, 2018 •

© Andrea Canter It’s hard to imagine a musician better suited to present a “history of the piano” than Jon Weber. Known for his encyclopedic knowledge of just about anything related to music and his wide-ranging keyboard skills, Weber will inform and entertain with his “History of the Piano” in the Dunsmore Room at Crooners […]

Hoaxer Ends Their Big Year at the Black Dog, December 30

December 28, 2017 •

© Andrea Canter “…sure to be one of the more important collaborations of young jazz musicians to emerge from Minnesota in a long time.” –Steve Kenny (Producer) and Bill Coulter (Executive Producer), Crash Test At the end of 2015, four young collegians spent their winter break playing original music together as Hoaxer. Peter Goggin, […]

Drummers Rule: Luke Peterson’s No Exit, Ben Ehrlich Trio at Jazz Central, December 29

December 27, 2017 •

© Andrea Canter It sounds like the Jean-Paul Sartre novel that I tried to translate in high school French, or perhaps the status of road construction in the Twin Cities Metro, but No Exit is actually a sextet of area young lions led by drummer Luke Peterson. Coming together about a year ago as a […]

Will Kjeer Trio with Billy Peterson and Kenny Horst at Vieux Carre’, December 27

December 26, 2017 •

© Andrea Canter A veteran performer at only 21, pianist/composer Will Kjeer is taking an active holiday break from college studies, including leading a formidable trio on Wednesday, December 27, at Vieux Carre’ (8 pm). His cohorts include Billy Peterson on bass, and uncle Kenny Horst on drums. It’s a fitting venue for this reunion, […]

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, December 2017

December 24, 2017 •

© Andrea Canter [The Lead Sheet is posted monthly and updated weekly. Update 12/24/2017] 2017 is winding down, but it seems jazz is just warming up for the winter. The holidays bring many young lions back to town where they reconvene with like-minded students and veterans alike, giving us some of the year’s most […]