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Looking Back – Best of 2023: The Newport Jazz Festival

May 20, 2024 •

The Charles Lloyd Quartet © Kevin R. Mason The 2023 Newport Jazz Festival (NJF) was held from August 4 to 6 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island. One of the best things about jazz festivals is how they unite people in the […]

May’s EP: Epilogue and Prologue, Comings and Goings in Twin Cities Jazz

April 30, 2024 •

Happy Apple performs two nights at Berlin, May 10-11 Note: Again, EP replaces The Lead Sheet, offering a look back at some great performances last month and looking ahead to some recommendations for the new month. Not exhaustive, not objective, there’s a lot more than what is covered here. Epilogue: April Jazz Patrick Adkins April […]

Our Jazz Hero, Steve Heckler

April 16, 2024 •

Our Jazz Hero, Steve Heckler The Jazz Journalists Association annually recognizes individuals “who go beyond their job titles to have have significant impact in their local communities by supporting jazz music, musicians and musical culture.” For 2024, JJA has named 33 “activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz” as the 2024 Jazz Heroes, including […]

Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy: The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp

April 5, 2024 •

By Don Berryman – Photos by Hugo Peeters Mal Waldron, photo by Hugo Peeters Last year I reviewed the newly found recording from Mal Waldron Searching In Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert [read my review here]. That is a brilliant solo piano performance recording. Now I am delighted to have another find by the […]

EP April: Epilogue/Prologue (Replacing the Lead Sheet)

March 28, 2024 •

KBEM’s Jazz Legends of 2023 with Patty Peterson and supporting musicians (2024 Legends event at the Minnesota History Center, April 14) As you may have noticed, this is not the Lead Sheet. When I started the Lead Sheet over a decade ago, there were far fewer venues for jazz in the Twin Cities. While we […]

Yusef Lateef Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert in Avignon

March 6, 2024 •

By Don Berryman Yusef Lateef ©1977 Veryl Oakland, jazzinavailablelight.com Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert in Avignon presents a never-before-released performance featuring Yusef Lateef in a quartet with fellow jazz greats Kenny Barron, Bob Cunningham, and Albert “Tootie” Heath. It was recorded live by radio producer André Francis at Cloître des Célestins in Avignon, France, on July […]