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Young Jazz Artists Wanted! Dakota Combo Auditions on September 17

August 28, 2017 •

© Andrea Canter The 12th edition of the Dakota Combo – an elite ensemble of up to eight area youth jazz artists—will be selected following auditions at the MacPhail Center for Music on September 17th. A program of the MacPhail Center for Music and sponsored by the Dakota Foundation for Jazz Education, the Combo will […]

Dr. Lonnie Smith at the Dakota, August 30

August 26, 2017 •

“A riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a turban!” —Jazz Times [bio from artist’s website] An unparalleled musician, composer, performer and recording artist, Dr. Lonnie Smith has been regarded as a guru of the Hammond B-3 organ for over five decades. He has been featured on over seventy albums and has recorded and performed […]

The Lead Sheet: August 25 Update!

August 25, 2017 •

© Andrea Canter [Weekly update of August Lead Sheet] Friday-Sunday, August 25-27. Three nights of improvisation at the Southern Theater features Black Magnesia curated by Joe Horton. Each night addresses a different aspect of improvisation and a different combination of artists–Joe Horton, Anthony Cox, Cory Healey, DeVon Gray, Chris Cunningham, Pat O’Keefe, Dave King, James […]

JazzINK Showcase, Steve Kenny Quintet at the Black Dog, August 26

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© Andrea Canter Running now for three years of consecutive Saturday nights, Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog continues this weekend with the JazzINK Youth Showcase featuring the BCA Trio, followed by the headline band, the Steve Kenny Quintet. BCA Trio (7 pm) The BCA Trio features threes three metro-area high school musicians: […]

All Originals Jazz: Improvisation in Music and Poetry at Studio Z, August 25

August 24, 2017 •

© Andrea Canter “Life without poetry makes no sense to me.” — Amy Nash They call it Jazz Word Jazz — a night of small ensemble jazz and poetry readings most recently held on the Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog series in 2016. Now, with SNJ curator Steve Kenny heading his fourth […]

R.I.P. John Abercrombie (1944-2017)

August 23, 2017 •

[Press Release] “To my mind John was his generation’s Jim Hall. His playing was always oriented around interplay with others, harmonic richness and flexibility, and tended more towards understatement a time when so many guitarists were moving in the opposite direction.. Like his music, John never aggressively sought the limelight; he simply tried to make […]