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News: Recording

Red Trio + John Butcher - Empire (Nobusiness, 2011)

August 6, 2011

The RED Trio is a free-jazz group based in Lisbon, made up of Rodrigo Pinheiro on piano, Hernani Faustino on bass and Gabriel Ferrandini on drums and percussion. For their second album they had the good fortune to welcome a special guest, British saxophonist John Butcher, a revered figure in the European free-improvisation scene. This collaboration ...

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Fred Ho Gets Very Serious on "Big Red!"

August 6, 2011

Fred Ho is a composer-instrumentalist-bandleader with a complex attitude toward his Chinese-Asian ancestry, the homeland and its contemporary historical stance, the Afro-American culture from which his music in part derives, and commercial culture in general and of America in particular. I won't begin to try and describe that attitude, except to say that his music reflects ...

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News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, August 5-11

August 6, 2011

There seems to be some improvement in the weather which makes it easier to think about going out and hearing great jazz, indoors and out. And this weekend, the music will be indoors and out. Highlights This Week Two visiting talents will present decision quandaries Friday night (8/5). At the Loring Theater, the very hip Love ...

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News: Recording

Mal Waldron Quintet - The Git Go-Live at the Village Vanguard

August 5, 2011

Pianist and composer Mal Waldron is something of an unsung hero in jazz, despite a lengthy career that featured him doing everything from recording with John Coltrane and Billie Holiday in the 1950's to recording duets with the likes of Archie Shepp and David Murray in the early 2000's just prior to his passing. In between, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Twin Cities Jazz Week in Review (July 29-August 4)

August 5, 2011

A CD release, a neighborhood jazz festival, a B-3 icon and a multi-venue visit from one of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival favorites topped jazz in the metro this past week. July 29, Dave King Trucking Company at the Artists Quarter. They can be brash, brilliant and balladic, often all in the course of one composition. ...

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News: Recording

Jazz Around Town: While It Has Cooled Down in Roc (at Least Today), the Jazz is Still Hot...

August 4, 2011

Thursday, August 4, 2011 Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm Tinted Image @ Strathallan Hotel, 7:30 pm Friday, August 5, 2011 Jimmie Highsmith Jr., Smooth Jazz Trio @ Trinities Restaurant, 6:30 pm Side Project featuring Adrian Dematteo @ Bistro 135, 6:30 ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Peter Martin, David Torkanowsky to Play Duo Concert on Friday, September 23 at the Sheldon

August 4, 2011

Pianist Peter Martin will resume his eponymous series at the Sheldon Concert Hall with a duo performance with New Orleans pianist David Torkanowsky (pictured) at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, September 23. Son of the orchestral and opera conductor Werner Torkanowsky, Torkanowsky is a member of the band Astral Project and also has worked with a variety ...

News: Interview

Latin Jazz Conversations: Jose Rizo (Part 3)

August 4, 2011

Bringing together a collection of master musicians often requires more than great music, it demands some sort of magnetic force. By the time that most musicians reach a high level of artistry, they've come to their own ideas and conclusions about their approach to performance. The individualized nature of music almost guarantees that a room full ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Catherine Howe

August 4, 2011

You're about to learn about one of the finest female folk albums ever recorded. Not many people know about Catherine Howe's What a Beautiful Place (1971), largely because the album produced and arranged by Bobby Scott (A Taste of Honey) barely made a dent after it was recorded in London. The company for which it was ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Trombone Shorty: Summer.Fall Tour

August 4, 2011

WORLDWIDE TOUR INCLUDES STOPS AT NEWPORT JAZZ, DMB CARAVAN, AND MORE; NEW ALBUM FOR TRUE OUT SEPTEMBER 13 Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue have plotted another worldwide trek timed with the release of their new album, For True, out September 13 on Verve Forecast. For True features special guest appearances by many of the musicians Andrews ...