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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, March 8-15
A full week again, with women jazzers leading the way, from local vocals to imported talent. Highlights This Week March 9-10. Fans of vocal swing and spot-on harmonies will welcome the return of The Manhattan Transfer. Nominated for multiple Grammies over their three-plus decades of performing, the quartet brings their infectious brand of jazz, big band ...
Vijay Iyer: The Surprise of Sound
The recent two-night Vijay Iyer mini-festival, dubbed The Sound of Surprise," covered what Walker Art Center curator Philip Bither described as a curious diversity" of the wide-ranging projects of the creative pianist. Iyer, whose work of the past fifteen+ years has garnered critical praise, Grammy nominations, and certainly, the sounds of surprise," embodies that curious diversity" ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, March 2-8
If you are lamenting the (belated) appearance of winter weather, here's a warm thought: The Twin Cities Jazz Festival is less than four months away! June 28-30 should be circled in red on your calendar. And in the meantime, late winter is bringing some very welcome music to the Twin Cities, guaranteed to keep you warm ...
Jazz Face: Red Holloway, 1927-2012
One of the still-active veterans of bebop, saxophonist Red Holloway died on February 25th at age 84. And he went down swinginghe had been touring through September 2011 with the Lionel Hampton All-Stars and, although he had postponed some dates this winter, had some upcoming on his 2012 calendar. Red was best known for his work ...
Jazz Face: Heeeeere's Doc!
My friend Joan says she has discovered the secret to eternal youth: Play the trumpet into your 80s and lead a band of hot talents half your age. That formula probably won't work for most of us but it sure seems like the right recipe for Doc Severinsen, in town this past week leading his Big ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, February 24-March 1
It's another one of those weekends when I will just have to accept missing out on something cool in order to not miss out on something cool. There should be no bored jazz fans this weekend, or into the following week either. Highlights, This Week February 24-25. He doesn't seem to perform that much these days, ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, February 17-23
It's a very densely packed weekend for jazz fans, from a hip CD release at the AQ to a rare performance by one of the area's most highly regarded experimental jazz ensembles to a sublime vocal pairing at Orchestra Hall to the brief return of one of our beloved former residents and another production featuring a ...
Live Bates! Bassist Leads His Band Through "Open Sessions"
Last week, Chris Bates sent out his usual update. But this time, the listing was not so usual. In addition to the gigs in which he plays a critical sideman role, Chris invited us to one of his first forays into bandleading, and not just on a gig. We were invited to a ringside seat of ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, February 10-16
he weekend begins with the annual piano extravaganza at the Artists Quarter, honoring the late Bobby Peterson, one of the brightest lights on our jazz planet who left our orbit all too soon. The rest of the week finds the first of a series of open rehearsals from a new band of fabulous veterans, the return ...
Jazz Face: Billy Peterson's Rhapsody
Outside of the Twin Cities, Billy Peterson is probably best known for his two+ decades of work with the Steve Miller Band. But here at home, and particularly over the past six months, Billy literally has served as the house bassist at the Artists Quarter, appearing with a wide range of jazz artists from vocalists to ...


