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Theo Bleckmann: From the Fifth Dimension of Human Voice and Mind
The New York Times refers to him as from another planet." He must be. Theo Bleckmann and I can not possibly share the same anatomy of mouth and throat, let alone brain. But standing alone on the chancel of the Macalester Plymouth United Church on the Macalester College campus, Bleckmann looked anything but alien. In fact ...
Jazz Face: Adam Linz
The first time I heard Adam Linz was as a solo opening act for Happy Apple at the Cedar Cultural Center, before Happy Apple became an international sensation and before Adam trimmed off his dreadlocks. It was maybe the first time I heard solo bass. It intrigued me then, and even more so now. And now ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, September 23-29
Falling temperatures, changing colors, pre-holiday sales? Our theater" of seasons marches on, but it's always a good season for jazz in the Twin Cities. Just check out the week's offerings and plan your route through whatever makes your ears dance. Highlights Every year, Macalester College's Music Department brings in a nationally renowned jazz artist for a ...
A Real Jazz Club: Talents from Near and Far at the Artists Quarter
What's happening to jazz clubs? The question comes up more and more often as I talk with local (and not local) fans and musicians alike. Even top clubs like Yoshi's in the Bay Area and our beloved Dakota seem to be booking an increasingly eclectic array of music despite their jazz club" monikers and reputations. The ...
Twin Cities Jazz Week in Review, September 16-22
This was one of the most enjoyable of local jazz weeks of the season... and now we start the fall season! Great songs, great collaborations, from edgy to time-tested to... unique. Bryan Nichols Trio with Anthony Cox and Dave King (September 16-17 at the Artists Quarter). The line-up was surely enough to make any fan of ...
Jazz Face: Bobb Fantauzzo
Bobb Fantauzzo is a many of many flutes. Each flute generates a slightly different face, I would guess a slightly different embouchure given the varying sizes of the wooden cylinders and their mouthpieces. For his performance tonight at The Nicollet with the trio Jazz Zen (electric cellist Aaron Kerr, drummer Darren Pinto), Bobb brought along seven ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, September 16-22
Sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and that is often true in jazz where the ensemble sound and creativity transcend what any individual can bring to the stage or studio. Such is the coming week in Twin Cities jazzperhaps more so than usual. A much anticipated collaboration, the new Bryan Nichols ...
Eddie Gomez: Everything I Want to Know About Jazz Bass
Everything I want to know about jazz bass, I can learn from Eddie Gomez. How the bassist sets the pulse, how the bassist keeps everyone in time, how the bassist sets the artistic tone and feel, how the bassist augments the melodic direction, how the bass can sing a line or become a chordal support system. ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, September 9-15
After four days of multi-staged music in Detroit, I have to get back to reality. But it's a pleasing reality in the Twin Cities, from violin virtuoso Christian Howes to local favorites Joel Shapira, Maud Hixson, Phil Hey and more. And it's another festival weekend, with the annual Selby Av Jazz Festival on Saturday and the ...
Not Heat, Rain, Wind or Presidents! Nothing Really Stops Jazz in Detroit
Yes. The Detroit Jazz Festival came to a thunderous halt on its second night, thanks to a torrential downpour and ferocious winds that forced cancellation of the final two rounds of music. And yes. This marked the first time in the festival's 32-year history that Mother Nature pre-empted the schedule of North America's largest free jazz ...


