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Victor Wooten and Carter Beauford: Making Music
by Anton Rasmussen
Victor Wooten & Carter Beauford Making Music Hudson Music 2002 One of my favorite VHS tapes in High School around 14 years ago was the Hudson Music recording called Making Music, featuring Carter Beauford and Victor Wooten. This recording is still available from Hudson Music and, as of 2002, the film ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, November 22-28
Heading into the first round of “winter" holidays, the temperatures are heading down but the joy of jazz is definitely heading upward, starting with a lively weekend from fresh vocals to circus-like caricatures in paint and music, coasting into Thanksgiving with the welcome returns of a young native son making a name for himself on the ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, November 15-21
Is jazz dead? Just check the listings for Saturday (November 16) alone, and you can easily answer that question for yourself. On one night, you can hear a tribute to one of the greatest pianists in jazz history (Oscar Peterson) presented by two of the most talented pianists in our midst (Tanner Taylor and Richard Johnson); ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, November 8-14
With the Zeitgeist New Music Cabaret featuring some favorite jazz ensembles, a double header weekend with Bryan Nichols at the Artists Quarter, Allen Toussaint at the Dakota, PipJazz Youth All-Stars at Landmark Center, and the JazzMN salute to Tito Puente— all this weekend, there's no excuse for staying home! And then there's the line-up for the ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, November 1-7
That extra hour we gain when we switch back to standard time will come in handy this week — there's a lot of music! We're blessed with exciting visitors, from experimental cellist Erik Friedlander and gritty vocalist Patricia Barber to elegant pianist Lynne Arriale and classical jazz advocate Marcus Roberts. And we have our own home-grown ...
Art Blakey: The Musical Drummer
by Anton Rasmussen
“Jazz Washes Away the Dust of Everyday Life" --Art Blakey So said, Abdullah Ibn Buhaina (1919-1990), more widely known to the world of jazz by his pre-Islamic name: Art Blakey. Blakey was my first introduction into the musicality of jazz drumming and, in some senses, my introduction to a lifelong love of jazz.
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, October 25-31
Seems lots of things are winding down — Fall 2013, farmers' markets. And the Artists Quarter. So far, there's no official word on a reprieve, replacement, relocation. Meanwhile, Minnesota Monthly, among others, wonders if this means a loss of opportunities for local jazz artists? That seems obvious — it surely is a loss of a first-class, ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, October 11-24
The jazz community is reeling from the announcement that the Artists Quarter will close at the end of the year, rent increases far outpacing revenue in a market that, if anything, suffers from too much music relative to the number of listeners on any given night. Still I hear people complain that they just don't know ...
Not an Obituary for the Artists Quarter
For nearly four decades, over three locations and one significant hiatus, the Artists Quarter has symbolized the true spirit of jazz—a collaborative, forward-thinking, open community. And like most jazz clubs throughout the country, the AQ has struggled to hold faithful audience in the face of rising costs, declining support to the arts, and dwindling audiences. We ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, October 4-10
Fall is not only in the air, it's in the trees, on the street, along the river and up at the lake. Along with our newly arrived cloak of autumn color and cooler nights, we have a colorful variety of jazz artists in our midst, from talented locals to starbright visitors. It's hard to top a ...
