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The Lead Sheet" Twin Cities Live Jazz, September 25-October 1
Feels like Autumn in Minnesota! And our jazz venues are turning up the heat, from gigs with the best of our young lions to veteran performers in diverse contexts, including a CD release from very familiar musicians playing in the unexpected context of romantic standards. Big Gigs This Week Friday, September 25. Young lions chew up ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, September 18-24
Stunning pianists are in the spotlight this week, as well as one of the area's longest-running jazz festivals, a new Monk-inspired project from Pete Whitman, and a good handful of area (and international) vocalists. And for aspiring jazz artists, the annual auditions for the Dakota Combo will be held Sunday afternoon. Big Gigs This Week Friday, ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, September 11-17
Fall is in the air, you can almost hear the seasonal changes—or is it chord changes? With so many jazz sets to choose from, it's hard to keep up with the schedules of favorite performers and visiting dignitaries. There's plenty of each this week, from “homecoming" gigs of native sons, tributes to local and national legends, ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, September 4-10
Labor Day Weekend traditionally marks the end of summer, but on the local jazz scene, the heat wave continues. A new Minnesota transplant celebrates his debut CD at Vieux Carré; a new band of local veterans launches at The Nicollet; an established ensemble celebrates Monk at the Black Dog; the Dave King Trucking Company “implodes" at ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, August 28-September 3
Summer might be waning but the jazz calendars are anything but. Outdoor music and festivals are winding down, but tickets are on sale for the new Eight O'Clock Jump Series at Walker West (starting September 6) and Crooners Lounge is jump-starting its new Tuesday Night series on September 1 with a long-overdue visit from Tanner Taylor. ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, August 20-27
Lots of special events on the jazz scene this week, from the final two nights of Adam Meckler Quintet's live recording sessions and the season finale of the All Originals Jazz Series to the jazz components of the Bridge Chamber Music Festival in Northfield, and a stellar line-up of visiting artists from Kansas City bassist Bob ...
Connie Evingson & the John Jorgenson Quintet: All the Cats Join In
by C. Michael Bailey
Minneapolis-native Connie Evingson is one of the most durable and reliable jazz singers performing. She has had a spate of fine recordings in the last decade, including: Let it Be Jazz: Connie Evingson Sings the Beatles (Minnehaha, 2003), Gypsy in My Soul (Minnehaha, 2005), Stockholm Sweetnin'(Minnehaha, 2006), Little Did I Dream: Songs By Dave Frishberg (Minnehaha, ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, August 14-20
Another week featuring our youngest jazzers as well as our elders, sometimes together on the same gig. All Originals at Studio Z welcomes a native son; two cross-generational ensembles play one more time before going on hiatus —at least til college winter break; the Peterson Family celebrates Linda's CD release; another favorite vocalist returns from maternity ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, August 7-13
Summer means more venues for jazz and music of all sorts. There's festivals, patios, and now even breweries with mini-fests and outdoor stages. All of which means there are more, and harder, choices to be made. This weekend, the Lowertown Guitar Festival invades Mears Park, bringing guitars of all shapes, sizes and genres. Weekly jazz series ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, July 31-August 6
The “Young Lions" and “Old Tigers" are at it again, gigging with and beside each other in another jazz-filled week. Two more opportunities to hear visiting bassist Brian Courage before he heads back to New York, including a reunion of Courageous Endeavors; even younger bassist Charlie Lincoln plays one of his last gigs before starting college ...
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