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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 23-29
A summery holiday weekend will set the stage for some steamy music, starting with some “good vibes" at Jazz Central, setting the stage for more hefty strings and one of the most sublime trios in jazz as we move toward the end of the month. Big Gigs This Week Friday, May 23. The Bridge Series at ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 9-15
Songs from an award-winning vocalist, a popular crooner and a locally acclaimed pianist; a CD release from a young lion's quartet and a dazzling duo from some even younger lions; a rare gig with a veteran trio; the opening of a four-night run of a unique collaboration among dance, jazz and South Indian tradition... just another ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 2-8
Old friends, new friends, local heroes and visiting young giants, and the sounds of jazz future make for a busy and enticing week on the Twin Cities jazz scene. Sunshine is nice, too. Big Gigs This Week Friday, May 2. In Minneapolis, Saint Paul or the burbs, you'll see some familiar faces that should put smiles ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, April 25-May 1
It's been Jazz Appreciation Month and on April 30th, it's the third annual International Jazz Day sponsored by UNESCO, and featuring hundreds of registered Jazz Day events throughout the world. Minnesota was the last of the 50 states to register this year — but now at least two local venues have joined the international listing — ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, April 18-24
So it is snowing tonight. April 16th and it is snowing. Waiting for “Up Jumped Spring"? This spring has really hung us up the most, of any I can remember in a long time. Yet I get email from a friend spending April in Paris. OK, enough of that. We are spending April in the Twin ...
Take Five: Studio Vibes, Jazzin Mandolin, 2 Drums, 7 Psalms, and Desert Island Picks
The Star Tribune has a good idea — every Sunday you can read about recent arts happenings from two perspectives, dubbed Pick Six. Two writers — usually a Strib staffer and an invited guest—each select three highpoints in their arts week. Once in a while, a jazz event makes the cut. Not often enough. So I ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, April 11-17
Those rumors of spring might be true! At least in the jazz neighborhood, it will be a hot weekend with enough sizzle to keep us in melt-down mode through the week! And it is an eclectic week ahead— from CD releases from our “Minnesota Ellington" and “Magica Improvisado," an outstanding outstate gig, and an Orchestra Hall ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, April 4-10
I am writing under a Winter storm warning. They are not even calling it a Spring storm warning. Driving might be dicey to start out the weekend, but don't be deterred from your focus on great jazz — there is plenty this weekend, worth a slow drive, and by Sunday it should be back to normal, ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, March 28 - April 3
The weather experts say March came in like a Polar Bear and is going out like a Lion. Lions are always welcome in jazz! And there are plenty around in the coming week, from one of our newer resident percussion gurus to a pair of virtuosic trombonists to a good handful of modern improvisers, fleet-fingered guitarists, ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, March 21-27
The weekend gets off to a jazz-busy start, from Orchestra Hall and contemporary trumpet king Chris Botti's second night to little Jazz Central's Bridge series and local jazz trumpet monster Adam Meckler, with a rare performance with his Quintet. Some hot vocals, sizzling guitars, inventive big bands and more fill out the coming week as we ...
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