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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 20-26
I just returned from five days in New York, where I saw six shows at four venues. I need that overdose now and then, but I think we really have the ideal jazz scene here: lots of choices but seldom overwhelming, and the quality of the music is right up there with the Big Apple! We ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 13-19
We're well into spring—or perhaps even summer—which means we are building momentum toward the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, about six weeks away! This week we can hear some favorite locals, veteran collaborators with new ensembles, a duo of internationally acclaimed artists who happen to live in the Twin Cities, former residents on leave from the East ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 6-12
As we get closer and closer to the Twin Cities Jazz festival (June 23-25), we seem to be revving up the jazz engines with a strong slate of gigs and concerts in coming weeks. Some outstanding visitors as well as local heroes are on the schedule for early May! BIG GIGS THIS WEEK Friday, May 6. ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, April 29-May 5
Jazz Appreciation Month ends this weekend, and there has been plenty to appreciate in the Twin Cities, culminating this weekend with the state's only registered “International Jazz Day" event, a fundraising mini-festival sponsored by Jazz Central Studios on Saturday. But there are more jazz events on Jazz Day as well as throughout the coming week, including ...
Prince: Let’s Go Crazy (Prince and the Making of Purple Rain)
by Nenad Georgievski
Let's Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain Alan Light 304 pages ISBN: 1476776725 Atria Books 2014 Musician Prince is one of the enduring enigmas of today's pop music. Throughout the years this eclectic, mercurial and prolific genius has dazzled, enraged and confused audiences and music ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, April 22-28
A salute to our jazz elders highlights the weekend, while welcome visits from veteran and up-and-coming artists keep jazz in high gear all week. Jazz This Week Friday, April 22. They call the trio at Jazz Central tonight “Father Son Pancake Breakfast," and there really is a father and son team— pianist Javi Santiago and drummer, ...
Kind of Purple: Jazz Musicians On Prince
by Kurt Gottschalk
"Do you know who Prince kinda reminds me of, particularly as a pianist? Duke! Yeah, he's the Duke Ellington of the eighties to my way of thinking."--Miles Davis The tops of the pop charts isn't where we often expect to find genius. Brilliant performers sometimes, expert attention grabbers maybe more often, but it's not ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, April 15-21
Some times it seems “special" events come in clusters. This weekend is one such merger. Tough choices but I'd rather have such dilemmas rather than a dearth of possibilities. Gigs This Week Friday, April 15. About three years ago, KBEM radio sponsored an unusual performance melding jazz and Native American flutes and drums, paying homage to ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, April 8-14
The jazz pot thickens as we get into Jazz Appreciation Month. There's a lot of action this weekend and into the coming week, enough heat to melt whatever final flakes are heading our way, enough variety to give everyone something to look forward to, from the always-welcome return of one of the oldest jazz ensembles working ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, April 1-7
I know spring is here because the calendar says so. Trees are trying to bud, my rhubarb is up a few inches, robins are flitting around the yard. It will warm up. Until the thermometer catches up with the calendar, we can take comfort in some sizzling hot music over the coming week, from internationally renowned ...
