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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, June 10-16
Unofficially, the Twin Cities Jazz Festival is underway following the first 'jazz at the library" gig a few days ago. Another library show takes place this weekend in downtown St Paul while other artists and venues warm up stages and audiences as we build not only summer heat but anticipation of that annual musical firestorm. And ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, June 3-9
Can't you just feel it? Jazz Festival season is in the air, and artists and venues seem determined to put us all in a festive mood, with the best of local and national acts scheduled this month and a great sampling this coming week. Big Gigs This Week Friday, June 3. One of our favorite voices ...
Dave King Trucking Company: Surrounded by the Night
by Glenn Astarita
Celebrated drummer Dave King (The Bad Plus, Happy Apple) bonds fellow Minnesota jazz musicians with like-minded New York artists on the Trucking Company's third release. His drums are constructed with bamboo and other woodgrain materials, which is a novel engineering process by the Milwaukee-based outfit Rat Rod drums. King's resonating sound envelops his fluid and punchy ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 27-June 2
The Twin Cities Jazz Festival is now just four weeks away from its official opening at Mears Park, and it seems bands and performers all over the metro are warming up! The holiday weekend is generally on the slow side, but nevertheless, there's a diversity of jazz offerings from Minneapolis to St Paul and points beyond. ...
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, ...
