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Twin Cities Jazz Festival Announces 2017 Headliners!
March 20, 2017 •The 19th annual Twin Cities Jazz Festival will be headlined this year by several legendary jazz artists including John Coltrane Quartet pianist McCoy Tyner; Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Terence Blanchard; Anat Cohen with Choro Aventuroso; and keyboardist, organist, and Minnesota-native Bobby Lyle. The announcement was made today by the festival’s executive director, Steve Heckler. “I’m excited […]
What is it about Maria Schneider?
February 22, 2017 •Anna Buchholz As I sit in the third row of the O’Shaughnessy auditorium, the concert is about at its conclusion and the orchestra prepares to play one of my favorite compositions from The Thompson Fields, “Arbiters of Evolution.” Introducing the work, Maria Schneider is both teaching us about and gesticulating the mating dance of Papua […]
Festivals: The Museum Model of the Performing Arts
February 8, 2017 •Anna Buchholz A few days into the start of 2017 I had the opportunity to attend my first-ever Association of Performing Arts Presenters conference (newly renamed Association of Performing Arts Professionals) in New York. As one of the largest gatherings of performing artists, managers, arts administrators, and venue programmers, we met and gathered at professional […]
Nicholas Payton wraps up Winter Jazz Fest in percussion-heavy style by TwinCities.com
January 30, 2017 •Original Article by Dan Emerson | Special to the Pioneer Press Trumpeter and keyboardist Nicholas Payton, who headlined the Twin Cities Winter Jazz Festival on Sunday at the St. Paul Hotel, likes to perform in a variety of contexts. He’s led big bands, recorded two-trumpeter duets, collaborated with much older musicians playing jazz standards, and […]
SCHEDULE UPDATED FOR THE WINTER JAZZ FESTIVAL SATURDAY, JAN. 28 AND SUNDAY, JAN. 29. INCLUDES JAZZ HISTORY FILMS
January 6, 2017 •This year’s 2017 Winter Jazz Festival – the cold-weather version of the highly-attended Twin Cities Jazz Festival held this year from June 22-24 – will run for two days in January in conjunction with this year’s Saint Paul Winter Carnival. The Festival begins on Saturday, January 28 at 5:00 pm at the Street Space at […]
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