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The Music of Billie Holiday: Charmin Michelle and Sam Miltich in the Dunsmore Room, September 11

September 10, 2017 •

© Andrea Canter The dazzling guitar-vocal partnership of Charmin Michelle and Sam Miltch returns to the Dunsmore Room on September 11 (7:30 pm) with a program of the music of Billie Holiday. Charmin Michelle sings with “taste and understatement, swing and savoir faire, grace and grooves, intimacy and panache” (TC Music Net). Born in Birmingham, […]

Mike Stern Quartet at the Dakota, September 12-13

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© Andrea Canter Call him the Comeback Kid. After a potentially disastrous accident that broke both upper arms, Grammy-nominated, former Miles Davis guitarist Mike Stern is again touring and recording, and by all counts, as good as ever. Stern brings his current quartet, with Randy Brecker, Tom Kennedy and Dennis Chambers, to the Dakota on […]

Saturday Night Forecast: Snowblind at the Black Dog on September 9, Steve Kenny Trio Opens

September 7, 2017 •

© Andrea Canter “Miles Davis said that the only question for a musician was, ‘Do you have ideas and can you project them?’ For Snowblind, the answer is, ‘at all times.’” – Phil Hey The brass-laden quintet Snowblind easily earned drummer Phil Hey’s admiration, as well as broad-based fan support, since it first launched over […]

True to her Brazilian DNA: Eliane Elias at the Dakota September 7

September 4, 2017 •

© Andrea Canter “She can be lusty and discreet, openly hip and lazily reflective. She can make you sway and reduce you to tears, often simultaneously.” –Rex Reed, New York Observer One of the most prized Brazilian exports since coffee, multi-Grammy nominee, 2016 Grammy winner (Best Latin Jazz Album) Eliane Elias returns to the […]

All Originals: The Joan Hutton Jazz Project at Studio Z on September 1

August 29, 2017 •

© Andrea Canter Steve Kenny’s All Originals jazz season continues Friday, September 1, with the Joan Hutton Jazz Project, performing all original compositions from multi-reed player, composer and educator Joan Hutton. She’s joined by fellow saxophonists David Milne, pianist Jesse Mueller, bassist Joan Griffith, and drummer Jendeen Forberg. Joan Hutton is an educator, performer, and […]

Young Jazz Artists Wanted! Dakota Combo Auditions on September 17

August 28, 2017 •

© Andrea Canter The 12th edition of the Dakota Combo – an elite ensemble of up to eight area youth jazz artists—will be selected following auditions at the MacPhail Center for Music on September 17th. A program of the MacPhail Center for Music and sponsored by the Dakota Foundation for Jazz Education, the Combo will […]