© Andrea Canter An exciting group of Twin Cities musicians, the Steven Hobert Quartet returns to the venue where it all started on the Thursday Night Jazz at Reverie series, June 29. Leader Hobert (piano) is joined by versatile saxophonist Pete Whitman, wide-ranging bassist Yohannes Tona, and up-and-coming drummer Arthur “LA” Buckner. Originally from Hartland, […]
© Andrea Canter The Dunsmore Room at Crooners’ Lounge in Fridley, MN continues its tradition of booking outstanding pianists, both regional favorites and international stars. Richard Johnson straddles both realms, making his Dunsmore Room debut on June 27-28. His trio both nights includes local veterans Jeremy Boettcher on bass and Adrian Suarez on drums. On […]
© Andrea Canter It’s the jazziest weekend of the year in the Twin Cities as we move into the final two days of the annual jazz festival, a couple post-fest gigs, and the screening of a documentary about the amazing musical life of one of our local veterans. And of course jazz never ends — […]
© Andrea Canter Day Two of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival features two free clinics (Emmet Cohen, Anat Cohen) at McNally Smith College of Music, Anat Cohen and her Choro Adventuroso ensemble, the first afternoon of music on the Youth Showcase at Union Depot, the Jazz Vocal Showcase at the TPT Street Stage, and great […]
© Jon Morgan For a modern jazz musician, touring with a working band is something of a paradox. On the one hand, it suggests a venture that is arduous to arrange, economically unpredictable, fraught with mundane details, and endless waiting. On the other, it represents perhaps the best way to develop the interpersonal rapport that […]
© Jon Morgan As fortunate as we are to have an opportunity at each year’s Twin Cities Jazz Festival to hear legends like McCoy Tyner or Ellis Marsalis, along with younger stars such as Anat Cohen or Joey Alexander, what may be as impressive is the sheer vitality of the local jazz scene put on […]