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Twin Cities Jazz Festival Preview by TPT (Video)

June 21, 2017 •

2017 Twin Cities Jazz Festival, Day by Day: Thursday, June 22

June 20, 2017 •

© Andrea Canter Officially, the 19th annual Twin Cities Jazz Festival launches in and around Mears Park in St Paul on Thursday, June 22, running through June 24, with jazz and more jazz, all of it free, at 27 different venues. Several pre-fest events have already taken place with performances at the Hennepin Avenue United […]

Pre-Fest: Cameron Kinghorn, Charanga Tropical, Jordan Anderson, Lee Engele

June 18, 2017 •

© Andrea Canter The Twin Cities Jazz Festival officially gets underway June 22, but there’s already been some pre-fest music, continuing this weekend and into the week with performances at the Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in Minneapolis and at the George Latimer Central Library, Walker West Music Academy, and Merriam Park Library in St. […]

Nancy Harms Returns to the Dunsmore Room, June 18

June 17, 2017 •

© Andrea Canter “Other people are trying to be jazz vocalists. Nancy just is a jazz vocalist. She has amazing pitch and really good time, and she never has problems with form, which for a vocalist is crazy.” –Jeremy Siskind In 2015, Minnesota transplant, New York-based vocalist Nancy Harms presented two stunning rounds of […]

How Birds Work, Youth Showcase at the Black Dog, June 17

June 16, 2017 •

© Andrea Canter “We all listen to what’s happening moment to moment and try to contribute a part that no one else would think of. When we open it up, it’s like, whoa. It might not be obvious to listeners where the top or the bridge of the tune is. But we always come back.” […]

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, June 16-22

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© Andrea Canter After a relaxing week in San Francisco and the North Bay (including an evening concert from Joe Lovano and his new “Classic Quartet”), I am happy to be back in the Jazz Cities as we heat up to the Twin Cities Jazz Festival. Young lions and seasoned veterans, locals and visitors, combine […]