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Twin Cities Jazz Festival Celebrates 25 Years – June 23-24

June 19, 2023 •

The 25th Annual Twin Cities Jazz Festival will fill Mears Park with music, June 23-24 “In 2009, both the Strib and PP reported that they didn’t know exactly when Lowertown had turned around, but knew it did happen during the Twin Cities Jazz Festival. This festival has an impact that goes beyond performances. It brings […]

Dayna Stephens can handle challenges

June 5, 2023 •

Back in 2020, when the Covid pandemic brought a halt to live music and many other activities multi-instrumentalist Dayna Stephens may have been better prepared than most to deal with the challenge. It wasn’t the first time he had dealt with a health-related career interruption. Stephens, who will bring his quartet to Saturday Night Jazz […]

JazzMn Orchestra Launches New Season, Concert Series With Byron Stripling, May 23

April 27, 2023 •

The JazzMN Orchestra at Chanhassen Dinner Theater For a quarter century, the JazzMN Orchestra has provided the Twin Cities area (and beyond) with the best of classic and modern big band music, presented by some of the best jazz musicians in the Upper Midwest. Under the baton of renowned saxophonist/bandleader Pete Whitman and the artistic […]

A Look Back at 2022 – The Newport Jazz Festival – Back in Full Force!

April 9, 2023 •

Fans enjoying the Newport Jazz Festival © Kevin R. Mason This article is the first in a series that looks back at 2022 festivals, before the 2023 summer jazz festival season gets underway. In 2022, the Newport Jazz Festival (NJF) returned live for the second […]

Previously Unreleased Recordings from Chet Baker, Bill Evans, Art Blakey, Shirely Scott, and Sonny Stitt Available on Vinyl for Record Store Day April 22nd, 2023

April 7, 2023 •

By Don Berryman, Chet Baker photo © Tom Copi You can find limited edition and newly discovered jazz treasures on vinyl at your local record store on Record Store Day, April 22nd, 2023. Chet Baker Blue Room: The 1979 VARA Studio Sessions in Holland Chet Baker Blue Room: The 1979 VARA Studio Sessions in Holland, […]

McBride leads a high-flying quartet at the Dakota

March 23, 2023 •

By Dan Emerson. . Describing all the “jobs” Christian McBride holds would completely fill up a business card: bassist, composer, bandleader, radio host, educator, historian, festival artistic director….and, considering the powerhouse band he brought to the Dakota jazz club on March 21-22, you could add to that “talent scout.” McBride’s New Jawn quartet – one […]