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Looking Back at 2021 –The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

January 22, 2022 •

Willie Jones III Charlie Parker Centennial Celebration Band © Kevin R. Mason With the ongoing pandemic, things are still quite uncertain in the world. Yet somehow, despite everything, throughout 2021, in both live virtual and in-person events, jazz still prevailed. It was a good thing too, since music […]

Ethan Iverson’s new trio is not Bad

January 10, 2022 •

By Dan Emerson. Pianist and composer Ethan Iverson will return to the Twin Cities January 13 to perform at Crooner’s in Fridley, about a month before Blue Note Records releases his new album “Every Note Is True.” Best known as a co-founder of the influential trio The Bad Plus, Iverson recorded the all-original album in […]

10 from 2021: Music Emerging

January 4, 2022 •

By Don Berryman A year ago in “20_from 2020 – New Music that Helped” I predicted that in 2021 we would witness an explosion of creativity after all the woodshedding that occurred because of the lockdown. I am glad to report that I was correct. Following are some of the great jazz albums released in […]

Mallinger will linger for a gig in his hometown

December 20, 2021 •

By Dan Emerson Pat Mallinger Home for a visit at Thanksgiving, Chicago-based tenor saxophonist-composer Pat Mallinger was walking in downtown St. Paul when he came across a new club he hadn’t heard of: KJ’s Hideaway. The same day, he got a call from drummer and promoter Kenny Horst inviting him to play a gig in […]

Jay Epstein: The Secrets of the Twin Cities Workingest Jazz Drummer

November 23, 2021 •

By Bill Stieger. The drummer perches behind his red Gretsch with the posture of a finishing school graduate. His sticks are small, and he balances them on his fingertips. An array of hand hammered Turkish cymbals surround him. The man looks like a jazz musician ought: He favors newsboy caps, ties with wild patterns, pastel […]

Douglas R. Ewart is busy and getting busier

November 17, 2021 •

By Dan Emerson. Multimedia-ite, multi-disciplinarian, multi-instrumentalist Douglas R. Ewart does too many things to fit neatly on a business card. Depending on the day, or time of day, he’s a composer, improviser, record-label owner, sculptor, mask and instrument-maker, educator, lecturer, arts organization consultant, and – as his bio says – “all around visionary.” Douglas R. […]