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Twin Cities Jazz Festival Returns to Mears Park Sept. 17–18

July 22, 2021 •

The Twin Cities Jazz Festival will see its return to Mears Park this September with two days of music in this beautiful urban park. This year’s festival will be headlined by award-winning pianist Kenny Barron and his trio, rising star Emmet Cohen, and trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis with his Quintet. A second stage will be set […]

All-Star Tribute Recording to Benefit Frank Kimbrough Scholarship

July 18, 2021 •

By Don Berryman for Jazzpolice.com I just listened to 5 1/2 hours of Frank Kimbrough’s compositions performed by some of the best jazz musicians of our time. I recommend it. KIMBROUGH celebrates the music of pianist, arranger, bandleader, composer and educator Frank Kimbrough, who passed away in December of 2020. Recorded over three and a […]

The 2021 River to River Festival Starring Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Leo Genovese

July 17, 2021 •

Leo Genovese, Esperanza Spalding, and Terri Lyne Carrington at the River to River Festival © Kevin R. Mason On June 10, 2021, New York City’s River to River Festival kicked off its 20th edition with a concert by Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Leo Genovese. The River to River Festival is a free […]

Roy Hargrove / Mulgrew Miller In Harmony – 2-LP Record Store Day exclusive

July 9, 2021 •

By Don Berryman for jazzpolice.com “Artists like Roy Hargrove and Mulgrew Miller are what make our music what it is. Sometimes people think about jazz as this isolated sound for quirky people. It’s folks like Mulgrew and Roy who expand the territory of what this music delivers to the world. It’s important for us to […]

The 2021 Newport Jazz Festival – Returning Live!

July 6, 2021 •

George Wein and Christian McBride © Kevin R. Mason From July 30 to August 1, 2021, the Newport Jazz Festival (NJF) is returning live, after being closed down in 2020 due to the pandemic. One of the oldest in the world, the “Grandaddy of jazz festivals” will be once again held […]

The Helio Alves Quartet at the Re-Opening of the Jazz Forum

July 5, 2021 •

The Helio Alves Quartet © Kevin R. Mason After over a year of being closed due to the pandemic, the Jazz Forum in Tarrytown, NY, Westchester County’s only dedicated jazz nightclub, re-opened on the weekend of May 28-29, 2021. The nightclub had hosted numerous live streams during the past year. The streams […]