By: Bill Stieger for Jazzpolice.com – Photos by Andrea Canter “As long as Jerry Bergonzi is around, no tenor player can rest on his laurels.” – Saxophonist Michael Brecker. Jerry Bergonzi Will Kjeer Master saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi gave an exhibition on the art-of-the-tenor as one of the headliners for the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, this […]
JazzMN Orchestra performs in the new Belvedere at Crooners on the final day of the festival, June 27 2020 was filled with empty stages, indoors and out. Jazz artists and jazz fans started 2021 with dim prospects for gigs and festivals as venues remained closed. Yet Crooners Lounge persisted, and with some significant renovations, brought […]
The Twin Cities Jazz Festival will see its return this June with a combination of live ticketed performances and outdoor streamed concerts. This year’s festival will be headlined by award-winning tenor saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi and his quartet, vocalist Kurt Elling, Jamecia Bennett, the Jazz Women All-Stars featuring Patty Peterson and Ginger Commodore, JazzMN Orchestra and […]
2021 Global Concert artists (courtesy of International Jazz Day) [From IJD and JAM press releases] The 10th Anniversary of International Jazz Day, the world’s largest annual celebration of jazz, will take place on April 30th, with thousands of worldwide programs culminating in a spectacular All-Star Global Concert from New York, Los Angeles, UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, […]
Emmet Cohen © Kevin R. Mason Vita Vita Muir © Kevin R. Mason The Litchfield Jazz Festival presented the Emmet Cohen Trio virtually on Friday, December 18, 2020, featuring Emmet Cohen on piano, Kyle Poole on drums, and Philip Norris on bass. […]
David Amram and Mark Morganelli at the Jazz Forum © Kevin R. Mason The Jazz Forum in Tarrytown, NY celebrated yet another marvelous birthday with David Amram & Friends. This time, it was Amram’s 90th birthday, with a November 14 live-streamed set. Although the anniversary of Amram’s birth actually falls on November 17, these early […]