Bill Carrothers Solo in the Dunsmore Room on December 23

© Andrea Canter “The relentlessly inventive pianist Bill Carrothers’ harmonic sophistication has to be heard to be believed.”  —Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune “A little bit of Europe right here in Fridley.” — Bill Carrothers re the Dunsmore Room   Widely acclaimed throughout Europe where he spends most of his touring time, pianist Bill Carrothers returns […]

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John Raymond Standards Trio at Jazz Central, December 22

© Andrea Canter “Electrifyingly new and strangely familiar at the same time…with his mix of modern sounds and old-fashioned feeling, Raymond is steering jazz in the right direction.”––Downbeat Magazine Even as a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, trumpeter John Raymond exuded an unusual degree of commitment to his craft, apparent in his playing […]

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