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 Saturday, 20 March 2010


Connie Olson Brings Doris Day and More to Crave, September 14th Print E-mail
Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor   
Thursday, 13 September 2007

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Three years ago, Minneapolis chanteuse Connie Olson recorded a tribute to Doris Day, aptly titled Daydreaming. After a few months of fine-tuning on Twin Cities stages, Connie has performed her “Doris” show at Rossi’s and the Dakota, and with local pianist Mary Louise Knutson, took the show on the road to Los Angeles in February. This Friday night, September 14th, Connie will be on stage at Crave in the Galleria in Edina, backed by the Mary Louise Knutson Trio.

Connie Olson grew up in Minneapolis and has been performing professionally since 17 as a lead singer for a wide range of music ensembles, including rock 'n' roll, rhythm and blues, and jazz. In the 1980s, she tested the scene in Los Angeles, attending the Dick Grove School of Music and working in many of LA's top venues such as the Disneyland Hotel, the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, and the Ritz Carlton Hotels. Her voice has taken her around the world, working with the Peter Duchin Big Band, and the Peter Graves Orchestra, as well as with musicians from the Manhattan Transfer, the Brian Setzer Orchestra, and the bands of Prince and Madonna. She’s worked as a clinician at the Manhattan School of Music, and during the fall of 2002, she toured US colleges and music schools with acclaimed German vibraphonist Bill Molenhof.

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Catching Up With Connie Evingson—From Hot Club to Frishberg Print E-mail
Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor   
Thursday, 16 March 2006
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Vocalist Connie Evingson has been an enduring presence on the Twin Cities’ jazz scene for more than two decades. Her visibility and virtuosity as one of the founding members of Moore By Four helped spur a solo career that has encompassed such diverse projects as the music of Peggy Lee, the Beatles, and Django Reinhart. With the success of Gypsy in My Soul (2004, Minnehaha Music), much of what we have heard from Connie in the past year reflects the growing popularity of hot club music and such area bands as the Clearwater, Parisota, and Twin Cities Hot Clubs. Remaining true to her eclectic tastes, Connie recently completed work in two recording studios on either side of the Atlantic—with the Hot Club of Sweden and back home with David Frishberg. The Jazz Police caught up with Connie as she was preparing for two March performances at the Dakota, with Irv Williams (March 15) and as part of a showcase of McKnight Fellowship recipients (March 26th). (Click here for more about March shows.)
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Off the Zephyr Track: An Interview With Paula Lammers Print E-mail
Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor   
Tuesday, 07 February 2006
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Twin Cities’ vocalist Paula Lammers has spent five years aboard the Minnesota Zephyr in Stillwater, singing standards, growing an audience, and wondering where her musical journey would take her. With the recent release of A Blanket of Blue (Nightingale Jazz), the destination seems clearly focused on the presentation of great songs reflecting a personal “longing for connection,” sung with clear conviction and exemplary musicianship. Jazz Police caught up with Paula to chat about the new recording and her journey in seeing this project to fruition.

JP. How you decided to includes these songs on your first recording--are these overall favorites or new material for you?

PL. I wanted to set a mood for this recording while still having a variety of sounds to keep the listener interested. I have a personal, special connection to each song on this CD. Each song has a story
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Slide Huxtable at the Artists Quarter, August 24th Print E-mail
Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor   
Monday, 22 August 2005
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No, it isn’t an episode of the Cosby Show at the Artists Quarter Wednesday night. The Slide Huxtable Quartet isn’t TV comedy, but rather a newly formed jazz ensemble that promises edgy arrangements from a group of veteran Twin Cities’ musicians. The Slide Huxtable Quartet includes former Motion Poets Mark Miller on trombone, Chris Bates on bass, and brother J.T. Bates on drums, along with Bill Bergman on guitar. Playing a mix of originals and standards rearranged “to put some fun into the music,” the band took its name from the famous Bill Cosby Show episode where Cliff's dad (Russell “Slide” Huxtable) plays at a jam session with a bunch of real jazz musicians. Notes Chris Bates, “Slide Hampton is playing off camera while Slide Huxtable does a really bad job of lip synching on camera. We all loved that episode as kids and so the band name came from there.”

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Brian Roessler Print E-mail
Written by Ronaldo Oregano   
Friday, 05 August 2005
ImageBrian Roessler is a bassist and composer. Whether he's quietly working out the details of a new composition, shaking the ground in a late night rock club, or executing delicately textured new double bass music, Brian's rhythmic precision and wide-ranging musical fluency has allowed him to thrive in a variety of settings.

As a teenager Brian dedicated himself to prog rock odysseys, but by the time he finished college he had composed an hour long film score incorporating stringquartets, pieces for small jazz combos, and sequenced MIDI. His 1995 piece Returning to Silence was chosen by the Macphail Center for Music as the subject of amaster class with composer Henry Threadgill. Improvisational structures and works for solo instruments and small ensembles continue to be Brian's compositional focus.

On electric bass Brian has been featured live and on recordings by acclaimed artists such as Storyhill, Alva Star, Brenda Weiler, and most notably Spymob - hi slongtime band that signed with Epic records in 1998.

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