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Written by Don Berryman
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Thursday, 08 April 2004 |
 Pete Whitman is a very talented performer, composer, arranger and band leader. He plays tenor, alto and soprano saxophones and flute. His current project is the Pete Whitman X-tet which performs monthly at the Artists' Quarter in Saint Paul. Downbeat magazine gave their recent Artegra record's release "Where's When?" a well deserved four stars. This CD is a SACD multi-track recording and sounds amazing. The Pete WHitman Quintet also has a CD out and Pete's previous quintet called Departure Point also has a great self-titled CD available.
Pete also performs regularly with the JazzMN big band, JAZZAX sazophone quintet, and his own quintet.
Pete Whitman has been actively composing, arranging, and performing for the past 21 years. As a jazz saxophonist he has performed with such artists as Randy Brecker, Jack McDuff, and the Woody Herman Orchestra, and currently leads his own group, The Pete Whitman X-Tet. Whitman attended North Texas State University, where he received his B.M. and M.M. Majoring in Jazz Studies and Minoring in Flute. Currently, Whitman is also teaching at Music Tech, a Minneapolis-based music school where he heads the Woodwind and Brass Department. |
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Written by Don Berryman
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Thursday, 08 April 2004 |
 Photo by Andrea Canter Tom Lewis is an excellent jazz bass player who plays in some of the best emsembles around town. A long standing member of the "Jazz All Stars" (local bebop icon Eddie Berger's last band) as well as the well respected Phil Hey Quartet.
Tom can play it all. He is a free-bop, straight-ahead, hard bop and bebop bassist and he swings like anything. He is a frequent sideman at gigs around town and on some of the best local artists' CD's. |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 07 April 2004 |
 He is a local treasure and pleasure to hear. Tenor saxophone man Irv Willians is called "Mr. Smooth", not that he plays in the contemporary 'smooth jazz' genre, but he has a smooth full tone and tends to focus on beautiful ballads. This cat, now in his 80's, still has great chops and can play with a style that reveals depth of jazz knowledge and experience. He is also very popular and was voted "Best Jazz Musician" in the 2001 City Pages readers poll.Irv has had several retirement parties, but still can be heard gigging around town. The Zander Cafe and Sophias occasionally feature him and he is well worth seeking out. He is also a very nice guy with quite a sense of humor.
Irv settled here after WWII, and following stints with Fletcher Henderson and Mary Lou Williams. He is the beloved elder statesman, the guy who remembers the Flame, the Key Club, Cassius's Bamboo Room, and countless other bygone joints that once dotted a lost, cool Twin Cities nightscape. Photograph courtesy of Howard Gitelson |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 07 April 2004 |
 Anthony Cox is a Twin Cities Bass player who shines in a town full of great bass players. He is a solid, disciplined player who is at home in traditional, post-bop and more rock oriented avant-guard settings that are increasingly popular with a growing young audience in town. He performs and is at home with upright bass, string electric bass guitar and Spanish style acoustic bass guitar (one of my personal favorites because of its unique sound).
He has recorded with Dewey Redman Geri Allen, Arthur Blythe, Mike Cain, Uri Caine and many others.
He is pictured at right at the old Dakota Bar and Grill in a photograph courtesy of Howard Gitelson. |
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Written by Don Berryman
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Tuesday, 06 April 2004 |
The JazzMn Big Band is a professional jazz orchestra which follows the models of classical orchestras, striving for artistic excellence. The group brings the talents of outstanding jazz musicians from throughout the Twin Cities together to perform quarterly with visiting jazz greats.
The JazzMn Big Band has featured international jazz artists such as Arturo Sandoval, Phil Woods, James Moody, Dave Weckl, Terry Gibbs, Joey Defrancesco, Slide Hampton, and Buddy DeFranco. ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Dr. Douglas R. Snapp (Artistic/Executive Director)
- Dr. Snapp currently serves as the Director of Jazz Studies and
Trumpet professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and plays
principal trumpet in the Mankato Symphony. Doug Snapp received his
doctorate from the University of Northern Colorado, and his Bachelors
and Masters degrees from the University of North Texas. During
his
tenure at the University of Northern Colorado, Snapp served as
Assistant Director of Jazz Studies, where he directed and performed in
many groups that received prestigious Downbeat
magazine awards in the Big Band, Combo, and Vocal Jazz categories. In
1998, Snapp founded the JazzMN organization. Since that time, the
JazzMN Big Band has featured artists such as Slide Hampton, Phil Woods,
Arturo Sandoval, Dave Weckl, the New York Voices, and many others along
with the top-call musicians in the Twin Cities.
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