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Tuesday, 18 June 2013

PipJazz Sundays Launches New Season on March 11th

Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor

Thursday, 08 March 2012

Jason Peterson DeLaire©Andrea Canter

The PipJazz Sundays concert series at St. Paul’s Landmark Center launches its 2012 season on Sunday, March 11 (5 pm), with guest singer/multi-instrumentalist Jason Peterson DeLaire and student guest artist, 17-year-old saxophonist Devante Jackson. This series, headed by Chicago transplant Pippi Ardennia, features Pippi on vocals and the “house band” of pianist Peter Schimke, guitarist Jimi Behringer, bassist Billy Peterson and drummer Glenn Swanson.

What is “Pipjazz”? Coined by her fans in Chicago—she relocated to the Twin Cities about five years ago—“PipJazz” according to Pippi simply means “good music that makes you feel good.” Guest artists during the 2011 season included Rockie Robbins, Jamecia Bennett, Patty Peterson, Gary Schulte, Irv Williams and Esera Tuaolo. In November, with support from the Twin Cities Jazz Society, PipJazz Sundays expanded to include student guest artists as a part of each concert. The Twin Cities Jazz Society will continue as a cosponsor of the PipJazz Youth program, sharing the task of selecting student guest artists with Walker West Music Academy.

Pippi Ardennia©Andrea Canter

Pippi Ardennia has been singing publically since she was 13 years old, and has performed at many of Chicago's historic jazz venues, including the Burning Spear, High Chaparral, Capitol Theater, Mr. Kelly's, Rosebud on Rush, Redhead, Green Dolphin, Tavern Club and Symphony Center, as well as the Taste of Chicago. In Minneapolis, Pippi has performed at the Dakota Jazz Club, FACES, and the Twin Cities Jazz Festival. She’s sung for President Clinton, Chicago’s Mayor Daley, Tony Bennett and Liza Minnelli, and shared the stage with Freddie Hubbard, George Freeman, Billy Branch, Johnny Taylor and more. “I used to think of myself as a ‘song stylist,’ rather than a jazz singer,” says Pippi. “I was a storyteller more than a technical singer. But after forty years, I think of myself as a real singer. But it’s about the emotion, the feeling.” Pippi was recently featured on Town Square Television’s Girl Talk and WCCO’s Almanac, and is looking forward to the spring 2012 release of Love So Good which features her original compositions and lyrics as well as a wide assortment of covers.

Jason P. DeLaire is a third generation musician in Minnesota’s “first family” of music, the Petersons. Proficient on keyboards and saxophone, he is also a talented singer, songwriter and producer, working across genres of jazz and R&B. Currently touring with Oleta Adams, he has also toured nationally and internationally with renowned artists such as Donny Osmond, Michael Bolton, Prince, Alexander O’Neal, Richard Marx, Solo, and Cherrelle. His resume also includes performing locally with Patty Peterson and Friends, and studio work with Bobby Brown, Ben Sidran and Flyte Time Productions. Jason attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, studying film scoring and musical harmony. His debut CD, In My Life, received critical acclaim during the inauguration of President Barack Obama for his reflective lyrics.

Devante Jackson is a senior at St. Paul Central High School, where he plays tenor saxophone in the school jazz ensembles. A long-time student at Walker West Music Academy, Devante and his younger brother DeCarlo (student guest trumpeter in November) lead the young “veteran” band Public New Sense and play in the community band, the Capri Big Band, as well as the Walker West Jazz Ensembles. Over the past few years he has performed at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, Freedom Jazz Festival and Midtown Global Jazz Festival. After graduation this spring, Devante plans to continue his music studies at the University of Manitoba.

Tickets for PipJazz Sunday concerts can be purchased online at www.pipjazz.com; $20 for adults ($25 at the door); children 12 and under free; students $10. Free student tickets are available –contact Pippi at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information. The Weyerhauser Auditorium is located in the lower level of Landmark Center, 75 Fifth Street in downtown St. Paul. Future concerts will be held on the second Sunday of each month, March through December 2012. For background on the PipJazz concert series, see earlier article on Jazz Police.

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