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“They said Bird played bebop, but Bird could still swing. I’ve heard a lot of guys play bebop, but they wasn’t swinging.” - Jay McShann

Friday, 09 January 2009

May 2007 Live Jazz in the Twin Cities

Written by Administrator

Monday, 30 April 2007

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May 2007 Live Jazz in the Twin Cities
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Our main source for Twin Cities live jazz calendaris the Twin Cities Jazz Society's monthly publicaiton, Jazz Notes.

1 “New Directions,” contemporary compositions performed by the University of Minnesota Jazz Ensemble I & II, Ted Mann Concert Hall, U of M West Bank, 2128 4th St. S., Mpls., 7:30 p.m., free
May 1: Normandale College Jazz Ensemble, Fine Arts Building, Normandale College, Bloomington, 7:30 p.m., free.
May 1 Minnesota State Mankato Jazz Singers and Jazz Combos, MSU, Mankato, MN, 7:30 p.m., $8 and $4, students.
May 1 Bellagala Big Band, Main Ballroom Sofitel, Bloomington, 7-9:30 p.m. Tickets, $10, are avail. adv., (651) 227-1202, or at the door. FFI, visit website,
May 3 Les Yeux Noirs, *Cedar Cultural Center.
May 4 TCJS “Jazz from J to Z” concert and dance featuring Twin Cities Hot Club (Gypsy jazz) in “Swing from Paris,” Bloomington Knights of Columbus Hall, 1114 American Blvd., Blooming-ton, 8 p.m. (Free dance lessons by Cindy & Terry Gardner from TC Swing, 7 p.m.) Tickets at the door, $10; $7, TCJS, TC Swing, & MN Lindy members. Free parking. website.
May 4 Normandale Community College Jazz Ensemble, Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 7:30 p.m., FFI, contact Aaron Moe, (952) 487-7279.

May 4 Bethel University Spring Music Festival "Jazz in the Great Hall," featuring the Bethel Jazz Orchestras and Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Benson Great Hall, Bethel University, 3900 Bethel Dr., St. Paul, 7:30 p.m., $12 and $5, students, (651) 638-6333.
May 4-5: The Out to Lunch Quintet presents the Music of Eric Dolphy - *Artists’ Quarter. 651-292-1359
May 4 St. Cloud State University Faculty Jazz Quintet, Radisson Suite Hotel, 404 W. St. Germain, St. Cloud, MN, 7:30-10:30 p.m., free, (320) 654-1661.
May 5 Minnesota Public Radio presents “All Together Now,” sing-along, featuring host Dan Chouinard and a cast of notable front porch minstrels and storytellers including Beth Gilleland, Maria Jette, Prudence Johnson, Kevin Kling, Cyril Paul, T. Mychael Rambo, Jerry Rau, Gary Rue, Sima Shumilovsky and you! The Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, 8 p.m., $31 and $27, at the box office, (651) 290-1221; or Ticketmaster ArtsLine, (612) 673-0404; website.
May 5 Swing dance featuring Just Friends Big Band, Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 13505 Excelsior Blvd., Hopkins, 6:30-10:30 p.m., $18, (952) 935-0001.
May 5 West Bank School of Music Jazz Ensembles, directed by Paul Renz, The Terminal Bar, 409 Hennepin Ave. E., N.E. Mpls., 9 p.m.-1 a.m., (612) 623-4545, $5 cover.
May 5 Daddy Squeeze Trio, Living Green Expo, MN State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, noon-1 p.m., website.
May 6 Walker-West Academy Spring Concert, *Artists’ Quarter.
May 6 Barbary Coast Dixieland Band, Christ Lutheran Church, (763-784-3300) 641 89th Ave. N.E., Blaine, 9 & 10:30 a.m. services. (952) 888-5613 (band).
May 6 Daddy Squeeze, Festival of Nations,, RiverCentre, 175 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, 1-6 p.m., website.
May 6 Larry McDonough with daughter Rosie McDonough, Highland Friendship Club Music Show of Children and Adults with Disabilities, Cretin Derham Hall, 550 S. Albert St., St. Paul, 1:30 p.m., website.
May 6 Upper Mississippi Jazz Band, The Phipps Center, 109 Locust Street, Hudson, WI 54016, 7 p.m., $21.Tickets available in person, or call the ticket office 9-3 p.m. M-F/Sat., 9-noon, (715) 386-8409; or visit website.
May 6: West Duluth Jazz Festival, Mr. D’s Bar & Grill, 5622 Grand Ave., Duluth, MN (218-628-3793), 2-11 p.m., featuring a variety of jazz groups including the Big Time Jazz Orchestra (8-9 p.m.). FFI, contact Randy Lee, website or call (218) 728-2038.
May 6-7 Karrin Allyson, *Dakota Jazz Club.
May 9 Larry McDonough, Dinner/Benefit for the Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis, Marriott City Center Grand Portage Ballroom, 30 S. 7th St., Mpls., 5:30 p.m., (612) 349-4000. FFI, Nancy Kleeman, (612) 332-1441, website.
May 10 Hamline University Jazz Ensembles Spring Concert, Sundin Music Hall, Hamline University, 1536 Hewitt Ave., St. Paul, 8 p.m., free and open to the public. FFI, call (651) 523-2197.
May 10 Jazz Innovators: from Bebop to Hard Bop to Cool and More, as part of the six-part series “Looking At: Jazz, America’s Art Form,” Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, 7 p.m. program; 8 p.m. concert with Kelly Rossum Quartet (sponsored by the Minneapolis Public Library and MacPhail Center for Music).
May 10 Big Time Jazz Orchestra and the University of Wisconsin-Superior (UWS) Jazz Ensemble fund-raiser concert for the UWS Jazz Scholarship program, Rothwell Student Center, UWS, Superior, WI, 7:30 p.m., $8 & $5. FFI, contact Randy Lee, (218) 728-2038.
May 12: Spring Big Band Hangar Dance featuring the Roseville Big Band, sponsored by the Commemorative Air Force, CAF Hangar, Fleming Field Airport, S. St. Paul, 8 p.m.-midnight (doors open, 6 p.m., free dance lessons by TC Swing, 7 p.m.), $10 donation per person. Prizes for best dancers, uniforms & ‘40s dress! Snacks/beverages avail., website.
May 12 Jack Brass Band with Fat Maw Rooney and Roster McCabe, *Cabooze.
May 12 Chris Smither with Nathan, *Cedar Cultural Center.
May 12 Solo pianist Butch Thompson, Blue Heron Coffeehouse, 162 W. 2nd St., Winona, MN, 7:30 p.m., (507) 452-7020.
May 14 Milo Fine Trio, Homewood Studios, 2400 Plymouth Ave. N., Mpls., 7 p.m., $5 at the door, (612) 587-0230, website.
May 15 Saxophonist Branford Marsalis, (2 shows) *Dakota Jazz Club.
May 15 Ticket to Brasil quartet, Blaine City Hall Atrium, 10801 Town Square Dr., Blaine, 8-9 p.m., free—indoors, (763) 785-6164, website.
May 15 Bethel Jazz Orchestra Spring Concert, Benson Great Hall, 3900 Bethel Dr., St. Paul, 7:30 p.m., free, (651) 638-6333.
May 16 Saxophonist Branford Marsalis, Paramount Theatre, 913 W. Germain St., St. Cloud, MN, 7:30 p.m., $23; $22, seniors; and $20, students, (320) 259-5463; website.
May 16-17 All that Jazz—the Underground Vibe of New York, Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Mpls., 7 p.m., $19.25 - $44.25, (612) 371-5642. (Post-concert Q&A with conductor David Alan Miller.)
May 17 Latin Jazz and Jazz as an International Music, as part of the six-part series “Looking At: Jazz, America’s Art Form,” Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Mpls., 7 p.m. program; 8 p.m. concert with Nachito Herrera (sponsored by the Minneapolis Public Library and MacPhail Center for Music).
May 19 Barbary Coast Dixieland Band, August-ana Lutheran Church, 1400 Robert St. S., West St. Paul, 9 & 10 a.m. services, (651) 457-3373 (church) or (952) 888-5613 (band).
May 19 New York Serenade with jazz vocalist Betsyanne Faiella, Hopkins Center for the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, 7:30 p.m., $24; $19, TCJS members/seniors; & $12, students, (952) 979-1111 (Tues.-Sat. noon-6 p.m.), website.
May 19 Pianist Mary Louise Knutson, Midtown Global Market, Lake St. & Chicago Ave., Mpls., 1-2:30 p.m.
May 19 Golden Valley Days, Arts & Music Festival to feature music after the 10 a.m. parade, with Hopkins North Junior High Jazz Band, Robbinsdale Armstrong Senior High Jazz Band, Charanga Tropical (Cuban jazz) plus blues and rock, Golden Valley City Hall Campus (one block N.E. of Hwy. 55 and Winnetka.
May 19 Randy Lee Jazz Orchestra, a benefit for the NYMP (Northland Youth Music Program) summer music camps, Bong Memorial Center, Superior, WI. Snacks and swing dancing available. FFI, contact Randy Lee, website or call (218) 728-2038.
May 20 Preservation Hall Jazz Band: New Orleans Roots, 2 p.m., Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Mpls., $20.25-$39.25, (612) 371-5642; website. The Jack Brass Band, in the lobby, 1 p.m., and during intermission, website.
May 20 Pianist Laura Caviani, Cannon River Winery, 421 Mill St. W., Cannon Falls, MN, 3-5 p.m., website; (507) 263-7400, free.
May 20 Century Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert, Century College, 3300 Century Ave. N., White Bear Lake, 3 p.m., free.
May 20 High school student band “Shiz” followed by solo piano concert with Rob Gonzalez, City Brewery Hospitality Center, 1111 S. 3rd St., La Crosse, WI, 3-6 p.m., $15 and $5, students, (608) 791-1190; website; website.
May 21-22 Jazz vocalist Sachal Vasandani, *Dakota Jazz Club.
May 23 Minnesota Public Radio presents Chanticleer, The Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, 7:30 p.m., $35-$25, Tickets are available in person at the Fitzgerald Theater box office, (651) 290-1221; or through Ticketmaster ArtsLine, (612) 673-0404; website.
May 23 & Bernie Edstrom’s Band with vocalist Arne
May 6/5 Fogel, Jax Cafe, 1928 University Ave. N.E., Mpls., (612) 789-7297. 5/23, 5:30-7:30 p.m.; 6/5, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
May 25-27 Eric Alexander Group, *Artists’ Quarter.
May 26 Maud Hixson and the Wolverines Trio, Cue at the Guthrie, 806 Second St. S., Mpls., 8 p.m.-12:30 p.m., website or call (612) 225-6499.
May 27 Barbary Coast Dixieland Band, Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church, 5025 Knox Ave. S., Mpls. Services at: 9, 10 & 11 a.m. & 12 p.m. FFI, (612) 827-5919 (church) or (952) 888-5613 (band).
May 31 Bend in the River Big Band (concert & dance), directed by Bob Hallquist, with vocalist Laurie Rejzer, CD release party for Bad Habits, Good Intentions, *Wabasha Street Caves.
JUNE 1-3 Lew Tabackin, *Artists’ Quarter.

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