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Jazz Vocalists of Minnesota—Festival Showcase and More in June |
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Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor
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Sunday, 01 June 2008 |
 Bruce Henry©Andrea Canter The Jazz Vocalists of Minnesota, an organization dedicated to supporting jazz singing through performance and education, will again perform at the annual Twin Cities Jazz Festival. This year JzVMn will be featured on the Dakota Foundation for Jazz Education/MacPhail Center for Music Stage, at the intersection of Nicollet Mall and 10th Street, on Sunday, June 29th at 12:30 pm. The set will include several ensemble arrangements. Other gigs of JzVMn members are noted below. Roxy Cruz - June 3, 8 pm, with Joe Cruz a the Washington Square Bar and Grill (White Bear Lake)
Connie Dusseau - June 5, 12, 19, 26, 7-9 pm, “Connie and Herb” with Herb Reinke (guitar) at Dunn Brothers (Anoka)
- June 27, 6-10 pm with Pizzazz Jazz at Champps (Eden Prairie)
Lee Engele - June 1, 7-10 pm, “Cole Underground,” a night of music from the Cole Porter Songbook performed with Rhonda Laurie, featuring Chris Lomheim and Graydon Peterson, at the Artists Quarter (St Paul)
- June 6, 8-10 pm, with “Cool Cat Phat Jazz” at The Space for Creativity (New Richmond, WI)
- June 14, 7 – 10 pm, with Kyle Tennis (guitar) & Jason McLean (bass) at Sage Wine Bar (Mendota Heights)
Nancy Harms - June 13, 9 pm-1 am with Rick Carlson, Keith Boyles and Nathan Norman at Rossi's (Minneapolis)
- June 14, 9 pm to 1 am at Rossi's (Minneapolis)
- June 27-28, 9 pm to 1 am at Rossi's (Minneapolis)
- June 29, with Twin Cities Hot Club at Octoplexy (lindy hop exchange)
- July 1, 7-11 pm at the Dakota Jazz Club (Minneapolis)
Bruce Henry - June 22, 3 pm leading the Freedom Train Ensemble at Jordan New Life Community Church (Minneapolis)
- June 27, 8 pm with the Bruce Henry Sextet at the Dakota Jazz Club (Minneapolis)
Rhonda Laurie - June 1, 7-10 pm, “Cole Underground,” a night of music from the Cole Porter Songbook performed with Lee Engele, featuring Chris Lomheim and Graydon Peterson, at the Artists Quarter (St Paul)
Gregg Marquardt - June 7, 9-10 pm with jazz guitarist John Ganapes at a Night of a Thousand Frolics (a fundraiser for the Twin Cities T'ai Chi Ch'uan Studio) at Triune Masonic Temple (St. Paul)
- June 12, 7-10 pm with the Minnesota Jazz Orchestra at the Wabasha Street Caves (St. Paul)
- June 22, 2 pm with the Minnesota Jazz Orchestra at the Lake Harriet Bandshell (Minneapolis)
Vicky Mountain - June 3 with Lori Dokken at the Times (Minneapolis). The early set (7:15 - 8:30) features a few of Vicky’s students (Anne Marie Mischel, Kate Burek, Laura Littleford and Dana Bennett). Vicky sings the late set at about 8:45-10:30 pm.
Christine Rosholt - June 3, 7-10 pm at Babalu Restaurant (Minneapolis)
- June 7, 1:30-3 pm with Beasley’s Big Band (Lake Harriet Music Fest from Noon- 9 pm) at the Lake Harriet Bandshell (Minneapolis)
- June 8, 4-8 pm, with the Tanner Taylor Quartet on the Mississippi Riverfront at St. Anthony Main (Minneapolis)
- June 12, 7-10 pm with the Tanner Taylor Trio at Babalu Restaurant (Minneapolis)
- June 19, 7-10 pm with Beasley’s Big Band (Swing Dance) at the Wabasha Street Caves (St Paul)
- June 20, 7:30-9:30 pm, with David Hamilton at Thistles (Robbinsdale)
- June 26, 7-10 pm with the Tanner Taylor Trio at Babalu Restaurant (Minneapolis)
- June 28, 7-11 pm with Vinnie Rose, Tom Lewis and Mac Santiago at the Dakota County Music Café (Burnsville)
Kristin Sponcia - June 7, 6:30-10:30pm , solo at the Nicollet Island Inn (Minneapolis)
- June 11, with vocalist Sarah Greer at Innuendo & Rumors (St Paul)
- June 25, with vocalist Andy Zahorsky at Innuendo& Rumors (St Paul)
Donna Wilson With the Minnesota Zephyr Strolling Cabaret (Stillwater): - June 6, Noon
- June 21, 7 pm
- June 26, 7pm
- June 28, 7 pm
- July 4, 7 pm
Venues - Artists Quarter – 408 St Peter Street, St Paul; 651-292-1359; www.artistsquarter.com
- Babalu Restaurant - 800 Washington Ave N, Minneapolis; 612-746-3158; http://babalu.us
- Champps - 8010 Glen Lane, Eden Prairie, 952-942-3331
- Dakota County Music Café - Nicollet Ave South and County Road 42, Burnsville; hiburnsville.com/all_that_jazz.cfm
- Dakota Jazz Club – 1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis; 612-332-1010; www.dakotacooks.com
- Dunn Brothers Coffee - 3841 St. Francis Blvd, Anoka; 763-323-6655
- Innuendo & Rumors – 213 E. 4th Street, St. Paul; 651-225-4528
- Jordan New Life Community Church - 1922-25th Avenue North, Minneapolis
- Lake Harriet Bandshell – Lake Harriet Parkway, Minneapolis; http://www.minneapolisparks.org/home.asp
- Minnesota Zephyr – Stillwater; 651-430-3000; www.minnesotazephyr.com
- Nicollet Island Inn – 95 Merriam Street, Minneapolis; 612-331-1800; www.nicollettislandinn.com
- Octoplexy – Prairie Lindy Exchange, www.octoplexy.com
- Rossi’s – 80 S. 9th Street, Minneapolis; www.bluestarjazz.com
- Sage Wine Bar - 730 Main Street, Mendota Heights
- St. Anthony Main - 201 Main St. SE., Minneapolis; http://www.saintanthonymain.com/musiccalender.shtml
- The Space for Creativity - 156 High Street, New Richmond, WI, 715-246-3180
- The Times Bar and Café – 201 E. Hennepin, Minneapolis; www.timesbarandcafe.com
- Thistles - 4168 West Broadway, Robbinsdale; 763-504-2541; www.thistlesamericanbistro.com
- Triune Masonic Temple – Iglehart and Howell, St. Paul; www.saintpaulthree.org
- Wabasha Street Caves – 215 S Wabasha Street, St Paul; 651-224-1191
- Washington Square Bar and Grill – 4736 Washington Square, White Bear Lake; 651-407-7162; http://wbsquare.googlepages.com
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