Author: Andrea Canter

Two of the Twin Cities favorite jazz sons, saxophonist Pat Mallinger and pianist Bill Carrothers, have appeared often in the Twin Cities since making their respective moves to Chicago and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and building international reputations. Mallinger has led a long-standing quartet with Carrothers on the piano bench, a frequent act at Chicago’s Green […]

Head of Minnesota’s “First Family of Music,” indefatigable performer and source of inspiration to generations of musicians, Jeanne Arland Peterson passed away on June 23, 2013. In addition to establishing the Jeanne Arland Peterson Scholarship in Jazz Studies at the U of M, her talented offspring have held several tributes to their mother’s music over […]