Month: February 2016

Long-time jazz educator, head of Jazz Studies at the University of Minnesota, renowned arranger for the Glenn Miller Orchestra and more, Dean Sorenson is also an accomplished trombonist and bandleader who is not heard on the bandstand often enough. Dean recently came out of the classroom with a newly assembled sextet of local veterans, played […]

“He had bounce in his rhythm that would bounce off the floor and carry the music up to the ceiling. He had this ethnic sound – the continent of Africa – but with grace. He has a dignity and the flavor of Africa, and of metropolitan cities, all with the element of surprise.” –Wayne Shorter […]