Year: 2017

© Andrea Canter A few months ago, the long-running Illicit Sextet celebrated its third recording at the Black Dog in St Paul. Now the band takes their all-originals approach to performing and recording across the river, holding the Minneapolis CD Release for Addendum at Reverie on March 16 (9 pm), part of IS co-founder Steve […]

© Andrea Canter Multi-Grammy winner and vibes master Gary Burton, a pioneer in the use of the four-mallet technique, recently announced he will retire from performing at the end of March, and is making his “final rounds” to some of his favorite cities with a favorite collaborator, pianist Makoto Ozone. Burton, now 74, is a […]