Year: 2017

“His contributions help tie jazz to hip-hop and R&B, reinforcing the perception that jazz is, perhaps, America’s last truly adventurous musical genre, one capable of addressing what is transpiring in the present while also honoring what has come before.” –Preston Jones, Observer After Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove is probably the best known trumpeter on the […]

Jazz and world music delightfully collide this weekend (January 14) in the music of Oudyano at Studio Z in St Paul. The duo of Twin Cities pianist Steven Hobert and Syrian oud player Issam Rafea might seem like the “odd couple”, but the pair have performed several times over the past year with surprisingly beautiful […]