Year: 2017

The 2017 Twin Cities Jazz Festival: Class Acts, Perfect Weather, New and Old Favorites

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© Andrea Canter I’ve attended many Twin Cities Jazz Festivals — all since 2003. It’s been the little jazz engine that could, overcoming inevitable weather issues (usually too hot, sometimes too wet) that plague summertime festivals, and surely the most serious obstacle of all, loss of funding, sponsorship, and even the support of the host […]

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Creative Spirit, Educator, Jazz Pianist Geri Allen, 1957-2017

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© Andrea Canter “One of the most brilliant, creative artists of our time…” – Christian McBride “Perhaps more than any other pianist, Ms. Allen’s style — harmonically refracted and rhythmically complex, but laden with inertia — formed a bridge between jazz’s halcyon midcentury period and its stylistically diffuse present.” — Giovanni Russonelo, The New York […]

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