© Andrea Canter Last fall, a “new” trio launched in the Dunsmore Room of Crooners Lounge, bringing together three local veterans who somehow had never played together before. As Open Story, Dean Magraw, Bryan Nichols and Jay Epstein proved to be as effective as collaborators as they are talented as solo performers, bandleaders, and sidemen. […]
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[Ed. note, much of the content of this article is adapted from the Walker and Steve Coleman websites.] “With strains of Parker and Coltrane, Bartók, and the musics of the Middle East and China … [Natal Eclipse’s performance] was something beautiful, indeed essential.” —The Nation Composer/bandleader/saxophonist Steve Coleman, “one of the most rigorously conceptual thinkers […]
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© Ken Vermes The stunning debut of “The Girl From Ipanema” over fifty years ago alerted Americans about a new music, billed with seductive power from an unknown land in South America. Do you remember? The song was written in 1962 by Antonio Carlos Jobim, with Portuguese lyrics written by Vinicius de Moraes and the […]
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© Andrea Canter One of the Twin Cities’ most popular vocal groups, Rio Nido performs in the Dunsmore Room at Crooners Lounge in Fridley on Tuesday, May 9. The original trio of Tim Sparks, Prudence Johnson, and Tom Lieberman established themselves as exceptional performers, playing classic jazz from the 1930s and ’40s at the hottest […]
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© Andrea Canter KBEM Radio and vocalist Patty Peterson will present a new installment of Minnesota Jazz Legends: The Elders in a special concert and program at the Minnesota History Center on Sunday, May 7, at 2 pm. Patty again will reminisce with locally as well as nationally acclaimed legendary Minnesota jazz artists, including Dean Brewington (sax), […]
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