Jazz Police

One-time Twin Cities resident and renowned saxophonist Dick Oatts makes a rare local appearance this week, spending two nights in the Dunsmore Room of Crooners Lounge, January 3-4, shows at 7 and 9 pm. Joining Oatts will be a formidable cast–pianist Bill Carrothers, bassist Billy Peterson, and drummer Joe Pulice. Dick Oatts is a native of […]

“Terence Blanchard has always been forward thinking, but with E-Collective he shoots straight into tomorrow, adding all sorts of different types of electricity and attitude to a new set of tunes.  …it’s still the tough but tender, timeless but vital unique tone that marks Terence’s horn as one of the truly great and classic jazzmen.” […]

This last Lead Sheet for 2016 reflects the depth and breadth of the Twin Cities jazz scene– veterans, visitors and the next generation of stars. There’s aural fun to be had on New Year’s Eve, of course, and a look at the “Coming Soon” calendar gives us plenty of options to resolve to make 2017 […]

One of the Twin Cities favorite jazz sons, saxophonist Pat Mallinger made an almost annual holiday visit to the Artists Quarter for many years through 2013 when the club closed. In the three years since his last AQ gig, Mallinger has kept busy in the Chicago area, but “home” is still the Twin Cities. Pat […]

It sounds like the Jean-Paul Sartre novel that I tried to translate in high school French, but No Exit is actually a sextet of metro young lions led by drummer Luke Peterson. Coming together this past summer as a quintet to prowl through some new music, these young musicians had their high school experience with […]