For many years, trumpeter Steve Kenny has led bands boasting as many young lions as elder statesmen. His “Bastids” had a five-year, weekly run at the Artists Quarter, followed by Group 47, starting out at the AQ before the club closed in late 2013. Steve Kenny’s Group 47 continues to be a popular ensemble on […]
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Put four highly creative artists together on one stage and you can count on a night of unique pleasures. That’s the prediction for this week’s installment of Thursday Night Jazz at Reverie, which features an ensemble led by bassist Josh Granowski, along with emcee Joe Horton, keyboard master DeVon Gray, and drummer Davu Seru. […]
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Every Thursday night, a small Afghani cafe in St Paul hosts music curated by some of the area’s most inventive musicians– Adam Linz, Davu Seru, Milo Fine and Paul Metzger. For a $5 cover, listeners can experience the best of area improvisers. This Thursday, December 8, 9 pm, Adam Linz’s Le Percheron ensemble returns to […]
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Kim Richmond, a very well-versed alto saxophonist, composer and bandleader, joined his longtime friend, trumpeter Clay Jenkins, for a sextet performance in Anaheim, CA at Cook’s Chapel on November 17. Playing to a full audience inside the large old-time Packing House, Richmond and Jenkins assembled a superb ensemble with Joey Sellers (trombone), Daniel Szabo (piano), […]
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Considered one of the prominent forces in the renaissance of organ jazz in the 1980s and beyond, Joey DeFrancesco at 45 has already enjoyed a three-decade career that shows no sign of reaching its apex. A favorite of Twin Cities audiences at the Artists Quarter and Dakota, Joey D now made his debut in the […]
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