The Tierney Sutton Band completed a three-day gig at Catalina Jazz Club October 13-15. They presented a tribute to Sting and also covered the theme song from their songtrack for the great new film Sully. We attended their Saturday night show, October 15th. The Tierney Sutton Band (TSB) has been together twenty-three years, and operates […]
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JT Bates has curated his Jazz Implosion series for nearly 20 years, moving about five years ago from the Clown Lounge in St Paul to the Icehouse in Minneapolis. In addition to a long list of local cutting-edge artists, he occasionally presents top touring artists like Tim Berne, Ches Smith, Tom Rainey and more. On […]
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“Come spend another hour with the Soul Café ensemble and let the art do its healing work.” –Steve Blons, Soul Café The ensemble Soul Café has brought jazz and poetry together for the past decade, usually in the Gallery of the Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church. In its early run of nearly monthly Sunday evening […]
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Guitarist and curator Zacc Harris has announced a fifth season of Jazz at Studio Z, launching Saturday, October 29 with the Aaron Hedenstrom Quintet. An honored composer as well as saxophonist and bandleader, Hedenstrom is joined by Harris on guitar, Bryan Nichols on piano, Graydon Peterson on bass and Miguel Hurtado on drums. The music […]
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The end of October– colors are past peak in central Minnesota, nights are getting cooler, and Halloween will soon bring little goblins to my neighborhood (because the Strib so smartly identified this part of town as candy heaven!). But the real treats (and musical tricks) await jazz fans at every turn — from one of […]
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