Labor Day Weekend — and I will be making my (9th) annual trek to Detroit for the largest free jazz festival in the world, with the legendary Ron Carter appearing in four configurations as this year’s Artist in Residence. Another nearly as big (and free) jazz festival takes place this weekend in Chicago. But you […]
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This past winter, saxophonist Paul Harper launched a new ensemble dubbed the Bardo Quartet with the idea that the personnel would be in flux, thus each performance would be unique. Headlining Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog on September 3, the Bardo Quartet will feature the personnel de jour–Harper on saxophones, Phil Aaron on […]
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Dean Granros’ double guitar quartet with Zacc Harris, Chris Bates and Jay Epstein jump starts Labor Day Weekend, on the Thursday Night Jazz at Reverie series this Thursday, September 1 at 9 pm. It’s a band of all-stars playing unique arrangements and original tunes. Dean Granros studied music theory and composition at the University of […]
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The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal attracts so many artists and so much music that numerous musical events go well beyond the Festival. There are jazz clubs, street musicians, late-night jam sessions, and the Festival’s own TD Jazz All-Year Round concert series. Legendary Montréal hostess Madeleine Murphy gives a monthly jazz party, Les vendredis […]
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For the past five years or so, JT Bates has hosted his long-running “Jazz Implosion” series at the Icehouse in south Minneapolis, continuing the weekly presentation of cutting edge jazz and improvised music that he launched about fifteen years ago in the Clown Lounge at the Turf Club in St. Paul. It is no surprise […]
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