Jazz Police

Voice and horn have long provided magical pairings throughout the history of jazz, from Billie Holiday/Louis Armstrong to Ella Fitzgerald/Oscar Peterson and into the 21st century with the likes of Roberta Gambarini and Roy Hargrove. This week, the Dakota offers two such collaborations with back to back shows, two nights each, as Jane Monheit and […]

Two of the Twin Cities favorite jazz sons, saxophonist Pat Mallinger and pianist Bill Carrothers, have appeared often in the Twin Cities since making their respective moves to Chicago and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and building international reputations. Mallinger has led a long-standing quartet with Carrothers on the piano bench, a frequent act at Chicago’s Green […]

Head of Minnesota’s “First Family of Music,” indefatigable performer and source of inspiration to generations of musicians, Jeanne Arland Peterson passed away on June 23, 2013. In addition to establishing the Jeanne Arland Peterson Scholarship in Jazz Studies at the U of M, her talented offspring have held several tributes to their mother’s music over […]

“Nicole Mitchell is the preeminent improvising flutist of her generation, adapting and extending the innovations of Eric Dolphy and James Newton.” —Neil Tesser, Jazziz An extended fourth season of Jazz at Studio Z ends this weekend when Chicago-based, internationally acclaimed flautist Nicole Mitchell comes to St. Paul on Saturday, August 27. She’ll present a Master […]

The State Fair is underway in St Paul, but if you prefer music without corndogs, you won’t have any trouble finding great jazz this week, as we have some very special talents on stages around the metro, from a rare appearance by Chicago’s Nicole Mitchell to a two-night stand by Bill Carrothers, from a multi-Peterson […]