Jazz Police

“Iverson’s biggest claim to fame has been with The Bad Plus, but it’s outside the confines of that group that Iverson seems to excel.” –John Kelman, All About Jazz Although his talents were well known much earlier, and his genius has been recognized many times over more recently, pianist Ethan Iverson will likely never shake […]

Most often on stages in St Paul with her PipJazz Youth and Women in Jazz ensembles, vocalist Pippi Ardennia joins forces with her long-time arranger and pianist/vocalist Jo Schad to present music “For Peace” on the Thursday Night Jazz at Reverie series, August 18 (9 pm). Curated for the past 18 months by Steve Kenny, […]

  “Tributary is a collective of musicians from around the US dedicated to performing spiritually rich and honest music that is thoughtful, creative and improvisatory.” –Band press release The Conservatory at Lawrence University in Appleton, WI is well known as an incubator of music talent across genres, including jazz. A number of Twin Cities musicians are […]

Either “the coolest old guy or the oldest cool guy…” — Pioneer Press A number of years ago, tenor saxophone legend Irv Williams hinted at retirement in his liner notes for That’s All (2004), but clearly that was premature. Three CDs later, the then 88-year-old known fondly as “Mr. Smooth” issued a more dramatic hint […]

Mid-August makes it hard to deny that we are on the backside of summer, and our young local musicians are gigging at a frenzied pace before they have to return to school.  So many of our area high school and college-age jazzers have filled our venues with new sounds and new projects over the past […]