A lively week of jazz is in the forecast along with a beautiful weekend for art fairs and outdoor music. We also seem to have a greater number of visiting jazzers than usual! Friday, August 5. It’s “masters night” at Jazz Central, and there’s no better master than drummer Eric Kamau Gravatt and his Source […]
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“Electrifyingly new and strangely familiar at the same time…with his mix of modern sounds and old-fashioned feeling, Raymond is steering jazz in the right direction.”––Downbeat Magazine Even as a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, trumpeter John Raymond exuded an unusual degree of commitment to his craft, apparent in his playing with Jeremy Walker’s […]
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Former Weather Report drummer Eric Kamau Gravatt was already a legend in the 70s, and has enjoyed a resurgence of his career over the past 15 years, particularly as leader of Source Code. Performing on the Masters Series at Jazz Central on Friday, August 5 at 8 pm, Gravatt’s ensemble includes veterans Dean Magraw […]
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James Morrison is a multi-faceted career musician who plays a number of instruments including trumpet, trombone, euphonium, flugelhorn, tuba, saxophone, double bass and piano. He hails from Australia and his group is touring a large part of the world these days. He has been involved with music almost all of his life, being born into […]
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Pippi Ardennia has a big voice and a bigger heart. (Come to think of it, her hair is pretty big too.) On Saturday, July 30, she also led a big musical ensemble — billed as the Women of Jazz — at the Bedlam Theatre in Lowertown St. Paul. At times there were 11 musicians on […]
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