One more day! Two perfect days and nights of music so far–and now a whopper final day filled with all sorts of jazz from guitar greats Russell Malone and John Pizzarelli to a good dose of roots, soul and beyond from Kellogg Park headliner Michael Franti; youth prevail from the Dakota Foundation for Jazz Education […]
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[Editor’s Note: See the full schedule and more at www.twincitiesjazzfestival.com] Day Two of the 2016 Twin Cities Jazz Festival brings music to four outdoor stages and 18 indoor bar and club stages in St. Paul, including a new cross-genre stage at Kellogg Park (Kellogg and Minnesota) as well as the AARP Main Stage at Mears […]
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The 2016 Twin Cities Jazz Festival is in full swing, filling four outdoor stages and 18 club/bar venues throughout Lowertown and downtown St Paul and beyond. But there’s more music around the metro even before Jazzfest ends, and some artists who could be (or have been) headliners at this or any other festival. See more […]
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[Ed note: This is the first of three articles highlighting the events of each day of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival. Full schedule and more information at www.twincitiesjazzfestival.com] Steve Heckler is the founding and only Executive Director of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, which he launched in 1998 with about 3,000 attending. Last year, Francisco […]
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“Gently virtuosic.” –All About Jazz “Her vocal style is so warm, compelling and intimate—it’s clear she cares about the words and telling the story, with clarity and without artifice—almost a lost art these days.” –Michael Feinstein Twin Cities vocalist Maud Hixson never takes an easy route, be it a jazz club gig, New York […]
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