” He’s one of the best. He has a very athletic style, but can play softly too. He’s got bull chops!” –Dizzy Gillespie Protégé of the great Dizzy Gillespie, cofounder of the great Cuban ensemble Ikare and ten-time Grammy winner, pianist/trumpeter/bandleader Arturo Sandoval returns to the Dakota Jazz Club on June 8, with shows at […]
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Can’t you just feel it? Jazz Festival season is in the air, and artists and venues seem determined to put us all in a festive mood, with the best of local and national acts scheduled this month and a great sampling this coming week. See full Lead Sheet here!
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“New York-based Teri Roiger is a terrific, serious jazz singer who deserves a wider audience. Her work is probing, hornlike, a bit daring, reminiscent of Abbey Lincoln, and her repertoire – ranging from Monk to Sting to Strayhorn – is exemplary.” — Tom Surowicz, Star Tribune Vocalist and native Twin Citian Teri Roiger will return […]
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This weekend is intended as a celebration at the Black Dog, as plans call for the unveiling of the renovation and expansion of the Lowertown food and music venue — just in time for summer baseball crowds, the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, and ongoing Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog gigs and a lot […]
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Radiant and amazing pianist Bill Charlap has been playing and producing the very best trio jazz music for many years. His trio with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington (no relation) has been together for nineteen years and counting. They all reside in the New York/New Jersey region and all three have many impressive […]
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