“The whole record is meant to be a meditation on Minnesota. This is the music I make because I live here — it would be much different if I lived in New York… I am in a position where, whether the people like what I am playing or not, they know that this is the […]
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One of the Twin Cities most popular songbirds, Maud Hixson performs twice on Sunday, May 22. In the afternoon (1 pm), she joins husband, swinging pianist Rick Carlson for “Songs Louis [Armstrong] Sang” on the jazz series at St. Albert the Great Church in south Minneapolis. In the evening (7 pm), she makes her debut […]
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“I love jazz just because it makes me want to dance… There aren’t really any boundaries that are set, and you’re free to experiment and develop your own artistic style and voice. I’m also always amazed by the mutual trust and communication between members of a musical group that allows for spontaneous creation, and I […]
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This review is a “twofer.” Technically three, if you count the two discs in The Unity Sessions. Guitarist Pat Metheny seems to be an artist who has more hat tricks in the studio and on stage than he does striped shirts in his wardrobe. Unless he wears the same one all the time. Not relevant […]
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Two former Twin Cities residents, trumpeter Kelly Rossum and bassist Michael O’Brien, are in town this weekend and it was inevitable that they would find themselves together on one bandstand. Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog offers this opportunity as O’Brien joins the opening (7 pm) trio, Convergence, led by guitarist Joel Shapira […]
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