In the past fifteen years, I have vowed to get to the epicenter of jazz, New York City, every year. It’s not a vow I have been able to keep. I think I’ve made it ten times since 2002 which is not a bad record. But this was the longest gap in that period– I […]
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“…a veteran keyboardist who has always infused his funky rhythm and jazz with a touch of elegance and improvisational spirit.”– Jonathan Widran (All Music Guide) A former resident of the Twin Cities, keyboard prodigy-turned music director and bandleader Bobby Lyle joins old friend, bassist Billy Peterson, for four rare all-acoustic sets in the Dunsmore Room […]
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I just returned from five days in New York, where I saw six shows at four venues. I need that overdose now and then, but I think we really have the ideal jazz scene here: lots of choices but seldom overwhelming, and the quality of the music is right up there with the Big Apple! […]
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“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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