Jazz Police

“…brilliant musicians engaged in egoless, intimate communication. They share clarity, focus, and inspiration simultaneously.” —AllMusic “Solo piano for me has always been a lonely pursuit. It only goes a certain way until I start missing the collaboration, because for me the joy of music is making music with others.” –Chick Corea   At first glance, […]

Proving you are never too old or too experienced for a debut performance, local sax legend Irv Williams, now 96,  makes his first appearance in the Dunsmore Room of Crooners Lounge on April 19 (7 pm), surrounded by a band of veteran stars a couple generations his junior. Joining Irv for this special evening of […]

  “We are going in….full throttle, no holds barred improvisation at its finest,” notes Red 5 leader and bassist, Chris Bates.  On hiatus for much of the past year, modern jazz band Red 5 will collaborate with the Eden Prairie High School jazz ensembles as part of their band program’s fundraiser, the third annual Prairie […]

  She’s sung it all, from Ella to Ringo, but Connie Evingson is perhaps best known for Django– the music of Django Reinhardt and the swinging “gypsy jazz” styles of the French hot clubs of the 1930s. Connie brings “Gypsy in My Soul” to her Jazz at the Jungle series this Sunday, April 17, with […]

There’s new blood coming to the jazz scene in Lowertown this weekend, as Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog presents the debut performance of the Free Range Jazz Quartet, featuring internationally renowned bassist Anthony Cox, following the series debut of the Rochester, MN-based D’Sievers Quartet. D’Sievers Quartet, 7 pm The D’Sievers Quartet is based […]