From ballads to blues to swing, in small ensemble or fronting a big band, Ernestine Anderson engaged audiences worldwide with her soulful voice for much of her 87 years. Over a career spanning six decades, Anderson earned four Grammy nominations, Seattle’s Bumbershoot Art Festival’s Golden Umbrella Award, and was included in the Smithsonian’s Jazz Singers […]
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Making her Dunsmore Room debut last December for the “soft opening” of the new venue within Crooners Lounge, pianist Laura Caviani couldn’t wait to return and again perform with her trio on the 9-foot Bösendorfer grand. Now open for three months, the Dunsmore Room has proven to be the intimate listening space that club owner […]
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Two of the most popular performers in jazz today, Grammy-winning vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and acclaimed trumpeter and former Artistic Director for Jazz at Minnesota Orchestra Hall, Irvin Mayfield, teamed up on the album Dee Dee’s Feathers in 2015. This salute to New Orleans is the centerpiece of their current tour, which arrives at the […]
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A new band of popular veterans arrived on the scene in early 2015, debuting on the Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog series, and since performing around town at other venues. Bottomless Pit is led by guitarist Joel Shapira and features Pete Whitman (saxophones), Tom Lewis (bass), and Weather Report alum Eric Kamau Gravatt […]
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Each artist is an original on his own, and together they are the triple embodiment of inventive music. The leaderless trio of Bates Nichols Bates headlines a triple bill at Vieux Carré in downtown St. Paul on Friday, March 11. The evening launches early (6 pm) with pianist Jon Pemberton, followed by the prime time […]
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