Jazz Police

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

From Wisconsin to Berklee to the Oak Room, vocalist Tierney Sutton’s career has been on a steady upward trajectory. Considered one of the most accomplished singers on the modern jazz scene, Sutton’s 2013 Grammy-nominated Joni Mitchell project, After Blue, inspired her 2014 tour with cellist Mark Summer, who appeared on the album with Sutton and […]

Among creative Twin Cities musicians, guitarist Dean Magraw and pianist Steven Hobert must rank among the elite. About a year ago, the two eclectic performers/composers joined forces, cas a duo, and filling seats and ears at Jazz Central, The Nicollet, and Dunsmore Room. With The Nicollet now rebranded as Reverie Cafe and Bar, Steve Kenny’s […]