Jazz Police

  I want the music to be a fellowship. That’s what you want from the world as a whole. I want the music to project that kind of togetherness. This ideal of fellowship is something I grew up with. I just want to extend the good memories. –Brian Blade   One of the most distinguished […]

Back when, pianist Dan Chouinard hosted an acclaimed radio series, The Singer’s Voice, broadcast live from the original Dakota Jazz Club at Bandana Square, featuring a different vocalist each week. When Crooners Lounge in Fridley opened the very listener-friendly Dunsmore Room at the end of 2015, sporting a nine foot Bosendorfer grant, it seemed like […]

The weekly double-header of the best of Twin Cities jazz continues February 27 with Eric Kamau Gravatt’s Source Code and newcomers Falls Five on the Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog series in St. Paul’s Lowertown. Curated by Steve Kenny, the series presents an opening, typically new or young lions’ ensemble followed by a […]

The Friday Night Jazz at Reverie (formerly The Nicollet) series, curated by Steve Kenny, has offered weekly performances from Twin Cities veterans and rising stars for nearly a year, and often the audience is treated to a new ensemble or new project. Such is the case this Friday, February 26, at 9 pm, when percussionist […]