In New Orleans we’ve used piano as a percussive instrument, as a groove keeper, as an instrument that carries the melody…it’s important to keep that alive, to keep the grand piano on the stage. — Davell Crawford Just a month ago, “The Prince of New Orleans,” aka pianist Davell Crawford, came to Minneapolis to pay […]
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Recently Joey DeFrancesco visited the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis, and by all accounts it was a great show. While he was here, I came across an article that described him as the most important living player of the Hammond B-3 organ. While Joey D is certainly a force of nature on the keys and […]
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Guitarist Bill Frisell enjoys a kind of Teflon status among musicians and music lovers. He is a stalker of many musical domains and a nomad, too. Whether he’s combing through the Beatle catalogue, exploring electronica via Brazil, or covering sixties surf music as he’s done in recent outings, he seems to be not only tolerated […]
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Widely acclaimed throughout Europe where he spends most of his touring time, pianist Bill Carrothers returns to his native Twin Cities and Crooners Lounge to perform solo in the Dunsmore Room on Tuesday, February 16 at 7 pm. Bill and his trio performed in the lounge last fall, and he sat at the Bosendorfer grand […]
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In most areas of the country, Monday is President’s Day. At the Icehouse, JT’s Jazz Implosion recognizes it as Wayne Shorter Day, at least during evening hours at the south Minneapolis venue. Implosion night welcomes Witch Hunt, an ensemble of local modern jazz stars playing Shorter’s famed Speak No Evil in its entirety. The band […]
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