On Saturday, March 30, 2019, On Stage at Kingsborough presented the show “Jazz Goes to the Movies” starring Ann Hampton Callaway at Brooklyn’s Kingsborough College’s Leon M. Goldstein Performing Arts Center. Anna Becker, Executive Director of On Stage at Kingsborough, welcomed the crowd, and got things started with an overview of upcoming events. Then she […]
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By Don Berryman Just after his only recording for Blue Note, and before moving to Atlantic to make his Giant Steps, John Coltrane had a very productive 1958 recording as a leader for Prestige records. A lavish new box set, Coltrane ’58: The Prestige Recordings (released on 5-CD and 8-LP sets) features all 37 tracks […]
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A few months ago, long-time founding Artistic and Music Director of the JazzMN Orchestra, Doug Snapp, announced he would step down at the end of this season, launching a search for his successor. On April 8, at JazzMN Orchestra’s 20th Anniversary Celebration concert at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, JazzMN announced that JC Sanford will be […]
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[Modified press release from the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, contact Connie Shaver] The 21st annual Twin Cities Jazz Festival (June 20-22) will be headlined this year by vocalist José James, vocalist Nnenna Freelon, the James Carter Organ Trio, saxophonist Grace Kelly, and bandleader and multi-instrumentalist Aurora Nealand with Tom McDermott. In announcing the festival, Executive Director Steve Heckler said,“I’m excited to have […]
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Steve Kenny is many things to many people, especially Twin Cities jazz fans. He is a fulltime computer tech specialist, a dad to two grown children, a professional jazz trumpeter, award-winning composer, and active bandleader. And beyond providing the Twin Cities area with more than 30 years of marvelous tunes and performances, Steve is our […]
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