Album Review: Fire Bell, INCENDIOS
Sometimes swinging, and sometimes twisting in a multi-meter tangle, Fire Bell’s new album INCENDIOS is all personality.
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Rescheduled! Firebell CD Release, Dakota Combo on April 22/Amethyst Trio and Red 5 on April 21 at the Black Dog
© Andrea Canter A few weeks ago, Steve Kenny’s Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog series celebrated its 200th consecutive Saturday of top jazz performances, featuring the best of area (and national) veterans, often sharing the stage and the billing with local rising stars. After the blizzard closed the Black Dog and most other […]
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In Tribute to Hugh Masekela: Abdullah Ibrahim and Ekaya at the Dakota, April 16
© Andrea Canter “There are some concerts that change the way you look at music. And then there are those rare concerts that change the way you look at life.” –Ed Siegel, The ARTery “Never one for pyrotechnics, he says much with little, luxuriating in melody until a sudden harmonic shift or sharp stab of […]
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Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog: Courageous Endeavors and Carter Pearson Quartet
© Andrea Canter When they made their debut at the Artists Quarter six years ago, Courageous Endeavors was a band of young upstarts, recent college graduates who were already making waves in the Twin Cities jazz community–Nelson Devereaux, Joe Strachan, Brian Courage and Miguel Hurtado. They continued to snag gigs at top area venues, making […]
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Larry Englund: Twin Cities’ “Jazz Hero”
© Janis Lane Ewart Each year, the Jazz Journalists Association seeks nominations from states and local jazz communities for Jazz Heroes. The 2018 Twin Cities “Jazz Hero” is Larry Englund. This is his nomination from Janis Lane Ewart. Larry Englund has graced Minnesota’s Twin Cities with his broadcasting, writing and breadth of musical taste […]
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