Thomas Nordlund’s “Miles Left Behind” Deserves Eager Ears
Thomas Nordlund’s new album “Miles Left Behind” explores darkness, melody, and vibe.
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Lynne Arriale Celebrates New Recording in the Dunsmore Room, May 15
© Andrea Canter, Senior Editor Emeritus “The melody is what creates a particular energy and feeling in the listener and it sets the tone… I take an idea, develop it, turn it inside out and come back to it at the end. That resonates with people. Ultimately people remember melodies, not harmonic progressions.” –Lynne Arriale […]
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Dakota Combo Spring Concert at Jazz Central, May 5
© Andrea Canter, Senior Editor Emeritus “I view Jazz as a collaborative experience between artists – many times it feels more like a conversation than notes on a page… The value I get from jazz is the interaction that I have with other musicians, whether verbal, musical, or otherwise.” – Jackson Mullett, Dakota Combo 2012-13 […]
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Teodross Avery Lifts Off: A Powerful Tenor Saxophone Player Renews With a New Push
For some reason that is hard to comprehend, that I have never understood, there is a deep gulf between San Francisco and Los Angeles– it is a different universe. There does not seem to be an axis point in San Francisco that pulls the two ends of the state together. There are no music scouts […]
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 2018
© Andrea Canter [Final update, 5/26/18] It’s (finally) the merry month of May and what a merry month of jazz we have in the Twin Cities! Corky Siegel returns after just a few weeks, this time at the Dakota with harmonica wizard Howard Levy; more high flyers at the Dakota this month include Keiko Matsui, […]
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