© Andrea Canter For the past decade-plus, they’ve been two of the young jazz monsters to watch, each performing with multiple bands as well as together. Now pianist Bryan Nichols and saxophonist Brandon Wozniak have discovered their mutual affection for the Stan Getz/Kenny Barron recording People Time, and are ready to record their own collaboration […]
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Just the other day I had been walking down Haight Street in San Francisco when I bumped into one of our best local sax players. He had just invested in a new soprano saxophone. The discussion soon changed into one about how we both had not learned the clarinet in our youth. “It would take […]
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© Andrea Canter One of the Twin Cities most durable jazz alliances, Framework is the collaboration of three of the Twin Cities’ most creative musicians, specializing in original works and inventive covers of modern jazz heroes. On January 10 (8:30 pm), drummer Jay Epstein, guitarist Chris Olson, and bassist Chris Bates take the stage Jazz […]
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© Andrea Canter Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog presents its 190th consecutive week of great local music across the generations on January 6. Opening will be the monthly JazzINK Youth Showcase featuring the return of Liquid Vinyl; the headliner set presents Steve Kenny’s Group 47. Liquid Vinyl (7 pm) The JazzInk Youth […]
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© Andrea Canter [The Lead Sheet is published monthly and updated weekly. Updated 1/24/2018] Jazz fans hopefully have some relevant New Year’s resolutions– to get out and hear more live jazz, to attend more diverse jazz events in the area, to contribute to our stellar non-profit jazz organizations and venues. Artists, club owners, and curators […]
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