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© Andrea Canter It’s hard to imagine a musician better suited to present a “history of the piano” than Jon Weber. Known for his encyclopedic knowledge of just about anything related to music and his wide-ranging keyboard skills, Weber will inform and entertain with his “History of the Piano” in the Dunsmore Room at Crooners […]

© Andrea Canter “…sure to be one of the more important collaborations of young jazz musicians to emerge from Minnesota in a long time.” –Steve Kenny (Producer) and Bill Coulter (Executive Producer), Crash Test   At the end of 2015, four young collegians spent their winter break playing original music together as Hoaxer. Peter Goggin, […]

© Andrea Canter It sounds like the Jean-Paul Sartre novel that I tried to translate in high school French, or perhaps the status of road construction in the Twin Cities Metro,  but No Exit is actually a sextet of area young lions led by drummer Luke Peterson. Coming together about a year ago as a […]

© Andrea Canter A veteran performer at only 21, pianist/composer Will Kjeer is taking an active holiday break from college studies, including leading a formidable trio on Wednesday, December 27, at Vieux Carre’ (8 pm). His cohorts include Billy Peterson on bass, and uncle Kenny Horst on drums.  It’s a fitting venue for this reunion, […]

© Andrea Canter [The Lead Sheet is posted monthly and updated weekly. Update 12/24/2017]   2017 is winding down, but it seems jazz is just warming up for the winter. The holidays bring many young lions back to town where they reconvene with like-minded students and veterans alike, giving us some of the year’s most […]