Jazz Police

© Andrea Canter “The relentlessly inventive pianist Bill Carrothers’ harmonic sophistication has to be heard to be believed.”  —Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune “A little bit of Europe right here in Fridley.” — Bill Carrothers re the Dunsmore Room   Widely acclaimed throughout Europe where he spends most of his touring time, pianist Bill Carrothers returns […]

© Andrea Canter “Electrifyingly new and strangely familiar at the same time…with his mix of modern sounds and old-fashioned feeling, Raymond is steering jazz in the right direction.”––Downbeat Magazine Even as a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, trumpeter John Raymond exuded an unusual degree of commitment to his craft, apparent in his playing […]

© Andrea Canter “The Bad Plus have always been a band in the truest sense – a group of passionate collaborators with no single “leader”. That spirit will continue in full-force…” The Bad Plus After 18 years of collaboration, global touring, acclaimed recordings, even controversy as to their relationship to “real jazz,” The Bad Plus […]

© Andrea Canter [The Lead Sheet is posted monthly and updated weekly. Updated 12/15/2017] Holiday jazz, debut performances, and perennial favorites add to the festive sounds around the Twin Cities this week. Friday, December 15. Since returning to the Twin Cities after studies at UW-Eau Claire and earning is doctoral degree at the University of […]

© Andrea Canter Recent transplants from New York City, Asuka Kakitani and JC Sanford will premiere their own 17-piece Inatnas Orchestra on the Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog series in St. Paul on December 16 at 8:30 pm. The Steve Kenny Trio (with Kameron Markworth and Miguel Hurtado) will open the evening in the bar at 7 […]