© Andrea Canter A project initiated and directed by Twin Cities’ vocalist Patty Peterson, The Jazz Women All-Stars debuted at the 2016 Twin Cities Jazz Festival, opening music on the AARP Main Stage at Mears Park on June 24th. With an initial cast of local (or formerly local) jazz women–Mary Louise Knutson on piano, Joan […]
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© Andrea Canter “…a swinging, sometimes quirky sense of time and creative expression.” – Jazz Police Although he admits that he never formally studied jazz, it did not take pianist Bryan Nichols long to establish his jazz credentials as a performer, composer or educator. After completing a degree in Genetics at Iowa State University, Bryan […]
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© Andrea Canter After a two-year run, curator Steve Kenny needed a new home for his weekly Minneapolis jazz series when Reverie Bar closed its doors in July. Now he has a new venue, a new night and a new name as The Illicit Jazz Workshop launches on Friday nights at Jazz Central, 8-10 pm. […]
Continue Reading[This article adapted from artist’s press release] “A first rate bassist and beguiling vocalist.” – The New Yorker “This bassist-vocalist-composer is flat out phenomenal.” – Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz “Ace of Bass” Katie Thiroux celebrates masterful new CD Off Beat in the Dunsmore Room of Crooners Lounge on Sunday, October 8 at 7:30 pm in suburban Minneapolis. This show is […]
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© Andrea Canter Two of the Twin Cities favorite jazz sons, saxophonist Pat Mallinger and pianist Bill Carrothers, have appeared often in the Twin Cities since making their respective moves to Chicago and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and building international reputations. Mallinger has led a long-standing quartet with Carrothers on the piano bench, a frequent act […]
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