© Andrea Canter Three of the Twin Cities’ most creative musicians have performed for the past 15+ years as Framework, specializing in original works and inventive covers of modern jazz heroes. On September 22, drummer Jay Epstein, guitarist Chris Olson, and bassist Chris Bates take the stage at Studio Z in St Paul’s Lowertown to […]
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[press release] TCCAN– the Twin Cities Cabaret Artists Network–presents its 2nd Annual Cabaret Fest at Minneapolis’ Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater September 23-24. TCCAN will host two exciting days of workshops (2:30-5 pm) and evening Cabaret performances (5:30-8 pm) to “Enlighten, Entertain, and Engage” audiences, bringing awareness of Cabaret to the Twin Cities. Cabaret Fest is designed for cabaret artists, […]
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Jazz artist and curator Steve Kenny announces a new weekly jazz concert series, The Illicit Jazz Workshop, starting October 6 and every Friday at Jazz Central Studios. The shows start at 8:00pm (doors 7:30) and have $10 cover. Kenny’s Thursday Night Jazz at Reverie ended its two-year run in July when the venue closed, and […]
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© Andrea Canter It might be a contrived word, but “Joyfire” seems an apt description of the compositions and performance of bassist Ted Olsen, and thus is a logical choice for the title of his debut recording on Shifting Paradigm Records. With his quartet (Aaron Hedenstrom, Javi Santiago and Miguel Hurtado), Ted celebrates the CD […]
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© Andrea Canter “More than 20 years after [her debut recording] All Out, Clayton is still the most adventurous singer in jazz, a specialist in wordless improvisation who’s also expert in distending and finding new meanings in the melodies and lyrics of classic popular song. –Francis Davis, The Village Voice, July 14, 2004 The Dunsmore […]
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