Jazz Police

© Andrea Canter Piano legend Chick Corea has brought a number of projects to the Dakota Jazz Club in downtown Minneapolis, including reunions with Gary Burton and Bela Fleck. Now he reunites with Return to Forever drummer Steve Gadd  in the sextet, Corea/Gadd Band, performing two nights at the Dakota on October 10-11, two shows […]

© 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 […]

© 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 […]

© 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. […]