Jazz Police

© Andrea Canter Steve Kenny’s All Originals jazz season continues Friday, September 1, with the Joan Hutton Jazz Project, performing all original compositions from multi-reed player, composer and educator Joan Hutton. She’s joined by fellow saxophonists David Milne, pianist Jesse Mueller, bassist Joan Griffith, and drummer Jendeen Forberg. Joan Hutton is an educator, performer, and […]

© Andrea Canter The 12th edition of the Dakota Combo – an elite ensemble of up to eight area youth jazz artists—will be selected following auditions at the MacPhail Center for Music on September 17th. A program of the MacPhail Center for Music and sponsored by the Dakota Foundation for Jazz Education, the Combo will […]

“A riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a turban!” —Jazz Times [bio from artist’s website] An unparalleled musician, composer, performer and recording artist, Dr. Lonnie Smith has been regarded as a guru of the Hammond B-3 organ for over five decades. He has been featured on over seventy albums and has recorded and performed […]

© Andrea Canter [Weekly update of August Lead Sheet] Friday-Sunday, August 25-27. Three nights of improvisation at the Southern Theater features Black Magnesia curated by Joe Horton. Each night addresses a different aspect of improvisation and a different combination of artists–Joe Horton, Anthony Cox, Cory Healey, DeVon Gray, Chris Cunningham, Pat O’Keefe, Dave King, James […]

© Andrea Canter Running now for three years of consecutive Saturday nights, Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog continues this weekend with the JazzINK Youth Showcase featuring the BCA Trio, followed by the headline band, the Steve Kenny Quintet.   BCA Trio (7 pm) The BCA Trio features threes three metro-area high school musicians: […]