© Andrea Canter A frequent performer throughout the Twin Cities on such stages as the Dakota, Vieux Carré, Crooners and Jazz Central, vocalist/songwriter/flautist Jana Nyberg recently brought her quintet to Wild Sound Studio for a recording session last winter. Now the Jana Nyberg 5 celebrates the release of Set on You in the intimate Dunsmore […]
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© Andrea Canter It’s a night to celebrate young lions and wizened veterans. The long-running Illicit Sextet returns to the Black Dog on August 12 to headline the Saturday Night Jazz series. The evening opens with the young guns of the Will Schmid Quartet. Will Schmid Quartet (7 pm) Tonight was actually scheduled as […]
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© Andrea Canter Either “the coolest old guy or the oldest cool guy…” — Pioneer Press A number of years ago, tenor saxophone legend Irv Williams hinted at retirement in his liner notes for That’s All (2004), but clearly that was premature. Three CDs later, the then 88-year-old known fondly as “Mr. Smooth” issued […]
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© Andrea Canter The Lead Sheet is published monthly but updated at least weekly! Some highlights of the coming week: Friday, August 11. The Jana Nyberg 5 debuts in the Dunsmore Room, and they have a new CD to celebrate! At Vieux Carre’, enjoy the exciting rhythms of the Babatunde Lea Quintet with the master […]
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Labor Day Weekend in Detroit has a long tradition of community, hope, and of course the best jazz in the world, with an estimated quarter of a million or more attending the annual Detroit Jazz Festival over four nights and three full days. Music runs seemingly nonstop on four outdoor stages stretching a relatively […]
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