louis vuitton handbags michael kors Normally I keep this to a two-blurb minimum. But this week it’s a trifecta. I’m out of the studio for much of the month and there’s simply too much good music- two nice problems to have. John Piazzarelli “Sinatra and Jobim @ 50” (With Daniel Jobim) (Concord, 2017) Full […]
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The 2017 Montreal Jazz Festival, officially Le Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, hosted more than 500 concerts (two-thirds of them free!) featuring some of jazz’s biggest names in solo sets and great group collaborations, from June 28 to July 8. There were second-generation artists carrying on their parents’ legacies, documentary films, jazz cruises, costumed […]
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© Andrea Canter “Mahogany is blessed with a voice that is instantly seductive—smooth as butter, sweet as honey and deep as a freshly dug well.” –Jack Bowers, All About Jazz. Acclaimed baritone Kevin Mahogany returns to the Twin Cities this week, taking the stage with local piano star Mary Louise Knutson in the Dunsmore Room […]
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“…one of the most promising jazz singers of her generation.” –Will Friedwald, Wall Street Journal [Adapted from Cyrille Aimee’s web bio and Mack Avenue bio] Winner of the Montreux Jazz Festival’s Vocal Competition, the Sarah Vaughn International Jazz Vocal Competition, and finalist in the Thelonious Monk Vocal Competition, Cyrille Aimee makes her Twin Cities debut […]
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Kicking off the 8th Annual Sunset Jazz at Newport series on July 12th was the Ken Peplowski Quartet with special guest vocalist, Sue Raney. Peplowski plays tenor sax and also clarinet just about an equal amount of time on many of his gigs. He has been a regular at Newport Jazz’s Jazz Party Concerts for […]
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