Pamela Rose has had a long career as a singer and band leader in the San Francisco Bay Area. But this year she is producing a special show at a local theater that takes her musical productions to a new level. Titled Blues Is a Woman, the production at Custom Made Theater (August 3-27) celebrates […]
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© Andrea Canter It sounds like the Jean-Paul Sartre novel that I tried to translate in high school French, or perhaps the status of road construction in the Twin Cities Metro, but No Exit is actually a sextet of area young lions led by drummer Luke Peterson. Coming together last summer as a quintet to […]
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© Andrea Canter Masters and emerging masters again converge at Jazz Central on the Friday “Masters” series (August 4, 8 pm), as University of Michigan piano student Jordan Anderson leads a trio with Berklee College of Music bassist Charlie Lincoln and Twin Cities veteran drummer Jay Epstein. The trio will perform tunes from the Great […]
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[Jazz Central Press Release] Five years after recording their live debut album Vu Jà Dé, NYC-based, Iowa native jazz pianist Jon Snell and his former mentor/teacher, saxophonist Chris Merz (University of Northern Iowa) reunite to present a series of duo concerts in the Midwest. Exploring the creative and intimate possibilities that the duo environment […]
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© Andrea Canter Note: Continuing the new monthly format, remember to look for updates at least once per week, in the Calendar section but also under Big Gigs. Call August the Month of the Vocalist, with some heady talent visiting (Kendra Shank, Cyrille Aimee, Kevin Mahogany) as well as one of our veterans–Debbie Duncan– recording […]
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