Jazz Police

© Andrea Canter We have another fine summer week of jazz as we build momentum toward the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, including pre-fest performances, the opening of a new Jazz in the Jungle season, continuing celebration of the 5th anniversary of the Icehouse, another visit from Wayne Horvitz, and a lot more.   Big Gigs […]

© Andrea Canter Part of the Icehouse Fifth Anniversary celebration, JT’s Jazz Implosion offers a double-header on Monday, June 12, featuring two of the hottest bands in the Midwest– Chicago’s Hanging Hearts and the Twin Cities’ Dave King Trucking Company. Hanging Hearts (9:30 pm) Hanging Hearts is a free-spirited, Chicago-based trio described by European audiences […]

© Andrea Canter Some musical partnerships were just meant to be. Twin Cities vocalist Connie Evingson and New York-based pianist and honorary Twin Citian Jon Weber paired up during the 2012 Twin Cities Jazz Festival and on a Prairie Home Companion European cruise, where they cooked up the idea for a show for Connie’s Jazz […]

© Andrea Canter Nearing three years of weekly presentations of the most talented jazz artists in the Twin Cities and beyond, Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog continues its winning streak this weekend, June 10, with a “Tribute to Horace Silver” by the Doug Haining Quintet. Opening the evening will be the Jax Ravel […]

© Andrea Canter “Collectively the trio burns with a group mindset that showcases the maturity, musicality and virtuosity of each member.” –Chris Bates  Longtime favorite sideman, in the past few years, bassist Chris Bates has stepped to the front as leader of two very different but equally intriguing projects, his quintet Red 5 and the […]