Blue Note Records has given a home to arguably the greatest recording artists in jazz for many decades. Like all major record labels, particularly those devoted to so-called “boutique music,” they suffered more than one corporate takeover and several facelifts in the wake of the ongoing sea change in music. After a couple of […]
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© Andrea Canter The Reverie Bar and Cafe has announced they will close temporarily in July as they search for a new venue. Until then, trumpeter and curator Steve Kenny intends to keep on doing what he has done weekly for the past two years– book the best talents in the area every Thursday night. […]
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[Adapted from press release] “…superior intonation and control, an interpretive command that ranges from defiance to gentility, a willingness to take risks… a supremely musical package.” –Bob Blumenthal New York jazz vocalist Kristen Lee Sergeant introduces herself to Twin Cities’ audiences on at 8 pm May 18 at Vieux Carre’, performing songs from her debut […]
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© Andrea Canter We will have to forgive Milwaukee’s Jazz Estate for their excitement in welcoming “from New York City” the Dave King Trio, which plays there immediately after the band’s two-night stand (May 15-16) in the Dunsmore Room at Crooners Lounge in Fridley. Of course, that’s the Twin Cities, and home to Dave King […]
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© Andrea Canter “She brings a timbre that is part ice and part grain…incisive, original, and emotionally convincing.”– Gary Giddens A five-time Grammy nominee whose discography ranges from Paris to Rio, from ballads to blues, from upbeat swing to gloomy contemplation, Karrin Allyson keeps forging new directions. In 2013, she finally put her talents as […]
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