© Andrea Canter About two years ago, prolific bandleader and guitarist Zacc Harris debuted a new trio, American Reverie, featuring Harris, Matt Peterson on and Lars-Erik Larson on drums. They’ve since been featured at — Reverie, of course, on the Thursday Night Jazz series, as well as Jazz Central and the Black Dog. This weekend, […]
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© Jon Morgan Ed. note: Occasionally, Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog presents a national touring artist. Ben Allison brought his trio to town a few months ago in conjunction with some workshops at McNally Smith College of Music. Now, thanks to a short residency with the Roseville Area High School jazz program, curator […]
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© Andrea Canter It seems that we’re getting a break from our perfect weather, but music around the Twin Cities continues nonstop. Rain or shine, we get the best here in the metro. Big Gigs This Week Friday, May 19. Jazz Central hosts a long-overdue gig with the Phil Hey Quartet, one of the […]
Continue ReadingIf ever there was a fusion armada, it would have to be these guys. Three veterans and a relative newbie: Jack Dejohnette, Larry Grenadier, John Medeski, and John Scofield must have been someone’s dream team if not their own. Medeski (Medeski, Martin and Wood) is the youngest of the bunch but he passed pup […]
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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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