Mears Park is the epicenter of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, June 20-21 Jazz fans and the jazz-curious have three opportunities to sample top talents from the local and international scene in the ...

At the 2024 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, clarinetist and bandleader Doreen Ketchens finished her set in the Economy Hall tent and announced her next gig: “We’ll be back on the street ...

Renowned Twin Cities jazz ensemble the Larry McDonough Quintet pays tribute to the music of Miles Davis, performing selections from the Grammy-winning soundtrack to the 2015 film, Miles Ahead.

Each summer, during Festival International de Jazz De Montréal (FIJM), the city of Montréal comes alive with so many musical events that extend well beyond the Festival. One of these events took place ...

On Fire: Live From The Blue Morocco is a never before released recording of jazz trumpet legend Freddie Hubbard, captured live in 1967 at the Blue Morocco jazz club in The Bronx, with his quintet ...

In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts is a 3-LP album that contains previously unreleased recordings from two 1977 concerts by Charles Mingus’ last band. The band was a quintet featuring Ricky Ford ...

The title of this album comes from the lines “Where should we go after the last frontiers? Where should the birds fly after the last sky?” These are from the poem “ The Earth is Closing on Us ” by the ...

Epilogue/Prologue: Highlights of 2024, , Great Expectations for 2025 in Twin Cities Jazz ...

By Don Berryman Emily Remler Cookin’ at the Queens Live in Las Vegas 1984 & 1988 is the first Emily Remler release In 34 years, and the only live album ever released from the unsung jazz guitar ...

You might ask yourself “Do I really need another Bill Evans album?”, and in this case the answer is probably “yes” and if you are an ardent fan of Bill Evans or Eddie Gómez the answer is “most ...

The 2023 TD James Moody Jazz Festival took place from November 3 to 19 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and a couple of other locations in Newark, NJ. This Festival has become ...

My introduction to B.B. King was Live at Cook County Jail in 1971 and I was thrilled with his sound – the clarity of tone, the vibrato, the way he bent notes. His playing had the precision of a ...