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Each year, Jazz88 presents a graduating senior who participated, and excelled, in the Creative Media Production course at North High School with the Art Colberg Memorial Scholarship. This year, two Colberg Scholarships were awarded, and Jazz88’s Manny Hill spoke with one of the recipients, Kyree Wilson. Kyree talked about her experience in the Creative Media...
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Elissa Cedarleaf Dahl is a Visual Arts, Mural Arts and Arts Integration teacher at Justice Page Middle School in Minneapolis, and she recently received a Fulbright Distinguished in Teaching Research Program award to carry out educational research in Colombia. Manny Hill spoke with Elissa about the kind of research she will be doing, and what...
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Celebrate the heritage of a great music scene with this stream recording of some of Minnesota’s most notable jazz legends, hosted by Jazz88 host and award-winning vocalist Patty Peterson.  On May 29, 2021, Crooners Supper Club hosted an intimate afternoon of live music and inspiring stories. Presented by Jazz88 with support from the Minnesota Arts...
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Join Patty Peterson in honoring our jazz pioneers. The broadcast of the Minnesota Jazz Legends: The Elders concert, recorded live at the Minnesota History Center in April is now available on demand. Patty reminisces with several Twin Cities jazz legends who have achieved local and national acclaim: Bob Gilbertson on drums, Ahmed AbdulKarim on trumpet...
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Jazz88 and the North High Radio class presented the annual Student Awards Ceremony Thursday night, May 24th at the Davis Center, Minneapolis Public Schools’ headquarters. The event honored achievement and excellence in radio broadcasting among high school students participating in this long-running curriculum. Students, families and staff enjoyed a delicious sandwich buffet from Barbette. The keynote...
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In the first four months of 2018, Jazz88 has achieved the highest audience share of any major-market full-time Jazz radio station in the United States.  The Nielsen Audio ratings for the January through April period of 2018 show Jazz88 topped Jazz stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Orlando, Denver and Portland on the critical measure of Average AQH Share: put...
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Steinway Artist, Butch Thompson, has been hosting Jazz Originals on Jazz88 for 25 years, and that’s cause for celebration! The formula for this long-running weekly radio show is simple: Butch plays and discusses vintage jazz recordings. With just enough background and analysis, Butch puts the listener in touch with the music’s inventors. This 25 year...
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It is a great privilege and honor to announce that KBEM has been voted into the Minnesota Blues Society’s  Minnesota Blues Hall of Fame in the category of ‘Blues Art, Literature and Media.’  This honor is awarded to an individual or entity with at least twenty years of history performing at the highest level of achievement...
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