During some downtime in Atlanta, Grammy-winning songster Fantastic Negrito was doing a little genealogical digging when he started down a trail leading to his seventh-generation grandparents. It turns out that, in Virginia in the 1750s, his grandparents–a white Scottish indentured female servant and an enslaved African man–fell in love and started a family. This discovery...Read More
Twin Cities mainstay, and friend of the station, Leslie Vincent, visited the studios of Jazz88 to perform a haunting ukulele version of her song, “Bury Her Down,” and to chat up her upcoming performance at the Granada Theater in Uptown Minneapolis on Saturday, October 21. Take a listen: This interview aired on The Afternoon Cruise...Read More
Jazz88 Morning Show host Peter Solomon had the opportunity to sit down with Andy Mannix, Minneapolis Policing Reporter for the Star Tribune, about a curious feature on the murder of journalist Walter Liggett and the gangster accused of the crime, Isadore “Kid Cann” Blumenfeld. Blumenfeld was a Jewish immigrant who became extremely rich and influential...Read More
Back in 2017, Jazz88’s Bobby Vandell, host of Bridge to the Blues and Jazz Futures, connected with drum legend David Garibaldi for an extended interview, covering many aspects of Garibaldi’s impressive career, beginning with his early years in Tower of Power. Jazz88 will continue to share portions of this interview throughout the coming months. Enjoy...Read More
Roy Hargrove was born October 16, 1969. In his too-short life (Hargrove died in 2018), he became an icon–sharing stages with musicians from across genres, winning Grammys, and penning songs that would live on for generations. Minnesota-based trumpeter Omar Abdulkarim had occasion to share stages and conversations with Hargrove during his time living in New...Read More
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