Julian Lage – Serenade Steve Turre – Mr. Kenyatta Something Else! feat. Vincent Herring – Strasbourg/St. Denis Kamasi Washington – The Garden Path Lakecia Benjamin – New Mornings Khruangbin – Ada Jean Dayna Stephens – Scrutiny Cory Wong – Burning feat. Metropole Orkest Dylan Hicks – The Unicellular Spore Fernando Huergo – Panorama  ...Read More

Jazz88’s Peter Solomon speaks with NEA Jazz Master and Grammy award-winning trombonist and composer Delfeayo Marsalis about the inspiration behind his recent recording, Crescent City Jewels. Marsalis will be featured in two sets with the JazzMN Orchestra Sunday afternoon, Sept. 22, at the Dakota. (Attached photo by Eric Waters and Girard Mouton). https://kbem-od.streamguys1.com/kbem/20240918064147-DelfeayoFINALWEB.mp3Read More

There are some great transcontinental collaborations happening in the Twin Cities Jazz scene! Technology has made it feasible for arrangers from all over the world to get their charts performed and recorded by a topflight big band without having to muster all the players individually. Adi Yeshaya, Ned Kantar and other arrangers in town have...Read More