Here are the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below! Zaccai Curtis – Cuban Fantasy Ebo Taylor – Get Up Abebi Stafford – Stolen By Lies Yussef Dayes – Portrait of Tracy Chick Corea and Bela Fleck – Bemsha Swing Hannah Harder – The Greatest of These is Love Rebecca...Read More
There is no half-stepping with Lucia Sarmiento. The sax phenom taps top notch players and matches them up with top notch material for all of her recordings. It’s no surprise that she’d keep the bar high as a leader considering that she frequently works as a player for international sensations like Pitbull and Karol G....Read More
Jazz88’s Peter Solomon speaks with filmmaker John Scheinfeld about his 2023 documentary “What the Hell Happened to Blood Sweat and Tears?” The film tells the story of the pioneering jazz rock band – one of the most popular bands in the world in the late sixties and early seventies – and the disastrous impact of...Read More
Here are the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below! Room3 – Moqueca Vanisha Gould – Cute Boy Scott Agster – Minneapolis Horn Power Zaccai Curtis – Black Rice Etienne Charles – Colorado River Song feat. René Marie Dave Potter – Straight Up Jim Mullen – I’ll Close My Eyes...Read More
Abebi Stafford is a Twin Cities mainstay best known for his masterful piano and organ work. For his fourth release as a leader, Stolen By Lies, Stafford has connected with some of the great players in our scene and turned out an energetic and inspired selection of originals plus one Keith Jarrett number. The title...Read More
Katia Cardenas has no trouble staying busy. In addition to singing professionally throughout the Twin Cities, Cardenas also serves as Program Director for the Walker West Without Walls initiative and helms their Women in Jazz initiative as well. This Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, there is a Youth Women in Jazz Workshop at South High School...Read More
We send sincere congratulations out to all the winners and nominees from the 2025 Grammys! We want to tip our hat specifically to the jazz musicians and creators who were recognized yesterday! We will be featuring music from the Grammy winners on Friday’s installment of This Just In at Noon on Friday February 7. Artists...Read More
