Here are the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below! Hyldon – Favela Do Rio De Janeiro Dawn Clement – Outstretch Rachel Therrien – Back Home Dylan Hicks – Your Famous Footsteps The Riffin’ Trio – Riffer’s Theme Thelonious Monk – Monk’s Mood feat. John Coltrane Christian McBride Big...Read More
Kaitlin Cassady is an up-and-coming writer and performer getting ready to release her sophomore album North Star on September 4 at the Cedar Cultural Center. North Star features more jazzy moments than one might expect from a folk album, and one of those gems is the tune “Melancholy Daydreams.” On the tune, Cassady shows off her penchant for adventurous...Read More
Danny Sigelman’s State Fair Picks: I can’t think of a better way to kick off the Fair this year than with one of the Twin Cities’ finest groups, Davina and the Vagabonds August 21 and 22nd at the Bandshell stage. The consummate piano player and singer, Davina Sowers has carved out her own niche and following among...Read More
Jazzy Offerings at the State Fair Click here for MN state Fair website where you can find more info about all these offerings. Friday August 22 Davina and the Vagabonds 1:00-1:45, 2:30-3:15 at the Bandshell Iconic Jazz Artist out the Twin Cities MPLS the Band 3:45-4:30, 4:45-5:30 at the Bandshell Groundbreaking R&B and hip-hop...Read More
Get ready for next week’s shows with some handpicked by Jazz88: Tuesday, August 26, 2025: John Pizzarelli Trio at Dakota Tuesday, August 26, 2025: Red Planet at MetroNOME Wednesday, August 27 2025: Ozomatli at Dakota Thursday, August 28, 2025: Patty Peterson Presents Jazz Women All Stars at Crooners Friday, August 29 2025: St Paul &...Read More
Here are the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below! Jaleel Shaw – Beantown Pino Palladino/Blake Mills – Taka Paquito D’Rivera – La Fleur De Cayenne Brass Queens – Make Believe Cyrus Chestnut – Autumn Leaves Javier Santiago – Nocturne Du Romare (Rebirth) Rodney Jordan – The Art of...Read More
There’s some tangible enthusiasm heating up around town for The Riffin’ Trio. The group just celebrated the release of Introducing the Riffin’ Trio with a show at the Turf Club on August 15th. Now the group is ready to settle into their monthly residency at Dusty’s in Northeast (catch them every 4th Sunday from 5-8p). Now that...Read More
After completing the long drive from the Upper Peninsula back to the Twin Cities, trumpet player and composer Adam Meckler was happy to pop in the booth at Jazz88 and discuss his upcoming gigs at Berlin on Friday, August 15. Meckler also talked about his upcoming record “Sampled” which drops in November. Meckler also shared...Read More
Monday, August 18th, 2025 at the Dakota Jazz Club- Naturally 7 Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at Jazz Central Studios- Explosion Big Band Wednesday August 20, 2025 at Dakota Jazz Club- Steve Kenny Quintet Thursday, August 21, 2025 at Crooners- David Huckfelt & Annie Humphrey with Jeremy Ylvisaker Thursday, August 21, 2025 at Icehouse- Atlantis...Read More
Cody Steinmann is a trusted guitar player and teacher in town who can be found giving lessons, playing gigs and sitting in. Steinmann is also a recording artist who is consistently putting out new material. Earlier this summer, Steinmann released the new EP Barely Anyone Calls Me So I Just Stay At Home and Make My...Read More
