Greetings! Sean here. I’m honored to be joined by student intern Laelah Stephney, who is working with me this summer on music programming and on producing This Just In. Every Friday, we’ll be bringing you some highlights of new music we are featuring here on Jazz88. This is all connected to This Just In, our...Read More
Davina and the Vagabonds – Build Me Up Buttercup Something Else! with Vincent Herring – Strasbourg St. Denis SugaRay Rayford – Run for Cover Angela DeNiro with the Ron Aprea Big Band – You’d Be So Easy to Love Conrad Herwig – Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit feat. Eddie Palmieri Stuart Mack – Summertime Stefon...Read More
Manny Hill is the Executive Producer of MPS Voices, and one of his closest colleagues is Olive Norvell, who serves as host and producer on MPS Voices. MPS Voices is a central hub for student and staff audio content for, and from, Minneapolis Public Schools. Learn more about MPS Voices’ triumphant first year in this...Read More
Greetings! Sean here. I’m honored to be joined by student intern Laelah Stephney, who is working with me this summer on music programming and on producing This Just In. Every Friday, we’ll be bringing you some highlights of new music we are featuring here on Jazz88. This is all connected to This Just In, our...Read More
Choreographer Leslie Parker and musician DeCarlo Jackson have been working together in a larger group toward a Black Dance Improvisation concert coming up on Saturday, June 22 at the Cedar Cultural Center. The event is part of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival and represents the culmination of work done with a cast of dancers and...Read More
Kamasi Washington – Prologue Davina and the Vagabonds – Build Me Up Buttercup Khruangbin – Three From Two The Early Planets – DONKEY WJ3 All-Stars – Jitterbug Waltz Kirsten Edkins – Party Slug Cornbread Harris – Night Train Karrin Allyson – Wave Charles McPherson – Ode to Barry Nick Finzer – Say When ...Read More
Damian Kulash, singer and guitarist for OK Go, is getting ready for a show at First Ave on July 11, and he recently touched base with Jazz88 to discuss how he has connected with jazz throughout his life. During his conversation with Sean McPherson, Kulash discussed how jazz got him to focus on what is...Read More
In anticipation of their Courtyard Concert appearance at MIA on Thursday, June 20 for a Juneteenth Celebration, Sean McPherson connected with artists Queen Drea, PaviElle,and Tish Jones. Hailing from the same part of Saint Paul (Rondo), Jones, Queen Drea, and PaviElle have served as “co-conspirators” for decades. Throughout the conversation, the themes of Black liberation...Read More
Kamasi Washington – Prologue Julian Lage – Nothing Happens Here Nduduzo Makhathini – Izinkonjana The Early Planets – DONKEY WJ3 All-Stars – Jitterbug Waltz Lauren Henderson – Venas Kirsten Edkins – Party Slug Cornbread Harris – Night Train Karrin Allyson – Wave Stuart Mack – Summertime Loading… More Posts for Show: This...Read More
Grammy-winning bassist Ben Williams is in the Twin Cities to play the Black to Life event at Schneider Theater on Friday, June 14. Before he even got his checked baggage from the carousel, he hopped on the phone to talk with Jazz88’s Sean McPherson about how he has added producer, vocalist, and leader to his...Read More
