Here are the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below!   Zaccai Curtis – Cuban Fantasy Black Market Brass – Battle Ready feat. Obi Original Renee Rosnes – Amor Até O Fim Vanisha Gould – Cute Boy Hannah Harder – The Greatest of These is Love Holly Cole – Where...Read More

Bob James and Dave Koz are titans in the world of contemporary jazz. After years of guesting on each other’s productions, the pair decided to toss off a “mini CD” of duets as a ‘thank you’ for guests on one of Dave Koz’s jazz-oriented cruises. This miniature collaboration led to a full-blown duo release recorded...Read More

Black Market Brass and Obi Original are two of the most respected names in Minnesota music and now they have teamed up for a collaborative release. Obi is the featured vocalists on the new single “Battle Ready” from Black Market Brass. Vocalist Obi Original along with Mitch Sigurdson (guitar) and David Tullis (congas) swung by...Read More

Adrian Younge is a prolific and gifted musician, producer, performer and curator who has been at the helm of the Jazz is Dead project alongside his partner Ali Shaheed Mohammed since 2017, releasing collaborative albums with legends like Brian Jackson, Azymuth, Jean Carne, Tony Allen and more. Younge is on the road for his Something...Read More

Here are the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below!   Ebo Taylor – Get Up Chick Corea & Bela Fleck – Juno Hannah Harder – The Greatest of These is Love Yussef Dayes – Portrait of Tracy Holly Cole – Where Flamingos Fly George Cables – Clockwise Jack Barrett...Read More

  Bobby Commodore has been an indispensable part of the Twin Cities music scene since he sat behind the kit with Sounds of Blackness in 1974. During tenures with Sounds of Blackness, Moore by Four and many other great groups, Commodore served the Twin Cities. Beyond his work behind the kit, Bobby Commodore has served...Read More

Drummer and composer Emma Garau is performing on Monday, March 3 at Berlin in Minneapolis with Bryan Nichols (piano) and Chris Bates (bass). Garau recently moved to town from North Carolina and she discussed how she’s enjoying the Twin Cities so far. She also explained her approach to making music and connecting her love of...Read More

Here are the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below!   LA Buckner & BiG HOMiE – NORFSIDE Zaccai Curtis – Cuban Fantasy Etienne Charles – Colorado River Song Ebo Taylor – Get Up Ella Fitzgerald – Moment of Truth Julian Lage – Omission Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet...Read More

Given Hannah Harder‘s history of posting remarkable play along videos on her instagram feed, I had relatively high expectations for her album. Even with my high expectations, I was absolutely blown away by the quality of the music on Harder’s disc, “The Greatest of These is Love.” Although she is only one year out of college,...Read More

Hannah Harder is a young saxophonist and composer from the Twin Cities who recently released her debut album as leader, The Greatest of These is Love. Harder connected with Sam Keenan from Minnesota Jazz Tracks to discuss the new record, her path to jazz, and her upcoming release show at MetroNOME Brewery in St. Paul...Read More