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Sean McPherson
Oogie_Push is from the Meskwaki Nation and is currently creating on Dakota territory, aka the Twin Cities. She’s an actor, writer, storyteller, dancer, a Meskwaki twine bag weaver, a production assistant and an award-winning documentarian. She is the playwright and lead performer for the Full Circle Production The Adventures of a Traveling Meskwaki. The show...
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Broadcaster and Grammy-nominated performer Judy Carmichael is coming back to the Twin Cities for a performance at the O’Shaugnessy in Saint Paul on Saturday, November 16. She’s no stranger to listeners of Jazz88 as we carry her show Judy Carmichael’s Jazz Inspired on Monday nights at 10pm. She connected with Sean McPherson from Jazz88 to...
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Bassist Erik Fratzke from Happy Apple was nice enough to stop by the Jazz88 studio to discuss the group’s new studio album New York CD. It’s the group’s first release in 17 years and Fratzke talked about the life cycle of the band and the beautiful rapport and camaraderie the group is enjoying as they...
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  Laufey – It Could Happen to You L.A. Buckner and BiG HOMiE – Fireflies Cory Wong – 305 ft. Chris Potter Connie Evingson – Whisper Not feat. Benny Golson Nubya Garcia – Set it Free feat. Richie Peter Bernstein – Ditty for Dewey Judy Carmichael – I Don’t Know Enough About You Emmet Cohen...
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On the week of the release of MaLLy and Last Word’s new album, The Sweetest of It All, MaLLy took some time to connect with Jazz88 to discuss his love of jazz. MaLLy’s artform is hip-hop, but his sources for inspiration run way deeper. He discussed how jazz can invite him to listen deeply, to...
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Jesse Simon from the MN Hard Bop Collective grew up loving organ jazz out in Denver, Colorado, so when it came time for Collective to add more events to their “sit-in series,” it was no surprise that Simon decided to concentrate on the organ. The MN Hard Bop Collective is launching a new weekly Sit-In...
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  Cory Wong – 305 ft. Chris Potter Laufey – It Could Happen to You Kavyesh Kaviraj – Rain Lizz Wright – Your Love ft. Meshell Ndegeocello Steve Turre – Mr. Kenyatta Dayna Stephens – Scrutiny L.A. Buckner and BiG HOMiE – Vengeance is Mine Saith The Lord Judy Carmichael – I Don’t Know Enough...
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Vocalist Dane Stauffer visited the Afternoon Cruise to discuss his upcoming Monstrous Melodies Cabaret at the Dakota. The performance features Stauffer, Maria Jette, Prudence Johnson and Dan Chouinard. Though Dane said he wasn’t sure if any of the performance was legitimately “scary” he assured us it was lots of fun. He even brought along a...
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Bassist Liz Draper has been running a residency at Berlin for October and she’s wrapping it up on Sunday, October 27 with her friend Ava Mendoza. Mendoza is a celebrated guitarist and composer based in Brooklyn and her friendship with Draper goes back almost 25 years. Liz spoke about her approach to improvising on the bass, her recent experience with...
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  L.A. Buckner and BiG HOMiE – Vengeance is Mine Saith The Lord Julius Rodriguez – Love Everlasting feat. Keyon Harrold Khruangbin – Ada Jean Lakecia Benjamin – New Mornings Laufey – It Could Happen to You Take That Back – Playhouse Bats Joel Shapira – Sleepless Montage Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big...
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