There’s a new jazz festival on the block! The Northside Jazz and Heritage festival kicks off Sunday July 26th, 11am-7pm at West Broadway Ave and West River Parkway in North Minneapolis. Yonci sat down with festival founders Kenya McKnight-Ahad, Kristel Porter, and performer Truth Maze to talk about the origins, inspirations behind this first-time festival....Read More
Jazz88’s Peter Solomon speaks with guitarists Joe Cruz and Scott Keever about the new guitar duo they are bringing to Aster Cafe on July 23rd. Both musicians have diverse musical interests, ranging from Americana to Latin, Blues, Jazz, and more. Information on the performance July 23rd from 8 – 10 PM can be found here....Read More
Yonci sits down with legendary guitarist Stanley Jordan, discussing a new single, a forthcoming album (the first in over a decade) and a new tandem guitar technique ahead of a solo show at the Dakota. Originally aired 6/26/26 More Posts for Show: This Just InRead More
Thomasina & Tom Wells of the Selby Ave Brass Band An esteemed jazz vocalist meets a storied brass band? Hear what Thomasina and Tom Wells of the Selby Ave Brass band have to say about this delightful collaboration, ahead of their mainstage performance at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival. Dakota Ensemble The kids keeping the...Read More
Sullivan Fortner is one of the most prominent and esteemed pianists in the contemporary jazz scene. We caught up with him in between a busy schedule, ahead of his performance at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival. More Posts for Show: The Afternoon CruiseRead More
Trumpeter Ella Grace came up in the Twin Cities Area, playing many a jazz fest as a student musician. Now, she’s back as an established composer and educator, to perform her debut album “Figments.” More Posts for Show: The Afternoon CruiseRead More
Choro Borealis is a Twin-Cities based Brazilian ensemble that performs a variety of musical styles from South America’s largest country, including choro, samba, forro, and original compositions that incorporate jazz influences. The term choro references a type of instrumental music that evolved in the late nineteenth century from the fusion of European dances like polkas,...Read More
Guitarist Kenny Reichert is an artist who splits his time between the Twin Cities, Milwaukee, Chicago, and a teaching job in Oklahoma. He is Artist in Residence at the Minneapolis venue Berlin this month, and through the month of May he is featuring several of his different projects in a series called “Letters from the...Read More
Riley Mulherkar is a Seattle native and Julliard-trained trumpeter and composer who has embraced both jazz roots and modern production techniques in crafting his art. In a conversation with Jazz88’s Peter Solomon, he discusses his musical influences, the brass ensemble The Westerlies that he helped to found, and his solo debut project Riley. Mulherkar will...Read More
Jazz88 Morning Show Host Peter Solomon speaks with Tony Balluff, a clarinetist who leads the Twin Cities-based traditional jazz ensemble, The South Side Aces. Balluff is something of a jazz historian, and speaks eloquently about the innovative artists that created the artform. Sunday, March 22nd, the South Side Aces and some friends will be...Read More
