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Pavielle, celebrated vocalist and bandleader as well as host on Jazz88, has teamed up with vocalist and curator Dennis Spears to kick of season 14 of Legends at the Capri Theater. This weekend the Capri will be transformed into a juke joint in a show titled “Hot Times at Zona’s Cabaret and Blues Joint”. Listen...
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Minneapolis Public Schools is celebrating Latin American Heritage Month through mid-October. Jazz88’s Manny Hill is joined by MPS Director of the Office of Latine Achievement (OLA) Marion Tizon to talk about what the office has planned for celebration, including a literacy event coming up on October and how families can find out more information! More...
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Yohannes Tona, an internationally-renowned bassist, has teamed up with vocalist Dibekulu to bring Ethio-Jazz to the Twin Cities. Ethio-Jazz will headline a show at the Green Room in Minneapolis on Friday, September 22. Listen to the conversation below to hear how Yohannes discovered the sounds of Ethio-jazz–while also learning other styles of music–and discover how...
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Mack Avenue recording artist and vocalist Veronica Swift, preparing for two shows at the Dakota on Friday, Sept. 22, took time to visit with Jazz88 Morning Show host Peter Solomon to discuss her new eponymous record. This interview aired on The Morning Show 9/22/23   More Posts for Show: The Morning Show
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  1- Rachael and Vilray – Goodnight My Love 2- Douye – Fly Me to The Moon 3- Joel Harrison – Today is Tomorrow’s Yesterday 4- Okonski – Sunday 5- Brian Blade – Look to the Hills 6- Steve Yeager – Fugette 7- Allan Harris – The Very Thought of You 8- Steve Smith and...
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Cuban-American piano phenom, Alfredo Rodriguez, is coming to the Turf Club for a show on Sunday night (Sept. 24) with his trio. He’s celebrating the release of his new Mack Avenue recording, Coral Way.  Hear a conversation between Alfredo Rodriguez and Jazz88’s Sean McPherson below, and get ready for Rodriguez’s first visit to the Twin...
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David Feily, Greg Byers, and Ernest Bisong are all first call players in the Twin Cities music world. As members of a niche group of string players working in improvised settings, their paths might’ve been destined to cross regardless, but it was the urging of violin master Randy Sabien that initially brought them together. After...
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Kavyesh Kaviraj is in demand in the Twin Cities as a phenomenal pianist. Throughout his ten years in the Twin Cities, he’s developed quite the network of players to call on when he’s leading the bandstand, so when he took on the duty of curating a Jazz88 JazzClectic pop-up concert, he knew just who to...
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Marcus Kar, the Program Director at Youth Farm and co-chair of the Homegrown Minneapolis Food Council, recently came to visit Jazz88 and brought along Jesse Miller, a FAIR School junior and Youth Farm lead. This Saturday, Sept. 16, they are celebrating the season with Playing For the Plants 2023: a concert featuring free food (while...
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1- Meshell Ndegeocello – Gatsby 2- Javon Jackson – Amy’s Theme 3- Robert Glasper and Derrick Hodge – New Potential 4- Joel Harrison – Today is Tomorrow’s Yesterday 5- Alfredo Rodriguez – El Llamado feat. Cimafunk 6- Sarah Morris – Something That Holds 7- Joe Alterman – Ruby Jubilation 8- HEYARLO – Rememberance 9- Honeybutter–...
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