This year Jazz88 has kept track of all the local songs we’ve played from the year 2024. We are asking you to vote for your ten favorite tunes to help us put together an hour celebrating the best releases of 2024. Please place your votes before 10pm on Wednesday, December 11.   Loading… More...Read More

  This year Jazz88 has kept track of all the songs we’ve played from the year 2024. We are asking you to vote for your ten favorite tunes to help us put together an hour celebrating the best releases of 2024. Please place your votes before 10pm on Wednesday, December 11.   Loading… More Posts...Read More

Vocalists Toussaint Morrison and Roz Prickel are deep into the world of holiday music. They are in rehearsals for their Sno Ball event on Saturday at PNA Hall in Northeast. They swung by the Afternoon Cruise to chat about their favorite holiday music, their love of all things pickle, and their upcoming show. Full interview:...Read More

Here is the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below!   Zacc Harris – This Day Laufey – From the Start Jake Baldwin and Ted Godbout – Cornflower Blue Javon Jackson – When the Time Is Right Nubya Garcia – Set it Free ft. Richie Arooj Aftab – Aey Nehin...Read More

Jake Baldwin and Ted Godbout stay busy enough playing as sidemen that I consider it a godsend when they find time to work as leaders. When trumpet player Jake Baldwin and pianist Ted Godbout realized they had a pile of originals they had never recorded, they decided to connect with some great players and read...Read More

Jazz88 celebrates the birthday of Melissa Aldana, a New York-based saxophonist who has earned praise and recognition from critics and musical peers as one of the most accomplished tenor players on the contemporary jazz scene. Aldana was born in 1988 in Santiago, Chile and was taught to play by her father, renowned saxophonist Marcos Aldana. Discovered by...Read More

Vocalist Bruce A. Henry is back in town for a holiday performance with the JazzMN Orchestra. Though Henry didn’t sing holiday music for the first half of his career, he reconnected with the canon during a holiday show at a shopping mall in Colorado and hasn’t looked back since. In this conversation, Henry shares how...Read More

Sam Kennan spoke with Cody Steinmann about his new record, Confined Spaces. It’s the first from his trio with bassist Chris Bates and drummer Abinnet Berhanu. They have a release show in Minneapolis, December 5th at Berlin. Interview here: https://kbem-od.streamguys1.com/kbem/20241202100543-CodySteinmann_ConfinedSpacesinterview.mp3 More Posts for Show: Minnesota Jazz TracksRead More

Here is the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below!     Laufey – From the Start The Bad Plus – Grid/Ocean L.A. Buckner and BiG HOMiE – Fireflies Diego Figueiredo – Samba Pra Bonfa Zacc Harris – This Day Immanuel Wilkins – Dark Eye Smile feat. Cecile McLorin Salvant...Read More

Zacc Harris is a fixture in the Twin Cities jazz scene. More than just a celebrated guitar player, Harris is the head of Shifting Paradigm Records, a Minnesota-based record label that releases gems from all around the globe. For Harris’s latest release, Chasing Shadows, he left his students and his family in Minneapolis for a couple...Read More