Yonci chats with Jason Marsalis ahead of his Berlin debut on October 17th 2026,  featuring local talent Kavyesh Kaviraj, Dan Carpel, and Abinnet Berhanu.  Read More

Yonci spoke with Dakota Jazz Club Founder, Lowell Pickett, ahead of this year’s Dakota Block Party on 9/26/26. Dakota Block Party 2026 When: Saturday, SEP 26, 2026 | 2–10pm Where: Nicollet Mall Cost: Free and open to the public OUTSIDE ON NICOLLET MALL Nicollet Stage Live Music Lineup: L.A. Buckner & BiG HOMiE at 2pm Nathan & The...Read More

Jazz88 Morning Host Peter Solomon speaks with vocalist and composer Chenxi Pan, who changed her life path in her early twenties when she left her native country of China and came to the US to study jazz. She discusses her unique musical path, the artists that influenced her singing and writing, and talks through some...Read More

Jazz88’s Peter Solomon speaks with Twin Cities based saxophonist Brandon Wozniak, who has been selected as September Artist in Residence at Minneapolis jazz venue Berlin. Wozniak will perform in a series of Sunday night concerts, including collaborations with musicians such as drummer Dave King, cellist Michell kinney, guitarist Zacc Harris, among others. Information on the...Read More

Charles Tolliver’s professional career began in earnest in 1964, when he recorded as a sideman with alto saxophonist Jackie McLean. In subsequent years, Tolliver worked with Max Roach, Horace Silver, Andrew Hill, Sonny Rollins, Gerald Wilson, and others. Recently, Mack Avenue records reissued his first session as a leader, under the title Right Now… And...Read More

Jazz88 Morning Host Peter Solomon speaks with composer and saxophonist Stephanie Wieseler and bassist Charlie Bruber about the long awaited new recording by Society of Chemists. The Twin Cities-based ensemble has a unique musical approach with they describe as “chamber jazz fusion.” They discuss what that means, and Wieseler talks about the ways she sometimes...Read More

In honor of the 125th anniversary of the borth of Louis Armstrong, we are reposting an interview with Ricki Riccardi, the Director of Resaerch Collections at the Louis Armstrong House and Museum and the author of three biographies of Armstrong. In this segment, he speaks with Jazz88’s Peter Solomon about his most recent book, called...Read More

Logan Richardson in a saxophonist, composer and producer who will be Artist in Residence July 29th through 31st at Berlin in Minneapolis. He speaks with Peter Solomon about growing up in Kansas City in the 1980’s and how that shaped him as an artist. Richardson’s music incoporates a lot of sampling and sound manipulation in...Read More

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

Tom McDermott moved to New Orleans in the early eighties and has quickly himself as a leading voice in early jazz and New Orleans roots music. He brings a personal and inventive approach to the repertoire of Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Professor Longhair, and James Booker, as well as ragtime and Brazilian Choro...Read More