Here are the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below!   LA Buckner & BiG HOMiE – NORFSIDE Zaccai Curtis – Cuban Fantasy Etienne Charles – Colorado River Song Ebo Taylor – Get Up Ella Fitzgerald – Moment of Truth Julian Lage – Omission Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet...Read More

Given Hannah Harder‘s history of posting remarkable play along videos on her instagram feed, I had relatively high expectations for her album. Even with my high expectations, I was absolutely blown away by the quality of the music on Harder’s disc, “The Greatest of These is Love.” Although she is only one year out of college,...Read More

Here are the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below!   Ebo Taylor – Get Up Lucia Sarmiento – Rosie Out Of/Into – Radical Andrew Tomten – Chip’s Groove Etienne Charles – Colorado River Song Julian Lage – Omission Mike LeDonne – JB (for Jaki Byard) Hannah Harder – The...Read More

The centerpiece of drummer L.A. Buckner‘s musical universe is North Minneapolis, aka “over North.” It only makes sense; Buckner is quick to describe his music as “very Black” and the Northside of Minneapolis is the beating heart of the Black community in Minnesota. Buckner himself is a fixture over North, both on the bandstand and...Read More

Jazz88’s Peter Solomon spoke with trombonist Wycliffe Gordon about his musical influences and the diverse array of instruments that he plays, including soprano trombone and didgeridoo. Gordon is at the Dakota tonight with the MMEA All State Jazz Band (Friday, February 14th). Details here. More Posts for Show: The Morning ShowRead More

Here are the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below! Zaccai Curtis – Cuban Fantasy Ebo Taylor – Get Up Abebi Stafford – Stolen By Lies Yussef Dayes – Portrait of Tracy Chick Corea and Bela Fleck – Bemsha Swing Hannah Harder – The Greatest of These is Love Rebecca...Read More

There is no half-stepping with Lucia Sarmiento. The sax phenom taps top notch players and matches them up with top notch material for all of her recordings. It’s no surprise that she’d keep the bar high as a leader considering that she frequently works as a player for international sensations like Pitbull and Karol G....Read More

Jazz88’s Peter Solomon speaks with filmmaker John Scheinfeld about his 2023 documentary “What the Hell Happened to Blood Sweat and Tears?” The film tells the story of the pioneering jazz rock band – one of the most popular bands in the world in the late sixties and early seventies – and the disastrous impact of...Read More

Here are the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below! Room3 – Moqueca Vanisha Gould – Cute Boy Scott Agster – Minneapolis Horn Power Zaccai Curtis – Black Rice Etienne Charles – Colorado River Song feat. René Marie Dave Potter – Straight Up Jim Mullen – I’ll Close My Eyes...Read More

Abebi Stafford is a Twin Cities mainstay best known for his masterful piano and organ work. For his fourth release as a leader, Stolen By Lies, Stafford has connected with some of the great players in our scene and turned out an energetic and inspired selection of originals plus one Keith Jarrett number. The title...Read More