L.A. Buckner and BiG HOMiE – Fireflies Kavyesh Kaviraj – Lullaby Laufey – From the Start Take That Back – Playhouse Bats Khruangbin – Ada Jean Dayna Stephens – Scrutiny Zaccai Curtis – Let’s Do It Again Steve Turre – Mr. Kenyatta Cornelia Nilsson – John’s Abbey Emmet Cohen – Vibe Provider Loading…...Read More
Music is the ultimate conjurer of emotions. The sounds of “Fireflies” off of L.A. Buckner and BiG HOMiE’s forthcoming record “Norfside” conjures a lifetime of triumph into three and a half minutes of music like the groove downed three espressos before the second measure and as the group navigates the various sections there is a...Read More
Kavyesh Kaviraj – Lullaby Etienne Charles – Old School Ken Peplowski – Cabin in the Sky Michael Mayo – I Wish Mike Stern – Climate Emmet Cohen – Vibe Provider Jo Harrop – Traveling Light Samara Joy – You Stepped Out of a Dream Avery Sharpe – My Friend, Don’t Be Afraid to Ask...Read More
We are so lucky to have Zacc Harris in the Twin Cities. Harris is a top-flight guitarist, composer and educator. He also manages to run a premier record label that releases world-class music which represents our local scene and the larger international jazz scene. Through some scheduling miracle, Zacc Harris was able to connect with...Read More
Jazz88’s Peter Solomon spoke with Dale Alexander, a pianist and drummer based in Los Angeles, but originally from St. Paul, to get his thoughts on Bud Powell. The father of modern jazz piano was born September 27, 1924 and would be 100 years old. The image below was taken of Bud Powell in Europe in...Read More
Kavyesh Kaviraj – Lullaby Khruangbin – Ada Jean Delfeayo Marsalis – Sidewalk Sizzle Lizz Wright – Your Love feat. Meshell Ndegeocello Lakecia Benjamin – New Mornings Steve Turre – Mr. Kenyatta Gregory Groover Jr. – May All Your Storms Be Weathered Dayna Stephens – Scrutiny Ken Peplowski – Cabin in the Sky Cornelia Nilsson...Read More
I spent an inordinate amount of my teen years listening to a record by David Fiuczynski called Lunar Crush. It came out in 1994 and it featured John Medeski’s keyboard work all over it. Much of the joy of this record can be found in how wide the palette of sounds is. Multiple keyboards, percussion appearing...Read More
Jazz88 celebrates the birthday of pianist and composer Muhal Richard Abrams, who was born September 19th, 1930 in Chicago. Early on, Abrams worked with a wide variety of musicians from blues artists to saxophonist Dexter Gordon and trumpeter Woody Shaw. In 1965, Abrams was a founding member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians,...Read More
Julian Lage – Serenade Steve Turre – Mr. Kenyatta Something Else! feat. Vincent Herring – Strasbourg/St. Denis Kamasi Washington – The Garden Path Lakecia Benjamin – New Mornings Khruangbin – Ada Jean Dayna Stephens – Scrutiny Cory Wong – Burning feat. Metropole Orkest Dylan Hicks – The Unicellular Spore Fernando Huergo – Panorama ...Read More
There are some great transcontinental collaborations happening in the Twin Cities Jazz scene! Technology has made it feasible for arrangers from all over the world to get their charts performed and recorded by a topflight big band without having to muster all the players individually. Adi Yeshaya, Ned Kantar and other arrangers in town have...Read More
