Moore by Four is getting ready for a show this Friday, August 9, over at Crooners. Members Ginger and Ashley Commodore stopped by to talk about the group’s thirty-plus year history and what gives them their staying power. Full interview: This interview aired on The Afternoon Cruise 08/06/24 More Posts for Show: The...Read More
Astronomy Town is an indie jazz group based right here in the Twin Cities! Their first EP, Welcome To Astronomy Town, is a great introduction for what to expect when listening to them: a mix of jazz, lo-fi, and lounge. The track “Coffee & Guinness” lures you into a dreamlike state with the graceful keyboard...Read More
Jazz88 is celebrating the life and music of double bassist, Charlie Haden, born August 6th, 1937 in Shenandoah, Iowa. Haden provided an essential element to Ornette Coleman’s groundbreaking quartets in the late fifties and early sixties. Coleman’s music departed from traditional rules of harmony and form, and Haden would adapt his basslines according to what...Read More
Greetings! Sean here. I’m honored to be joined by student intern Laelah Stephney, a rising senior from South High. She’s working with me this summer on music programming and on producing This Just In. Every Friday, we’ll bring you some highlights of new music we are featuring here on Jazz88. This is all connected to...Read More
Kamasi Washington – The Garden Path Parlor Greens – Driptorch Take That Back – Playhouse Bats Concurrence – Nightcap at Brown’s Dinner Club Jo Harrop – Only The Horizon WJ3 All-Stars – Jitterbug Waltz Eric Alexander – Serenade to a Cuckoo Matthew Whitaker – Expect Your Miracle Karrin Allyson – Wave Andrew Bird –...Read More
Twin Cities-based guitarist Pavel Jany and his Global Jazz Collegium are back with their latest disc, Labyrinth. Jany and many of the other members of the Collegium also work in the group Ticket to Brasil, but for this group, they follow their interests beyond Brazil and explore many of the international sounds that have become...Read More
Jazz88’s Peter Solomon speaks with vocalist Carmen Bradford about her musical career with Count Basie and her participation in the program “Uptown Nights,” with trumpeter Byron Stripling and the Minnesota Orchestra on Saturday, August 3rd. Bradford is the daughter of trumpeter Bobby Bradford–a renowned educator and former sideman with Ornette Coleman–and singer Melba Joyce. Listen...Read More
Twin Cities-based guitarist Pavel Jany and his Global Jazz Collegium are back with their latest disc, Labyrinth. Jany and many of the other members of the Collegium also work in the group Ticket to Brasil, but for this group, they follow their interests beyond Brazil and explore many of the international sounds that have become...Read More
Local mainstay and friend of the station, Ginger Commodore, came to visit Sean McPherson on The Afternoon Cruise to discuss her new four-show series, “And the Melodies Still Linger On”. The series launches on Thursday, August 1 at Crooners. Ms. Commodore discussed how she picks songs, accompanists, and why she has been so focused on...Read More
Jazz88’s Peter Solomon spoke with trumpeter/conductor Byron Stripling about “Uptown Nights,” a program taking place Saturday, August 3rd, that he will perform with the Minnesota Orchestra. The program will feature Stripling in multiple roles–conducting, playing trumpet, and singing–along with vocalist Carmen Bradford and tap dancer Leo Manzari. More Posts for Show: The Morning ShowRead More
