This week’s Hot New Local Single “Prayer for Mim in the Color of Marigold” is contemplative and ambient and serves as a dedication to the late Mimi Parker of Low. Bassist Liz Draper has been playing with a variety of folk, rock and jazz artists throughout her career. Having performed with Charlie Parr, The Okee...Read More
This week’s Hot New Local Single is “Epsilon” from the BZ3 Organ Trio. Since the group’s inception in 2023, they have embraced a wide variety of musical styles, including jazz, soul, R&B, and funk. This tune marks a bit of a departure for the group with an unapologetic eighties vibe. Fiely’s guitar and Brian Ziemniak’s...Read More
Peter Solomon speaks to Paul Fonfara and Spencer Roth of The Brass Messengers, a Twin Cities-based brass band that blends elements of Balkan, Macedonian, Afrobeat, Free Jazz, New Orleans sounds. The group will play a Mardi-Gras show called “Dance Your Brass Off” Tuesday, February 17th at the Turf Club, presented by Jazz88. More Posts for...Read More
This week’s Hot New Local Single is from the group Duo CORDA, comprised of guitarist Pavel Jany and cellist Jacqueline Ultan. Ultan is a Yale-educated musician who teaches music at MacPhail and incorporates her cello into a wide range of musical settings, including projects like Saltee that feature her cello in combination with beatbox and...Read More
On his latest album Sampled, trumpeter, composer, and educator Adam Meckler collaborated with several different hip hop producers, rappers, and instrumentalists to reimagine and recontextualize his original big band music. He talks about his collanorative process with Jazz88’s Peter Solomon. https://kbem-od.streamguys1.com/kbem/20260209112051-AdamMecklerwithMusicFINAL.mp3 More Posts for Show: The Morning ShowRead More
The duo known as Pierpont & Helgeson are out of the Twin Cities and an extension of the long running funk and soul label, Secret Stash Records. The multi-instrumentalists, composers and producers function as essentially a studio project and offered a slew of drops of ambitiously funky, cinema phonic and ambient musical excursions this past year. Coming out...Read More
This week’s hot new local single “Do You Feel Good,” from trumpeter Adam Meckler’s recent hip-hop meets big band project, Sampled. The album’s ten selections are reworkings of music originally recorded by the Adam Meckler Orchestra. Meckler collaborated with a variety of rappers, producers, vocalists, and instrumentalists to rework his compositions. “Do You Feel Good” is...Read More
Pianist Aaron Parks speaks to Jazz88’s Peter Solomon about his most recent project on the Blue Note label, a quartet session called “By All Means,” featuring bassist Ben Street, saxophonist Ben Solomon, and legendary drummer Billy Hart. Parks also discusses his musical influences, how he dealt with being labelled a jazz prodigy, and talks about...Read More
