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

Katia Cardenas has no trouble staying busy. In addition to singing professionally throughout the Twin Cities, Cardenas also serves as Program Director for the  Walker West Without Walls initiative and helms their Women in Jazz initiative as well. This Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, there is a Youth Women in Jazz Workshop at South High School...Read More

We send sincere congratulations out to all the winners and nominees from the 2025 Grammys! We want to tip our hat specifically to the jazz musicians and creators who were recognized yesterday! We will be featuring music from the Grammy winners on Friday’s installment of This Just In at Noon on Friday February 7. Artists...Read More

Jazz88’s Peter Solomon recently had a chance to speak with guitarist and composer Scott Burton. Burton lives in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, but formerly resided in Richmond, Virginia, where he and Solomon would cross paths on occasion. An artist inspired by collaboration and pushing musical boundaries, Burton brings a newly formed trio, dubbed Mantis, to Berlin...Read More