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Clockwise from top: Nichols, Santiago, Walker, and Lomheim.  Jazz in the Target Atrium: At The Piano, available on demand now. Four top pianists from the Twin Cities scene take their turn on the bench.  According to the Minnesota Orchestra website: “Chris Lomheim is a pianist whose rich harmony is always accompanied by swinging, bluesy improvisation....
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Jazz in the Target Atrium: Drum & Trumpet, on air Saturday, October 28, and available on demand now. The ever-evolving Atrium Jazz Ensemble explores the sounds and compositions anchored by these ancient instruments, from Louis Armstrong to Booker Little. Jeremy Walker, piano and artistic director John Raymond, trumpet Kevin Washington, drums Chris Thomson, saxophone Jeff Bailey,...
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Jazz in the Target Atrium: When Duke Met Coltrane, available on demand now. The Atrium Jazz Ensemble, anchored by pianist/musical director Jeremy Walker, presents the foundations of jazz: swing, blues, communal good feeling and deep commitment to shared musical inspiration, using the music of Duke Ellington and John Coltrane as source material for self-discovery. Led...
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