Get Ready for Next Week’s Concerts Now Larry McDonough Quintet featuring Richard Terrill at Dakota Jazz Club-Monday, August 4th at 7pm, tickets start at $25.47 Bill Simenson Orchestra at Jazz Central Studios- Tuesday, August 5th at 830pm, tickets start at $5 Sheila E & the E-Train at Dakota Jazz Club- Tuesday, August 5th and Thursday...Read More

Jazz88’s Peter Solomon speaks with Riley Helgeson, a trumpeter who handles publicity for Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis. To celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month, Jazz Central Studios is presenting free concerts by four different Twin Cities big bands each Sunday in April, including the Bill Simenson Orchestra on April 6th at the Hook and Ladder Theater,...Read More

Scott Amendola is a bay-area drummer and composer who has had long associations with artists like Charlie Hunter and Nels Cline. He performs with a trio including clarinetist Ben Goldberg and bassist Todd Sickafoose at Jazz Central on Thursday, November 7th. The group just released an album called “Here to There” consisting of music inspired...Read More