Arne Fogel visited with Peter Solomon on the Morning Show to discuss his new recording “Arnthology,” a compilation featuring recordings made between 1971 and 2026. Fogel will celebrate the release of the album Saturday, March 14th at Crooners with a performance featuring Rick Carlson, Maude Hixson, bassist Graydon Peterson, and other special guests. In this...Read More

Vocalist Maud Hixson has released a new album of holiday songs called When Winter Comes. She speaks with Jazz88’s Morning Show host Peter Solomon about the project, and the segment includes samples of several of the tunes from the new album. Hixson goes beyond the standard holiday fare and comes up with some really interesting...Read More

Vocalist Maud Hixson is a mainstay of the jazz scene in the Twin Cities and she has churned out another exemplary disc. On Saturday, Sept. 2, she’s taking the stage of Crooner’s to celebrate the new release, Permanent Moonlight. Listen in to Maud’s conversation with Sean McPherson from The Afternoon Cruise about the new disc,...Read More

  Jack Barrett (piano) and Charlie Bruber (bass) are kindred musical spirits. After the pandemic, they found their way back to creativity by doing brisk, low-pressure sessions with Ben Ehrlich and Jake Baldwin bright and early in the morning. These sessions grew into the record that they are releasing as the Jack Barrett Quartet on...Read More

  On August 21, 1904 Count Basie was born in Red Bank, NJ. In his seventy-nine years on planet earth, he contributed immense amounts to the development of jazz, and the legendary orchestra that he led for the majority of his life continues on to this day under the tutelage of Scotty Barnhart. Rick Carlson,...Read More

Minnesota’s Maud Hixson celebrates music associated with Judy Garland at Crooners Supper Club Saturday, Feb. 6 at 5:30 p.m. https://kbem-od.streamguys1.com/kbem/20210204071714-MaudHixsonRickCarlsonJudyGarlandatCrooners.mp3 Originally aired Thursday, Feb. 04, 2021 on the Morning Show with Emily Reese. More Posts for Show: The Morning ShowRead More

Vocalist Maud Hixson will sing songs associated with Doris Day in the beautiful Dunsmore Room at Crooners Supper Club on Sunday, June 9, joined by her collaborator Rick Carlson. https://kbem-od.streamguys1.com/kbem/20190531120339-MaudHixsonDorisDayCrooners2019.mp3 Originally aired Friday, May 31, 2019 on the Morning Show with Emily Reese. More Posts for Show: The Morning ShowRead More

Vocalist Maud Hixson has two shows coming up in the Twin Cities. Saturday night, Nov. 10, she’s singing with pianist Rick Carlson and his trio at the Bloomington Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. It’s a Cole Porter tribute show. Monday night, she’ll sing in the Dunsmore Room at Crooners Lounge and Supper Club...Read More