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Jazz88 presents: A Weaving of Traditions

06/08/2013 - 7:03pm

Jazz has long been recognized as America’s original musical art form. However, predating jazz, there was another form of music rooted in this land—that of the Native Americans.

TCDP TOP PICK | "Jazz Noir": Live broadcast performance at the Artists' Quarter

04/28/2013 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm

TCDP TOP PICK: Garrison Keillor, watch out—Guy Noir has company. Jazz station KBEM is premiering a new show called Jazz Noir, set in the predominantly African-American Rondo neighborhood of St. Paul (a neighborhood later obliterated by the construction of I-94) in the 1920s. The first episode will be recorded at the Artists' Quarter on April 28—in front of a live audience, the way radio used to be. - Jay Gabler

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Live from The Filter Lab: Atlantis Quartet

03/16/2013 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm

This event marks the third annual living room performance, taking place at The Filter Lab.

TCDP TOP PICK | Estaire Godinez at the Artists' Quarter

02/22/2013 - 9:00pm
02/23/2013 - 9:00pm

TCDP TOP PICK: Smooth vocalist, tight percussionist Estaire Godinez played the Dakota in 2011—there's a saucy number from that gig, "Just Say Yes," up on YouTube—and it must've gone well, because she's back in the Twin Cities on February 22 and 23, performing at the Artists' Quarter. She's got a buoyant vocal style, drives a lively beat, and, for good measure, has a very pleasant personality. This, of course, doesn't tell area jazz afficianados anything they don't already know. For anyone else who simply loves good music, this is a fine opportunity broaden the scheme of listening things. - Dwight Hobbes

Cookie Coleman: An Evening of Love Songs

02/14/2013 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Bring your Valentine for an evening of love songs with:

Cookie Coleman, vocals
Kristin Sponcia, keys
Tony Axtel, bass
Nathan Norman, drums

Wenso Ashby returns to form with "Signature"

By Dwight Hobbes, Sounding Off On Sound

Courtesy Wenso Ashby

Wenso Ashby, producer-pianist-composer par excellence, runs second to none in the Twin Cities so far as the neo-soul/smooth jazz groove goes. Fast following May’s surprisingly inert The Moment of Truth, acquits his artistry with Signature.

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Esperanza Spalding at the State Theatre: Prince showed up for a reason

By Dwight Hobbes, Sounding Off On Sound

Esperanza Spalding at the 2012 Academy Awards. Photo by Jamie Millard.

“Hey, are you gonna go see Esperanza Spalding?”, Bobbi Miller asked me with considerably more than idle curiosity. All I knew about anyone or anything named Spalding was the company that made baseball gloves. So, no, I hadn’t any such intention. Miller, though, herself a marvelous vocalist, was brightly animated in anticipation of catching the concert, attesting that this Spalding woman can sing her hind parts off. Well, if said so by Bobbi Miller it was good enough for me. Accordingly, I made plans to see Spalding on September 30 at the State Theatre in downtown Minneapolis.

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