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In 1968 trumpeter/composer Steve Wright graduated from the University of Iowa. He then began his professional career with the US Air Force Jazz Ass...
- Added: Dec 14, 2023
- Length: 06:42
Pianist and composer Mary Louise Knutson was drawn to the piano at a very young age and began taking Classical piano lessons at the age of 4. Mary ...
- Added: Dec 14, 2023
- Length: 06:21
In this archival interview Leigh Kamman spoke with legendary drummer Dave King. Dave, a master percussionist based in Minneapolis, has appeared in ...
- Added: Dec 14, 2023
- Length: 06:06
In this interview from March 2005 versatile trombonist Dave Graf sat down with Leigh Kamman to discuss the release of his Mulligan Stew CD. In th...
- Added: Dec 07, 2023
- Length: 06:10
In this interview from 1990 Leigh Kamman talks with Cornetist Charlie DeVore. Charlie was cornetist for the Hall Brothers New Orleans Jazz Band an...
- Added: Dec 07, 2023
- Length: 06:24
In this interview in 2003, Leigh Kamman interviews trombonist Andre Stephani. Andre Stephani was raised in Indiana where his father worked as a pro...
- Added: Dec 07, 2023
- Length: 05:51
Leigh Kamman interviews pianist, composer and arranger Adi Yeshaya. Adi has arranged and orchestrated for many great musicians including Lena Horne...
- Added: Dec 07, 2023
- Length: 05:48
Since the 1990's guitarist Steve Blons has been active as a teacher and freelance musician and for many years played weekly at the Dakota Club in M...
- Added: Dec 22, 2022
- Length: 05:32
Guitarist Reuben Ristrom has been a stalwart in the music scene in the Twin Cities for many years. Reuben plays all styles of Jazz and in 2018 was ...
- Added: Dec 22, 2022
- Length: 06:04
This archival interview was done as part of Leigh Kamman's Women in the Arts jazz series. This interview was done when Laura's second CD, " As One"...
- Added: Dec 22, 2022
- Length: 05:56
Larry McDonough graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in music education. Larry has been performing extensively in the Twin Cit...
- Added: Dec 21, 2022
- Length: 06:17
Bassist Gordy Johnson grew up in a musical family, his father was a bassist with the Minnesota Orchestra for over 40 years, and his mother was a pi...
- Added: Dec 21, 2022
- Length: 06:12
Saxophonist Doug Haining grew up in St Louis Park, MN and started playing professionally in the 1970's. Doug attended St Olaf College where he grad...
- Added: Dec 21, 2022
- Length: 07:13
Cornetist Paul "Doc" Evans was born in Spring Valley, MN in 1907. He started his musical journey playing piano, later adding drums, and then in hig...
- Added: Dec 21, 2022
- Length: 05:55
Guitarist and composer Dean Magraw has performed and recorded with a wide variety of great musicians and is known for his masterful guitar playing....
- Added: Dec 21, 2022
- Length: 05:40
Pianist, vocalist, producer and radio show host Arne Fogel has been a regular performer at clubs and concert venues in the Twin Cities for many yea...
- Added: Dec 21, 2022
- Length: 05:56
Born in Germany, Herb Pilhofer was gigging on piano in the Twin Cities by the mid-'50s and became the Guthrie Theater's musical director in 1963. ...
- Added: Jun 29, 2020
- Length: 05:04
Saxophonist-educator Donald Washington moved from Detroit to the Twin Cities in 1987, bringing with him wife/vocalist Faye, and their son Kevin, no...
- Added: Jun 29, 2020
- Length: 05:04
Sometimes called the Twin Cities' First Lady of Song, Debbie Duncan has been based in Minneapolis since 1984 after growing up in Detroit and studyi...
- Added: Jun 29, 2020
- Length: 05:03
A Philly native, drummer Eric Kamau Gravatt has played with McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, & Weather Report. A resident of the Twin Cities for decade...
- Added: Jun 29, 2020
- Length: 05:04
Trumpeter Steve Kenny has worked prominently with the Illicit Sextet, and books a long-running series of Saturday night shows in St. Paul. Here he...
- Added: Jun 29, 2020
- Length: 05:04
Woodwinds, didgeridoos, percussion, and instrument building are some of the musical outlets for Douglas Ewart who has been part of the Twin Cities ...
- Added: Jun 29, 2020
- Length: 05:04
Leigh Kamman's visit with trumpeter-songwriter Gene Adams.
- Added: Jun 29, 2020
- Length: 05:04
From church and school singing in her native Hibbing to dates on worldwide stages and 10 album releases, Connie Evingson has a place as one of Minn...
- Added: Jun 29, 2020
- Length: 05:03
Pianist, composer, educator, author, and community arts organizer Carei Thomas visits with Leigh Kamman.
- Added: Jun 29, 2020
- Length: 05:04
