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The Bend in the Big River Big Band is named for 2 Mississippi River bends. One is in Saint Peter, where the group was formed. And the other bend is...
- Added: Jun 24, 2016
- Length: 08:44
Joe Cruz. He’s got his feet planted in traditional styles. Perhaps that is why when he plays, it all seems so right, even though he does a lot of m...
- Added: Jun 19, 2016
- Length: 08:58
When you listen to a big band recording, you have the pleasure of engaging with a large number of talented musicians. But even if it is a small big...
- Added: May 20, 2016
- Length: 08:10
Summer is here and that means Minnesotans Go Outside to events like Jazz Blast. Held in Rosemount, Jazz Blast presents a varied group of jazz artis...
- Added: May 20, 2016
- Length: 04:59
Jazz fans and artists value originality. And originality is the very thing that the Post-Atomic Trio hangs its collective hat on. The group’s drumm...
- Added: May 16, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Jennifer Grimm playing with players who know her, because the greater the experience, the more fun they have. And the more fun they have challengin...
- Added: May 09, 2016
- Length: 07:16
There’s a lot to be said for working with the same musicians over the years. That’s the case with Charmin Michelle and Joel Shapira. Joel Shapira t...
- Added: May 01, 2016
- Length: 05:00
It’s a challenge to be a full-time jazz musician. But challenging or not, that’s what Joel Shapira does. He does it by becoming expert at many phas...
- Added: May 01, 2016
- Length: 08:01
The local tabla player Marcus Wise looks for opportunities to work with San Francisco sarod player Bruce Hamm. This weekend the two play two concer...
- Added: Apr 26, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Jazz Central Studios is a nonprofit organization supporting the Twin Cities jazz community. Its Fundraiser is Saturday April 30, and artists are co...
- Added: Apr 13, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Jim Falbo is a talented classical-based guitarist. He has a command of many music styles makes him a wedding guitarist who is in demand.
- Added: Apr 09, 2016
- Length: 08:48
Jim Falbo has a base in classical guitar, but he is a lover of many music styles. In advance of his Studio Z show in Saint Paul this Friday night, ...
- Added: Apr 09, 2016
- Length: 05:00
The Southside Aces is a Minneapolis-based New Orleans-style Jazz group playing uncompromised traditional Jazz. They play it the old way, but when a...
- Added: Apr 07, 2016
- Length: 09:10
The Southside Aces is a New Orleans-style jazz band that has loads of fun playing for dancers and listeners. Founder and clarinetist Tony Balluff (...
- Added: Apr 07, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Tom Hiddleston and Marc Abraham talk manifesting rhythm, the courage of artists, and what they didn’t want to do.
- Added: Apr 03, 2016
- Length: 15:27
She’s an artist of many talents, and she keeps embracing more and more. Diane Jarvi is touched by Finnish, American and other world cultures, and s...
- Added: Mar 28, 2016
- Length: 09:19
The Dakota Combo. It’s a jazz group made up of metro area high school players whose players are immersed in soaking up lessons from their mentors. ...
- Added: Mar 27, 2016
- Length: 05:00
They do the old blues and a lot of new blues, too. Stephen Faison and the 3 O’Clock Gruv is a band of musical veterans hungry to make its mark with...
- Added: Mar 14, 2016
- Length: 05:50
They were inspired by Earth Wind and Fire but their blend of personalities made them much more than a cover band. The group was known as Class Acti...
- Added: Mar 11, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Tabla player Marcus Wise and Guitarist Dean Magraw have one of the few musical cultural syntheses that really works. It is because the Wise/Magraw ...
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Wee Willie Walker and We’r (We Are). Now this is one top flight blues band. The group plays the groove most people expect from a blues band, but wi...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Mar 03, 2016
- Length: 08:49
- Purchases: 1
Wee Willie Walker arrived in St Paul around 1960. Willie has had and has a long career in music, including singing Doo-wop, gospel music and down-h...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Mar 03, 2016
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Jazz is a tough world, and it takes perseverance. But sticking together has its rewards, and a case in point is the Atlantis Quartet, slowly but su...
- Added: Feb 21, 2016
- Length: 06:38
A mixture of the expected and unexpected. You could say that about all the music at the monthly Jazz at Studio Z series in St Paul. This Saturday i...
- Added: Feb 21, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Graydon Peterson is a Twin Cities-based bass player with impressive credentials especially for his composing. But he chooses to do it all. You migh...
- Added: Feb 10, 2016
- Length: 07:39
