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1 week ago | 
jazz88.fm | Paige Tighe |Sean McPherson |Peter Solomon
The Twin Cities Jazz Festival happens in multiple locations and performers range of students to legends. Sam Keenan spoke with musicians we want to highlight. These are great teasers to help you decide all the places you need to listen to jazz during the Twin Cities Jazz. Festival Marimbist Jenny Klukken and her quartet will perform a unique show for the Twin Cities Jazz Fest, Friday June 20th at 4:30PM on the PBS Stage.
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1 week ago | 
jazz88.fm | Sean McPherson |Peter Solomon |Paige Tighe
Pianist and composer Emmet Cohen will be back in the Twin Cities to play at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival on Friday, June 20 at 8:30 with his trio and the Four Freshmen. Cohen took a break this week to catch up with Sean McPherson and talk about his latest studio release and what he still keeps on reaching for in the world of music.
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2 weeks ago | 
jazz88.fm | Peter Solomon |Sean McPherson |Paige Tighe
Jazz88’s Peter Solomon sat down for a conversation with L.A. Buckner, who talks about why he celebrates his home turf of North Side Minneapolis, the influences that inform his music, and the evolution of his band Big Homie. L.A. Buckner and Big Homie are a headliner at this year’s Twin Cities Jazz Festival. You can catch the band Saturday, June 21st at 6 PM at the Jazz88 Main Stage at Mears Park in St. Paul. Pictured: L.A. Buckner with his 3-year-old daughter Onyx.
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2 weeks ago | 
jazz88.fm | Peter Solomon |Sean McPherson
Doreen Ketchens reflects on growing up in New Orleans historic Treme neighborhood, her development as a jazz clarinetist, and playing music with her family on the streets of New Orleans and in concerts and festivals around the world. Ketchens plays the Twin Cities Jazz Festival Friday June 20th at 6 PM on the Jazz88 Main Stage in St. Paul. https://www.jazz88.fm/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Doreen-Ketchens-with-Music-7_mixdown.mp3TRANSCRIPTPETER SOLOMON: I’m Peter Solomon.
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3 weeks ago | 
jazz88.fm | Sean McPherson |Peter Solomon
Bassist and composer Ted Olsen is back with a new disc titled Violette. The album comes out on June 6 on Shifting Paradigm and Olsen is celebrating the release at the Cedar Cultural Center on Wednesday, June 11. Eric Mayson will be opening that show with a set. Olsen was nice enough to stop by Jazz88’s studios to discuss the album. During the visit he did a portrait photo shoot with North High sophomore Devin Frelix.
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1 month ago | 
jazz88.fm | Sean McPherson |Peter Solomon
Dayna Martinez is gearing up for a busy June but she took some time to visit Jazz88 and talk about the upcoming Twin Cities Jazz Festival. Festival events begin on June 19 with the main action happening June 20-21. Martinez talked about performances and masterclasses that she’s excited about and she provided some tips on how to go even deeper with Jazz Festival activities.
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1 month ago | 
jazz88.fm | Peter Solomon |Andrew Diemand |Emily Reese
Jazz88’s Peter Solomon speaks with trumpeter Frank London about the history of klezmer music in America and 40 years of genre dending klezmer interpretations and collaborations by the Klezmatics. London was a founding member of the Grammy-award winning ensemble. The Klezmatics play the Dakota Tuesday night (May 27th) with Minneapolis-based ensemble Red Thread. Find details about the eprformance here.
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1 month ago | 
jazz88.fm | Peter Solomon |Paige Tighe |Sean McPherson
Jazz88’s Peter Solomon speaks with three of the musical directors involved in an event commemorating George Floyd called “Weather: Stand the Storm.” Participants include Dr. G. Philip Shoultz, conductor of Singers of This Age; Waigwa, director of One Voice Mixed Chorus and Elevate Vocal Arts and Elevation Ensemble; and Dr. Rollo Dilworth, director of Singing City. Dilworth composed the musical setting for Claudia Rankine’s poem “Weather,” which is the centerpiece of Saturday night’s program.
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1 month ago | 
jazz88.fm | Peter Solomon |Paige Tighe |Sean McPherson
Saxophonist Charles McPherson’s legendary jazz career began in earnest in the late fities and he continues to be vital and productive at the age of 85 . He’s a product of Detroit’s fertile music scene, where as a teenager he came under the influence of pianist Barry Harris. At 19, McPherson moved to New York and almost immediately started working with Charles Mingus. He played with the legendary composer/bassist/activist until 1972.
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1 month ago | 
jazz88.fm | Peter Solomon |Sean McPherson |Paige Tighe
In the days of silent film – the period from the late 1890s until the late twenties – women had prominent and important creative roles. Not just as actors, but as directors, writers, and producers. Many of the films that these pioneering film makers created explored provocative feminist themes that might seem surprising today. Peter Solomon speaks with Maggie Hennefeld, Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparitive Literature at the University of Minnesota.
