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1 week ago | 
jazz88.fm | Sean McPherson |Peter Solomon
Michael Bland is a musical powerhouse who calls the Twin Cities home. He is best known for his tenure as the drummer for Prince, but he has been a part of so many great moments in Twin Cities music. This Saturday, Bland will be diving back into the music of Prince for a show titled “New Power Generation – A Tribute To Prince.” The show is this Saturday at the Hopkins Center For the Arts at 8pm.
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1 week ago | 
jazz88.fm | Paige Tighe |Peter Solomon |Sean McPherson
Good Acoustics–the radio show for musical omnivores on KBEM Jazz88—has decided to start a regular showcase for the local artists we feature on our program. Come gather at MetroNOME Brewing in Lowertown St. Paul on Saturday, May 10th from 730-9pm, to hear some of the artists whose music we love.
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1 week ago | 
jazz88.fm | Sean McPherson |Peter Solomon
Grammy-nominated drummer, vocalist and producer Kassa Overall is bringing his approach full circle with a performance at The Dakota on Wednesday night. Some of Overall’s earliest professional experiences were traveling with Geri Allen, Wallace Roney and others in very formal jazz bandstand settings. On Wednesday, Overall will bring all the enthusiasm and adventurousness that he’s known for into a seated nightclub performance.
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1 week ago | 
jazz88.fm | Peter Solomon |Emily Reese
Jazz88’s Peter Solomon spoke with guitarist Martin Taylor about his musical influences and his collaboration “Great Guitars” with Ulf Wakenius and Bireli Lagrene. Taylor and Wakenius perform together at the Dakota Monday evening 4/14. Lagrene cannot make the show because of an injury.
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2 weeks ago | 
jazz88.fm | Sean McPherson |Peter Solomon
Somali blues & American gospel-style sounds have a conversation in a show coming to two venues in Minnesota this month. Bobby Vandell spoke with the principal artists, vocalist/conductor JD Steele and musician/poet Ahmed Yusuf. Also along for the conversation is event organizer Beck Lee.
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3 weeks ago | 
jazz88.fm | Peter Solomon |Paige Tighe |Sean McPherson
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4 weeks ago | 
jazz88.fm | Sean McPherson |Peter Solomon
Trombonist Ryan Keberle is making his way back through town for a performance at Berlin on April 11 with his group Reverso. Keberle was nice enough to catch up with Jazz88 and talk about Reverso as well as his other projects, Colectivo De Brasil and Catharsis. Keberle also shared his thoughts about writing memorable melodies and introduced us to his sleepy dog Stitch.
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4 weeks ago | 
jazz88.fm | Sean McPherson |Peter Solomon |Andrew Diemand
Judi Vinar is a singer’s singer. Her skills and her collaborative spirit have made her an in-demand vocalist and vocal instructor nationwide. She dropped by Jazz88 to discuss her upcoming shows with Dennis Spears and the Wolverines Jazz Trio at The Capri Theater on Saturday, April 5 and Sunday, April 6. Vinar talked about maintaining her calm, her longtime collaborators the Wolverines and more.
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4 weeks ago | 
jazz88.fm | Peter Solomon |Sean McPherson
Jazz88’s Peter Solomon spoke with pianist Renee Rosnes, who has been a major player on the New York Jazz Scene since 1985. She discusses her early career, when she worked with iconic artists like Joe Henderson, J.J. Johnson, and Bobby Hutcherson. She also discusses her recent Brazilian album “Crossing Paths,” and the new Blue Note album “Arboresque,” by the all-female jazz ensemble Artemis, which Rosnes founded. (Pictured: Members of Artemis. Rosnes is second from the left. Photo by John Abbott.)
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1 month ago | 
jazz88.fm | Paige Tighe |Sean McPherson |Peter Solomon
Singer Yazmin Bowers is also a pianist, painter, dancer and teacher. She’s also quite the world traveler spending a lot of her time in Havana, Cuba where she teaches music and culture and eventually incorporating her own experiences into her own music. With her heart and soul ultimately coming from her Midwestern roots, it’s always a delight to hear what she’s up to musically and how her recent collaborations with the Twin Cities’ own, Havana Quartet bear fruit.
