Chicago-based trumpeter-vocalist-composer Rob Mazurek will lead his 10-piece Exploding Star Orchestra, Friday, December 5 at 7:30 at the Walker Art Center. Inspired by the sounds of “meta-versal ...

The 2024 TD James Moody Jazz Festival took place from November 7 to 24 at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC). In the Festival brochure, it says “I’ve always said the best has yet to be heard.” ...

In 1975 alto saxophone legend and former Monk bandmate, Charlie Rouse, made a recording with Brazilian musicians melding modern Brazilian music with jazz. This reissue tells another tale of two ...

On Saturday, December 6th, the Grammy winning duo of Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo will perform two shows at Berlin jazz club in Minneapolis. This gives us a rare opportunity to hear these ...

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I have written about and interviewed Taborn a number of times for Jazz Police over the past 20 years, and while it would be timely (and very interesting) to interview him now, I will save that for ...

Twin Cities based guitarist Joel Shapira is releasing a solo guitar album, “Unscripted” recorded earlier this year. As a master of his instrument, having spent decades honing his craft and being ...

The Twin Cities Djangofest is an event that is bringing together all the various legendary Django Reinhardt style musicians in the Twin Cities to one stage. This festival will showcase local legends ...

McKay has released an eclectic bunch of critically acclaimed albums, her songs and sound ranging from jazz to pop to indefinable. Then, with her latest, 2023’s Hey Guys, Watch This, she taps into the ...

Mears Park is the epicenter of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, June 20-21 Jazz fans and the jazz-curious have three opportunities to sample top talents from the local and international scene in the ...

Vita West Muir, LJF founder, welcomed the crowd, and discussed the Jazz Camp and how they gave $70,000 in need-based scholarships. She introduced Don Braden, Musical Director of Litchfield Jazz Camp, ...

[Note: This article is slightly revised from the original published at www.pleasedandflipped.com. Thanks to Kelle Green for providing it to Jazz Police!] The Jazz Journalists Association just ...