Alan Doyle at Dakota
WE HEART MUSIC REVIEW
Canadian musician Alan Doyle is so grateful to finally return to the Dakota Jazz Club on Saturday night. He has...
May 3
Jennifer Grimm Sings Judy Garland
JAZZ POLICE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY PICK
Keeping culture alive on the Mall, The Dakota has been bringing in the best of international and local talents. Friday...
Apr 29
John Raymond + the Kind Folk Quartet
MINNPOST PICK
Jazz trumpeter/flugelhornist John Raymond, originally from Minneapolis, who moved to New York in 2009 and is now based in Bloomington,...
Apr 28
Mother’s Day at Dakota
STAR TRIBUNE MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH PICK
A smooth way to start Mother's Day for music-loving moms. Have brunch while listening to swing jazz with Gypsy Mania...
Apr 28
“Dear Lenny: Bernstein’s Life in Songs & Letters”
MINNPOST & YOUR CLASSICAL MPR PICK
Fans of Steven Spielberg’s recent film “West Side Story” can take a deeper dive into the composer of its music,...
Apr 21
Orquesta Akokán
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Cuban-reared, New York-based Orquesta Akokan modernize mambo with style and flair. They earned a Grammy nomination for their 2018 debut...
Apr 20
Taborn and trio continue their musical conversation at the Dakota
JAZZ POLICE REVIEW
Pianist and composer Craig Taborn says that his steadily-evolving music takes shape through an ongoing “conversation between composed sections and...
Apr 18
Craig Taborn: Modern Music Keyboard Maven
INSIGHT NEWS TOP STORY
Jazz critic, Kevin Whitehead, says Taborn is one of the most inventive and resourceful pianists in improvised music today. “Taborn...
Apr 8
Craig Taborn Trio
STAR TRIBUNE PICK
Jazz has been called "the sound of surprise," but all too often musicians play themselves into a rut. Not Taborn....
Apr 6
DakhaBrakha
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This Ukrainian quartet has been most succinctly described as a folk-punk circus, though the colorful DakhaBrahka (it means give and...
Apr 6