Jeff Daniels “Virtual” Concert
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The award-winning actor and sometimes singer is kicking off his nine-city summer virtual livestreaming tour in Minneapolis via the Dakota....
Jun 11
The Dakota’s Lowell Pickett: ‘Music connects us as human beings’
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Lowell Pickett: "I see this as something we’re all experiencing, and we have to work together and support one another...
May 1
David Sanborn Jazz Quintet
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Sanborn can play anything he wants well—even his smooth jazz discs are a cut above the competition. But that “Jazz...
Mar 9
BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
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In addition to helming the best Cajun band on the planet, fiddler Michael Doucet is one of the nicest, most...
Mar 6
Mindi Abair + Hayes Carll and Allison Moorer + David Sanborn Quintet + Special EFX + Wynonna Judd and Cactus Moser
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The veteran saxophonist has been all over the place, touring with Mandy Moore, the Backstreet Boys and Dave Koz; backing...
Mar 6
Thanks to DownBeat for over 25 years of listing us as a “Best Jazz Venue Worldwide!”
"Open every night on the first floor of the Target Plaza Building, the Dakota features an eclectic mix of jazz,...
Mar 4
‘Very accomplished but very natural,’ Twin Cities jazz pianist Peter Schimke dies at 59
When he left Minneapolis to study jazz in New York and New Jersey in the mid-1980s, Peter Schimke happily discovered...
Mar 3
Jeremy Walker Quartet: When Duke Met Coltrane
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The Duke Ellington-John Coltrane collaboration in 1962 was musically tilted toward the 63-year old Duke even though Coltrane’s stellar rhythm...
Mar 2
Bill Frisell: HARMONY
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In 2019, the ever-inventive guitarist offered "Harmony," an album by a quartet of the same name. Along with fellow guitarist...
Feb 28
Nachito Herrera and Karen Briggs, Pieta Brown and David Huckfelt & Cyrille Aimée
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The powerhouse Minnesotan-Cuban pianist and versatile Los Angeles violinist were so spectacular in their debut as a duo a month...
Feb 27