Atom String Quartet
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Think “jazz” and “string quartet” probably won’t pop into your head. Though Turtle Island Quartet plays jazz, and the Harlem...
Jan 3
MacPhail Jazz Benefit + Mick Sterling: The Gospel According to Elvis
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The wonderful jazz saxophonist, who died last month at age 100, was not only a standout musician of long standing,...
Jan 3
The Bad Plus
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The Bad Plus trio came to town this week celebrating not only the holidays, but the 20th anniversary of their first...
Dec 27
The Bad Plus
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New pianist Orrin Evans had officially been in the Bad Plus for less than three weeks when the Twin Cities-launched...
Dec 20
George Maurer Interview
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A performance by the George Maurer Group is always so much fun. That’s why Monday night will be their 21st...
Dec 20
George Maurer + The Bad Plus
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A performance by the George Maurer Group is always so much fun. That’s why Monday night will be their 21st...
Dec 19
Alexander O’Neal
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The size of O’Neal’s career never matched his talent. Few husky vocalists have his depth of tone, and his phrasing...
Dec 16
BONERAMA
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The bones here are of the “trom-“ persuasion, but the musical orthopedics of the veteran ensemble Bonerama hardly take a...
Dec 13
Holiday Har Mar Experience + Alexander O’Neal
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After spending much of the year launching his synth-pop duo Heart Bones, Sean Tillmann is back to Har Mar Superstarring...
Dec 12
Maria Muldaur & John Jorgenson
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This hot duo definitely knows how to swing, promising jazz-infused naughty and nice holiday classics and “gems from the ’20s...
Dec 9