Ahmad Jamal – At The Jazz Showcase: Live in Chicago is a 2-LP set featuring the iconic pianist with bassist John Heard and drummer Frank Gant recorded on March 20-21, 1976.

Jazz pianist Spike Wilner has opened a new jazz club and cafe in Midtown Manhattan. The new club is located in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood near Times Square, at 349 W. 46th Street in the space ...

The Yellowjackets and the JazzMN Orchestra with Michael Mayo are the headliners for the 28th annual Twin Cities Jazz Festival appearing on the main stage in Mears Park in Saint Paul, Minnesota on June ...

On Double Exposure Paul Chambers plays piano on four tracks and drums on only two with Larry Young playing B3 organ on all but one track. Although known primarily as a jazz drummer, Chambers’ first ...

All over Fort Adams State Park there were signs in tribute to George. Before the beginning of the first day’s concerts, the Jumbotron at the Fort Stage showed an early interview with Wein discussing ...

Some great jazz albums were released in 2025. Some are brand new, others are older recordings recently discovered, and a few are updated reissues. Here are some of my favorites. After the Last Sky – ...

A previously unreleased recording of the late great pianist, Bobby Peterson, with bassist Gary Raynor and drummer Jay Epstein recorded live at the Dakota jazz club at Bandana Square in Saint Paul in ...

What I consider the most significant and poignant release of the year is We Sick. It was recorded in 2020, the year that we all witnessed (via video from a bystander) the callous, almost casual murder ...

Producer and music sleuth Zev Feldman launched his new label venture, Jazz Detective, with the release of two double albums, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse Volume 1 (1963 and 1964) and ...

Searching In Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert is a previously unissued recording of jazz pianist and composer Mal Waldron’s mesmerizing solo performance at the “Five Days of Jazz” series in ...

Pete Whitman is a saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger and educator based in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. As a freelance musician, Whitman performs in a wide range of musical styles ...

Jazz fans and the jazz-curious have three opportunities to sample top talents from the local and international scene in the coming month, and the music is all free! The 27th annual Twin Cities Jazz ...