May, 2016 | Jazz Police - Part 7

Lucia Sarmiento Group Brings Young Lions (and a Lioness) to Reverie, May 26

May 25, 2016May 27, 2016 Andrea Canter11145

While we have a large number of “jazz women” in the Twin Cities, only a small handful of instrumentalists lead their own bands. Young saxophonist Lucia Sarmiento is a welcome addition to the local jazz scene, appearing this week on Thursday Night Jazz at Reverie (May 26) with an ensemble of young cohorts, including […]

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Five Days in New York: Six Gigs, Five Venues

May 25, 2016January 5, 2017 Andrea Canter8918

In the past fifteen years, I have vowed to get to the epicenter of jazz, New York City, every year. It’s not a vow I have been able to keep. I think I’ve made it ten times since 2002 which is not a bad record. But this was the longest gap in that period– I […]

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