Month: August 2016

Voice and horn have long provided magical pairings throughout the history of jazz, from Billie Holiday/Louis Armstrong to Ella Fitzgerald/Oscar Peterson and into the 21st century with the likes of Roberta Gambarini and Roy Hargrove. This week, the Dakota offers two such collaborations with back to back shows, two nights each, as Jane Monheit and […]

Two of the Twin Cities favorite jazz sons, saxophonist Pat Mallinger and pianist Bill Carrothers, have appeared often in the Twin Cities since making their respective moves to Chicago and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and building international reputations. Mallinger has led a long-standing quartet with Carrothers on the piano bench, a frequent act at Chicago’s Green […]