Month: August 2016

Head of Minnesota’s “First Family of Music,” indefatigable performer and source of inspiration to generations of musicians, Jeanne Arland Peterson passed away on June 23, 2013. In addition to establishing the Jeanne Arland Peterson Scholarship in Jazz Studies at the U of M, her talented offspring have held several tributes to their mother’s music over […]

“Nicole Mitchell is the preeminent improvising flutist of her generation, adapting and extending the innovations of Eric Dolphy and James Newton.” —Neil Tesser, Jazziz An extended fourth season of Jazz at Studio Z ends this weekend when Chicago-based, internationally acclaimed flautist Nicole Mitchell comes to St. Paul on Saturday, August 27. She’ll present a Master […]