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05/14/11 The next two weekends are just impossible—if you want to get to every big jazz gig. I hope this just brings everyone out rather than spread the audience too thinly! But no doubt, the Twin Cities has one of the most vibrant jazz scenes in the country! Highlights, Last Week Rhonda Laurie, Happy Days Are Here Again at the Delano Library (May 6). One of the many presentations Rhonda has ...
05/08/11 Last Week's Game Notes Clemson, ranked as high as #16 in the nation, went 3-0 in three games this past week. The Tigers swept Gardner-Webb in a three-game series on Saturday and Sunday at two different sites.
05/06/11 Book signing, live recording sessions and a few visiting stars mark what is hopefully a truly spring weekend in the Twin Cities! Highlights, Last Week Connie Evingson at the Artists Quarter (4/29-30). It was long overdue that Connie would front her own band at the AQ, and from the first set she made it clear she was as comfortable in St Paul as in Minneapolis, Seattle or Stockholm. We heard ...
04/23/11 Chico services today: Calvary Chapel of Chico, 1888 Springfield Drive: "Resurrected," last in the series, "Jesus' Last Week," from Pastor Sam Allen; 6 p.
04/22/11 Some favorites return, and we celebrate another local CD release. Not a bad way to spend a holiday weekend and hopefully a more spring-like week. Highlights, Last Week Jazz Is Now, Nownet at the Loring Theater (April 15). Jeremy Walker's swan song as music director of his nonprofit Jazz Is Now was an artistic blowout if not a sellout. With special guests Wessell (Warmdaddy) Anderson on alto and ...
03/30/11 AAA Texas: Metroplex gas Prices Up 10 Cents From Last Week $65 dollars, $38 dollars, or $47 dollars, whatever the amount DFW drivers think we're paying too much.
03/22/11 Last Week's Results Wed., March 16 - Oklahoma City Barons 1 at GRIFFINS 2 SO - 33-25-2-8, 76 pts. (T4th, North Division)
03/20/11 Last Week's Game Notes Clemson, ranked as high as #16 in the nation, had a 3-1 record in four games this past week. The Tigers suffered a one-run loss to Presbyterian College in Greenville, SC on Wednesday before sweeping Duke at home over the weekend.
03/11/11 From seasoned veterans to some of our newest jazz artists, the coming week, like the last one, gives us a sense of jazz history and jazz ahead. Highlights, Last Week Jazz (and related music) in the past week covered generations and styles, all vibrant and timely. Zeitgeist at Studio Z (3/5). I caught the third night of Zeitgeist's "Unveiled," a wide-ranging concert of new works, including world ...
03/05/11 Big voices on small stages rule this coming week, with the Dakota hosting Patti Austin and Simone, Orchestra Hall featuring Michael Feinstein, and local songbirds Maud Hixson, Lucia Newell, Rhonda Laurie, Charmin Michele, Vicky Mountain and more in the clubs. Highlights, Last Week The Dakota Combo at the Dakota (2/27). Hot off their "Mingus Spirit" performance in New York, the Combo proved adept ...
02/25/11 I love New York.... But also appreciate the Twin Cities jazz scene when I return. There are not as many choices at one moment. But I can only go to one thing at a time. And no one here is charging $20 minimums on top of cover charges. Highlights, Last Week Most of mine were in New York. Joe Locke Quintet at Dizzy's, Oregon (40th anniversary tour!) at Birdland, Village Vanguard Orchestra at the ...
02/12/11 Again, a busy jazzy weekend in the Twin Cities! Weather should be a plus, and as the snow melts, the jazz steam rises!! Highlights, Last Week My friend Ray Hayes assures me I missed the best show in a long time—Matthew Shipp solo piano at the Loring Theater. I trust Ray's judgment. He tossed off his tickets to the Kronos Quartet, I kept mine. And the Kronos put on two really interesting ...
02/05/11 Sometimes our jazz scene seems like a perfect storm—many forces of artistic nature converging on one or two nights. That can make decisions very difficult but there is luxury in having such choices! Don't get lost in hesitation—whatever you choose, you'll be a winner. Highlights, Last Week The Hollywood Cabaret/1930s with Arne Fogel, Maud Hixson and Nichola Miller was sold out. I'll get ...
01/01/11 New Year's Eve gigs dominate the weekend, while 2011 gets underway on some upbeat notes. Highlights, Last Week The 11th annual holiday visit to the Dakota from The Bad Plus, with three relaxing nights of mostly original music and favorite covers, from Aphex Twin to Ornette and even a dash of Rogers and Hart. But my favorites are still Iverson, Anderson and King...
12/28/10 Last Week's Results Wed., Dec. 22 - Toronto Marlies 3 at GRIFFINS 4 - 14-14-1-4, 33 pts. (T5th, North Division)
12/12/10 Highlights, Last Week The 25th anniversary celebration at the Dakota peaked with a legacy/legend back-to-back shows. The Ravi Coltrane Quartet repeatedly proves to be one of the top small ensembles in modern jazz, as its leader proves to star-worthy in his own right. And McCoy Tyner, if not the agile powerhouse of his earlier years, retains his trademark lyrical density and orchestral zeal ...
12/04/10 Highlights, Last Week I didn't get out as much as usual this past week—in hibernation mode, but thoroughly enjoyed seeing my first Musique Mystique evening at the Loring Pasta Bar with the ever-elegant duo of Maud Hixson and Rick Carlson (11/29). Just when you think you know Maud's songbook, she adds to it—Strayhorn's "Something to Live For," Johnny Mercer's "Dreamin," and maybe the ...
11/20/10 Highlights, Last Week Kenny Barron, Kenny Barron and Kenny Barron. Not only was his "meet the artist" chat informative and uplifting (see blog, November 13), his quartet gigs in both Iowa City and Minneapolis affirmed the NEA's decision to name him a Jazz Master for 2010. And his bandmates, David Sanchez, Kim Thompson, Kyoshi Kitagawa (Iowa City) and Linda Oh (Minneapolis), truly gilded the lily ...
11/18/10 Kickoff : 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, November 20, 2010 Where : Sun Life Stadium, Miami, FL TV/Radio : ESPN, WQAM 560 Last Week : Miami beat Georgia Tech 35-10, Virginia Tech beat North Carolina 26-10 Spread : Virginia Tech by 2. Notes Jacory Harris has been ruled out. Miami debuts their Nike Pro Combat uniforms If Miami wins they would still need Virginia Tech to lose to Virginia next week to get ...
11/16/10 BURBANK, CA--(Marketwire - 11/16/10) - Reprise recording artist Neil Young releases this statement to the media today: We Are Thankful That No One was Hurt in the Fire at Our Warehouse Last Week. My Wife Pegi and I Would Like to Thank the Belmont-San Carlos Fire Dept for Doing Such an Exemplary Job. A Lot of Archival Items Were Threatened and the Fire Department Did a First Class Job Protecting ...
11/08/10 It's Division Decision Saturday. The SEC East and West could both be decided with two big games. Meanwhile, the rest of the conference starts to jockey for those coveted bowl positions which, at the time of this writing, seem to weigh heavily in favor of the teams from the SEC West. Let's look at the games. Last Week: 6-2, Overall: 54-21 J. Newcastle can be heard on "College Football Saturday ... |
