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    January 20, 2011

    Ramsey Lewis Trio at the Dakota, 1/19/11

    Photos by Danny Sigelman​I was putting my camera away and pulling out the records from my bag in between sets at last night's simmering Ramsey Lewis Trio performances, the second of two nights, at the Dakota Bar and Grill when I saw him visiting with some folks in the audience.

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    Ben Ivascu on crushing the drums: Nine bands, no waiting

    Photo by Erik Hess​"Ben is kind of The Dude....he's a maniac and he holds it down so hard." High praise from Stef Leron "POS" Alexander, but drummer Ben Ivascu lives up to the hype every single time he plays. And chances are that he's playing right now. In a set of cities blessed with some o ... More >>

  • Music

    August 19, 2009

    Twin Cities' busiest and most talented drummers share life lessons

    JT Bates, Jeremy Hanson, Arlen Peiffer, and Anthony Poretti tell it like it is

  • News

    July 8, 2009

    Readers respond to "The Sound and the Fury"

    JT Bates, Jeremy Hanson, Arlen Peiffer, and Anthony Poretti tell it like it is

  • Music

    August 24, 2005

    Bop Lives!

    A recently discovered concert recording finds Bird and Diz at their peaks

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2005

    Bop Lives!

    A recently discovered concert recording finds Bird and Diz at their peaks

  • News

    April 9, 2003

    Bad Luck!

    How three Midwestern boys reached jazz nirvana

  • Music

    October 16, 2002

    Amon Tobin: Out from Out Where

    How three Midwestern boys reached jazz nirvana

  • Arts

    August 22, 2001

    Slim Boy, Phat

    Drummer JT Bates and his Fat Kid Wednesdays make a weighty impression on the local improv-jazz scene

  • Music

    May 10, 2000

    All the Things You Are

    A new book and five-disc reissue offer incomplete portraits of sax great Sonny Rollins

  • Music

    April 12, 2000

    New Music Express

    Longtime KFAI host and pioneering electronic musician Richard Paske finds a new key in solo jazz piano

  • Music

    December 1, 1999

    The Indestructible Beat

    South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim found a mentor in Duke Ellington, a fan in Mandela, a community in American free jazz, and a muse in his once-lost country

  • Feature

    September 1, 1998

    Visible Vision

    Choreographer Bill T. Jones focuses on form and aesthetics

  • Feature

    February 18, 1998

    1948

    Choreographer Bill T. Jones focuses on form and aesthetics

  • Music

    December 17, 1997

    Holiday Box-Set Roundup

    Choreographer Bill T. Jones focuses on form and aesthetics

  • Music

    September 24, 1997

    Photek: Modus Operandi

    Choreographer Bill T. Jones focuses on form and aesthetics

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