Category: Recordings

© Andrea Canter For many years, Twin Cities pianist Laura Caviani marked the October birthday of one of her muses, Thelonious Monk, with a performance of his music, usually at the Dakota or Artists Quarter. It’s been a few years now since the AQ closed and since we’ve had the opportunity to enjoy Laura’s tributes. […]

© Andrea Canter It might be a contrived word, but “Joyfire” seems an apt description of the compositions and performance of bassist Ted Olsen, and thus is a logical choice for the title of his debut recording on Shifting Paradigm Records. With his quartet (Aaron Hedenstrom, Javi Santiago and Miguel Hurtado), Ted celebrates the CD […]