Category: Twin Cities

Once a teen prodigy playing piano around the Twin Cities, Javier Santiago went on to study for two years at the acclaimed Brubeck Institute, Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead, and ultimately graduate from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in Manhattan. After performing on the New York scene for a few years, he returned […]

For something like 115 weeks straight, great jazz has taken over the stage of the Black Dog in Lowertown St Paul, thanks to curator Steve Kenny and a cast of the best veteran and up-and-coming jazz artists in the metro and beyond. December 4 is no exception, as the evening begins with the Yo Jimbo […]