Year: 2016

As we head into the week before Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanza, our jazz options seem to increase exponentially!  Not only do we have area favorites, we also have some special visitors back in town for annual holiday performances, including the start of the annual Bad Plus residency at the Dakota. Big Gigs This Week Friday, […]

Every Thursday night, one of the smallest music venues in the Twin Cities hosts one of the most incendiary modern jazz gigs. Khyber Pass Cafe, otherwise a highly regarded Afghani restaurant in St. Paul near the Macalester campus, has presented free jazz and experimental music ensembles every Thursday night for a number of years, with […]