Music maven from the Motor City
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Cleaning up in the kitchen one night, I flipped on the radio to Minnesota Public Radio and ...
Tag: Dakota
Music’s power to heal
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR When the AJW contacted pianist Emmet Cohen on a Friday afternoon in late April, he was visiting ...
Sharon’s got a brand-new bag
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Among the many great musicians to come out of the Twin Cities in recent decades, few are ...
Bill Charlap Trio draws on a vast repertoire
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR The piano trio is a venerated configuration in the world of jazz. Jazz pianists have told me ...
Anat Cohen’s little quartet with a big, lovely sound
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR I last saw Anat Cohen five years ago, at breakfast in a Decorah, Iowa, motel. The Anat ...
A musician’s musician
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Apparently, I conducted a phone interview with musician David Bromberg on March 11, 2020. I barely recall ...
The Manhattan Transfer hits town
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR The Manhattan Transfer, the perdurable and still swingin’ vocal ensemble, returns for four shows, Feb. 10-11, at ...
He’s back to playing like Fred Hersch
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In his exemplary 2017 memoir, Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz, acclaimed ...
Michael Feinstein makes his Dakota debut
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In his 2012 book, The Gershwins and Me: A Personal History in Twelve Songs, Michael Feinstein writes: ...
David Broza, legendary Israeli singer/songwriter, to play Dakota Jazz Club on Nov. 11
David Broza, a superstar in his native Israel, will perform in concert 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 at the Dakota ...
