Rising jazz starsThe No Exit sextet is one of the brightest success stories of the St. Paul-based Dakota Foundation for Jazz Education. Adam Astrup (guitar),…
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HOLIDAY Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood, “Christmas Together” (Pearl) There’s a healthy dose of Texas swing in the country power couple’s first holiday album,…
Veteran jazz trio Bassist Anthony Cox and drummer Phil Hey are some of the best local practitioners of their respective instruments. And pianist Phil Aaron…