The Afternoon Cruise

Pianist David Hazeltine and bassist Billy Peterson have two shows at Crooners this week. David called into the Morning Show for a chat.

Saxophonist, singer and composer Grace Kelly plays at the Twin Cities Jazz Fest tonight at 6:00.

Nancy Harms is presenting her "Ellington At Night" show at Crooners Supper Club Saturday night at 7:30.

Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele will perform this Saturday at Crooners Supper Club's "Concerts Under the Stars" outdoor music series. Jearlyn talked with Jazz88's Morning Show.

Saxophonist James Carter talks about being a multi-instrumentalist, his organ trio, and headlining the Twin Cities Jazz Festival on Jazz88's Morning Show.

Jazz88's foodie, Matt Gundrum, talks with restaurant owner and chef Doug Flicker on the Morning Show.

Tenor saxist Brandon Wozniak talks about his upcoming shows with bassist Anthony Cox and drummer Dave King as the group Acoustic Deathwish at Vieux-Carre this weekend on the Morning Show.

Vocalist Maud Hixson will perform songs associated with Doris Day in the Dunsmore Room at Crooners Supper Club on June 9.

Singer, film critic, music critic, actor and author Rex Reed will perform in the Dunsmore Room at Crooners Supper Club on Sunday, June 2 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Associate conductor G. Phillip Shoultz, III of VocalEssence and Chadwick Phillips (a.k.a. Niles) of The Avant Garde talk about their show at Icehouse in Minneapolis tonight called Soul Sing.

Pianist Jeremy Walker teamed up with Garrick Comeaux and Consortium Carissimi to explore the similarities between music in the early Baroque era and jazz with two performances this weekend.

Pianist Senri Oe will perform his music as part of the Pan Asian Arts Festival at MOA on Saturday, May 4th, 2019. He stopped by the Morning Show to talk about the show.

Singer Sophia Shorai and pianist Tanner Taylor will play a show at Crooners Saturday evening with Dave Graf (trombone) and Dave Karr (tenor sax).

Bassist Erik Fratzke talks about two upcoming shows from Happy Apple at Crooners on Saturday, April 27th.

The Greg Byers Ensemble is lead by the cellist and bassist who bears the groups namesake. Greg is joined by Aaron Hedenstrom (Saxophone), Adam Meckler (Trumpet), Javier Santiago (Piano) and L.A. Buckner (Drums). The quintet tears through a energetic version of "7 Steps to Heaven" and an original from Greg called "Diversion." The session with Greg Byers originally aired April 12th 2019 on the After...

Violinist Gary Schulte and Guitarist Robert Bell joined Kevin O'Connor live from Studio 1 on March 26th - They are one half of Twin Cities Hot Club. The four-piece (also including Stan Ponkin on guitar and Matt Peterson on bass) will play The Dakota for Easter brunch on April 16th.

The trio of Debbie Duncan, William Duncan & Robert Robinson came to Jazz88 ahead of their headline show at the Dakota on March 26th. Debbie, Robert, and William all on vocals and William playing the keys

Cabaret Star Marilyn Maye performs four shows at Crooners this weekend. She spoke with Jazz88's Emily Reese about the shows and her busy touring schedule.

Pianist/organist Bobby Lyle chats with Emily Reese on the Morning Show about his upcoming shows at Crooners Lounge and Supper Club to celebrate his 75th birthday.

Sommelier Jill Mott came to Jazz88 to talk about the drinking habits of U.S. Presidents in honor of President's Day.

Pianist Richard Johnson and his trio will play the entire 1959 "Time Out" album from Dave Brubeck at Vieux-Carre this week.

Minnesota Orchestra is spending the week in North Minneapolis, featuring events with the full orchestra and several smaller chamber groups through Jan. 27. The Orchestra's Vice President, Beth Kellar-Long, joined the Morning Show to talk about the week's events.

Minneapolis-based Atlantis Quartet came to Jazz88's Studio 1 to play a few tracks and have a chat about their origins, their influences and their new album, Hello Human. Zacc Harris plays guitar, Brandon Wozniak is the tenor sax player, Chris Bates is on bass and Pete Hennig plays drums in the quartet. Toward the end of the interview, they talked about artists they're currently listening to, inclu...

Minnesota blues legend Cornbread Harris is featured on this edition of Live From Studio 1. The 91 year-old singer and pianist talks about skipping music lessons as a kid, playing gigs for the mob, and what keeps him busy these days.

Kyle Rucker of Ruck B Music stopped by the Jazz88 studios to talk about the work he does for music education in the community. He brought two young musicians along for the chat on Jazz88's Morning Show.