Tim Berne

Ars Nova Workshop's Composer Portrait concerts have been illuminating experiences, emphasizing the vision of some of modern jazz's greatest figures rather than the improvisational individuality that so often draws attention. Read More

The schooled virtuosity, modernist outlook and supple swing of Dominique Pifarély helped revitalise jazz violin in the late 1970s. Read More

It has been nearly four months since Wilco the band released Wilco (The Album) . Read More

REDCAT (the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater) presents The Claudia Quintet for a one-night engagement recasting jazz in shimmering new shapes inflected by minimalism, new music, progressive rock and post-rock on Wednesday, October 28, 2009. Read More

MinnPost spoke with Adam Linz in June, soon after he was named to head the jazz program at MacPhail Center for Music . Read More

Pamela Espeland, who writes on jazz for MinnPost.com and her own blog Bebopified , concludes her coverage of the 52nd annual Monterey Jazz Festival below. Read More

At a time when most longstanding jazz festivals are struggling, a relative newcomer, the New Languages Festival, is thriving. Read More

At a time when most longstanding jazz festivals are struggling, a relative newcomer, the New Languages Festival, is thriving. Read More