Music is a healing force. So is positivity. I play the bass and make bad puns.
Minneapolis, MN
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Chris Bates "Low End Theories" Curation--Icehouse Tonight 8 pm
Each month, Icehouse lets an esteemed local jazz musician curate a series of weekly gigs. For Oct, it's 1st-call bassist Chris Bates. I'm not familiar with the bands tonight, but implicitly trust Bates' taste
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Happy 82nd to vocalist-pianist #AndyBey. Today's also the 100th anniversary of the birth of late composer #ChicoOFarrill. Two tunes from each, plus @DoubleBates visits with #LeighKamman and the story of MN's first Black lawyer on #MN90. Join @TheTravisRyder from 1 to 3.
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Great review from Textura of Framework's COGNITIVE DISSONANCE at textura.org/archives/f/frame…
"Throughout Cognitive Dissonance, the trio's playing packs a visceral punch, and the performances exude a spontaneous energy."
Check out the album at sym.ffm.to/cognitivedissonan…
@DoubleBates
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Album release show this Sunday at the @DakotaMpls with @jraymondmusic @AaronHedenstrom @BryanLNichols @DoubleBates JT Bates. Tix at dakotacooks.com/event/zacc-h…
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WEDNESDAY 7/28: Tall Tales Album Release Show featuring Dean Granros, @zaccharris, @DoubleBates and Jay Epstein. The band will celebrate the release of its second album, Taller Tales.
icehousempls.com/events/2021…
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TUESDAY: Peter Kogan was Principal Timpani of the @mn_orchestra for 29 years and a veteran of the symphonies of Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Honolulu.
Jake Baldwin, trumpet
Pete Whitman, sax
Abebi Stafford, piano
@DoubleBates, bass
Peter Kogan, drums icehousempls.com/events/2021…
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Twin Cities trio Framework feat. Chris Olson, @DoubleBates and Jay Epstein set to release COGNITIVE DISSONANCE on August 27. Preorder at shiftingparadigmrecords.band…
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Listen to previews of 2 NEW instrumental tracks - "Kabul Blues" and "Spy House" - from @RushTheBand's Alex Lifeson via new AlexLifeson.com website coinciding with release of new signature @Epiphone Les Paul Standard Axcess guitar!! rushisaband.com/blog/2021/06…
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LIVE from @JazzCentralMpls this Fridays and Saturday 8pm with Bill Carrothers, @a137andro, Jay Epstein and @DoubleBates live link here - global.qwikcast.tv/public/Qw…
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This is a great thread. Quite possibly the best review of my old band I’ve ever seen ...
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update: 40 days in, Joe Biden's 0 golf trips have wasted exactly 0 taxpayer dollars
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Remembering Dexter Gordon, born on this day in 1923 in Los Angeles. Here he is performing “Lady Bird” on tenor sax in Belgium in 1964. He's accompanied by George Gruntz on piano, Guy Pedersen on bass, and Daniel Humair on drums.
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drop your favorite KG GIF in the replies to celebrate The Big Ticket's birthday 👇
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You can’t spell integrity without grit - which is what it takes to uphold and act with integrity.
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Coming up at 8:10, Mpls guitarist @zaccharris talks about his upcoming streaming show with drummer @jt_bates, bassist @DoubleBates and pianist @BryanLNichols the show is Friday nite, more info @ShiftingParadig!!!
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Stepping into the breach tonight... "Last Minute Quartet".... four music men against the Apocalypse, extending the continuous streak of "SaturdayNightJazzattheBlackDog We'll open the doors to the back room to allow ample social distancing. @DoubleBates @wozniak12000 @jt_bates
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Tonight @DoubleBates + TIM SPARKS + JAY EPSTEIN @icehousempls at 6:30pm
icehousempls.com/events/2019…
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Atlantis Quartet plays Jazz At Studio Z this Saturday. Get tickets ahead of time. See you there! facebook.com/zaccharris/post…