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Kari’s Concert Coming Up On April 14th

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Kari’s big concert, featuring Sue Leigh (saxophonist), Leslee McKee (vocalist), and J. Otis Powell! (poet), is coming up on Saturday, April 14th (all details here). Also featured on this concert will be the Nova Contemporary Jazz Orchestra.

On a break during a recent rehearsal for the show, an informal group photo of the Nova Jazz aggregation was taken. Our canine friends seemed (possibly) happier when there weren’t so many loud sounds coming from the basement.

Group picture of the Nova Jazz Orchestra outside

On Monday, April 9, Kari will be a guest on Maryann Sullivan’s Corner Jazz (on KBEM 88.5 from 8pm-11pm). If you’re unable to listen to Kari on Corner Jazz during airtime, archived interviews will be available here.

Musical Culture: My Daughter’s Take

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My 18-year old daughter, Angela, is a senior in high school and recently finished a CIS (college in the schools) English class. One of her assignments was to write an ethnographic paper on a particular sub-culture. She asked me for ideas and right away I thought the Nova Band — a band I perform in on a regular basis — would make a very interesting subject. At first she resisted my suggestion, as teenager daughters sometimes do, but she finally came around and ended up being fascinated by us. The following is her final draft, and though I’m somewhat biased, I love the way she captures the essence of the musicians, the band and what we do!

Minnesota’s True Jazz Band [pdf]