A jazz festival wish list

Posted at 12:01 PM on July 6, 2012 by David Cazares (1 Comments)
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The Twin Cities Jazz Festival is behind us and serious fans of improvisational music may be suffering from a bit of withdrawal - notwithstanding shows from fine local musicians.

With next year's festival in mind, I asked MPR colleagues and jazz lovers Rob Byers, Kyle Wesloh and Jeff Severns Guntzel to help compile a list of artists we'd all like to see at the next festival.

Who knows, it could happen...

Here are our picks:

DAVID CAZARES

Piano: Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Guitar: Kurt Rosenwinkel, Gilad Hekselman

Bass: Christian McBride

Saxophone: Branford Marsalis

Trumpet: Nicholas Payton

Vocals: Cassandra Wilson

Big Band: Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

JEFF SEVERNS GUNTZEL

Trombone: Wycliffe Gordon:

Drums: Brian Blade

Trumpet: Kermit Ruffins

ROB BYERS

Drums: Brian Blade Fellowship

Piano: Brad Mehldau

Guitar: Kurt Rosenwinkel

Trumpet: Dave Douglas

Big Band: Maria Schneider Big Band with Theo Bleckmann

KYLE WESLOH

Saxophone: Donnny McCaslin

Trumpet: Wynton Marsalis small group

Vocals/bass: Esperanza Spalding

Trombone: Trombone Shorty

Big Band: Mingus Big Band

Combo: Rudder

Everyone: Local, local, local - bassist Anthony Cox, the Atlantis Quartet, percussionist Dave Hagedorn, saxophonist Brandon Wozniak, guitarist Dean Magraw ...and whatever drummer Dave King wants to do.

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