Jazz pianist and composer Keiko Matsui performed at The Dakota in Minneapolis, MN on May 14. Photo by Raj Naik. If you have listened to smooth jazz at any point over the last three decades, then you know the music of pianist and composer Keiko Matsui.  But don’t let the “smooth

Legendary entertainer Smokey Robinson. Smokey Robinson does not lack for lifetime honors. A member of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame, he has received a Kennedy Center Honors, the National Medal of Arts, a Grammys Living Legend Award, and an Honorary Doctorate from Howard

The faces of the Joey Alexander Trio, who performed Friday at The Dakota in Minneapolis. Joey Alexander became an international sensation at 11 years old, playing jazz standards on piano like a seasoned veteran. At 12, performing at the 2016 Grammy’s, he was the youngest ever Grammy nominee. (He would later accumulate