Jazz from J to Z Concert Series 2007-08

The Twin Cities Jazz Society’s “Jazz from J to Z” Concert Series presents New Orleans and Big Band Jazz, by the Southside Aces and the Edina High School Jazz Ensemble I, on Friday, April 25, at 7:30 PM, at Edina High School, 6754 Valley View Road, Edina 55439. This concert is part of the TCJS’s Jazz Educational Outreach Program. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $10 (TCJS Members $7 / Students $5) and there is plenty of Free Parking.

Their name is a nod to south Minneapolis, where the band was born, but the music coming from the Southside Aces has the authentic flavor of the south side of the United Sates. New Orleans, to be specific. It's loose and tight at the same time — swinging and free, full of improvised licks that dance in your ears, but built of harmonies and counterpoints that fit together in precise rhythmic frameworks.