Matt Wilson's Carl Sandburg Project December 7, 2007

The Minneapolis non-profit Jazz is NOW! (formerly the for-profit club Brilliant Corners in downtown St. Paul) returns after a two-year hiatus. Acclaimed New York drummer Matt Wilson—sometimes hard-swinging, sometimes experimental, sometimes just weird but endlessly entertaining—and his Carl Sandburg Project will kick off JIN!'s performance series Dec. 7, an event co-sponsored with the Minnesota Opera. Plans for 2008 include the reintroduction of the Jazz is NOW! NOWnet, a flexibly sized composers' ensemble comprised of top local and New York-based musicians.

MATT WILSON'S CARL SANDBURG PROJECT
WHAT: Jazz is NOW! with The Minnesota Opera presents Matt Wilson’s CARL SANDBURG PROJECT, a meld of the poet’s great works with Wilson’s original compositions.
WHEN: Friday, December 7, 8pm
WHERE: The Minnesota Opera Center (620 N. First Street in downtown Minneapolis’ North Loop)
TICKETS: $15 advance/door. Pre-sale starts Nov. 1; call the Minnesota Opera’s Ticket Office at 612-333-6669 or buy online at www.mnopera.org

Official Website: http://www.jazzisnow.net