MINNEAPOLIS — To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the popular Twin Cities Jazz Festival has tapped Cuban jazz titan Paquito D'Rivera and superstar bassist Christian McBride as headliners for June 23-24 in Mears Park in St. Paul's Lowertown.
The multistage, St. Paul-centric festival is free, underwritten by sponsors and grants.
A Cuban immigrant who sought asylum in the United States in 1980, saxophonist/clarinetist D'Rivera, 74, first gained attention as a member of the Cuban group Irakere. As a bandleader, he has won five Grammys and seven Latin Grammys. He was named an NEA jazz master in 2005. His most recent record, "I Missed You Too," was released in 2022.
