Jazz Women All Stars are ready to be the rule, not the exception

Jazz Women All Stars are ready to be the rule, not the exception

Ten years after forming the Jazz Women All Stars, Patty Peterson and her ensemble of powerhouse women jazz performers hit the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, bringing their talent and charisma to St. Paul’s Mears Park.  Peterson approached TCJF founder Steve Heckler in 2015  and told him her idea to put together a group of women known in the jazz scene in Minnesota and surrounding area. “I thought there’s no better place to start than right here at t…