I'm eagerly awaiting the new album by The Bad Plus, a great jazz trio with Minnesota ties. Their new album's due out in March. In the meantime, this profile of drummer Dave King is great.
I saw TBP play at the old Guthrie a few years ago, and King was engrossing - usually a dervish behind his kit, he could suddenly stop and play barely audible beats or shift from straightforward rhythm work to craaaazy stuff like playing his snare with the antennae of two kid's walkie-talkies. (You can hear some TBP hits on their MySpace page.)