Blue Nights: A Winter Jazz Affair at Crooners
An Evening of Jazz and Blues Slip into the glow of Blue Nights, with an intimate evening of jazz and blues with the Amy Manette Band. Featuring the sounds of […]
An Evening of Jazz and Blues Slip into the glow of Blue Nights, with an intimate evening of jazz and blues with the Amy Manette Band. Featuring the sounds of […]
Dave Hagedorn is a retired Artist in Residence at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, where he taught percussion, jazz studies, and world music. In June, 2019, Downbeat magazine awarded St. Olaf Jazz I an Outstanding Performance amongundergraduate large jazz ensembles, and in June, 2011, Downbeat magazine deemed St. Olaf Jazz I to be the […]
The joyful jazz of the Great American Songbook lights up the Wabasha Street Caves (215 Wabasha Street S., St Paul) on Thursday, Jan. 22. All ages welcome. Admission is $10 - $15 with a free swing dance lesson included, 6:15 - 7:00 pm. Let yourself go!
Lomheim/OBrien/Epstein - This piano trio's new disc, "Triage" has the most extraordinary lyricism coupled with a rich and robust expression of melody in every one of their compositions. The interplay […]
Jazz, Contempory, and Classic American Songbook For this show, Bernadette will be singing an eclectic mix of new and old jazz arrangements. She will be sharing her own journey of how jazz can be a powerful and positive way to exercise and build social connections through music. The proceeds from this show will go to Fraser, […]
The Mary Louise Knutson Trio featuring Mary Louise at the piano, bassist Dan Carpel, and drummer David Schmalenberger. For decades following its opening in 1935, The Lex, as it’s called […]
Modern jazz from south Minneapolis. Creating and improvising, without worrying about what jazz should be. Big Blue Moon features a flexible lineup around Nick Bhalla’s piano.
Aaron Shapiro will lead a quartet in a set of original works crafted over the past decade in Chicago, each piece shaped by his experiences performing and collaborating throughout the city’s creative music scenes. Band Members: Aaron Shapiro - Guitar Nate Lepine - Saxophone /Flute John Sutton - Bass Tommaso Moretti - Drums ✧ Guitarist […]
Saxophonist, Gus Sandberg, comes to jazz central with this quartet. Featuring: Gus Sandberg - woodwinds Sean Turner - piano Matt McIntyre - bass Reid Kennedy - drums
Halloween, Alaska’s churning, meditative sound neither embodies youth, naivety, anger nor desperation. It’s a unique statement from a veteran band with a persistent cult following and a distinctive indie M.O. Moreover, listeners can hear and feel its influence far beyond its native Minneapolis. In the early ’00s, Halloween, Alaska took root as a semi-electronic diversion […]
Michael O'Brien . Bassist. Composer. Educator Michael O'Brien studied bass under Anthony Cox, and West African and Haitian percussion under Marc Anderson. Michael has been performing and composing for over a decade with such notables as Gene Pitney, Dave King, Jeff Kashiwa, Todd Reynolds, Wessel Anderson, David Binney, The Jazz Mandolin Project, Joel Harrison, Marty […]
Warm up your weekend with a delicious breakfast, camaraderie and festive music! Mega Yacht and Pick, Buttons & Bow will play from 9am-12pm
Bring Your Requests for a Night of FUN Cabaret! Kick off your weekend while you “Laugh The Night Away with Erin and Jay Cabaret”. They will be rounding out your week with some of their all time favorites, and lots of requests from you! Share an intimate night with Erin and Jay in the Dunsmore Room! Up close […]