"Joyann Parker is the best Twin Cities female singer you've never heard. Whatever she plays, Parker owns it." – Star Tribune

Hosted by showman extraordinaire Mick Sterling this musical love fest featuring some of the best-loved names on the local scene in jazz, rock and soul, is sure to send you over the moon... twice! Surprise special guests will appear on both nights. So join us for all infatuation, seduction and fun in this variety show […]

Davina and The Vagabonds offer “a modern take on old-time blues and jazz” (PennLive). They’ve created a stir on the national music scene with their high-energy live shows, level A musicianship, sharp-dressed professionalism, and Davina’s commanding stage presence. With influences ranging from Fats Domino and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Aretha Franklin and Tom […]

Founded and led by Minnesota jazz drummer Jesse Simon, the mission of the Minnesota (MN) Hard Bop Collective is to preserve the jazz music of the hard bop eras by performing this rarely heard music live with the energy and sound that the composers intended while engaging audience members in historical anecdotes on the music […]

Jake resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is one of the most in-demand freelance trumpet players in the Twin Cities, with performances ranging from his own original jazz groups to the Minnesota Orchestra. This show will be live-streamed for free in partnership with the Twin Cities Jazz Festival and Crooners through the Keep Music Live fund.

The Cody Steinmann Trio has all the intense emotions, subtleties and angular harmonic/melodic tendencies you can expect from any of Cody’s endeavors. Using the medium of jazz standards and maybe some spontaneous improvisations, this group will take you on a journey to both familiar and far away places. Featuring: Cody Steinmann - Guitar Chris Smith […]

MOORE BY FOUR quickly established themselves as a fixture on the Twin Cities music scene when the group was created in 1986 at Ruby's Cabaret in Minneapolis. The group performed sold-out concerts at the Guthrie and Fitzgerald Theaters and went on to tour Europe and Japan, sharing concert billing with Harry Connick, Jr., Joe Williams, Carmen […]

Once again, “The Pavarotti of Gospel” (Star Tribune), raises his voice to perform music that exemplifies the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month. From the gospel sounds of Rev. James Cleveland and Mahalia Jackson to the more subtle messages of freedom and hope by artists like John Lennon, Sam Cooke, Pop “Roebuck” Staples, Mavis […]

Originally conceived as a three-part series “Healing Peace, and Joy” has been redesigned into a single evening of music that will be streamed at no cost to viewers as a gift to our community from Jearlyn, Jevetta and the Dakota. The important musical themes of Healing, Peace, and Joy will be vividly brought to life in this […]