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Nelson Deveraux’s Jazz Mondays in August: Week 2
Nelson Deveraux’s Jazz Mondays in August: Week 2
Week #2 featuring: Set 1 - Meckler/Courage/Green Adam Meckler - trumpet Brian Courage - bass Andrew Green - drums Set 2 - BZ3 Brian Ziemniak - keys David Fiely - guitar Kevin Washington - drums
ACME Jazz Company Featuring Arne Fogel
ACME Jazz Company Featuring Arne Fogel
The Acme Jazz Company was formed in 2008 to play original big band music. All the music is composed and/or arranged by members of the band. The primary composers/arrangers are Bob Parsons, Lance Strickland and Doug Rasmussen. ACME also features Arne Fogel on vocals, a master of the American Standard well known in the Midwest. […]
Cafe Accordion Orchestra Gets the Blues…Again
Cafe Accordion Orchestra Gets the Blues…Again
Cafe Accordion Orchestra offers a way retro mix of Parisian bistro backdrops, Brazilian bossa, Argentine tangos, fun foxtrots, catchy cumbia and a touch of old-school swing. CAO is led by DAN NEWTON on accordion and vocals, with ERIC MOHRING on mandolin, violin and vocals, BRIAN BARNES on guitars and vocals, ERIK LILLESTOL on bass and […]
The Bill Evans Birthday Concert with the Phil Aaron Trio
The Bill Evans Birthday Concert with the Phil Aaron Trio
A TRIBUTE TO BILL EVANS WITH THE PHIL AARON TRIO, FEATURING JAY EPSTEIN AND CHARLIE LINCOLN. Pianist Phil Aaron is a Chicago native who studied music at the Berklee College of Music and the University of Illinois. After ten years in LA, he moved to Minneapolis in 1989, becoming fully immersed in the local jazz […]
Jon Wood & Geoff Le Crone
Jon Wood & Geoff Le Crone
In Person & Live Stream Jon Wood is an active professional musician in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota with performances on guitar, electric and upright bass, mandolin, ukulele, banjo, and cajon. Venues Jon has performed at include Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis for their Monday Night Artist Feature and Thursday Night Vocal Series, the […]
Red hot Django Peppers
Red hot Django Peppers
The Red Hot Django Peppers is a band that formed from the love of the music of Django Reinhardt. The troupe consists of guitarists Ryan Picone and Jose Betanzos, violinist Danny Lentz, and bassist Sean Roderick. The Red Hot Django Peppers had their premiere performance in early 2019 at Moto-I and were then asked to […]
Jazz Impact
Jazz Impact
In Person & Live Stream When five musicians spanning in age from their 30’s to the 60’s, all having placed the practice of jazz as an important priority in life, play together for over a decade . . . something wonderful starts to happen. They find the pocket. . . they swing, they flow. Jazz […]
Blue Ox Trio CD Release with and opening set by Steve Kenny “Trio”
Blue Ox Trio CD Release with and opening set by Steve Kenny “Trio”
8:00pm Steve Kenny “Trio” Steve Kenny – Trumpet joined by Lasse Corson – Piano and some assorted number of their cohorts. Always a surprising and fresh ensemble, and almost never just a trio !!! 9:30pm The Blue Ox Trio – CD Release Jack Schabert – Drums Adam Tucker – Bass Zach Studdiford – Piano Featuring […]
The Sounds of New Orleans with the Southside Aces
The Sounds of New Orleans with the Southside Aces
For nearly two decades the Southside Aces have been playing the repertoire of the Jazz Age greats and beyond. From the early New Orleans of Jelly Roll Morton to the joys of Louis Armstrong through to the barrel house sounds of Preservation Hall. And with the June release of their 8th album, Minneapolis Bump, they’ve […]