Free performance in Mears Park, St. Paul

Improvising drummer Davu Seru has assembled a meeting of friends and elders including saxophonist and educator Donald Washington, multi-instrumentalist and AACM polymath Douglas R. Ewart, master percussionist Babatunde Lea and poet Tish Jones. Expect creative expression and communion from Elder representatives of the prismatic Black Arts Movement that grew out of the 1960s. They’ll be […]

"Taste and understatement. Swing and savoir-faire. Grace and grooves. Intimacy and panache. Singer Charmin Michelle delivers all of the above and more."   Minneapolis Star & Tribune Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Charmin moved to Minnesota while still a child and has called it home ever since. Though based in Minneapolis, she is no stranger to life […]

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 originals for trio, this group will take you on a journey to both familiar and far away places. Cody Steinmann - Guitar Chris Smith - Bass […]

Glen Helgeson, Gary Schulte, Steve Pikal, Jay Epstein

The Red Hot Django Peppers is a band that formed from the love of the music of Django Reinhardt. The troupe consists of local guitarists Ryan Picone and Jose Betanzos, violinist Danny Lentz, and bassist Sean Rodrick. The Red Hot Django Peppers had their premiere performance in early 2019 at Moto-I and were then asked […]

Please join us as we pay tribute to our good friend Steve Devich. For almost 30 years, Steve has led this fine organization and has leant his composition and arranging talents to their longevity. We're going to miss Steve a lot. Please join us as we celebrate his life and his music with our first […]