Since moving to the Twin Cities in 2013, Jake Baldwin has been one of the busiest freelance trumpeters around. If you've been to a show with a trumpet in the last 8 years, there is a good chance you've heard him. Working with a multitude of artists in every genre from folk bands to the Minnesota Orchestra, Baldwin […]

NYC master jazz pianist, David Hazeltine will be joined by two extraordinary talents from the Peterson Family, Billy Peterson (bass) & Paul Peterson (drums) for a night of superb jazz.

Peter Kogan's Monsterful Wonderband will be playing Peter's latest compositions, some great jazz standards and favorites  from his CDs. Jake Baldwin, trumpet Pete Whitman, sax Cody LeDuc, trombone Geoff LeCrone, guitar Will Kjeer, keyboard Kameron Markworth, bass Peter Kogan, drums

LA Buckner is a local legend. There isn’t enough room here to list all of the people and bands who have been lucky enough to have collaborated with LA. Nor doesn’t his music fit neatly into any genre. He is a teaching artist and each show is a master class in percussion. A gumbo of […]

Outdoor Dinner Jazz $15/table reservation Brian Nichols - Piano Chris Bates - Bass Lars-Erik Larson - Drums

Chris Bates’ Red 5: Chris Bates - bass and compositions JT Bates - drums Thomas Nordlund - guitar Jake Baldwin - trumpet Nick Syman - trombone Chris Thomson - saxophone Brandon Wozniak - saxophone

September Jazz Mondays curated by Erik Fratzke. His band Fake Accent charts novel terrain with a focus on small group improvisational dynamics and obsolete consumer electronics, which is influenced by a large swath of disparate 20th century work – composer lannis Xenakis, musique concrete, early hip-hop, doom metal, Conlon Nancarrow, harmolodic funk, “slow cinema," and […]

Ted Olsen is a bassist and composer from Saint Paul, MN. He recently self-released an EP "It's Easy to Pretend." In 2017 he released his début record, Joyfire, on Shifting Paradigm records. "The sprawling yet cohesive songcraft on Ted Olsen's new album, "Joyfire," attests to why he won an American Composers Forum award five years […]

September Jazz Mondays curated by Erik Fratzke. Week two featuring The Good Nature Quintet. Davu Seru: Drums Nathan Hanson: Sax deVon Russell Gray: Keyboards, Bassoon & Electronics Josh Granowski: Bass Erik Fratzke: Guitar

September Jazz Mondays curated by Erik Fratzke. Week one featuring Peter Goggin, one of the new dynamic and individual jazz artists to emerge on the Twin Cities music scene. He graduated from Mounds View High School, and completed his studies at the University of Michigan in 2019. Peter’s often seen playing around Minneapolis and St. […]

A third-generation drummer, Phillips was a child of the ‘80s who was greatly influenced by hip hop and further molded by extensive training and performance in jazz and improvisation. At another intersection between composer and performer, Phillips has found an honest voice in the fusion of classical percussion and hip hop. His scores are by […]