Marilyn Parker, with Larry Sims, Thomasina Petrus, Tom Wells, Kevin Washington, Chris Fulton, and Solomon Parham.

Hosted by showman extraordinaire Mick Sterling this musical love fest featuring some of the most adored names on the local scene, is sure to send you over the moon! Surprise special guests will appear on all three nights. So join us for all the infatuation, seduction and fun in this variety show celebrating that thing […]

Heavy Hitters is a modern jazz quartet comprised of four Twin Cities jazz stalwarts. Music by Monk, Coltrane, Shorter, plus originals and more. Featuring: Joel Shapira – guitar Pete Whitman – saxophones Tom Lewis – double bass Pete Hennig – drum set

Prudence Johnson and Dan Chouinard

Hosted by showman extraordinaire Mick Sterling this musical love fest featuring some of the most adored names on the local scene, is sure to send you over the moon! Surprise special guests will appear on all three nights. So join us for all the infatuation, seduction and fun in this variety show celebrating that thing […]

“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 […]

Prudence Johnson and Dan Chouinard

Prudence Johnson and Dan Chouinard

Hosted by showman extraordinaire Mick Sterling this musical love fest featuring some of the most adored names on the local scene, is sure to send you over the moon! Surprise special guests will appear on all three nights. So join us for all the infatuation, seduction and fun in this variety show celebrating that thing […]

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 […]

Prudence Johnson and Dan Chouinard

Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele are thrilled to return to the Dakota stage to present a three-part series with “Songs of Healing, Peace and Joy.” Each program will feature a unique set of music that will focus on one of these expressions: Healing (Feb 10), Peace (Feb 17) and Joy (Feb 24). Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele grew up […]

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 […]

In Person AND Pay Per View Stylistically diverse and roots-connected, Out of the Dark expands on the success of Parker’s debut, Hard to Love, with 11 new songs composed by Parker and guitarist Mark Lamoine. Parker co-produced the album with Lamoine and Kevin Bowe, the Minneapolis-based producer, songwriter and guitarist whose myriad credits include Etta […]

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.

In Person AND Pay Per View Stylistically diverse and roots-connected, Out of the Dark expands on the success of Parker’s debut, Hard to Love, with 11 new songs composed by Parker and guitarist Mark Lamoine. Parker co-produced the album with Lamoine and Kevin Bowe, the Minneapolis-based producer, songwriter and guitarist whose myriad credits include Etta […]

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 […]

Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele are thrilled to return to the Dakota stage to present a three-part series with “Songs of Healing, Peace and Joy.” Each program will feature a unique set of music that will focus on one of these expressions: Healing (Feb 10), Peace (Feb 17) and Joy (Feb 24). Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele grew up […]

“The Session” is led by trumpet player and band leader Solomon Parham.  Solomon,  a native of  Detroit,  has played on stages with several well respected musicians such as Delfeayo Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, Eric Kamau Gravatt, Anthony Cox, Saxophonist Eric Alexander, Wess Anderson, and Bassist Christian McBride, to name a few. In addition to his numerous […]

Sherwin’s show includes a talented group of musicians, and features his beautiful wife Pam, who lights up the stage singing the songs of June Carter and The Carter Family as Sherwin tells “The Johnny Cash Story.”

Link to: www.auguitar.com at showtime.

Multi-generational jazz trio featuring Twin Cities-raised musicians Will Kjeer and Charlie Lincoln, paired with international drum mainstay Dave King (The Bad Plus, Happy Apple). This show will be live at Crooners and also live-streamed for free in partnership with the Twin Cities Jazz Festival through the KEEP MUSIC LIVE fund.

In Person AND Pay Per View Robert Robinson is reason to believe that the greatest music reaches every name and crosses every boundary, from audiences in the Pontiac Silverdome to troops in South Korea. Standing five foot five and sipping Diet Coke, Robert is “God’s canary.” He possesses the ability to sing any song and […]

“It’s very clear: Our love for George Gershwin is here to stay … What you notice when you listen is how pure the songs sound, how spare and intimate. When she sings, Johnson sometimes imagines wrapping them in velvet. Her lush, precise, expressive voice, with its pearls of vibrato, is best unadorned. A smart, sensitive pianist – like Chouinard, an […]

This night we carry on the Artists Quarter tradition of B3 Organ Night with Pierre Lewis. St.Paul native Pierre Lewis has been keyboardist for the Commodores for the past 12 years. He spent his formative years as twin cities organ legend Bobby Lyles’ sub and regular organist for another Twin Cities saxophone legend Morris Wilson. […]

Johnnie Brown’s raspy baritone voice delivers Teddy Pendergrass better than anyone in the country. His 14-member band headed by George Parrish delivers the music of “the Sound of Philadelphia” like it was meant to be played. Johnnie Brown has been selling out shows all over town for the last 7 years. You will not want to […]

Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, Lesley Gore – just their names evoke memories! Now, “The Girls Singers” have a new show, “Sirens of the 60s” that recalls the great songs and memories of a musically and culturally transitional period of time.

Michael Monroe lives and records on the North Shore of Lake Superior in his solar powered log cabin studio. His instrumental music is seen across the nation on PBS and Canada in the award winning documentary, “Chased By The Light”, about Jim Brandenburg, National Geographic photographer and best selling author.

In Person AND Pay Per View Celebrated vocalist Joyann Parker treats us to a tour through the life and career of Patsy Cline, performed dozens of times at Crooners and back by popular demand!

The musicians of the JazzMN Quintet are all members of the JazzMN Orchestra, the Twin Cities premier professional jazz ensemble. The JazzMN Quintet will present a historical view of various artists that employed this instrumentation beginning with its infancy  in the swing era, into its standardization in bebop, through its heyday of the hard bop […]

The Sophia Kickhofel Quartet consists of several accomplished Twin Cities jazz musicians, with Ted Olsen on bass, Ben Ehrlich on drums, Lasse Corson on piano, and Sophia Kickhofel on alto saxophone. In addition to modern music, the Sophia Kickhofel quartet will be performing jazz standards, including tunes composed by John Coltrane and the great pianist Chick Corea

The New Standards return! Twin Cities musicians and raconteurs Chan Poling (The Suburbs) on piano, bassist John Munson (Trip Shakespeare, Semisonic), and Steve Roehm (Billygoat, Electropolis) on vibraphone. This dazzling trio creates jazz arrangements of recognizable hits and deep tracks alike, drawn from diverse musical genres ranging from pop, glam and soul, to rock and […]

A group of Twin Cities musicians that get together to perform now and then and explore music from various artists. The group for this performance includes Joe Mayo saxophones, Dave Brattain saxophones, Ted Godbout piano, Ted Olsen bass, and Mac Santiago drums. Some of the artists we’ll be exploring may include: Kevin Daily, Stanley Clark, Kenny […]

Formed in 2006, Atlantis Quartet is at the forefront of the twin cities modern jazz scene, having toured the Midwest and East Coast while releasing five albums to critical acclaim. JazzTimes‘ Bill Milkowski calls the band “startlingly original” and both the City Pages and Star Tribune have named them Best Twin Cities Jazz Artist (2011, 2012).

NUNNABOVE, the 4-sibling pop group spreading a new Minneapolis sound across the Twin Cities, has appeared on America’s Got Talent Season 13. They have performed at Mall of America’s Nickelodeon Universe, the State Capitol, CCRF Gala and more. This “family band who loves to jam” has the skill to weave in and out of many different styles, […]

Born and raised in Minneapolis, Charlie Lincoln is an in-demand bassist in the Twin Cities and has performed with international artists including Dave King, Kris Davis, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Ned Rothenberg. Charlie has toured in China, Thailand, and Taiwan and has appeared at festivals and clubs across North America. He studied at Berklee College […]

Omar Abdulkarim brings a new dynamite group to the Dunsmore featuring L.A. Buckner (drums), Kavyesh Kaviraj (keys), Chris Smith (bass) and Lynora Turner (vocals.) This show will be live at Crooners and also live-streamed for free in partnership with the Twin Cities Jazz Festival through the KEEP MUSIC LIVE fund.

FEATURING: MARY JANE ALM, AIMEE LEE, BOYD LEE

“Mae has a vocal range that immediately made me feel like I was watching a young Janis Joplin take control of a crowd and the keyboards, drums, bass, and the saxophone were reminiscent of Van Morrison.” – Music in Minnesota

What would have happened if eccentric genius Thelonious Monk had encountered four of the Twin Cities’ best jazzmen? Trumpeter Steve Kenny, pianist Art Resnick, bassist Billy Peterson, and drummer Kenny Horst first asked that question in 2010 at the Artists Quarter, and the quartet has gathered together seeking more answers over the past ten years. Featuring: […]

Ginger Commodore is a Midwest music scene veteran – she began her performing as a long-time member of the Grammy Award-winning Sounds of Blackness, then touring across the United States, Europe and Japan with local jazz ensemble Moore By Four. Ginger appears regularly at the Dakota, Crooners and The Chanhassen Dinner Theatre. She also has […]