Live dinner music with trio: Miguel Hurtado (drums) / TBA players

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 […]

Featuring:  Chris Bates, bass, Phil Hey, drums, Dave Hagedorn, vibes. Free wheeling music of Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Karl Berger and others.

In Person & Live stream Featuring: Hannah Harder – Tenor Saxophone Jeffrey Merrill – Piano Max Voda – Bass Jack Schabert – Drums Jack Schabert is a drummer, percussionist, composer and educator, and is currently studying music at St. Olaf College. He serves as bandleader for the Blue Ox Jazz Trio, which performs regularly at […]

Laura Caviani has performed and recorded for over 15 years. The Minneapolis Star Tribune hailed her debut CD, Dreamlife as “…in a word, outstanding”. Marian McPartland called it “…sparkling and inventive”. Her second release, As One, was touted as “stunningly fresh” by Jazz Times. Her holiday album, Angels We Haven’t Heard, was considered “this season’s […]

The Granada Theater presents an evening of music inspired by the Blue Note Record Label. This label produced some of the most iconic recordings in Jazz including: Horace Silver, Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, Art Blakey and more. The music will be performed by a quintet of amazing musicians who are steeped in the tradition and […]

Come and join us in one of Minneapolis’ most gorgeous venues for a romantic night of jazz. Bathed in a flickering garden of candles, you’ll enter a sublime atmosphere of romantic magic with the sounds of Sinatra, Nat King Cole and more. Enjoy these timeless classics that will be sure to put your heart in […]

Founded in 2006, Charanga Tropical performs with an instrumentation that dates back to the roots of Cuban music featuring a sizzling Latin rhythm section, three violins, vocalists, and flute. Repertoire includes rarely heard danzones and a spicy variety of modern son, salsa, cha cha cha, and timba.
The music is rich in harmony and melody, fantastic […]

Saxophone/guitar duo performing music from the Great American Songbook.

In Person & Live Stream Featuring: Pete Whitman: saxophones Chris Olson: guitar Ted Olsen: bass Phil Hey: drums   Pete and his cohorts will be performing tunes from Chris and Pete’s release Changes We Can Believe In (https://petewhitmanchrisolson.bandcamp.com/releases) as well as other originals and jazz standards with surprising twists and turns.

In this special series, local jazz musicians will pay tribute to the iconic legacy of Miles Davis & his classic Quintets of the 50-60’s

In this special series, local jazz musicians will pay tribute to the iconic legacy of Miles Davis & his classic Quintets of the 50-60’s

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 […]

Patty will reminisce with several Twin Cities’ jazz legends, who have achieved local and national acclaim. Among these notables are Ollie Lyle (bassist), Dr. Steve Wright (trumpet), and Linda Peterson (pianist and vocalist). These extraordinary artists, some still performing in their 80s, will be accompanied by the Phil Aaron Trio, featuring Phil Aaron(piano), Graydon Peterson […]

In Person & Live Stream A recent graduate of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY, Nicholas Christenson is a Fairbanks, AK-based composer and bassist. He has performed and recorded across the US and France with artists including Jean-Jacques Birgé, Jean-Brice Godet, Michelle Kinney, Noah Ophoven-Baldwin, and Cory Healey.   Featuring: Ivan Cunningham: alto saxophone Alma Engebretson: […]

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 […]

Laura will be accompanied by tenor saxophonist, David Milne.

DAT Trio is a group playing originals and lesser heard modern jazz tunes.   Featuring: David Martin, guitar Matt McIntyre, bass Dave Schmalenberger, drums

Dale Alexander, Gary Raynor, Jay Epstein