4pm   South Side Kool Jazz Combo 5pm   Salsa del Soul 6pm   651 Jazz 7pm   Genesis Jazz Orchestra directed by Conrad Miska                 Music of Count Basie, Bob Mintzer, Clifford Brown, Louie Bellson, and others

The JazzMN Orchestra will return to Crooners on Sunday, August 29 at 7pm to present an entire set of women composers entitled “What Women Write.” The program will feature legends such as Mary Lou Williams, Melba Liston, and Toshiko Akiyoshi as well as newer works by composers such as Asuka Kakitani, Ayn Inserto, and Minnesota’s […]

Free performance

Smooth Jazz recording artist, Chicago drummer/composer Kenne Thomas brings his exciting jazz to the Icehouse Patio for a summer night of fun. Playing favorites from their album, WOODLAWN and other hits, the band brings their festive show outdoors.

Louis Prima Jr. and the Witnesses (louisprimajr.com) are bringing Prima music into the 21st century. Not content to sit on the legacy they so passionately protect, LPJ and the band are taking a page from his father’s playbook, by wailing Prima Swing.

A Tribute to the Miles Davis Quartet with Solomon Parnham

A Tribute to the Miles Davis Quartet with Solomon Parnham

In person and live streaming options available.

In Person and Live Streaming options available. Featuring: Chris Bates – bass Joey Van Phillips – drums Clay Pufahl – saxophone Park Evans – guitar Happy to be playing with long time collaborators and good friends. Park is back in town for a week or so and we are excited to play together at Jazz […]

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 […]

In Person and Live Stream options available

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest Cuban pianists, Nachito has total command of traditional classical and contemporary musical idioms as well as jaw-dropping technique. This special performance of a night in Habana will be with a band of artists who hail from some of the most exciting bands in Cuban music led by one of the […]

Acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest Cuban pianists, Nachito has total command of traditional classical and contemporary musical idioms as well as jaw-dropping technique. This special performance of a night in Habana will be with a band of artists who hail from some of the most exciting bands in Cuban music led by one of the […]

In the 1960s, Burt Bacharach, Hal David, and Dionne Warwick captured lighting in a bottle, crafting some of the most sophisticated pop music of all time. Together, their small canon made an enormous impact on American Music, but they were three very distinct individuals.

Peter Goggin – Alto Sax, Charlie Lincoln – Bass Phil Hey – Drums

Zacc Harris – Guitar Dean Granros – Guitar Chris Bates – Bass Jay Epstein – Drums

Guitarist and composer Zacc Harris has been an integral part of the Twin Cities jazz scene since arriving in 2005, being named Best Jazz Artist in 2017 by City Pages. As a member of the award-winning group Atlantis Quartet, he has released five acclaimed albums, as well as three albums of his own as leader. His […]

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

A Tribute to the Miles Davis Quartet with Solomon Parnham

A Tribute to the Miles Davis Quartet with Solomon Parnham

Marilyn Maye, the 93-year-old cabaret legend, who many claim is firmly at the apex of her amazing career, lives by her credo “It’s Today!” like nobody else. A practitioner without peer of a classic American nightclub style prevalent several generations ago, Marilyn flies in from New York for an exciting 4-night engagement.

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 […]

Marilyn Maye, the 93-year-old cabaret legend, who many claim is firmly at the apex of her amazing career, lives by her credo “It’s Today!” like nobody else. A practitioner without peer of a classic American nightclub style prevalent several generations ago, Marilyn flies in from New York for an exciting 4-night engagement.

In Person and Live Stream options available. While he can often be heard performing selections from his expansive repertoire of jazz and popular classics, Will considers his own compositions to be as integral to his musical personality as his most spontaneous improvisation, each feeding the other as part of a larger sonic picture. Featuring: Omar […]

Marilyn Maye, the 93-year-old cabaret legend, who many claim is firmly at the apex of her amazing career, lives by her credo “It’s Today!” like nobody else. A practitioner without peer of a classic American nightclub style prevalent several generations ago, Marilyn flies in from New York for an exciting 4-night engagement.

In Person and Live Stream options available. For the past five years, Andrew has been living and performing in New York City, most often with Gerry Eastman’s group at Williamsburg Music Center (https://www.wmcjazz.org).  Now back living in the Twin Cities, Andrew is thrilled to present some brand new music with a stellar quartet featuring: Batume […]

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 […]

Madeleine Peyroux and Paula Cole play their acclaimed albums Careless Love and This Fire in their entirety for one night only at the Pantages Theatre.

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 […]

Pianist/composer and Steinway Artist Connie Han has been described as “a decisively brazen talent ” by All About Jazz. On her imminent album release Iron Starlet, Han manifests “uncompromising vitality” at the piano. Her powerful vision embraces the full evolution of her forebears, like McCoy Tyner, Hank Jones and the Young Lions — the Marsalis Brothers, Kenny Kirkland and Jeff […]

Join Andrew Walesch and his orchestra for an exciting new show celebrating the music of one of America’s most iconic songwriters, Cole Porter.

Karrin’s current show includes selections from her new all-original album, as well as selections from Mose Allison, Bonnie Raitt, Abbey Lincoln, Oscar Brown Jr, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Duke Ellington and Thelonius Monk, songs from Brazil, France, Karrin Allyson original songs, Chris Caswell songs, Paul Simon, Hank Mobley, Joni Mitchell… and (now) even more songs that […]

8:00 Ivan Cunningham Alto Sax & Composition, Alma Engebretson on bass/cello, Ben Ehrlich on drums, Leo Johnson on trombone/Electric Guitar 9:30 Central Standard Time – Coltrane Tribute Dave Brattain, Steve Kenny, Will Kjeer Charlie Lincoln, Abinnet Berhanu