In Person and Live Stream Options Brian Handeland is a versatile and in-demand woodwind doubler in the Twin Cities. He performs regularly with a wide variety of ensembles including the JazzMN Orchestra, Fuzzy Math, BS Project, and a number of different pop/rock bands. This quartet performance will feature music written by Brian and his friends, […]

“…the music exploded, showering the room with a joyful exuberance usually reserved for dance halls and gospel services. And no one had more fun than Jay Young” – Jazz Police Dakota favorites, Jay Young and The Lyric Factory started as a father/son duo in the mid-90s that has grown into a multi-faceted family of Minneapolis’ “first […]

Saturday Night at Studio Z Dynamic, tenacious, and highly inventive, pianist and composer Will Kjeer has defined himself as an artist to watch, both literally and figuratively. Having cut his teeth in Los Angeles as well as his hometown of Minneapolis, MN, Will has been widely regarded in each city as a firebrand, a first-call, […]

In Person and Live Stream Options A collaborative effort between veteran musicians Joan Hutton and Sue Orfield, celebrating their diversity in style, passion for original music, and joy in the unpredictable musical adventure. Featuring: Joan Hutton – alto sax and bass clarinet Sue Orfield – tenor sax Ted Godbout – piano Kameron Markworth – bass […]

In Person and Live Streaming Playing classic standards by artists such as Miles Davis and Charlie Parker along with more modern compositions. Featuring: Atman Jahagirdar: Alto Saxophone Samuel Thorson: Guitar Ryan Hermes: Piano Elliot Teppen: Bass Adam Savageau: Drums

In Person and Live Stream Featuring: Jake Baldwin–trumpet Dave Brattain–tenor saxophone Adam Harder Nussbaum–drums Kavyesh Kaviraj–piano Graydon Peterson–bass

Dinner Jazz Joan Hutton is a woodwind performer, composer and music educator residing in Minneapolis and hailing from Toronto, Canada. Her varied musical interests have led her over the years to classical, jazz, funk, free improvisation, pit orchestras and more. She leads her own group, the Joan Hutton Jazz Project, co-leads Take That Back with […]

Final edition of Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog 8:30pm Steve Kenny and Friends    Steve Kenny – Trumpet,    Chris Bates – Bass,    JT Bates – Drums Peter Goggin – Alto Sax, Levi Schwartzberg – Vibes and many special Special Guests 7:00 pm Fuzzy Math    Mark Vandermyde – Keys, Brian Handeland […]

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7:30pm Opening Set – Hannah Harder Group Hannah Harder – Tenor Saxophone, Griffin Loudermilk – Trumpet Hans Fuerst – Piano, Hannah Sternberg – Bass, North Skage – Drums Hannah Harder is a Jazz student at UW-Eau Claire. A former Minnesota All State Jazz Band member, and has been on the scene for a couple years leading […]

The Zacc Harris Quartet presents original music from the latest Album Release. Tickets $12 or $15 Day of Show

In Person and 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.   […]

Grammy winner and Fourplay founder Bob James is a legend in the world of jazz, with a discography of more than 58 albums. A pioneer in the sounds and style that came to be known as contemporary jazz, Bob’s shadow looms large over the music world of the last 50+ years. Discovered by Quincy Jones […]

Grammy winner and Fourplay founder Bob James is a legend in the world of jazz, with a discography of more than 58 albums. A pioneer in the sounds and style that came to be known as contemporary jazz, Bob’s shadow looms large over the music world of the last 50+ years. Discovered by Quincy Jones […]

Performed at The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in October of 2019, this reprise of the concert will come to you in two parts – one in January 2022 and the second part during the spring/summer of 2022. Women on the Moon is a concert event that showcases some of our favorite female artists […]

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Gypsy Mania at Hell’s Kitchen Brunch Glen Helgeson, Gary Schulte, Steve Pikal, Jay Epstein

Performed at The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in October of 2019, this reprise of the concert will come to you in two parts – one in January 2022 and the second part during the spring/summer of 2022. Women on the Moon is a concert event that showcases some of our favorite female artists […]

Tim Sparks, Gary Raynor, Jay Epstein at Volstead’s

Debbie Briggs as described by a fan: “…Her voice sounds like whiskey poured over velvet, like honey in your tea” No doubt Debbie Briggs is on her way to becoming a mainstay in the Twin Cities jazz scene due to her dynamic voice that harkens back to a simpler time, when broken hearts and broken […]

In Person and Live Stream World Jazz Collegium was founded in the spirit of collective creativity and experimentation. The group plays primarily Pavel Jany’s original material combined with compositions by Hermeto Pascoal, Chick Corea, Jaco Pastorius and other giants of modern jazz. Featuring: Pavel Jany – guitars John Croarkin -sax/flute Brian Ziemniak – keyboards Dan […]

8:30pm Le Percheron Adam Linz – Bass, Noah Ophoven-Baldwin – Trumpet Levfi Schwartzberg – Vibraphone, Cory Healey – Drums 7:00 pm JAZZINK Washington / Bellows Group Donald Washington – Reeds, Brad Bellows – Valve Trombone, Chris Bates – Bass, Pete Hennig – Drums

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 […]

In Person & Live Streaming Trish Hurd Paczkowski, piano Graydon Peterson, bass Peter Goggin, sax Ben Ehrlich, drums.

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 […]

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 […]

7:30pm Steve Kenny Quartet Steve Kenny – Trumpet Peter Goggin – Alto Saxophone Ted Olsen – Bass Miguel Hurtado – Drums Steve Kenny is active in the Minnesota Jazz community as a Performer, Composer, and Curator. Steve is a founding member of ‘the illicit sextet’, “Group 47”, “What Would Monk Do?” and his own “Quartets”, Steve […]

Facing West is a modern post-bop quartet featuring saxophonists Donnie Norton and Doug Stone, bassist Braun Khan, and drummer Brian Claxton. All four members, although close friends, reside in different parts of the country and are all active performers and university jazz educators. With an emphasis on original compositions, the group pulls inspiration from many […]