Jazz Police Live Jazz Calendar, Fall 2019

Kenny Werner returns to Jazz Fest, at Crooners October 20

Live jazz in the Twin Cities metro! The Jazz Police calendar is updated at least weekly. And we’re continuing “Andrea’s Picks.”

Dean Granros goes solo at the Black Dog, October 19

Andrea’s picks: Kicking off the weekend: Makayla McCraven at the Walker (October 18). The Twin Cities “dean” of jazz guitar, Dean Granros offers a rare solo set opening Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog followed by the Jazz Bridge Project (October 19); Twin Cities Jazz Fest’s Fall Fest at Crooners stars Ann Hampton Callaway and Kenny Werner, with two stages of local stars (October 20). Coming up: Drummer Peter Kogan brings a new quartet featuring saxman Brian Grivna to the Dunsmore Jazz Room (October 23).

. October 18, Makayla McCraven at Walker Art Center

. October 18, Jackson Wheeler Trio at Jazz Central

. October 19, Dean Granros Solo/Jazz Bridge Project at the Black Dog

. October 19, Twin Cities Cabaret Artists Network (TCCAN) Salon at the Black Hart (formerly Townhouse)

. October 19, Bruce Henry Band (“My American Songbook”) at Crooners Main Stage

. October 19, Le Voyage at Eastside Freedom Library

. October 19, Charmin and Shapira at Normandy Kitchen

. October 20, Steven Hobert’s FireFly Forest (solo) at Jazz Central

. October 20, Ann Hampton Callaway Voice Workshop at MacPhail Center for Music (1 pm)

. October 20, Twin Cities Fall Jazz Festival with Kenny Werner and Ann Hampton Callaway, Crooners Lounge

. October 20, Ann Reed and Claudia Schmidt in the Dunsmore Jazz Room

. October 21, Red Planet at the Black Dog

. October 23, Peter Kogan Quartet with Brian Grivna in the Dunsmore Jazz Room

. October 23, Louis Armstrong Night with the Southside Aces at The Dakota

. October 24, Vicky Mountain at Jazz Central

. October 24, Acme Jazz Company with Arne Fogel at Crooners Main Stage

. October 25, Steve Hirsh’s Paul Motian Project at Jazz Central Studios

. October 25, Atlantis Quartet at Kracum Hall, Carleton College (Northfield)

. October 26, Fourplex/Atlantis Quartet at the Black Dog

. October 26, Terence Blanchard and E Collective (“Caravan: A Revolution on the Road” at Ordway

. October 26, Jake Baldwin, free “Live at the Lex” at the Lexington

. October 26, Nachito Herrera at The Dakota

. October 26, Kevin Washington Quintet, Rondo Community Music Series at Walker West Music Academy

. October 27, Jim Rotondi/David Hazeltine Quartet in the Dunsmore Jazz Room

. October 29, Dorothy Doring’s Roaring 20s in the Dunsmore Jazz Room (rescheduled)

. October 30, Davu Seru’s Motherless Dollar Residency at Jazz Central

. October 31, Halloween Jazz Jamboree at Jazz Central

. November 1, Michael Bartunek at Jazz Central Studios

. November 2, Jazz on 4th Floor, Open Casket Weekend (Hannah Hawley/Owen Finch Duo, August McKinney Quartet, Sophia Kickhofel Quartet, Eli Zukor-Zimmerman/Jackson Wheeler Duo) at Casket Arts Building

. November 2, Maud Hixson and Rick Carlson, “The Great American Songbook: The Prequel” in the Dunsmore Jazz Room

. November 2-3, TCCAN (Twin Cities Cabaret Artists Network) Annual Cabaret Fest at Elison Playhouse (Crystal, MN): Master Class with Judi Vinar (Nov 2); Saturday Performances (Nov 2); Sunday Performance (Nov 3); Celebratory Soiree’ (Nov 3)

. November 3, Natania and Ticket to Brasil at The Dakota

. November 5, Bill Simenson Orchestra at Jazz Central

. November 5-6, Herb Pilhofer Quartet in the Dunsmore Jazz Room

. November 7, Tierney Sutton Band (“Screen Play”) at The Dakota

. November 9, Steve Cole CD Release at The Dakota

. November 12, Cedar Avenue Big Band at Jazz Central

. November 15, Reynold Philipsek and Michael Bissonnette at the 318

. November 16, Zacc Harris Group, Jazz at Studio Z

. November 18, Hot Sardines at The Dakota

. November 19, Explosion Big Band at Jazz Central

. November 24, Spyro Gyra at The Dakota

. November 29, RH Factor–Tribute to Roy Hargrove at The Dakota