Sarah Navratil is a Minnesota-born saxophonist, woodwind doubler, artist, and composer now based in New York City. Growing up in close proximity to midwestern natural landscapes and wildlife, Sarah takes compositional and artistic inspiration from nostalgic sounds of the natural world from bird calls and coyote calls to the unconventional sounds of natural artifacts like […]

The Walker West Jazzwomen Collective brings together women and non-binary musicians with ties to the Twin Cities jazz scene to promote gender justice in jazz. The group performs a mix of original compositions and arrangements. The Jazzwomen Collective is a part of Walker West’s Women in Jazz Initiative, which is focused on addressing the gender […]

The St. Peter Street Stompers Jazz Band in Minnesota provides classic New Orleans Jazz for all events private, corporate and weddings.

‘Joe Pulice Salutes Buddy Rich’ is a high voltage concert with an all-star 15-piece band from the Twin Cities. This performance will highlight the music that Buddy Rich made famous throughout his illustrious career as the best big band drummer in the world. Drummer Joe Pulice, one of the region’s elite musicians, has toured with Woody Herman […]

As veteran members of the Grammy Award-winning music ensemble Sounds of Blackness, Geoff and Chreese have crisscrossed the globe, performing at the Montreux, North Sea and Vienne Jazz Festivals, the Olympic Games, the (Soccer) World Cup, the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Soul Train, Showtime at the Apollo, the NAACP Image Awards, for global heads of state […]

Saxophonist Andrew Schwandt was born and raised in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and has been playing professionally since the age of 19, when he got his start performing on board various cruise ships. After returning to land in 2001, he began working with several different bands, and worked in the Twin […]

The Larry McDonough Quartet will perform a set of material of Dexter Gordon including music from the 1986 Oscar winning film Round Midnight.   The Larry McDonough Quartet celebrates the two recordings of Dexter Gordon and Herbie Hancock based on the movie – Round Midnight and The Other Side of Round Midnight. Round Midnight is a […]

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 and Quintets. Steve was the curator of a weekly Saturday Jazz series at kj’s hideaway, and before that the Black Dog Cafe, […]

Catherine Russell: Grammy Award winning vocalist Catherine Russell is a native New Yorker, born into musical royalty. Her father, the late Luis Russell, was a legendary pianist/composer/bandleader, and Louis Armstrong’s long-time musical director. Her mother, Carline Ray, was a pioneering vocalist/guitarist/bassist who performed with International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Mary Lou Williams, and Sy Oliver. A […]

This trio delivers a diverse palette of modern jazz guitar melodies, backed by dynamic acoustic bass and finely textured drum rhythms. Together, they explore original compositions by Helgeson, and catchy arrangements by Django Reinhardt, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell and others. Glen Helgeson – leader and guitarist, Glen has released eight albums throughout his career, won a […]

Guitarist Joel Shapira is an internationally acclaimed musician residing in Minneapolis. He’s a leader and/or member of multiple top jazz ensembles, as well as a master of the demanding discipline of solo guitar. He performs regularly with world class musicians, has numerous recordings to his credit, and is an artist featured on the New York […]

Hard-swinging Quartet