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A member of the Midwest music scene for many years, Ginger Commodore is a regular visitor to the Dakota stage. Classically trained, gospel-influenced, and jazz-inspired, Ginger’s musical foundation is a true amalgam of musical styles presented with her unique delivery.
Led by chief detonators Doug Haining, sax, and Scott Agster, trombone, the Explosion Big Band draws from the area’s finest musicians. The EXPLOSION is ready to detonate with the classic sounds of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and more modern sounds of Thad Jones, Clare Fischer, Pat Metheny & others.
The Cherry Pit presents an open jam for musicians and music lovers in the Twin Cities. It’s a social hub for Twin Cities creatives, a training ground to refine musicianship, and a vehicle for high-vibrational improvisation. This is not a free-form basement jam or strictly a jazz jam. Our goal is to find an equilibrium […]
Join Zeitgeist and Sounding Ground artists Sarah M Greer, May Klug, Leyna Marika Papach, and JC Sanford for a performance of the new works they have developed through Sounding Ground. New works will include “PERSON/a requiem’ by Papach, Brennschluss by Klug, Precipice: Breaths for Diving by Greer, and Underwater Cousins by Sanford. The SOUNDING GROUND composer residency program provides commissioning, […]
Twin Talk is the longstanding Chicago trio of Dustin Laurenzi (saxophone), Katie Ernst (bass/voice), and Andrew Green (drums). The band will play two freewheeling sets of original music that blur the boundaries between near-telepathic collective improvisation and highly composed songs. Since forming in 2012, Chicago’s Twin Talk has steadily drifted from the conventions of the saxophone […]
The Willie August Project Ben Siems- Guitar Matt Peterson- Upright Bass Jeremy Hauer- Drums
This trio play originals and also some Monk and Mingus compositions. Low and Outside trio, featuring: Phil Hey, Drum Kyle Motl, Bass Dean Sorenson, Trombone
Join Zeitgeist and Sounding Ground artists Sarah M Greer, May Klug, Leyna Marika Papach, and JC Sanford for a performance of the new works they have developed through Sounding Ground. New works will include “PERSON/a requiem’ by Papach, Brennschluss by Klug, Precipice: Breaths for Diving by Greer, and Underwater Cousins by Sanford. The SOUNDING GROUND composer residency program provides commissioning, […]
Saxophonist Joan Hutton and pianist Tyler Lustek will perform two sets of melodic, inviting improvised music featuring jazz standards and their original compositions. Canadian native Joan Hutton is a performer, composer, and educator residing in Minneapolis. Joan’s diverse interests have taken her from jazz, free improv, and funk to classical, chamber music, and pit orchestras. […]
The Pete Snell Quartet Pete Snell- Saxophone Abebi Stafford- Piano Jim Chenoweth- Bass Jesse Simon- Drums
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