Take That Back is Joan Hutton (bass clarinet & alto saxophone), Sue Orfield (tenor sax), Ted Godbout (keys), Kameron Markworth (basses) and David Schmalenberger (drums). Joan and Sue started the group in 2018 in order to write and perform their original music. They released their first self-titled album in January 2022, and are currently working […]

In Person & Live Stream Featuring: Abinnet Berhanu - Drums Will Kjeer - Piano Graydon Petersen - Bass

In Person & Live Stream Featuring: Sarah Navratil-Tenor Sax Hannah Harder- Tenor Sax Bass- Shawn Wang Piano- Kavyesh Kaviraj Drums- Dave Hagedorn We will be playing a set of duel Tenor songs and arranged standards.

8:00pm Cody Steinman Trio Cody Steinmann – Guitar Chris Bates – Bass Abinnet Berhanu – Drums Cody Steinmann has been performing and teaching professionally for over 10 years. He attended Milwaukee Area Technical College where he completed an Associate’s degree in Music Occupations and later won a Rita Tallent Picken scholarship to attend the University […]

Week #2 featuring: Set 1 - Meckler/Courage/Green Adam Meckler - trumpet Brian Courage - bass Andrew Green - drums Set 2 - BZ3 Brian Ziemniak - keys David Fiely - guitar Kevin Washington - drums

The Acme Jazz Company was formed in 2008 to play original big band music. All the music is composed and/or arranged by members of the band. The primary composers/arrangers are Bob Parsons, Lance Strickland and Doug Rasmussen. ACME also features Arne Fogel on vocals, a master of the American Standard well known in the Midwest. […]

Cafe Accordion Orchestra offers a way retro mix of Parisian bistro backdrops, Brazilian bossa, Argentine tangos, fun foxtrots, catchy cumbia and a touch of old-school swing. CAO is led by DAN NEWTON on accordion and vocals, with ERIC MOHRING on mandolin, violin and vocals, BRIAN BARNES on guitars and vocals, ERIK LILLESTOL on bass and […]

A TRIBUTE TO BILL EVANS WITH THE PHIL AARON TRIO, FEATURING JAY EPSTEIN AND CHARLIE LINCOLN. Pianist Phil Aaron is a Chicago native who studied music at the Berklee College of Music and the University of Illinois. After ten years in LA, he moved to Minneapolis in 1989, becoming fully immersed in the local jazz […]

In Person & Live Stream Jon Wood is an active professional musician in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota with performances on guitar, electric and upright bass, mandolin, ukulele, banjo, and cajon. Venues Jon has performed at include Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis for their Monday Night Artist Feature and Thursday Night Vocal Series, the […]

The Red Hot Django Peppers is a band that formed from the love of the music of Django Reinhardt. The troupe consists of guitarists Ryan Picone and Jose Betanzos, violinist Danny Lentz, and bassist Sean Roderick. The Red Hot Django Peppers had their premiere performance in early 2019 at Moto-I and were then asked to […]

In Person & 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. Jazz […]