Early Evening Jazz: Cody Steinmann Trio

Guitarist Cody Steinmann will be joined by bassist Calvin Caron and drummer Nick Zuck.

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 of Wisconsin–Parkside. Cody has studied extensively with Steve Peplin, Russ Johnson, Solomon Parham, JD Allen, Jesse Catalino Montijo and James Crowley. He has also taken lessons with Ari Hoenig, Johannes Weidenmueller, Scott Hesse, Pete McCann, and Aaron Gardner. An outstanding improviser and composer, Cody has become a fixture on the Twin Cities jazz scene since settling in Minneapolis. Cody has performed with JD Allen, Solomon Parham, Javier Santiago, Russ Johnson, Chris Bates, JT Bates, Abinnet Berhanu, Anthony Fung, Max Gerl, Kevin Washington, Bryan Murray, Fode Bangoura, L.A. Buckner, Jake Baldwin, and Nelson Devereaux. In 2019, under his producer name C0D3 7, he released his debut album 7, a musical chronicle of Cody’s youth. He then released his second album, Sightless Quartet Live, in 2021. Dedicated to exploring the intersections of jazz, metal, and hip-hop, Sightless Quartet is the first group Cody formed upon moving to the Twin Cities. Cody currently leads his own trio, which released an album entitled Confined Spaces last December.

Calvin Caron is a bassist and composer working out of the Twin Cities. Calvin has performed as a bandleader and sideman at many venues around Minnesota, including Orchestra Hall, Jazz Central Studios, and Green Room. Calvin spent the formative years of his musical life in Duluth, MN, while he studied at the University of Minnesota under Ryan Frane. He spent the post-pandemic years of 2020–2024 working in the Duluth music scene. Since moving to the Twin Cities in 2024, he has played and studied with many of the area’s great musicians and worked on new music inspired by his new surroundings.

Nick Zuck is a Minnesota-born drummer and percussionist and the co-founder of Eternally Ours Entertainment. He has shared the stage with international acts such as Doug Allen Nash, Kelly Spinx, Wendy Newcomer, and Penny Gilley. He is currently collaborating with local artists Jon Elconin and Oceanographer on their upcoming record. Nick’s jack-of-all-trades mentality has led him to embrace projects across a wide range of genres. His outlets for original works include the Nick Zuck Collective—an improvisatory quartet—and All Shattered Glass, his percussion ensemble.