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Sara Renner Songbook 3.0 features original songs from four albums spanning two decades! 🎶 Sara and her world-class band will take you on a musical journey, sharing her favorite tracks (and yours!) alongside songwriting stories and behind-the-scenes memories. Come for the soulful sounds, stay for the heartwarming stories, and leave with your spirit lifted by […]
Our very own Jack Schabert is putting together a mini-residency at MetroNOME. Three wonderful opportunities to see this young drummer perform with some of the best musicians in the Twin Cities. w/Patrick Adkins, Dan Carpel
Pianist Joey Alexander with bassist Kris Funn and drummer Jonathan Barber
What is “Sitting-In”? Sitting in is not the same as a “jam session”. A musician’s definition of “sitting in” is to participate in a working group, as a guest, usually to play a couple of songs. This usually occurs at the invitation of someone in the band. This is how Jazz Musicians typically audition and […]
Joey has been widely regarded as one of the most highly skilled pianists and thoughtful improvisers in jazz. On his seventh album, 2023’s Continuance, Indonesia-born pianist, composer, and bandleader Joey Alexander has far surpassed his earlier incarnations. Here, he’s now comfortable in his new identity as a composer-pianist of fertile imagination and emotional depth.
Joey has been widely regarded as one of the most highly skilled pianists and thoughtful improvisers in jazz. On his seventh album, 2023’s Continuance, Indonesia-born pianist, composer, and bandleader Joey Alexander has far surpassed his earlier incarnations. Here, he’s now comfortable in his new identity as a composer-pianist of fertile imagination and emotional depth.
Minneapolis-based jazz pianist and composer, Mary Louise Knutson (k’NOOT-son), has been called "one of the most exciting artists to happen to jazz piano in quite some time." Her warm, inviting tone, broad range of emotional expression, and distinctive compositions have brought her much recognition on the national music scene.
Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music. The NEA Jazz Master, three-time Grammy winner and Tony nominee regularly performs concertos with symphony orchestras and sits in with members of the Grateful Dead. However, the core of his musical universe remains the Branford Marsalis Quartet.
Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music. The NEA Jazz Master, three-time Grammy winner and Tony nominee regularly performs concertos with symphony orchestras and sits in with members of the Grateful Dead. However, the core of his musical universe remains the Branford Marsalis Quartet.
Colonel Mustard's Mechanical Orchestra is a brass band playing the music of Paul Fonfara. Think Duke Ellington in an episode of Twin Peaks, the Johnny Quest theme played by Tom Waits, with some Ennio Morricone and Goran Bregovic thrown in. We play tangos, mariachi, klezmer, Balkans brass, and vintage big band jazz sounds. Some tunes […]
Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music. The NEA Jazz Master, three-time Grammy winner and Tony nominee regularly performs concertos with symphony orchestras and sits in with members of the Grateful Dead. However, the core of his musical universe remains the Branford Marsalis Quartet.
