Matthew Whitaker grew up surrounded by music. At 9 years old, Matthew began teaching himself how to play the Hammond B3 organ and 4 years later, he became the youngest artist to be endorsed by Hammond in its 80+ year history. By age 15, he was also named a Yamaha Artist, becoming the youngest musician to join the stellar […]

WEEK #3 FEATURING: SET I: KRISSY BERGMARK + BRYAN NICHOLS + CODY MCKINNEY + ERIK FRATZKE SET II JESSE WHITNEY

Enigmatic guitarist Marc Ribot has released 6 very diverse solo guitar albums: (including John Zorn’s Book of Heads, Plays the Works of Frantz Casseus, Saints, Don’t Blame Me, Exercises in Futility) and 2010's, Silent Movies (Pi Recordings) has been described as a "down-in-mouth-near master piece" by the Village Voice and has landed on several Best of 2010 lists including the LA Times […]

Kenny Horst - drums, Will Kjeer - piano, Chris Bates - bass, Pete Whitman - sax

As part of the symposium, performances by Simon Harding, Paul Harper, Joe Mayo, and Pete Whitman on Sax. Laura Caviani - Piano Kam Markworth - Bass Mac Santiago - Drums

Songwriter and novelist Dylan Hicks will perform new and not-quite-as-new material with a sextet featuring Zacc Harris, Michelle Kinney, Christopher Thomson, Charlie Lincoln, and Peter Hennig. For the first set, the group will "open for itself” with a mix of solo, duo, and group pieces, improvisations, and experiments more or less distinct from the song-based […]

Since the release of his 2004 critically acclaimed CD When I Fall In Love, Chris Botti has become the largest-selling American instrumental artist. Performing worldwide and selling more than four million albums, he has found a form of creative expression that begins in jazz and expands beyond the limits of any single genre. Over the […]

This perfect trio features: CHRIS BATES, bassist // BRYAN NICHOLS, piano // JAY EPSTEIN, drums

After a warm up from infrequent dancing and or review of some classic swing moves with the Uptown Swing dance company expect to turn up the heat with The Red Hot Django Peppers as they burn up the Hot Club Swing style popularized by Django Reinhardt.

Patty Peterson is a dynamic vocalist, radio personality, and inspirational speaker. She is a world class Jazz/ R&B vocalist, a Jazz Radio show host on KBEM Jazz 88 in Minneapolis, a mainstay in the jingle and voice over industry and is an inspiring presenter on the national speaking circuit. Ricky Peterson is best known for his now […]

Ricky Peterson is best known for his now 20 year association with saxophone legend David Sanborn and for having, produced, written and played keyboards for Prince on and off since his early days on the Twin Cities scene (perhaps most notably producing and arranging the song "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"). Playing on David […]

Free clinics presented by Emily Brewer, Chris Dickhaus, Simon Harding, Jimmy Jensen & Pete Whitman   On site repairs, horn assessments, and mouthpiece refacing.   Special guest exhibitor Schmitt Music. 

Liz Draper (upright bass) and Tasha Baron (piano) are a tightly knit duo drawing heavy influence from Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Eric Dolphy.

Leading his all-star big band packed with local sidemen legends, showman Andrew Walesch kidnaps the Blue Eyes tradition and makes it his own in his jazz-bent Sinatra revue that jams venues all over the Midwest and beyond with a uniquely cross-generational audience.

8:30pm Big Homie LA Buckner - Drums, Jacob Dodd - Keys, Jalyn Spencer - Bass 7:00 Opening Set - JazzINK Young Artists' Showcase Blue Ox Trio with Hannah Harder - Tenor Sax, Zach Studdiford - Piano, Andy Meyer - Bass,  Jack Schabert - Drums

Live and Live Stream options available. The Pete Enblom quintet will be performing a variety of original tunes and jazz classics arranged for trombone and tenor sax plus rhythm section. The group includes Clay Pufahl on tenor sax, Pete Enblom on trombone and a rhythm section of Mac Santiago on drums, the pianist Dale Alexander […]