Macabaret: Haunting Songs for the Season w/ Doug Anderson & Lori Dokken

Dunsmore Jazz Room 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. Haunting Twists on Cabaret Songs Doug Anderson hosts a unique vault of songs perfect for the Halloween Season. Featuring a wonderful crypt of live performers adding their own seasoning to fun, funny and naughty songs. Hauntingly charming. Horribly wonderful. Dress appropriately for the event and you will be rewarded with undying gratitude. BOO! Doug Anderson: Vocals Lori Dokken: Vocals and Piano Nate Babbs: Drums Ben Kelly: Bass Doug Anderson has been an actor/ dancer/ performer in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area for 40+ years. Performing at the Guthrie, Chanhassen Dinner Theater, Hey City Theater, Center City Theater to mention a few. He has performed his cabaret show at The Hey City Theater, The Bryant Lake Bowl and Crooner’s Dunsmore Room. In London he’s performed at The St. James Theater (now The Other Palace), Piaño, Crazy Coq’s, The Music Café and The Phoenix Arts Club. dougaanderson.com

Trumpet Summit

Main Stage Showroom 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Dinner and cocktail seating and service begins 1 hour before showtimes. A Jazz Trumpet “Throw-Down” Trumpeters Steve Kenny, Omar Abdulkarim, Jake Baldwin, and Solomon Parham appearing with a stunning Jazz rhythm section of Kavyesh Kaviraj, Kevin Washington, and Dan Carpel will be playing a host of crowd-pleasing Jazz Trumpet favorites and well-known Jazz Standards. Some of the arrangements are impromptu, with plenty of all-four-of-the-horns collaborating, but there’s also tunes with plenty of space for featuring each artist as well. Sometimes, It’s a good ol’ cutting contest, where the gauntlet is thrown, and at other times there’s a palpable sense of brotherhood and camaraderie as these four artists share the stage and win the hearts of the audience. Steve Kenny, Omar Abdulkarim, Jake Baldwin and Solomon Parham: Trumpet Kavyesh Kaviraj: Piano Kevin Washington: Drums Dan Carpel: Bass Steve Kenny is active in the Minnesota jazz community as a performer, composer, and curator. Kenny is a founding member of the illicit sextet, Group 47, What Would Monk Do?, and his own groups. Kenny was the curator of a weekly Saturday jazz series at KJ’s Hideaway, and before that the Black Dog Cafe, producing over 400 Saturday Night Jazz shows. In 2019, the national Jazz Journalists Association named Kenny a “Minnesota Jazz Hero” for his work in the jazz community and lifelong devotion to the idiom. In August of this year, Steve released a Jazz Quintet recording titled ‘Blue Chunks’ to a sold-out show at Dakota Jazz Club. It’s his 12th overall produced Jazz recording and his 3rd as a leader. Omar Abdulkarim has been playing trumpet since the early age of 14 months. Omar holds a bachelor’s degree in music performance from the renowned New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. He has shared the stage with Roy Hargrove, Redman, Method Man, KRS-ONE and Talib Kweli to mention a few. Omar has also had the pleasure of performing with Nicholas Payton’s Television Studio Orchestra and Valerie Ponomarev’s Big Band. Omar has written and recorded with Lauryn Hill and Jose James. His influences include Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, John Coltrane and Lee Morgan. After living in New York for 11 years, where he completed the undergraduate program at the New School, Omar moved back to Minnesota where he is currently composing new music for his upcoming album, performing with Source Code and the Minnesota Hard Bop Collective, and more. Jake Baldwin is a trumpet player based in Minneapolis, MN. His stylistic versatility has made him one of the busiest freelance trumpet players in the Midwest. You can hear him with groups ranging from the iconic Four Freshmen to the Minnesota Orchestra. In 2023 Jake won a grammy for his contributions to the videogame “Assassin’s Creed: Ragnarok” He has released multiple records on the Shifting Paradigm label. 2021’s “Where You’re Planted”, 2023’s “Misc. Items” and 2025’s “Vanishing Point”. Jake is currently the professor of trumpet at Anoka Ramsey Community College. Solomon Parham graduated from Wayne State University, earning a bachelor’s degree in Instrumental Music Education and earned his master’s in performance with an emphasis in trumpet from McNally Smith College of Music. While teaching in the metropolitan area of Detroit, he then served as mentor/member of the Civic Jazz Orchestra (CJO), a jazz education youth outreach program funded by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Later, he became Director of Bands in the Lansing (MI) Public School District. Solomon has performed in the Twin Cities ranging from co-composing for KBEM Jazz 88.5 radio drama and hosting Jazz workshops, and summer youth Jazz camps such as Jazz Around Minneapolis (JAM). He has played on stages with celebrated musicians such as Delfeayo Marsalis, Eric Kamau Gravatt, Saxophonist Eric Alexander, Wess Anderson, and Bassist Christian McBride. He serves as a dedicated music educator and consummate professional in the fine and performing arts. Currently, Solomon is an active member of the 3-time Grammy award winning group Sounds of Blackness and is celebrating his first album entitled “Forward”.Pianist Kavyesh Kaviraj is a critically acclaimed composer, arranger and pianist living and working in Minnesota. The Twin Cities based musician has worked with several internationally renowned artists, including the likes of Wynton Marsalis, David Sanchez, Justin Robinson, Roosevelt Collier & Steve Cole. Despite being primarily a Jazz pianist, having studied at Berklee College’s Global Jazz Institute, Kaviraj has established himself in an eclectic assortment of music scenes. Whilst being active in hip-hop, gospel, R&B, funk scenes, he has enjoyed working with Jamecia Bennett, The Steeles, I Self Devine, Lady Midnight, Desdamona, Nooky Jones & Toki Wright. His latest release, Fables, was seven years in the making and represents his ability to tell a story through his playing and compositions.One of the Twin Cities most versatile musicians, drummer Kevin Washington doesn’t stick to the jazz of the past. He takes the music to a new level, often incorporating other genres from Afro-Latin to hip hop and R&B beats. The son of saxophonist Donald Washington and singer Faye Washington, he grew up in Detroit immersed in learning music and listening to the jazz greats who came before him. Since moving to the Twin Cities in his teens, Washington continues to capture the spirit of African and African American music, while making it his own. Washington is a drumming instructor at Walker West and works with the student jazz ensembles.Bassist Dan Carpel attended Berklee College of Music, where he was in the school’s Monterey Quartet. He was a member of Jason Palmer’s band throughout his time in Boston and was a mainstay in their residency at Wally’s Jazz Cafe. His time out east also notably included playing in groups led by Godwin Louis, Noah Preminger, and Melissa Aldana. Since relocating to the Twin Cities, Dan has regularly worked with Javi Santiago, Zacc Harris, and Omar Abdulkarim. He frequently performed with singer/guitarist Mary Cutrufello as well as Sonny Knight and the Lakers, and he recently became a part of Dylan Hicks’ Small Screens.

Katie Gearty and Rick Carlson

Maggie’s Piano Lounge 6161 Highway 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

No cover. Bar and table seating offered – NO RESERVATIONS. Katie Gearty: Vocals Rick Carlson: Piano Maggie’s Piano Lounge is a warm, relaxed and inviting space featuring a variety of seasoned singers and piano players. No cover. Order all of your favorite Crooners drinks and dinner items, experience superb service, and enjoy the great music!

Ronny Loew Band – Saxophunk

Dunsmore Jazz Room 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. Instrumental Funk, R&B, Soul, and Jazz Ronny delivers a high-energy mix of Funk, R&B, and Soul—where the saxophone takes center stage as the lead vocalist. The Ronny Loew Band’s sound is a high-energy fusion of jazz, funk, soul, R&B, and rock — blending original material with dynamic takes on timeless classics. Also enjoy special tributes to legendary saxophone icons like David Sanborn, Maceo Parker, and Grover Washington Jr. No two shows are alike — and that’s exactly what keeps fans coming back for more. Ronny Loew: Sax Kevin Anderson: Guitar Tony Axtell: Bass Brian Ziemniak: Keys David Anania: Drums Members of the Ronny Loew Band have performed with icons including David Sanborn, Michael McDonald, Bobby Lyle, Candy Dulfer, Dr. Mambos Combo and Blue Man Group! www.ronnyloew.com

Steve Clarke’s Cabaret of Jazz

Main Stage Showroom 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Dinner and cocktail seating and service begins 1 hour before showtimes. A Wonderful Night of Jazz – Cabaret Style Life is a cabaret! Four shows in one night. Three amazing vocalists. An all-star, award winning lineup of players. Jazz from four different eras /styles of jazz placed in historical perspective. Steve Clarke: Saxophones, Flutes and Host Phil Aaron: Piano Tom Lewis: Bass Haralds Bondaris: Drums Maurice Jacox: Vocals Laurie Knutson: Vocals Charmin Michelle: Vocals Steve Clarke has 11 Minnesota Music Awards, 3 Grammy Nominations (including work on a Ringo Starr DVD); 3 MSP Nice Awards and has been inducted into the Mid-America Music Hall of Fame. Maurice Jacox is an award winning singer with multiple from the City Pages and Minnesota Music and City Pages Awards and has been inducted into the Minnesota Blues Hall of Fame. Charmin Michelle is an internationally know charismatic chanteuse whose conversational style recalls the late Billie Holiday and other legendary ladies of jazz. “Each player was handpicked by Mr. Clarke to create a combo with explosive playing power” – Nate Dungan – Minnesota State Fair www.thesteveclarke.com