Crooners Supper Club

Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. Manouche Swing Jazz A Twin Cities-based swing Jazz band, performs a timeless jazz tradition commonly known as Jazz manouche, a blend of traditional Roma music and swing jazz. The ‘Hot Club’ jazz tradition brings back happy memories of the swing jazz era. Glen Helgeson: Guitar Gary Schulte: Violin Steve Pikal: Upright bass Jay Epstein: Drums Glen Helgeson Composing and performing for nearly three decades, Glen Helgeson has established himself jointly in both world music and in the field of music therapy. Glen has recorded eight CDs with combined sales of over 50,000 units. His professional recognitions include: A Minnesota Music Award for “Best Instrumental, Experimental, Environmental” album; A Minneapolis Walker Art Center commissioned grant for the Sculpture Garden; and the Jazz Composer Grant from the West Bank School of Music.Glen achieved a Masters degree in Music (1999); a certification in Neurologic Music Therapy (2003), and has practiced music therapy for 22 years. Gary Schulte is a master improvisor and performance composer to whom Stephane Grappelli gave his most sincere blessing. A veteran of A Prairie Home Companion, he has done everything from classical improvisation with harpsichord master Layton James to the avant garde with David Byrne, and extensive collaborative work with groups such as Ballet of the Dolls, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, and Zorongo Flamenco. Sought after as a jazz violinist, he has gigged with some of the greatest artists of the Gypsy Jazz genre, including guitarist legend Dorado Schmitt. A performance graduate of IndianaUniversity School of Music, Schulte studied with Paganini virtuoso Rugierro Ricci. Steve Pikal Steve Pikal is highly regarded as a first call bass player from the Minnesota Twin Cities area jazz scene. He has had the pleasure backing shows with legendary performers such as Cab Calloway, Bob Hope, and Margaret Whiting. Some of his additional playing credits include the Jim Cullum Jazz band, Butch Miles, Artie Shaw Orchestra, the Barbary Coast Dixieland Show band, Dick Hyman, Delfeayo Marsalis, Jon Weber, Danny Coots, Brian Holland, the Wolverines Big band, Butch Thompson, Hal Smith, John Cocuzzi, Jeff Barnhart, The Midiri Brothers, and the Bill Evans New Orleans Jazz band. Jay Epstein has an extensive career as a performer, recording and touring artist. He’s been on 7 European tours with pianists Bill Carrothers & Giacomo Aula. Some of the notable artists he has performed with include the rock band Gypsy, Barney Kessel, Roseanna Vitro, Manfredo Fest, Sheila Jordan, Karrin Allyson, Kenny Werner, Howard Levy, Toots Thielemans, and Sarah Vaughan. His CDs, Long Ago’ & ‘Easy Company’, featuring bassist Anthony Cox and pianist Bill Carrothers, have garnered luminous reviews in the international press. Current bands include Red Planet, Klezmerica, Framework, Firebell, and Gypsy Mania.worldviewmusic.com

Under the Musical Direction of Michael Bland. Funky, Electrifying and Soulful Under the visionary musical direction of Michael Bland, Urban Classic is proud to present PURE FUNK, a high-energy celebration of the legendary sounds that shaped funk music and genre. Paying homage to icons like Ohio Players, Sly Stone, James Brown, Average White Band, Stevie Wonder, Funkadelic, and many more, this show promises to deliver an unforgettable musical experience. Michael has carefully handpicked a dynamic ensemble of national and international touring musicians to join the band, ensuring a performance that’s as electrifying as it is soulful. Get ready for a night of pure rhythm, groove, and passion—PURE FUNK is a show you definitely won’t want to miss. Michael Bland: Drums, Musical Director (from NPG, Soul Asylum, Sounds of Blackness) Tommy Barbarella: Keys (NPG, Greazy Meal) G Sharp: Vocals (Maserati) Jay Bee: Vocals (Westside, The Routine) Mark Lickteig: Vocals (The Combo) Bobby G: Guitar (The Time, Sheila E, EWF) Yohannes Tona: Bass (Cory Wong, Stokley) Scott Agster: Trombone John Bertsch: Sax Riley Helgeson: Trumpet Michael Bland – is an American musician best known as a drummer for Prince starting in 1989. He was with Prince during The New Power Generation era and played with him live and on albums for seven years. From 1995 to 1997, Bland, along with Sonny Thompson, recorded and played live with French pop star France Gall—they appear on one studio album and two live albums. In 2010, Bland became a member of Nick Jonas & the Administration (a side project of Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers) along with other former members of The New Power Generation and keyboardist Tommy Barbarella. He worked with Vulfpeck playing drums on “Hero Town,” which was released October 2017. Michael is also the current Drummer for Soul Asylum.

No cover. Bar and table seating offered – NO RESERVATIONS. Colleen Raye: 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!

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

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.