Dunsmore Jazz Room

Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. Modern Original Jazz Take a summer vacation with the Enormous Quartet. This group of old friends has been making music together for over 20 years. Enormous Quartet performs music that spans the breadth of creativity. From original songs to covers from the Police, Charles Mingus, Bjork, Theloinious Monk, Thom Yorke and anything else you can think of. Their music radiates with joy and experience. Take a quick summer vacation with Enormous Quartet on Saturday July, 27th. Chris Thomson – saxophones Joey Van Phillips – drums Chris Bates – bass Park Evans – guitar (SEA) www.doublebates.com

Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. Instant Theatre, Comedy And Music Back again by popular demand Dane Stauffer is hosting some esteemed fellow Dudley Riggs Brave New Workshop alumnae for another fun evening of “Instant Theatre.” They need you in the audience for suggestions and the usual improv byplay. Dane StaufferMelissa DentonMichelle HutchisonJay ReillyJim DetmarDrew Jansen piano Dane Stauffer celebrates 45 years in the business of entertainment, performance and creative expression. A crowd favorite at Crooners, he returns to our stage after appearing in the recent smash “Glensheen” at the History Theatre. Along with the other performers, he traces his history back to the comedy heyday of the mid 1980’s where these performers cut their teeth together making up sketches, songs, and improvising nightly at the Brave New Workshop. “Masterful comedy. Every nuance is expertly judged.” –Three Weeks, Edinburgh, Scotland DaneStauffer.com

Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. Jazz, Soul, R&B This show is part of series that will be presented in 4 installments, packed with songs nostalgically driven. This first show, you’ll hear songs from the American Songbook, songs you know, that are emotionally driven. You’ll hear songs originated by Shirley Horn, Cassandra Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Diane Reeves, Cynthia Arivo, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan & Bill Withers. Don’t miss! Ginger Commodore vocals Lee Blaske piano Daryl Boudreaux percussion Pete Whitman, horns Ginger Commodore is a singer, songwriter, Teaching Artist, Musical Director, producer and actress who enjoys an illustrious musical career in the Twin Cities area. She’s an original member of 3-time Grammy Award winning ensemble The Sounds of Blackness and world acclaimed vocal jazz ensemble Moore By Four. She’s done shows at the Penumbra Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, Orpheum Theatre and Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. She’s appeared in concert at Orchestra Hall, The Ordway Theatre and currently performs at Twin cities live music venues. “She can melt you with a ballad or shake you with blues”.

Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. New-Classical Crossover, Folk An Evening with O&K is a curated mix of Olivia and Karla’s original, folk-inspired compositions influenced by multiple genres, as well as audience favorites such as ‘Shenandoah,’ ‘Here Comes the Sun’ and vocal tunes such as Bob Dylan’s ‘You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome’. Olivia and Karla share their experiences with these tunes and their creation from the stage as a point of connection with audiences, inviting them to experience the music’s vulnerability and hear their own stories reflected in it. Olivia Diercks, cello, vocals, ukuleleKarla Colahan, violin, vocals, ukulele Playful and unexpected, new-classical crossover duo The OK Factor writes and performs folk-inspired music influenced by multiple genres, with an artistry that reveals their classical training. Cellist Olivia Diercks and violinist Karla Colahan find great joy in defying expectations and delivering an experience outside of what audiences anticipate from a cello and violin combo. Organic and genuine, their original compositions feel both comfortingly familiar and uniquely fresh, and have been described as “genre-bending” (Julie Amacher, MPR) and “pure magic” (Wausau Pilot & Review). The ease with which they write and perform and their passion for educational outreach has caught the attention of the Minnesota music community in which they live and work, as recipients of a 2024 Minnesota State Arts Board Arts Education Grant, and a 2020 Scandinavian Folk Arts and Cultural Traditions Fellowship through the American Scandinavian Foundation. Olivia and Karla invite audiences to explore music and cultivate a curiosity about its role in their lives. “Pure magic.” — WAUSAU PILOT & REVIEW www.theokfactor.com

Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. Original Jazz Take That Back (feat. Joan Hutton and Sue Orfield) celebrates the release of “Splash” their 2nd album with Shifting Paradigm Records. Joan Hutton bass clarinet & alto sax Sue Orfield tenor sax Ted Godbout piano Kameron Markworth bass Dave Schmalenberger drums Band leaders and composers Joan Hutton (alto sax, bass clarinet) and Sue Orfield (tenor sax) began their collaboration in 2019, drawn together by a passion for original music. With tight harmonies and precise arrangements, the strength of this duo lies as much in their joyful collaboration as it does their distinct, stylistic differences. In 2022 they released their debut album, Take That Back, on Shifting Paradigm Records. “Joyfully documenting two writers and players deserving much wider recognition, Take That Back is the witty rejoinder to those cynical among us who think all the fun has gone out of jazz. Take that back, indeed!” – Douglas Payne, Sound Insights www.takethatbackjazz.com