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SUMMARY:Miss Shannan’s Comedy Through the Chaos
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 5:00 PM for Dinner and Drink Service.\n\n\nA Stand-Up Comedy and Storytelling Variety Show\nThis edition\, Clocked Out\, arrives just in time for Labor Day weekend — because some stories can only be told once you’ve finally stopped long enough to tell them. Through hilarious stand-up and heartfelt storytelling\, performers dig into burnout\, breaking points\, the jobs that broke them\, the moments their body said “we’re done here\,” and the chaos that followed. Expect big laughs\, hard-won confessions\, and proof that the best thing you can do with a rough chapter is eventually turn it into a punchline. \nMiss Shannan hosts an ever-rotating cast of award-winning Stand-Up Comedians and Storytellers. This Clocked Out edition features Miss Shannan\, along with Diane Sieber\, Randall Reed\, Kimberly Ashlynne\, Sarah McPeck\, Khadijah Cooper\, and JC Lippold. \nDon’t miss Miss Shannan Paul—an award-winning storyteller and comedian known for her quick wit and infectious energy. Named “Best Stand-Up Comedian” by City Pages\, she’s performed at SXSW\, Laughs TV\, and Nick Mom’s Night Out\, and shared the stage with legends like Louie Anderson and Sinbad. A regular host for The Moth and a familiar face on The Jason Show\, Miss Shannan also brings her pop culture charm to MyTalk 107.1\, 830 WCCO\, and her podcast Be Our Geek. \n“With comedy that’s personal and relatable\, she has the ability to make you feel like you’ve been friends for years\, even if you’re only seeing her for the very first time.” – City Pages Patrick Strait\, comedy writer\, MNcomedy.com\nmissshannan.com
URL:https://soundminnesota.com/event/miss-shannans-comedy-through-the-chaos/
LOCATION:Dunsmore Jazz Room\, 6161 Hwy 65 NE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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SUMMARY:Old Men Do Newman
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 4:30 PM for Dinner and Drink Service.\n\n\nRandy Newman’s legendary songs of biting satire\, humor and sweet sincerity. \nMark Bloom: Piano\, Vocals \nOwen Grossman: String Bass \nMike Kraemer: Drums \nDan Neale: Guitar \nBruce Thornton: Woodwinds \nThrough countless nightclubs\, concert halls\, theaters\, orchestra pits\, houses of worship\, college campuses and palaces of performance\, Mark Bloom has pushed the gods of musical innovation over the past 50 years. His artistic endeavors have taken him across North America to Israel\, from backyard weddings to the US capital. \nMark has accompanied Joan Rivers\, Second City\, Carmel Quinn and Ron Eliran\, while collaborating with countless Twin Cities’ vocalists. He’s composed and arranged music for theaters such as the Guthrie\, Illusion\, History Theater\, Cricket\, Stages\, Minneapolis Institute of Arts\, New Classic\, Intermedia Arts and the Actors Theater of St. Paul. Mark produces soundtracks for corporations\, non-profits\, television and film.
URL:https://soundminnesota.com/event/old-men-do-newman-2/
LOCATION:Dunsmore Jazz Room\, 6161 Hwy 65 NE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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SUMMARY:La Vie en Rose: An Edith Piaf Tribute
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 4:00 PM for Dinner and Drink Service.\n\n\nSinger Diane Jarvi brings to life the music of Edith Piaf\, her friends and contemporaries on the Dunsmore stage. Accompanying Diane will be The Cafe Accordion Orchestra!  \nDiane Jarvi: Vocals \nDan Newton: Accordion \nMike Cramer: Guitar \nErik Lillestol: Bass \nDiane Jarvi has been the recipient of artistic grants and awards including a McKnight MacPhail performing fellowship as well as a recipient of a Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. She has performed across Finland\, in France with the great Occitan musician Patric\, in concert for Hawaii Public Radio\, at colleges and Universities in the United States and Canada.
URL:https://soundminnesota.com/event/la-vie-en-rose-an-edith-piaf-tribute/
LOCATION:Dunsmore Jazz Room\, 6161 Hwy 65 NE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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SUMMARY:The Pianist Knows Best 2: Jearlyn Steele & Fred Steele
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 4:30 PM for Dinner and Drink Service.\n\n\nA Soulful Celebration to Life\nSingers are often accompanied by a pianist who may sometimes dread the inevitable set list of songs he may tire of playing. But what if we flip the script and give the pianist the power to decide her fate; what will he have her sing and when will he have her sing it. Yes\, she can and will protest but to no avail. Come laugh and sing along to whatever songs he chooses; no rehearsals\, just songs they have performed together over the decades. This show promises to deliver and uplift. The pianist will challenge and support Jearlyn through the labyrinth. Don’t miss this show! \nJearlyn Steele: Vocals \nFred Steele: Piano \nJearlyn is a member of the internationally acclaimed family\, The Steeles\, who have performed from Carnegie Hall to Brazil and to the Super Bowl Live Verizon stage in 2018. For more than a decade\, she has been the Entertainment Reporter for Twin Cities Public Television’s award-winning political show Almanac interviewing local\, national and international acts. As a keynote speaker\, facilitator and emcee\, Jearlyn has inspired audiences around the country and the Caribbean. Maintaining her four-hour Sunday night radio show called Steele Talkn’ on WCCO Radio 830AM\, has been a joy for two decades. Developing and delivering her TedX Talk in 2016 offered a revisit of her Personal Value Statement\, which has emboldened her as a woman\, mother\, entertainer and student. \nMusically\, she has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra\, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra\, Prince\, Mavis Staples and more. She was a frequent special guest on the national radio broadcast A Prairie Home Companion performing duets with music greats Carole King and Elvis Costello. Her vocal talents landed her a feature in the Robert Altman film\, A Prairie Home Companion starring Meryl Streep\, Lily Tomlin\, Woody Harrelson\, Tommy Lee Jones and Garrison Keillor. \nFred Steele is a MN Hall of Famer with his iconic family The Steeles\, and has worked with Prince\, George Clinton\, Mavis Staples\, and a lot more. He’s performed on Broadway in NY\, Carneghie Hall\, The Guthrie\, and most major theatres across the US and a lot of Europe. He is also recognized as an Educator and spreads the good news of music throughout. \nwww.jearlyn-steele.com\nwww.thesteelesmusic.com
URL:https://soundminnesota.com/event/the-pianist-knows-best-2-jearlyn-steele-fred-steele/
LOCATION:Dunsmore Jazz Room\, 6161 Hwy 65 NE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55432\, United States
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SUMMARY:Matt McIntyre Trio feat. Toussaint Morrison: Blending Jazz and Hip Hop
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 6:30 PM for Dinner and Drink Service.\n\n\nA convergence of styles\, this show blends the instrumental jazz\, funk\, and latin genres and unique instrumentation of the Matt McIntyre Trio with the lyric forward hip hop stylings of Minneapolis artist Toussaint Morrison. The MM Trio is great for fans of Butcher Brown\, Garage-A-Trois\, and John Scofield. The mixture of the fusion trio of Morrison’s lyricism promises to remind audiences of groups like Mingo Fishtrap\, Phat Phunktion\, and Voodoo-era D’Angelo. \nMatt McIntyre: Hybrid 8 String Guitar \nJordan Hedlund: Organ \nPete Hennig: Drums \nToussaint Morrison: Guest Vocals
URL:https://soundminnesota.com/event/matt-mcintyre-trio-feat-toussaint-morrison-blending-jazz-and-hip-hop/
LOCATION:Dunsmore Jazz Room\, 6161 Hwy 65 NE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55432\, United States
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SUMMARY:Songbook Jazz Trio: Feat. Will Kjeer and Patty Peterson
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 4:30 PM for Dinner and Drink Service.\n\n\nWorld-Class American Songbook Jazz Piano Trio\nThree of the midwest’s most in-demand jazz artists come together in a new collaboration dedicated to their shared love of the American Songbook. Expect exquisite new arrangements of timeless classics\, along with rediscovered treasures and even a few more recent gems that might contend for slots in the legendary anthology. Inspired by the great piano trios such as those of Ahmad Jamal or Bill Charlap\, Songbook sports their own electric musical rapport and combined performance credits that include Branford Marsalis\, Bob Mintzer\, Judy Collins\, Benny Benack III\, Alan Broadbent\, Sinne Eeg\, Richard Johnson\, Andrew Walesch\, and The Juilliard School\, among many others. Don’t miss this celebration of a uniquely American phenomenon that has brought people together around the world. \nWill Kjeer: Piano \nJeremy Boettcher: Acoustic Bass \nPete James Johnson: Drums \nPatty Peterson: Vocals \nNYC-based pianist and composer Will Kjeer was once called “A musician of exceptional heart” by the late\, legendary guitar player Russell Malone. A graduate of the Juilliard School and the California Institute of the Arts\, Will stands at the crossroads of contemporary jazz\, folk\, and classical music\, and currently tours with folk-rivival legend Judy Collins. He has performed and recorded with artists including Dave King\, Jerry Bergonzi\, Adam Nussbaum\, Sinne Eeg\, Benny Benack III\, Karrin Allyson\, Larry Long\, JT Bates\, and Billy Peterson\, and is a regular touring collaborator with the Juilliard-trained crossover cello duo Empire Wild. Will is also a prolific writer\, arranger\, and bandleader\, and has performed his own compositions across America at venues including the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts\, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art\, Ravinia’s Bennett Gordon Hall in Chicago\, and Dizzy’s at Lincoln Center. He has won numerous awards including Ravinia’s Bridges Composition Competition\, the Yamaha Young Performing Artist Competition\, the Angel City Jazz Festival Young Artist Competition\, and the Jazz Fest Bonn International JazzBeet Competition. He is an alumni of Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead and the Steans Music Institute\, and has performed for Herbie Hancock as a finalist for admission to the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute.——————Pete James Johnson is a drummer\, composer and educator in the Twin Cities – most often seen playing jazz and improvised music but is at home in a variety of musical worlds. He has performed with local artists such as the Zacc Harris Group\, Bryan Nichols\, Javier Santiago\, Omar Abdulkarim\, Dosh\, Michael Cain\, Chris Bates’ Red 5\, Will Kjeer\, Andrew Walesch\, Nooky Jones\, Adam Meckler\, Aaron Hedenstrom\, JazzMN Orchestra\, Twin Cities Latin Jazz Orchestra\, and Adam Bohanan. Additionally Pete has also performed with international artists such as the Bob Mintzer Big Band\, Alan Broadbent\, Russ Ferrante\, Alan Pasqua\, Ambrose Akinmusire\, and Bob Sheppard.—————–Renowned bassist Jeremy Boettcher swiftly rose to prominence\, captivating audiences nationwide with his remarkable versatility and musical prowess. In recent years\, he has graced the global stage\, touring extensively with icons like Sean Carey and Richard Johnson. Notably\, his exceptional talents have been showcased in prestigious venues such as Jazz At Lincoln Center Doha and Jazz At Lincoln Center Shanghai.willkjeer.com \npattypeterson.com
URL:https://soundminnesota.com/event/songbook-jazz-trio-feat-will-kjeer-and-patty-peterson/
LOCATION:Dunsmore Jazz Room\, 6161 Hwy 65 NE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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SUMMARY:Club Day Monday Cabaret
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 5:00 PM for Dinner and Drink Service.\n\n\nDoug Anderson with Lori Dokken & Friends\nEvery month\, Doug and Lori feature 4 phenomenal local performers. They choose songs they’ve wanted to sing for no other reason than “I want to!”. \nThis edition features: Michael Gruber\, Tim Leach\, Audrey Parker & Teri Parker-Brown \nAfter a highly successful three year bi-monthy run of “Club Day Monday” at The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis\, Lori Dokken is joining forces with Doug Anderson to launch version 2.0 of the Monday evening experience. Doug and Lori will be joined on stage for each monthly edition by several local artistic luminaries for the ninety-minute extravaganza. You can expect some fantastic music of all styles\, cutting edge comedy routines along with a cornucopia of art forms that the artists will expose the “Club Day Monday Cabaret” audience to. This is a DON’T MISS opportunity to get out on a Monday for some great entertainment and start the week off with a bang … AND you’ll get home early! \nloridokken.com \ndougaanderson.com
URL:https://soundminnesota.com/event/club-day-monday-cabaret-2/
LOCATION:Dunsmore Jazz Room\, 6161 Hwy 65 NE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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SUMMARY:Toots meets Django with the Mill City Hot Club
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 6:30 PM for Dinner and Drink Service.\n\n\nMill City Hot Club brings Hot Jazz and Virtuoso Harmonica together\nMill City Hot Club is a Minneapolis-based band playing American hot jazz from the 1930s and 40s with a French twist. Joyful\, upbeat and danceable\, their music will definitely make you smile. In this unique evening of music\, Mill City Hot Club welcomes harmonica virtuoso Clint Hoover\, bringing together the music of fellow Belgian jazz virtuosos Toots Thielemans (chromatic and diatonic harmonica) and Django Reinhardt (jazz Manouche guitar). You’ll hear vintage jazz\, 21st century takes on the classics\, and a few surprises. It’s a must-see event! \nClint Hoover: Chromatic and Diatonic Harmonica \nDean Harrington: Guitar \nMark Kreitzer: Guitar \nSteve Pikal: Upright Bass \nMark Kreitzer is a member of the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame\, as well as the Minnesota Rock and Country Hall of Fame\, Mark Kreitzer is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter. Mark has recorded with and performs jazz with the Mill City Hot Club\, Patty and the Buttons and Clearwater Hot Club. He also has recorded two albums of original material\, one with his own band the Mark Kreitzer Band. \nSteve Pikal is a premier string bassist and a cornerstone of the Twin Cities jazz scene. Known as a “perpetual motion machine” on the upright\, Steve provides a driving rhythmic foundation for some of the finest Traditional Jazz and Swing ensembles in the country. A “first-call” musician for festivals nationwide\, he is celebrated for his technical precision\, perfect pitch\, and a performance style that radiates genuine joy \nDean Harrington has been a jazz musician performing throughout the twin cities with his own band Mill City Hot Club and other local groups for two decades. Dean holds a Bachelor of Music Degree in Classical Guitar Performance from the University of MN and was a first prize winner in the Schubert Club competition. He is proud of his work as a guitar teacher for over 30 years at K & S Conservatory of Music in Woodbury\, The Music Lab in Minneapolis\, and Mount Olivet School of Music in Edina. Fun fact: Dean grew up in Fridley and his mom worked at Crooners in the 1970s when it was the Shorewood Inn. \nClint Hoover is one of a select group of musicians to have mastered both the chromatic and diatonic harmonica\, He began playing the harp after seeing Muddy Waters perform in his hometown of Minneapolis. From pre-war blues to modern jazz\, Clint has delved deep into the musical possibilities of the harmonica. A professional for 40 years\, Clint has lent his talents to movies\, commercials\, TV\, radio\, theater\, instruction books and a host of album projects. His own recordings have received glowing reviews internationally. He recently relocated back to the Twin Cities after living Pittsburgh for the last 15 years. In the steel city\, he performed with guitarist Ernie Hawkins and luminaries of the Pittsburgh blues scene; was in the Hot Club group Sweet Atmosphere and performed with his own jazz group. \n“To the short list of great jazz harmonica players\, you can now add the name Clint Hoover. Mild mannered off stage\, he’s a monster onstage or in the studio\, a smokin’ and soulful soloist who will huff and puff and cajole your house down.” -Tom Surowicz\, Minneapolis Star and Tribune music critic and host of Monday Evening Jazz on KBEM radio\, Mpls\nwww.facebook.com/millcityhotclub
URL:https://soundminnesota.com/event/toots-meets-django-with-the-mill-city-hot-club/
LOCATION:Dunsmore Jazz Room\, 6161 Hwy 65 NE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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SUMMARY:Judy Garland: A Star Is Born In Minnesota with Maud Hixson and Rick Carlson
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 5:00 PM for Dinner and Drink Service.\n\n\nIconic Singer and Hollywood Legend\nA celebration of native Minnesotan Judy Garland\, her music and her life. This show explores the great jazz standards\, many written for Judy\, and the relationships she had with the composers and musicians involved in her career. Her debut at the age of two and a half on the stage of her father’s movie theater\, progressing through movie stardom (and immortality as Dorothy in The Wizard Of Oz) and culminating in her triumph as a concert artist. Hear “Over The Rainbow”\, “Get Happy”\, “The Man That Got Away” and other signature songs. \nMaud Hixson: VocalsRick Carlson: Piano \nHailed as “gently virtuosic” (All About Jazz)\, Maud Hixson is a devoted exponent of great songs\, ranging from the classic Great American Songbook to the often unsung or forgotten compositions awaiting rediscovery. Based in Saint Paul\, Minnesota\, Maud made her Guthrie Theater debut in the Noel Coward revue Coward’s Women\, also appearing in Park Square Theater’s The Soul of Gershwin. Permanent Moonlight: Songs of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett\, earned a 2024 Bistro Award. Her newest recording\, When Winter Comes\, was released in 2025. Rick Carlson has been the pianist for the Wolverines Big Band since 1980. He has performed on concert stages in London and New York City\, and has appeared with Count Basie drummer Butch Miles\, horn stars Warren Vaché\, Delfeayo Marsalis\, Evan Christopher and Wycliffe Gordon. \n“She gives me that special magic I used to feel when Rosemary Clooney sang. Her vocal style is so warm\, intimate and compelling–it’s clear that she cares about the words and telling the story\, with clarity and without artifice–practically a lost art these days.” –Michael Feinstein\nwww.maudhixson.com
URL:https://soundminnesota.com/event/judy-garland-a-star-is-born-in-minnesota-with-maud-hixson-and-rick-carlson/
LOCATION:Dunsmore Jazz Room\, 6161 Hwy 65 NE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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SUMMARY:A Tribute to Bill Evans with The Phil Aaron Trio
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 4:30 PM for Dinner and Drink Service.\n\n\nCelebrating the Musical Gifts of Bill Evans\nAn evening of interplay\, interpretation and reinvention\, featuring the music of Bill Evans. \nPhil Aaron: Piano \nDan Carpel: Bass \nJay Epstein: Drums \nThe Phil Aaron Trio has been a mainstay in the Twin Cities jazz scene for over thirty years. Phil has recorded five CD’s and has performed with many national and international musicians\, including Lee Konitz\, Eric Alexander\, Delfeayo Marsalis\, Jim Rotondi\, Jim Snidero\, Byron Stripling\, Kendra Shank\, Evan Christopher\, John Fedchock\, Jackie Allen and Barbara Morrison. He’s an accompanist to many Twin Cities singers and a sideman in a number of instrumental groups. \nPhil Aaron has received local and international recognition as a composer for film and TV\, including numerous Telly Awards\, International Film Festival awards\, an International Monitor award\, and two Midwest Regional Emmys. \nDan Carpel has regularly worked with Javi Santiago\, Zacc Harris\, and Abinnet Berhanu. 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. \nJay Epstein has put in several decades performing\, recording\, & touring in this jazz game. He mostly studied at the University of Impulse & Blue Note Records\, then polyrhythmic concepts in Manhattan with Barry Altschul\, the drummer in Chick Corea’s Circle. Lived in Hollywood\, Oklahoma City\, Montana\, Miami\, Minneapolis\, and played in house bands for 5 years on several cruise ship lines. Been on 7 European tours with pianists Bill Carrothers & Giacomo Aula. Shared a few choruses with Rockie Robbins\, Barney Kessel\, Roseanna Vitro\, Manfredo Fest\, Sheila Jordan\, Terry Gibbs\, Greg Abate\, Claudio Roditi\, Gary Foster\, Eric Alexander\, Richie Cole\, JoAnne Brackeen\, Ernie Watts\, Wayne Johnson\, Karrin Allyson\, Kenny Werner\, Howard Levy\, Toots Thielemans\, Roy Hargrove\, Avashai Cohen\, Roy Hargrove\, Bob Dorough\, 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. \n“Phil Aaron uses his strong and distinctive voice to enhance his musical point of view. The emphasis here is on close\, near-telepathic teamwork” – All About Jazz.\nwww.philaaronmusic.com
URL:https://soundminnesota.com/event/a-tribute-to-bill-evans-with-the-phil-aaron-trio/
LOCATION:Dunsmore Jazz Room\, 6161 Hwy 65 NE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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