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Erik Fratzke / Nathan Hanson
Erik Fratzke / Nathan Hanson
Nathan Hanson and Erik Fratzke will explore the nooks and crannies of post-structuralist and restructuralist melodies and grooves. Jazz tunes, folk songs, and classic skronk will inform the proceedings. Join us and become familiar with the unfamiliar. Erik Fratzke is a composer/performer/educator based in St. Paul, Minn. Best known as the bassist of Happy Apple, […]
GINGER COMMODORE: A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC & LIFE OF ROBERTA FLACK
GINGER COMMODORE: A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC & LIFE OF ROBERTA FLACK
A member of the Midwest music scene for many years, Ginger Commodore is a regular visitor to the Dakota stage. Classically trained, gospel-influenced, and jazz-inspired, Ginger’s musical foundation is a true amalgam of musical styles presented with her unique delivery.
Explosion Big Band
Explosion Big Band
Led by chief detonators Doug Haining, sax, and Scott Agster, trombone, the Explosion Big Band draws from the area’s finest musicians. The EXPLOSION is ready to detonate with the classic sounds of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and more modern sounds of Thad Jones, Clare Fischer, Pat Metheny & others.
The Cherry Pit Presents: Bible Study at Berlin
The Cherry Pit Presents: Bible Study at Berlin
The Cherry Pit presents an open jam for musicians and music lovers in the Twin Cities. It’s a social hub for Twin Cities creatives, a training ground to refine musicianship, and a vehicle for high-vibrational improvisation. This is not a free-form basement jam or strictly a jazz jam. Our goal is to find an equilibrium […]
Sounding Ground Showcase
Sounding Ground Showcase
Join Zeitgeist and Sounding Ground artists Sarah M Greer, May Klug, Leyna Marika Papach, and JC Sanford for a performance of the new works they have developed through Sounding Ground. New works will include “PERSON/a requiem’ by Papach, Brennschluss by Klug, Precipice: Breaths for Diving by Greer, and Underwater Cousins by Sanford. The SOUNDING GROUND composer residency program provides commissioning, […]
Twin Talk
Twin Talk
Twin Talk is the longstanding Chicago trio of Dustin Laurenzi (saxophone), Katie Ernst (bass/voice), and Andrew Green (drums). The band will play two freewheeling sets of original music that blur the boundaries between near-telepathic collective improvisation and highly composed songs. Since forming in 2012, Chicago’s Twin Talk has steadily drifted from the conventions of the saxophone […]
The Willie August Project
The Willie August Project
The Willie August Project Ben Siems- Guitar Matt Peterson- Upright Bass Jeremy Hauer- Drums
Dean Sorenson: Low and Outside Trio
Dean Sorenson: Low and Outside Trio
This trio play originals and also some Monk and Mingus compositions. Low and Outside trio, featuring: Phil Hey, Drum Kyle Motl, Bass Dean Sorenson, Trombone
Brad Holden & Twins
Sounding Ground Showcase
Sounding Ground Showcase
Join Zeitgeist and Sounding Ground artists Sarah M Greer, May Klug, Leyna Marika Papach, and JC Sanford for a performance of the new works they have developed through Sounding Ground. New works will include “PERSON/a requiem’ by Papach, Brennschluss by Klug, Precipice: Breaths for Diving by Greer, and Underwater Cousins by Sanford. The SOUNDING GROUND composer residency program provides commissioning, […]
Early Evening Jazz: Joan Hutton / Tyler Lustek
Early Evening Jazz: Joan Hutton / Tyler Lustek
Saxophonist Joan Hutton and pianist Tyler Lustek will perform two sets of melodic, inviting improvised music featuring jazz standards and their original compositions. Canadian native Joan Hutton is a performer, composer, and educator residing in Minneapolis. Joan’s diverse interests have taken her from jazz, free improv, and funk to classical, chamber music, and pit orchestras. […]
The Pete Snell Quartet
The Pete Snell Quartet
The Pete Snell Quartet Pete Snell- Saxophone Abebi Stafford- Piano Jim Chenoweth- Bass Jesse Simon- Drums