This excellent jazz ensemble—featuring Solomon Parham on trumpet, Ryan Freitas on sax, Cody Steinmann on guitar, Brian Ziemniak on piano, Ted Olsen on bass, and Kevin Washington on drums—will perform originals by each member. Trumpet player Solomon J. Parham is a native of the Motor City itself: Detroit, MI. Solomon began his musical education in […]

Saint Paul native Pierre Lewis spent his formative years filling in for twin cites organ legend Bobby Lyles. He has been keyboardist for R&B legends the Commodores for the past 12 years. He will be exploring his roots as one of the area's most experienced masters of the Hammond B3 organ, channeling everyone from Jimmy […]

Great New Orleans Style Jazz! The Selby Avenue Brass Band and incomparable Thomasina Petrus on vocals have benn performing together for over 10 years at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, Selby Jazz Festival, Vintage Brass Band Festival, Crooner's, Rondo Community Music Series, and multiple local and regional venues. It has been said that "Thomasina Petrus […]

A clever musical portmanteau

Minneapolis music producer and creative multi-hyphenate Medium Zach started out as a DJ before focusing on making his own records in the studio. With a deep vinyl collection of funk, R&B, hip-hop, jazz, and soul at home, it only felt right to have him come through with a crate for a special Late Night Lounge set […]

Ousmon Dubwise (bass/vocals) and Jamill Shaw (tenor saxophone) of Milwaukee’s Jazz Flux bring their tunes to the Twin Cities. Jazz Flux is a group of several of Milwaukee's most active jazz musicians. A love of jazz has driven this group to cocreate and maintain one of America’s great musical traditions. The group derives its unique […]

Saxophonist Steve Cole is one of the most celebrated players in contemporary jazz. The Chicago native exploded onto the scene with 1998’s Stay Awhile, which fellow Chicagoan Brian Culbertson produced. The disc scored multiple Number One hits and earned Cole the Oasis Smooth Jazz Award for best new artist. Cole's latest, 2023's Without a Doubt landed four singles on the […]

Pianist Michael Cain, bassist Ted Olsen, and drummer Adam Nussbaum will present two sets of jazz infused with R&B and contemporary influences. With special guests Barbara Cohen (vocals) and Terrell X (beatboxing, spoken word), expect an electrifying mix of jazz, soul, and improvisation that will keep you engaged all night long. As a pianist and keyboardist, Michael Cain has had a prolific recording career, […]

Singer / Songwriter

A Night of Blues, Jazz, Americana, Indie, Singer-Songwriter! Sitting still will be impossible when these two masters of mirth combine their fiery display of dazzling virtuosic pyrotechnics on their instruments while mixing it all with humor and foot-tapping fun. Corky Siegel: Vocals, Blues harmonica, Piano Randy Sabien: Vocals, Violin, Piano Blues legend Corky Siegel is dubbed a “National […]