Award-winning trumpeter, vocalist, songwriter, and producer Keyon Harrold is touring in support of Grammy-nominated recording, 2024’s Foreverland. This crossover album features a bevy of collaborators. These include British R&B vocalist Laura Mvula, emerging young singer Malaya, Common, Robert Glasper and PJ Morton. Harrold first came into the international spotlight as the trumpet voice behind the Grammy-winning Don Cheadle […]

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.

Music played a crucial role in the original productions of Shakespeare's plays. We know this since there are over 70 texts that are meant to be sung. Unfortunately, most of the original music has been lost. This is both a problem and an opportunity for theatre companies. On one hand, productions need to figure out […]

Join us a we step into a world of smoky lounges and lingering melodies. We'll bring the unforgettable songs of Richards Rodgers and Lorenz Hart to life -- jazz style. Joyce Lyons: Vocalist Phil Aaron: Pianist Dan Carpel: Bass Jay Esptein: Drums Joyce Lyons (AEA, SAG-AFTRA) is part singer, actress and comedian. B.A. in voice performance […]

Pianist Jorge Luis Pacheco headlined the 2024 Twin Cities Winter Jazz Festival and was featured at the 2019 Twin Cities Jazz Festival. He’s headed back to the Twin Cities this fall for two high-energy trio shows copresented by CAYO at Berlin! Jorge Luis Pacheco is a leading pianist from the new generation of jazz in […]

Virginia transplant Abinnet Berhanu (drums) will be performing a wide spectrum of modern Amercian and African Jazz + his original music most influenced by the Black American Music he grew up with in the American South and the Ethiopian culture he was surrounded with at home.    featuring: Abinnet Berhanu - drums  Ryan Freitas - saxophone […]

To celebrate 40 years of music and dining, we’re throwing a FREE 40th Anniversary Block Party on Saturday, September 20 from 2–10 PM! The party takes over Nicollet Mall outside the Dakota and our indoor stage, with live performances from more than 10 incredible acts, culinary specials inspired by the vibrant flavors of New Orleans, […]

Jered Byford is a Southern-Minnesota based trombone player, and previous co-winner of the Carl Fontana Jazz trombone competition. He grew up in Western Washington, studied at the University of Miami, and takes heavy inspiration from a combination of bebop and modern jazz.   His drumless quartet will perform mostly originals, with a few standards and […]