Larry McDonough
60th Birthday Jazz Party
Monday, September 28, 7:00-10:00 p.m.
Dakota Jazz Club
Larry McDonough Quartet
Larry McDonough, Piano and Vocals
Richard Terrill, Saxes
Greg Stinson, Bass
Dean White, Drums

Special Guests:
Steve Kenny, Trumpet; Jeff King, Saxes; and Phil Holm, Trumpet

On September 7, 2015, jazz pianist, singer, composer, and arranger Larry McDonough turned 60 years old. Larry has worked as a professional musician for 45 years. In the last 15 years, he has released 8 recordings: two solo piano, one duo piano and saxophone, four small ensembles, and one recording of high school student performances. Most of them were recorded or released at the Dakota.

On Monday, September 28, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Larry will mark the occasion with the Larry McDonough 60th Jazz Birthday Party at the Dakota Jazz Club and Restaurant, 1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, 612-332-1010, http://www.dakotacooks.com/. The cover is $5.

Larry is asking for song requests from his CDs that have been played around the world, as well as his current shows, AcoustElectric and Chet that filled the Dakota, Jazz Central, and Black Dog to capacity. Choose from standards and odd-meter originals to unique arrangements of rock classics Layla and Kashmir.Take the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8YM38JC and help create the set list for the night!

Performing will be the Larry McDonough Quartet, with Larry McDonough, piano and vocals; Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry; Greg Stinson, bass; and Dean White, drums. Special guests include Steve Kenny on trumpet from the Chet Baker show, and Jeff King on saxes and Phil Holm on trumpet from the 2001 recording, “Off Beat Live, Cooking at the Dakota.”

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Larry McDonough is a St. Paul jazz pianist and singer, performing around the world and recording with his group the Larry McDonough Quartet as well as solo, and in duos and trios.  He has performed and recorded with international jazz artists Benny Golson, Lew Soloff, Steve Swallow, Fred Wesley, Duane Eubanks, Steve Khan, and Rob Mounsey, as well as a who’s who of local jazz artists. While in music school, her performed in student ensembles with Clark Terry, Phil Woods, and Thad Jones. He was inducted into the Minnesota Rock Country Hall of Fame for his work in the group Danny’s Reasons. He has released eight CDs and DVDs as a leader, including “Simple Gifts,” which reached number 29 on the CMJ Jazz Chart and has been played on hundreds of stations around the country and throughout the world. He also is a lawyer and law professor selected by William Mitchell College of Law as one of “100 Who Made a Difference” over the 100-year history of the school. Larry directs pro bono legal services for the poor at Dorsey & Whitney.

Richard Terrill, sax player and Minnesota State University Mankato English Professor, received the Minnesota Book Award for Poetry for his poetry compilation “Coming Late to Rachmaninoff” (University of Tampa Press, 2003). Richard has been performing with Larry McDonough since December 2001. He also has performed with guitarist Jim McGuire and with Chaz Draper’s Uptown Jazz Quartet. As a college student, Richard was a member of the award-winning University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Jazz Ensemble and performed with later-to-be Pat Metheny keyboardist Lyle Mays in the Lyle Mays Quartet, winner of small group honors at the Midwest College Jazz Festival. He has also worked with pianist Geoff Keezer. Richard teaches creative writing at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Bassist Greg Stinson plays in several bands around the Twin Cities. He has been the bass player in the Century College Jazz Ensemble for more than 25 years. He also plays in the CC Septet, Shorn Hortz Quintet, Paul Berger Trio, the St. Croix Jazz Ensemble, and regularly subs with the Nova Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, Classic Big Band, and Cedar Avenue Big Band. Greg spent many years playing saxophones, guitar, bass, and vocals in jazz/rock and variety bands in the area. He is an active composer/arranger with jazz charts in the books of the Century Band, Nova, CC Septet, and others. He has also written a number of choral arrangements and compositions for school and church groups. Greg was a band and choir director in public and private schools before changing to his current career in telecommunications technology. LMQ performs Greg Stinson compositions from the Nova Contemporary Jazz Orchestra recording ADance to Be-bop.

Dean White grew up in Superior, Wisconsin, and played in various working bands while attending the University of Wisconsin, Superior. After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in percussion performance, he moved to Hollywood, California, to attend Musicians Institute College of Contemporary Music. Half-way through the first year, Dean was offered a main showroom gig at the Imperial Palace in Las Vegas. He was the first drummer in the Legends In Concert Show that still performs in various incarnations across the country today. He left Las Vegas to join Tony Axtell and Toshi Hinata in Tokyo to write and play original music. Since settling back in the Twin Cities, Dean has performed with many groups, including Good, the Bad and the Funky; the Autobody Experience; Century Big Band; Nova Jazz; Big Time Jazz Orchestra; the Shorn Hortz jazz quintet; Power of 10; Jack Knife and the Sharps; Tubby Esquire; Hennessy Brothers jazz; and many others. He has also studied privately with Gordy Knudtson and his Open/Close hand technique. Dean feels blessed to be part of the rich music scene in the Twin Cities.

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Contact information:
Larry McDonough
651-398-8053
mcdon056@umn.edu
http://www.larrymcdonoughjazz.homestead.com