●Sunday, January 5, 10:30 a.m., Larry McDonough, piano and voice, and Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry, at Lake Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 24575 Glen Road, Shorewood.
Through readings and musical interludes, essayist Richard Terrill and pianist Larry McDonough will explore the ways that our dependence on each other, and with elements of the physical world, defines our experience. The presentation explores three varieties of interdependence: between two people, between a person and the physical world, and among people in concert. Readings will be drawn from the anthology, The World Has Need of You: Poems for Connection. Featured Music: “As Time Goes By,” “La Marseilles,” You Must Believe in Spring,” and more.
●Wednesday, January 8, 7:00-8:00 p.m., Joel Shapira, guitar, Larry McDonough, piano, Intermodulating Undercurrents - The Music of Bill Evans and Jim Hall, at Becketwood Cooperative, 4300 W River Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN 55406.
●Sunday, January 12, 7:00 p.m., The Parkway Theater’s Larry McDonough Jazz Film and Live Music Series Presents Good Night, and Good Luck Movie and Live Music by the Larry McDonough Quartet Featuring Jennifer Grimm, at the Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago Ave., Minneapolis.
The Larry McDonough Quartet will perform a set of material from the award-winning jazz soundtrack for the 2005 movie Good Night, and Good Luck, followed by the award-nominated movie. Come for one of the best jazz movie soundtracks and one of the best journalism movies.
6:00Doors open
7:00Live music
7:45Intermission
8:00Movie
9:45Go home
Larry McDonough Quintet
Jennifer Grimm, voice
Larry McDonough, piano
Richard Terrill, saxes
Greg Stinson, bass
Dean White, drums
Good Night, and Good Luck is a 2005 historical drama film about American television news directed by George Clooney, with the movie starring David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey Jr., and Frank Langella as well as Clooney himself. The film was co-written by Clooney and Grant Heslov, and it portrays the conflict between veteran journalist Edward R. Murrow (Strathairn) and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, especially relating to the anti-communist Senator's actions with the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. The movie takes its title (which ends with a period or full stop) from the line with which Murrow routinely signed off his broadcasts. Its subject remains current in the battle between political misinformation and fact-based journalism.
The film was a box office success and received critical acclaim for Clooney's direction, the writing, cinematography, production design and performances (particularly Strathairn's). It was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for Strathairn.
A small jazz combo starring jazz singer Dianne Reeves was hired to record the soundtrack to the movie. This combo (Peter Martin, Christoph Luty, Jeff Hamilton and Matt Catingub) was featured in the movie in several scenes. The soundtrack included the jazz standards “How High the Moon”, “I've Got My Eyes on You”, “Too Close For Comfort”, “Straighten Up and Fly Right” and “One for My Baby”, winning the Grammy Award in 2006 for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
●Friday, January 31, 6:00-7:30 p.m., performing in Jazz Potpourri Extraordinaire! with Joel Shapira, guitar, Charmin Michelle, vocals, Larry McDonough, piano, at Crooners Supper Club Dunsmore Jazz Room at 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432.
This show features three acclaimed Twin Cities jazz veterans in a new format, and is not to be missed. The opening set showcases Joel Shapira on guitar paired with Larry McDonough on piano, reprising their sublime duo tribute to jazz greats Bill Evans and Jim Hall.
Vocalist Charmin Michelle then joins the duo to recreate tunes by Monk, Porter, Holiday, Horace Silver and more. Expect beautiful harmonies, romantic melodies and swinging classics.
●Thursday, February 13, 4:30-6:30 p.m. The Return of the Larry McDonough Trio Performing and Recording “June 25, 1961 - The Bill Evans Trio at the Village Vanguard" at Berlin, 204 N. 1st St., Minneapolis.
The Larry McDonough Trio will celebrate the two live recordings of legendary pianist and composer Bill Evans, bassist and composer Scott Lafaro, and drummer Paul Motian on June 25, 1961 at the Village Vanguard. “Sunday at the Village Vanguard” and “Waltz for Debby” were the last recordings of this trio, as LaFaro died in a car accident just ten days after the live date at the Village Vanguard. The trio revolutionized jazz, with each member improvising at the same time while performing recognizable pieces.
The Larry McDonough Trio also will perform music from the CD "Kind of Bill on the Palace Grounds - Marking 40 Years since the Death of Bill Evans," a live recording covering the career of Bill Evans. Jazz curator Steve Kenny has called pianist Larry McDonough the Bill Evans scholar of Minnesota. "The quartet does more than replay the songbook. They relive it, reinterpret it for a new generation of jazz listeners, making then into now." - Eric Hanson, Author, Artist, and Jazz Historian.
Larry McDonough Trio is Larry McDonough, piano, Greg Stinson, bass, Dean White, drums.
We will record the show for a possible CD. Come see, hear, and be part of the show!
●Friday, February 21, 9:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m., performing with Katia Cardenas at Volstead's Emporium, 711 W Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55408. The group includes Katia Cardenas, voice, Larry McDonough, piano, Ethan Yeshaya, bass, and Miguel Hurtado, drums.
●Saturday, February 22, 8:00-9:30 p.m., the Larry McDonough Quartet performs Origins and Originals at Jazz Central, 407 Central Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414. $15.
The Larry McDonough Quartet is Larry McDonough, piano, Paul Peterson, saxes, Greg Stinson, bass, and Dean White, drums.
The 90 minute show will have three 30-minute segments, each curated by one of the composer band members.
1. Larry McDonough
2. Greg Stinson
3. Paul Peterson
Larry will play Art Resnick’s piano. Larry said: “I attended many of his shows. I asked Art to be my jazz piano and theory teacher when I was in music school at the University of Minnesota in the 1970s. I was unhappy with the minimal jazz curriculum at the U. Art filled the void. Thanks for Gail for sharing Art and his piano.”
●Friday, February 28, 7:00-10:00 p.m., The Return of the Larry McDonough Trio Performing and Recording “June 25, 1961 - The Bill Evans Trio at the Village Vanguard" at The Lexington, 1096 Grand Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105.
https://thelexmn.com/
The Larry McDonough Trio will celebrate the two live recordings of legendary pianist and composer Bill Evans, bassist and composer Scott Lafaro, and drummer Paul Motian on June 25, 1961 at the Village Vanguard. “Sunday at the Village Vanguard” and “Waltz for Debby” were the last recordings of this trio, as LaFaro died in a car accident just ten days after the live date at the Village Vanguard. The trio revolutionized jazz, with each member improvising at the same time while performing recognizable pieces.
The Larry McDonough Trio also will perform music from the CD "Kind of Bill on the Palace Grounds - Marking 40 Years since the Death of Bill Evans," a live recording covering the career of Bill Evans. Jazz curator Steve Kenny has called pianist Larry McDonough the Bill Evans scholar of Minnesota. "The quartet does more than replay the songbook. They relive it, reinterpret it for a new generation of jazz listeners, making then into now." - Eric Hanson, Author, Artist, and Jazz Historian.
Larry McDonough Trio is Larry McDonough, piano, Greg Stinson, bass, Dean White, drums.
●Sunday, March 9, 10:30 a.m., Larry McDonough, piano, voice, and Carol Bergquist, flute, Bismarck Mandan Unitarian Universalist, 818 East Divide Avenue Bismarck, ND 58501-1870, (701) 223-6788.
Larry McDonough, piano and voice, and Carol Bergquist, flute, will perform pieces written with children with special needs, including their daughter Rosie. Larry also will discuss the history of laws that support people with special needs, available resources, and the need to support those resources in times when they are under threat.
●Thursday, March 20, 5:15-5:45 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano, Reception Jazz for the Ramsey County Bar Association Judges Dinner at 6:30 p.m., at Midland Hills Country Club, 2001 Fulham St, St Paul, MN 55113.
●Saturday, March 22, 5:00-8:00 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano and voice, Ingredients Café, 4725 Highway 61 North, White Bear Lake, 651.426.6611
Larry McDonough returns to Ingredients Café. Expect music of Bill Evans, Tony Bennett, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and originals, and great food.
●March 29, 7:00-9:00 p.m., performing with Steely Ann, the Steely Dan cover band fronted by women, at the Mankato Playhouse, 12 Civic Center Plaza Suite 1700, Mankato, MN, United States, Minnesota, (507) 317-1245.
Steely Ann is a band that performs the music of Steely Dan with female vocalists and jazz-inspired interpretations of the iconic instrumental solos. Founded in 2021, the group is based 75 miles southwest of Minneapolis in the Minnesota River Valley. Steely Ann is a passion project featuring some of the region's most acclaimed performers. The band consists of Ann Rosenquist Fee (vocals), Rachel Maccabee (vocals), Chaz Draper (drums), Larry McDonough (keys, vocals), Craig Matarrese (bass), and Jonathan Moeller (guitar, vocals).
Steely Ann has showcased their talent at various venues, including the Hot Jazz for Decent People series in St. Peter, The Grand Kabaret in New Ulm, Mankato Playhouse, and The Kato Ballroom.
●Tuesday, April 8, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Taizé Prayer Service, with Carol Bergquist, flute, Bill Goldman, cello, and Adam Baus, piano, at the Basilica of Saint Mary, 1600 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis.
●Wednesday, April 9, 9:00 p.m., performing with rockers Whiskey Burn at White Squirrel Bar, 974 West Seventh St., Saint Paul, MN.
Whiskey Burn is Jason Holte - vocals, Mike McGrath - guitar, Jim Hurley - guitar, Joe Pnewski, - bass, Zack Farmer - drums, and Larry McDonough - keys.
●Friday, April 11, 11:00 p.m., performing with rock jazz fusion jam band Quantum Mechanics, at White Squirrel Bar, 974 West Seventh St., Saint Paul, MN.
The Quantum Mechanics (interdimensional pseduoscientific fusion) return to The White Squirrel for an evening of magical jams, ill informed debates, and well researched nonsense!! This time we are accompanied by our homies Kaleb Braun-Schulz (Mankato Dreamy Retro Pop-Rock) & The Nightingale Band PowerSock (Twin Cities A/C Powered Tube Sock Jams)
Get here early as all time is happening at once and you are never in the same place! Drink are cheap and the sound is invisible (yet audible).
Quantum Mechanics is Eli Hoehn, banjo and voice, Cara Lucille, voice, Zach Sproles, guitar and voice, M. Krogmann, bass, Eric Bunde, drums, and Larry McDonough, keyboard.
●Thursday, April 17, 12:00 p.m., Carol Bergquist, flute, and Jill Cronk Schendel, piano, performing before, during and after the service, St. Michael's Lutheran Church ELCA, 1660 County Road B W., Roseville.
●Saturday, April 19, Saturday, 7:00 p.m., Carol Bergquist, flute, at the Basilica of Saint Mary for the Holy Saturday Easter Vigil Celebration of the Resurrection,at the Basilica of Saint Mary, 1600 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, in-person and streaming.
●Friday, April 25, 8:00-10:00 p.m., CD Release for Best of the Aster Classic Jazz Series, with the Larry McDonough Quartet (LMQ), Larry McDonough, piano and vocals, Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry, Greg Stinson, bass, and Dean drums, Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414. Families and students are welcome. $15.
In 2023, the Larry McDonough Quartet (LMQ) and the Aster Café in Minneapolis, MN, embarked on an ambitious project: a monthly series with LMQ performing classic jazz of a different artist each month. With all of the LMQ members (Larry McDonough, piano and voice; Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry; Greg Stinson, acoustic and electric bass and guitar; and Dean White, drums) being busy working musicians, rehearsals would be limited to once a month for each new show. Each month, McDonough wrote a new set of arrangements for the next show.
The result was 12 months of concerts covering the music of Chet Baker, Chick Corea, Tony Bennett and Bill Evans, Wayne Shorter, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Miles Davis, Jim Hall and Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck, Geraldo Vespar, the Sidemen of Miles Davis, and Herbie Hancock, culminating with the LMQ holiday show Festivus and Other Twisted Holidays. Guests included trumpeter Josh May, flutist Carol Bergquist, bassist Matt Senjem, and guitarist Joel Shapira. McDonough recorded each show, and now we have Larry McDonough Quartet Live, Best of the Aster Classic Jazz Series.
Video Sample: A hot bop version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
●Saturday, April 26, 2:00-3:15 p.m., Fusebox, a new progressive jazz fusion trio performing odd-metered originals, with Larry McDonough, keyboard, Craig Matarrese, bass, and Eron Woods, drums, at Studio 20 at Cadenza Music, 149 Snelling Ave. N., Saint Paul, MN 55104 (Snelling & Selby Avenues).
●Saturday, April 26, 5:00-8:00 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano and voice, Ingredients Café, 4725 Highway 61 North, White Bear Lake, 651.426.6611. Larry McDonough returns to Ingredients Café. Expect music of Bill Evans, Tony Bennett, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and originals, and great food.
●Sunday, April 27, 10:00 a.m., Larry McDonough, piano and vocals, and Richard Terrill, saxes, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Rochester, 1727 Walden Lane SW, Rochester, MN 55902-0901.
●Thursday, May 1, 7:30 p.m., Quantum Mechanics Album Release with JoJo Green and Poor Lemuel, The Zen Arcade Stage at The Hook and Ladder's Mission Room, 3010 Minnehaha ave, Suite #420, Minneapolis, MN, 55406.
Quantum Mechanics features the powerful vocals of Cara Lucille, award winning jazz artist Larry McDonough on keys, Eli Hoehn on electric banjo, Zach Sproles on guitar, Mark Krogmann on bass & Eric Bunde on drums. Supported by funk/soul titans JOJO Green and harmony-driven indie rockers Poor Lemuel, it’s a prime opportunity to spin up your particles and stretch your branes! https://www.facebook.com/quantummechanicsband
Watch "Quantum Entanglement" by the Quantum Mechanics, performed at the White Squirrel in Saint Paul, MN, video by Carol Bergquist.
●Thursday, May 8, 7:30-9:45 p.m., You Must Believe in Spring - The Music of Tony Bennett and Bill Evans at Stookey's Blue Room, 891 Bush Street (Bush Street and Taylor), San Francisco, CA.
Award-winning pianist, composer, and singer Larry McDonough brings legendary singer Tony Bennett and pianist Bill Evans back to life in a solo show covering their music and personal lives that has filled rooms across the country. The show includes piano and voice, spoken word, and commentary on the lives of Tony Bennett and Bill Evans.
●Sunday, May 11, 7:00 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano and voice, performing “Conversations with Bill Evans” at The Back Room, 1984 Bonita Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704, 510-654-3808.
Award-winning pianist, composer, and singer Larry McDonough brings legendary pianist and composer Bill Evans back to life in a solo show covering his music and personal life that has filled rooms across the country. The show includes piano and voice, spoken word, and commentary on the life of Bill Evans.
Evans performed on the Miles Davis album "Kind of Blue" in 1959, the best-selling jazz album ever. His trio with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian introduced simultaneous improvisation and is regarded as a seminal modern jazz trio. He received 31 Grammy nominations and seven awards, and was inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame.
McDonough will record the show for a future CD. Come for the show and be on the recording!
Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Children under 12 are free.
Reservations recommended! The Back Room Event and Tickets
●Friday and Saturday, May 16-17 and 23-24, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Erin Livingston, vocal, and Larry McDonough, piano, Dangerfield's, 1583 1st Ave E, Shakopee, MN 55379. Come for the music and the food.
●Sunday, May 25, 7:00 p.m., The Parkway Theater’s Larry McDonough Jazz Film and Live Music Series Presents the Miles Davis Movie “Miles Ahead” and Live Miles Davis Music by the Larry McDonough Quintet, at the Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago Ave., Minneapolis.
The Larry McDonough Quartet will perform a set of material from the award-winning jazz soundtrack of the 2015 Miles Davis movie “Miles Ahead” followed by the movie. Come for one of the best jazz movie soundtracks and one of the best jazz movies.
Larry McDonough Quintet
Larry McDonough, piano
Josh May, trumpet
Richard Terrill, saxes
Greg Stinson, bass
Dean White, drums
Here is an audio link - Freddie Freeloader by the Larry McDonough Quintet from Best of the Aster Classic Jazz Series.
●Wednesday, May 28, 8:00-10:00 p.m., Jazz Standard Deviants: Barbara Piper & Larry McDonough, Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414. Families and students are welcome. $10.
With great depth and nuance, Minnesota singer-songwriter Barbara Piper artfully balances emotion and execution with her voice. With three albums of original music spanning several genres, she is a powerhouse of creativity and skill. In addition to serving as a music educator for the Minnesota Public School System for 34 years, Barbara has performed at hundreds of venues throughout the midwest. And, together with Pauline Jennings, Barb fronts a tribute group called “Feeling Groovy, Simon and Garfunkel With a Twist”, with the most recent show at Crooner’s Supper Club in Mpls.
Aster Café Event and Tickets: Reservations recommended!
●Friday, June 6m 6:30-9:30 p.m., Erin Livingston, vocal, and Larry McDonough, piano, Dangerfield's, 1583 1st Ave E, Shakopee, MN 55379. Come for the music and the food.
●Sunday, June 8, 10:00 a.m., Carol Bergquist, flute, and Tom Bartsch, organ, during and after the service, St. Michael's Lutheran Church ELCA, 1660 County Road B W., Roseville. Also available online.
●Monday, June 9, 7:00 p.m., Carol Bergquist, flute, and Jill Cronk Schendel, piano, performing before, during and after the service, St. Michael's Lutheran Church ELCA, 1660 County Road B W., Roseville.
Saint Small is throwing a combo reunion, album release and farewell show – a local band trifecta that has probably never been done! Joining in on the festivities are special guests The Mood Swings and Little Man.
Thank You Friends - The Album will be available in vinyl at the gig. It also is on BandCamp https://saintsmall.bandcamp.com/album/thank-you-friends-the-album and all of the streaming services, but the band gets paid more from vinyl and BandCamp sales.
●Saturday, June 14, 12:00-1:30 p.m., performing with rock jazz fusion jam band Quantum Mechanics, at the Ambassadors Blues Fest, Minnesota Square Park, 1000 S Minnesota Ave., Saint Peter, MN 56082
Quantum Mechanics is Eli Hoehn, banjo and voice, Cara Lucille, voice, Zach Sproles, guitar and voice, M. Krogmann, bass, Eric Bunde, drums, and Larry McDonough, keyboard.
●Wednesday, June 18, 7:00-9:30 p.m., The Return of the Larry McDonough Group to Berlin Minneapolis Performing Music from the New CD Best of the Aster Classic Jazz Series and a Set of Dexter Gordon, Berlin Minneapolis, 204 N. 1st St., Minneapolis, MN 55401
The Larry McDonough Group returns to Berlin to celebrate the release of their new CD Best of the Aster Classic Jazz Series, which filled the Aster Café in April, with one set from the CD, along with a second set of the music of Dexter Gordon including music from the 1986 Oscar winning film Round Midnight.
●Friday, June 20, 7:00-8:00 p.m., performing with Katia Cardenas at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival Saturday, at Saint City Catering, 218 7th Street East, The group includes Katia Cardenas, voice, Larry McDonough, piano, Matt McIntyre, bass, and Craig Hill, drums.
●Saturday, June 21, 1:45 p.m., Poetry and Jazz in the Holy Ground, with a jazz prelude and postlude by Larry McDonough, piano, and Richard Terrill, saxes, at the historic Pioneers & Soldiers Memorial Cemetery, 2945 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55407, at Lake Street and Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis. (Enter on Cedar).
The 5th Annual Poetry and Jazz in the Sacred Ground brings together award-winning poets Dralandra Larkins, Donna Isaac and Patrick Cabello Hansel with a wonderful jazz duo of Larry McDonough and Richard Terrill in the historic Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery in south Minneapolis. It is a beautiful place to wander, listen to music and poetry and reflect on one’s own ancestors. Free and family friendly. Refreshments served.
●Saturday, June 21 8:00-9:00 p.m., the Larry McDonough Quartet Presents Round Midnight – the Music of Dexter Gordon, at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival Saturday, at MetroNOME Brewing Company Fingal’s Cave, 385 Broadway Street, Saint Paul. 651-317-9080.
The Larry McDonough Quartet will perform a set of material of Dexter Gordon including music from the 1986 Oscar winning film Round Midnight. The Larry McDonough Quartet celebrates the two recordings of Dexter Gordon and Herbie Hancock based on the movie – Round Midnight and The Other Side of Round Midnight. Round Midnight is a soundtrack album by Herbie Hancock featuring music recorded for the film. Pieces in Round Midnight and Body and Soul. Herbie Hancock won an Oscar for the soundtrack. The Other Side of Round Midnight was recorded during the making of the film Round Midnight, with tracks that were not included in the soundtrack album for the film.
Pieces and poems will include Long Tall Dexter, Darn That Dream, Poem by Richard Terrill, Body and Soul, Round Midnight, Moment’s Notice, As Time Goes By, Tanya, and more!
●Tuesday, June 24, 5:00-6:30 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano, and Richard Terrill, saxes, Jazz Reception for The Advocates for Human Rights “Human Rights Awards Dinner” at the Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot, 225 3rd Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55401. Depot Parking, 136 South 5th Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55401.
This year's dinner will highlight the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Beijing Conference on Women's Human Rights. We will be featuring an intergenerational panel of women's human rights defenders to talk about their experiences, expectations, and hopes for women's human rights.
●Thursday, June 26, 7:00-9:00 p.m., performing with a new jazz-blues trio yet to be named, with Larry McDonough, piano, Jimmy Rogers, bass, and Jimmy Olson, drums, at the Last Dance at the Temple, at The Temple of Fashion, 1190 West James Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105.
The old Masonic Temple building has served as a premier live music venue and fashion design outlet for 30 years, but now has been sold. The event runs 6:00-10:00 p.m. Owner Laura Hlavac will join the trio to sing a few tunes. Bring something to contribute to the food table. Also, BYOB. Laura will have a short program at 8:00 p.m. to thank visitors and announce plans to the next life of the Temple of Fashion!
●Thursday, July 10, 5:00-8:00 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano and voice, at The Stage at Republic MSP, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP), 4300 Glumack Drive, St. Paul, MN 55111.
If you are traveling at Minneapolis−Saint Paul (MSP) International Airport or know someone who is ...
Larry McDonough returns to perform the music of Bill Evans, Tony Bennett, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and originals, along with great food.
The Stage at Republic MSP is the live music venue located in MSP Airport (Terminal 1, Concourse D) in Republic in collaboration w/ E&K Concessions & SSP America. Music booking in proud partnership with Ostrom Entertainment.
●Friday, July 11, 6:30-7:30 p.m., performing with Quantum Mechanics at the Rhythm of the River Festival at Fort Belmont, 217 Belmont St, Jackson, MN 56143.
Quantum Mechanics features the powerful vocals of Cara Lucille, award winning jazz artist Larry McDonough on keys, Eli Hoehn on electric banjo, Zach Sproles on guitar, Mark Krogmann on bass & Eric Bunde on drums. It’s a prime opportunity to spin up your particles and stretch your branes!
●Thursday, July 17, 7:00 p.m. performing at Minnesota Original Music Festival (MOMF) Songwriters Stage, featuring new music from four diverse Minnesota artists, Greg LeGette, Sarah Houle, Kelly Kroeker and Kodjo Kounoundji. Performances will be supported by the Minnesota Original Music Festival’s Songwriters Stage Band, including Larry McDonough, Dan Neale, Craig Matarrese, and Ryan Rader.
●Saturday, July 19, 3:50 p.m., presenting “Preparing to Improvise – It Does Not Just Happen!” at the Minnesota Original Music Festival Triple Falls Interactive Stage, at Minnesota Square Park, 1000 S Minnesota Ave, Saint Peter, MN. Presentations run from 2:50 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday and from 12:55 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday.
●Sunday, July 20, 10:00 a.m., performing at the White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church service, at 328 Maple St. Mahtomedi, MN 55115. Larry McDonough, piano, Greg Stinson, bass, and Brett Smith, drums.
●Friday, July 25, 6:00-7:30 p.m. performing in Jazz Potpourri Extraordinaire! with Joel Shapira, guitar, Charmin Michelle, vocals, Larry McDonough, piano, at Crooners Supper Club Dunsmore Jazz Room at 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432.
Musical selections from Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Jobim, Gershwin and more. Expect a wonderful evening of formidable musicianship and superb vocal prowess.
●Saturday, July 26, 8:00-9:30 p.m., Fusebox, a new progressive jazz fusion trio performing odd-metered originals, with Larry McDonough, keyboard, Craig Matarrese, bass, and Eron Woods, drums, at Jazz Central, 407 Central Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414. $20.
●Monday, July 28, 7:00-8:30 p.m., performing at Sound of Solace - A Benefit Honoring Melissa & Mark Hortman & John, Yvette & Hope Hoffman, at Crooners Supper Club Main Stage Showroom at 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432. $50.00 - $80.00.
We invite you to join us on Monday, July 28th , at Crooners Supper Club for an evening of song, solace and support. Led by some of the Twin Cities finest vocal and stage performers, we will gather to pay homage to Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and Senator John Hoffman, his wife Yvette and their daughter Hope.
In addition to raising our voices to salute their unwavering dedication to those they so selflessly served, we wish to show our eternal gratitude by raising funds to help support their families on this delicate and difficult journey forward.
Artists include Adán Varela, Anna Hashizume, Anna Murphy, Audrey Parker, Austene Van, Ben Dutcher, Dane Stauffer, Doug Anderson, Emily Villano, James Detmar, Jen Burleigh-Bentz, Jennifer Grimm and Joe Cruz, Keri Rodau, Larry McDonough, Leslie Vincent, Max Wojtanowicz, Mindy Eschedor, Teri Parker Brown, and Tyler Michaels King.
All ticket revenue will be split evenly between the two families.
Thanks for James D for organizing and Mary T for hosting.
Please visit these GoFundMe Pages to donate to the families- Melissa & Mark Hortman and John & Yvette Hoffman.
●August 4, 7:00 p.m., the Larry McDonough Quintet Presents The Three Tenors: John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Wayne Shorter, at The Dakota, 1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, 612-332-1010. $25.47. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
The history of the golden age of jazz can be told through tenor saxophonists. The Sophisticated Giant, Dexter Gordon was one of the most influential voices of early bebop. There, he was the bridge between Coleman Hawkins and Coltrane and Rollins. The Titan, John Coltrane made his mark early on Kind of Blue. Then, he went on to create some of the most thrilling, soul-searching music of the 1960s. The Searcher, Wayne Shorter came out of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. Moreover, he created one of the most stunning original songbooks in modern jazz, propelling the music into the 21st Century. He also left his mark in the incredible Miles Davis Quintet and in Weather Report. Here, the Larry McDonough Quintet explores the songs and legacy of each artist in this new show.
●Sunday, August 10, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., performing with the Douglas Talalla Trio, at Eat Street Crossing, 2819 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408.
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