PLAN AHEAD!
● 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
https://www.berlinmpls.com/
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.
The Larry McDonough Trio show packed Berlin in the Fall and Winter. If you missed the shows then, do not miss this one.
Tickets: $15 advance / $18 at the door.
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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!
Larry McDonough Quartet
Larry McDonough, piano
Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry
Greg Stinson, bass
Jimmy Olson, drums
Twin Cities Jazz Festival
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●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.
$10 Tickets.
Stookey's Blue Room Event
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●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
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Back in Minnesota
●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.
Tickets
$15 Advance General Admission // $20 At The Door
(612) 822-8080
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●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!
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●Saturday, May 31, 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.
Very Early Performed by Larry McDonough
https://youtu.be/dJui5rJFTHo
Ingredients Café
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.
Berceuse for Flute and Piano - Carol Bergquist, flute, and Jill Cronk Schendel, piano
https://youtu.be/r80b10s60OA
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●Friday, June 13, 9:10 p.m., Saint Small Reunion, Album Release & Farewell Show with The Mood Swings & Little Man, at Hook and Ladder Theater.
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.
Schedule:
Doors open 7:00 p.m.
The Mood Swings at 8:00-8:50 p.m.
Saint Small at 9:10-10:00 p.m.
Little Man at 10:15 -11:15 p.m.
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●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.
Watch "Quantum Entanglement" by the Quantum Mechanics, performed at the White Squirrel in Saint Paul, MN, video by Carol Bergquist.
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●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.
The Larry McDonough Trio show packed Berlin in the Fall and Winter. If you missed the shows then, do not miss this one.
Berlin Minneapolis Event
Tickets: $15 advance / $18 at the door.
●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.
Twin Cities Jazz Festival
●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.
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●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!
Larry McDonough Quartet
Larry McDonough, piano
Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry
Greg Stinson, bass
Jimmy Olson, drums
Twin Cities Jazz Festival
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●Sunday, June 22, 5:00 p.m., Private Event
●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.
Schedule:
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Reception and Silent Auction
6:30 - 7:00 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Silent Auction Closes
7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Program
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●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.
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.
