2025
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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.
THE WORLD HAS NEED OF YOU
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.
They will perform music from their CD Intermodulating Undercurrents Live at the Kos: The Music of Bill Evans and Jim Hall.
It is free and open to the public.
●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.
Good Night, and Good Luck Trailer
Tickets
$10 Advance General Admission // $15 At The Door
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●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.
https://larrymcdonoughjazz.homestead.com/IntermodulatingUndercurrentsLiveatTheKos.html
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.
Tickets $25-35.
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●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!
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●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.
Volstead's Emporium
Katia Cardenas
●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.”
Jazz Central Page
●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.
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#BillEvans
#BillEvansTrio
#ScottLafaro
#PaulMotian
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●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.
Very Early Performed by Larry McDonough
Ingredients Café
Reservations recommended!
●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.
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PLAN AHEAD!
●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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN_kfhoSaOU
Best of the Aster Classic Jazz Series
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