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Sunday, June 9, 7:00 p.m., “Round Midnight: The Dexter Gordon and Herbie Hancock Film and Live Music by the Larry McDonough Quartet, at the Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago Ave., Minneapolis. The Larry McDonough Quartet performs a set of material by legendary artists Dexter Gordon and Herbie Hancock, followed by a special screening of the 1986 Academy Award-winning film, Round Midnight.
6:00Doors open
7:00Live music
7:45Intermission
8:00 Movie
9:30 Go home
Larry McDonough Quartet
Larry McDonough, piano
Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry
Greg Stinson, bass
Dean White, drums
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$10 Advance General Admission // $15 At The Door
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●Thursday, June 20, 5:00-7:00 p.m., the Larry McDonough Quartet performs at the Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS) Social Justice on Tap, at Saint Paul Brewing, 688 Minnehaha Ave E, St Paul, MN 55106
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The Larry McDonough Quartet is Larry McDonough, piano and arrangements, Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry, Jim Bierma, bass, and Dean White, drums.
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS)
●Monday, June 24, Larry McDonough, performing and teaching at the Minnesota State Bar Association State Conference, Minnesota CLE Conference Center, 600 Nicollet Mall # 370, 3rd Floor, City Center, Minneapolis, MN 55402
Jazz Piano Breakfast 8:15-8:45 a.m.
Jazz Piano Break 9:30-9:40 p.m.
Jazz Piano Lunch 11:45 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.
EdTalk 2:05-2:50 p.m.: Achieving Harmony
●Monday, June 24, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Larry McDonough Trio performing for the Minnesota State Bar Association State Conference President’s Reception, The Oceanaire Seafood Room, 50 South 6th St, Minneapolis, MN 55402. The Larry McDonough Trio is Larry McDonough, piano, Greg Stinson, bass, and Dean White, drums.
●Thursday, June 27, 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.
Ingredients Café
●Friday, June 28, 6:30-9:00 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano, Morgan Creek Vineyards and Winery, 23707 478th Ave, New Ulm, MN 56073.
Morgan Creek Vineyards and Winery
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●Saturday, June 29, 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).
This year, the event will also include the launch of the poetry chapbook “THE NATIONS UNDERGROUND: Writing With Our Ancestors,” featuring over a dozen area poets who have written poems to or from their ancestors. Poets will read from the chapbook, along with featured poets Margaret Hasse, Patrick Cabello Hansel and Dralandra Larkins. There will also be a hands-on lantern making workshop led by local artists from the Semilla Center for Healing and the Arts.
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●Sunday, June 30, 5:30-7:00 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano and voice, performing “Conversations with Bill Evans” at Crooner’s Dunsmore Jazz Room at 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432. $20.
Larry McDonough returns to Crooners Supper Club for the Minnesota premier of “Conversations with Bill Evans.” The show filled Martuni's in San Francisco in April. Larry will perform music from his recent CD "Kind of Bill on the Palace Grounds," a new live recording covering the career of Bill Evans, and more!
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.
Tickets
$20-30
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●Friday, July 5, 6:30-9:00 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano, Morgan Creek Vineyards and Winery, 23707 478th Ave, New Ulm, MN 56073.
Larry McDonough returns to Morgan Creek Vineyards and Winery with guest Carol Bergquist, flute. Kick back and wine-down for the weekend with a relaxing evening of great food and wine.
Morgan Creek Vineyards and Winery
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●Thursday, July 11, 5:30 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano, and Richard Terrill, saxes, Fund Raiser for State Representative Dave Pinto, Highland Picnic Pavilion, 1200 Montreal Ave, St Paul, MN 55116. The event runs 5:30-7:30, with music 5:30-6:15, and remarks at 6:15. Dave also will sing a special song along with Representative Sandra Feist.
Dave Pinto
●Friday and Saturday, July 12 12 and 13, 7:00-10:00 p.m., performing with the Katia Cardenas Quartet, 3801 Minnesota Drive, Bloomington, MN 55435.
●Sunday July 14, 4:00-7:00 p.m., performing with rock jazz fusion jam band Quantum Mechanics, at Patrick’s on Third, 125 S 3rd St, St Peter, MN 56082. Quantum Mechanics is Eli Hoehn, banjo and voice, and Zach Sproles, guitar and voice, M. Krogmann, bass, Ryan Radar, 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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●Thursday, July 18, 4:00 p.m., Larry McDonough Leads the Improvisation Workshop at the Minnesota Original Music Festival, Paddlefish Brewing, 108 S. Minnesota Ave., St. Peter, MN 56082.
Saint Paul pianist and singer Larry McDonough returns to the Minnesota Original Music Festival to lead the Improvisation Workshop at the Minnesota Original Music Festival. It follows the Introduction to Improvisation session by bassist Eric Zimmerman.
Last year, Larry taught the popular Navigating the Music Business: Making Some Money without Selling Your Soul at the Minnesota Original Music Festival.
This year, Larry will cover music theory, harmonic progressions, scales for improvisation, forming melodic mofits, listening, and transcribing solos. This will be an interactive performance session. Attendees should bring their instruments and voices!
●Thursday, July 18, 8:00 p.m., Minnesota Original Music Festival Composer Showcase with Larry McDonough Quartet Performing SpecAbilities, Arts Center of Saint Peter, 315 S. Minnesota Ave., St. Peter, MN 56082.
The Larry McDonough Quartet will present original pieces from the project SpecAbilities, in which children with disabilities write melody fragments and we write pieces based on the melodies. Larry McDonough has composed several pieces based on melody fragments written by the children. He created harmonies and rhythmic patterns to fit the melodies. Since the children wrote melodies unrestricted by conventional music training, they pushed him to use unconventional harmonies, rhythms and meters. An example is Funkabilty, where Lucas Jacobson and Jack Thuleen wrote angular melody fragments which Larry used as long tones over a ostinato funk bass line. It was performed by the Larry McDonough Quartet on the CD Alice in Stonehenge and other AcoustElectric Adventures.
The Larry McDonough Quartet is Larry McDonough, piano, voice and compositions, Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry, Craig Matarrese, bass, Dean White, drums.
Minnesota Original Music Festival Composers Showcase
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●Sunday, July 21, 12:00-1:00 p.m., performing with Whiskey Burn at the Minnesota Original Music Festival on the KMSU Main Stage, Minnesota Square Park, 277 W Elm St, St Peter, MN 56082.
Whiskey Burn is Jason Holte - vocals, Mike McGrath - guitar, Tony Z - bass, Zack Farmer - drums, and Larry McDonough - keys.
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●Sunday, July 21, 2:20-3:20 pm, performing with rock jazz fusion jam band Quantum Mechanics and Cara Lucille, at the Minnesota Original Music Festival on the KMSU Main Stage, Minnesota Square Park, 277 W Elm St, St Peter, MN 56082. Quantum Mechanics is Eli Hoehn, banjo and voice, and Zach Sproles, guitar and voice, M. Krogmann, bass, Ryan Radar, 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, July 24, 5:30-7:30 p.m., performing with rock jazz fusion jam band Quantum Mechanics, at the Wheeler Park Music Series, 402 Page Avenue, North Mankato, MN. Quantum Mechanics is Eli Hoehn, banjo and voice, and Zach Sproles, guitar and voice, M. Krogmann, bass, Ryan Radar, 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.
●Tuesday, July 23, 5:45-8:00 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano, performing at the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Championing Justice Reception, Royal Sonesta Minneapolis Downtown Hotel, 35 S 7th St, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
The reception follows the Forum on Increasing Access to Justice, 2:30-5:30 p.m., at the Minneapolis Central Library, Pohlad Hall, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401. LSC helps fund legal aid programs for low-income persons in Minnesota and around the Country.
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●August 4, 3:00 p.m., performing with indie-rockers HiFi, at The Rock Garden at Andy and Meg's, 1216 West 73rd St., Richfield, MN 55423. HiFi is Dan Page, guitar and vocals, Andrew Honigman, bass, Kent Mortimer, drums, and Larry McDonough, keys.
Doors open at 2:30 p.m., music starts at 3:00 p.m. Please bring a chair or blanket. Picnicking encouraged! We will have water available and a bathroom open to guests. All shows at The Rock Garden are free to attend but your generous tips make these concerts possible and are very much appreciated (100% of tips go to the band)!
