●Sunday, January 4, 7:00 p.m., The Parkway Theater’s Larry McDonough Jazz Film and Live Music Series Presents Casablanca Jazz! - The Movie Casablanca and Live Music from the Movie by the Larry McDonough Quintet, at the Parkway Theater.
The Larry McDonough Quintet will perform a set of jazz from the award-winning movie Casablanca followed by the movie. Come for one of the best movies of all time and one of the best movie soundtrack of jazz.
●Thursday, January 8, 6:00-7:30 p.m., Charmin Sings Carmen, with Charmin Michelle, vocals, Joel Shapira, guitar, Larry McDonough, piano, at Crooners Supper Club Dunsmore Jazz Room at 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432.
Legendary jazz vocalist Carmen McRae’s famous tribute recording of all Thelonious Monk tunes is brought to life by local chanteuse extraordinaire Charmin Michelle. Joining her are two acclaimed Twin Cities veterans: Joel Shapira guitar, and Larry McDonough piano. Shapira and McDonough open the show with selections from their Bill Evans/Jim Hall tribute “Intermodulating Undercurrents”.
●Monday, January 26, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m., performing in LEAGUE NIGHT: The Bowled and The Beautiful, A Public Reading of a New Musical Comedy!, at Crooners Supper Club Main Stage Showroom at 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432. Doors open at 6:30 PM for Dinner and Drink service.
It’s opening night of the men’s fall bowling league at Lois’ Lanes and the perennial championship bridesmaids, The Bowled and The Beautiful, find their shot at the elusive title already drifting towards the gutter, when their best bowler, Danny Flannery, goes missing.
Thanks to league president Early Erickson’s divine intervention, Samantha ‘Sam’ Addams, the town’s new veterinarian, steps in and quickly becomes their anchor, helping Matt Kanasic, Robert Raymond and Jack Kellogg keep their dreams alive… both on and off the alley.
League Night is about first loves, second chances and third strikes. It’s about confidence, courage and community. It’s about humor, humility, and heartache. And yeah, it’s about bowling. For sure, bowling.
Featuring James Detmar, Jen Burleigh-Bentz, David Carey, France Roberts, Suzie Juul, Katie Carlson, Riley McNutt, Gabrielle Dominique and Larry McDonough
●Friday, February 13, 7:00-10:00 p.m., Plattes, McDonough and Raynor Perform “Grappelli, Ellington, and More” at The Lexington, 1096 Grand Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105.
https://thelexmn.com/
Jim Plattes, violin, mandolin, and harmonica
Larry McDonough, piano
Gary Raynor, bass
Reservations recommended!
(651) 289-4990
Violinist Jim Plattes and pianist Larry McDonough packed the Aster Café with their show “Grappelli, Ellington, and More” in 2025. Now they add bassist Gary Raynor to bring the show to the Lexington. They will celebrate the collaboration of legendary French violinist Stéphane Grappelli with Duke Ellington, adding music from parings with George Shearing, Claude Bolling, and Oscar Peterson, and concluding with music from Paris, including the music of Grappelli partner Django Reinhardt.
●Sunday, March 8, 12:30 p.m., A Mostly Music Service, saxophonist/writer Richard Terrill and pianist/composer Larry McDonough, Merging Waters Unitarian Universalist Congregation (formerly Michael Servetus Unitarian Society), at the United Church of Christ New Brighton, 1000 Long Lake Road, New Brighton, MN 55112.
●CANCELED: Sunday, March 15, 7:00 p.m., The Parkway Theater’s Larry McDonough Jazz Film and Live Music Series Presents The French Connection and the Music of Don Ellis by the Larry McDonough Quintet, Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago Ave., Minneapolis (612) 822-8080.
The Larry McDonough Quintet will perform a set of jazz from Don Ellis, including music from the award-winning movie The French Connection, followed by the movie. Come for one of the best movies of all time (and the best car and el-train chase) and some amazing jazz.
●Tuesday, March 24, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Taizé Prayer Service, with Carol Bergquist, flute, Bill Goldman, cello, and Casey Rafn, piano, at the Basilica of Saint Mary, 1600 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis.
●Tuesday, March 31, 10:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m., performing at the Whitey's Jazz Jam House Band, with Graydon Peterson, bass, Everett Neddleman, drums, and Larry McDonough, piano, Whitey's Old Town Saloon, 400 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis.
●Wednesday, April 1, 7:00-9:00 p.m., performing with the Century Jazz Ensemble at the American Legion - White Bear Lake, 2210 3rd St, White Bear Lake, MN 55110.
●Thursday, April 2, 7:00 p.m., Joel Shapira Returns from Paris to Perform with Larry McDonough for Intermodulating Undercurrents: The Music of Bill Evans and Jim Hall, at MetroNOME Brewery, 385 Broadway Street, Saint Paul. 651-317-9080. $10.
Larry McDonough saw Bill Evans perform in the 1970s, and Joel Shapira met Jim Hall when he lived in New York City. They will perform music from their new live recording celebrating the music of pianist Bill Evans and guitarist Jim Hall. "Intermodulating Undercurrents Live at the Kos: The Music of Bill Evans and Jim Hall" was recorded at a show during the pandemic to an outside social distance audience on October 3, 2021, on the patio of the Kos in Minneapolis, hosted by owners Kathy Kosnoff and Lyonel Norris.
Included will be pieces from the classic Evans and Hall recordings "Undercurrent" and "Intermodulation" along with pieces that Evans and Hall performed separately that they might have included in another recording had Bill Evans lived longer, and pieces written by Larry and Joel in the spirit of Evans and Hall. Intermodulating Undercurrents has filled venues throughout the Twin Cities. Come and see why. Hear the magic Bill Evans and Jim Hall made and what might have been.
●Thursday, April 2, 12:00 and 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.
http://www.stmichaelselca.com/
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Berceuse for Flute and Piano - Carol Bergquist, flute, and Jill Cronk Schendel, piano
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●Saturday, April 4, 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.
●Sunday, April 19, 10:15 am, Mostly Music Service, saxophonist/writer Richard Terrill and pianist/composer Larry McDonough, Pilgrim House Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1212 W. Highway 96, Arden Hills, MN 55112
●Saturday, April 25, Larry McDonough, piano, and Carol Bergquist, flute, Private Event
Northern California
●Wednesday, April 29, 7:30 p.m., Lorin Bond, voice, and Larry McDonough, piano, at Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental, CA 95465.
●Saturday, May 2, 6:45 p.m., Jazz Standards, with Larry McDonough, piano and voice, and Lorin Bond, voice, performing The Great American Songbook, Simple Pleasures Café, 3434 Balboa St, San Francisco, CA, United States, 94121-2702. Dawn Oberg performs at 6:00 p.m.
●Sunday, May 3, 7:00-9:00 p.m., CD Release for Conversations with Bill Evans Live, with Larry McDonough, piano and voice, and guest vocalist Lorin Bond, 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 with the CD release of Conversations with Bill Evans Live, recorded at The Back Room and other clubs around the country.
The solo show will cover the music and personal life of Bill Evans 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 perform selections from the CD in the first set. Vocalist Lorin Bond will join him in the second set. McDonough will add songs from his show You Must Believe in Spring - The Music of Tony Bennett and Bill Evans.
Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Children under 12 are free.
Selections from Conversations with Bill Evans Live:
●Wednesday, May 6, 6:05 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.
●Sunday, May 10, 12:00 p.m. Carol Bergquist, flute, at the Basilica of Saint Mary for the Noon Service, at the Basilica of Saint Mary, 1600 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis.
●Sunday, May 17, 10:20 a.m, a Mostly Music Service with saxophonist/writer Richard Terrill and pianist/composer Larry McDonough, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Mankato, 937 Charles Avenue, Mankato 507-388-1904.
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Larry McDonough returns to Berlin to perform a new show with the Larry McDonough Quintet, featuring the music of classic trumpeters, including Don Ellis, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Brown, and others. Larry McDonough packed Berlin with shows of the music of the Bill Evans Trio, Dexter Gordon, and release of the CD Best of the Aster Classic Jazz Series. If you missed the shows then, do not miss this one.
Tickets: $15 advance / $18 at the door.
Larry McDonough Quintet
Larry McDonough, piano
Josh May, trumpet
Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry
Greg Stinson, bass
Dean White, drums
Families and students are welcome. Berlin is 18+ but kids are welcome to be here with their parents or legal guardians.
●Thursday, May 21, 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.
●Saturday, June 6, 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 6th Annual Poetry and Jazz in the Holy Ground at the historic Soldiers and Pioneers Cemetery at Cedar and Lake in Minneapolis. A beautiful place for jazz and poetry. Featured poet: Emily Bright, weekend host at MPR. Larry McDonough keyboard, Richard Terrill, sax and poetry
●Wednesday, June 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. And if you still want holiday music, he will have that too!
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.
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