●Sunday, January 8, 8:00-10:00 p.m., Larry McDonough Premiers the Aster Sunday Jazz Series with “Chet - The Beautiful Music and Tragic Life of Singing Trumpeter Chet Baker” at the Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414.
● Sunday, January 15, 7:00 p.m., Larry McDonough and the Leigh Kamman Legacy Project Present “Bill Evans Time Remembered: Film, Interviews and Live Music” at the Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago Ave., Minneapolis. The Larry McDonough Quartet will perform a set of material of Bill Evans and an audio interview of Evans by Leigh Kamman, followed by the documentary about Evans by Bruce Spiegel.
●Friday, February 3, 7:00-9:00 p.m., subbing on keys for my friend Marc Z in Drums of Navarone at Heart of the City Music Factory, 2665 4th Avenue N. Anoka, MN 55303. Drums of Navarone is hitting Anoka's premiere listening room. We'll feature songbird Kendra Glenn on vocals and present Latin dance performances by master dancers Hanna and Chini and the Brazilenas Alessandra Silva and Clarissa. If you've seen Drums of Navarone before, we're debuting some awesome new material. Heart of the City Music Factory is a family-friendly venue built into a renovated dry-milk factory. It now an opulent music venue with great sound and views.
Tickets are $20.00 in advance and $25.00 at the door. Seating is general admission and doors open at 6:30 PM. Concessions will be available for sale during the concert.
●Sunday, February 5, 8:00-10:00 p.m., The Larry McDonough Aster Sunday Jazz Series Presents Return to “Return to Forever with Chick Corea” at the Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414. Come for the second show of the new Larry McDonough monthly Sunday classic jazz series. The Larry McDonough Quintet will perform the classic jazz fusion from the first two albums of Chick Corea and Return to Forever, followed by more jazz fusion from the Larry McDonough Quartet two CD set Alice in Stonehenge and other AcoustElectric Adventures.
●Thursday, February 9, 6:45-8:00 p.m., Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce 2023 Gala Celebration, Doubletree Hotel Roseville, 2540 Cleveland Ave, Roseville, MN 55113, performing with Josh May on trumpet, Dan Weston is on bass, and Pete Suttman on drums. Members only. Event 6:00-8:30 p.m.
●Saturday, February 18, 12:15 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano, and John Dunne, guitar, playing prelude music for the 1:00 p.m. funeral service for childhood bandmate Ray Meredith, at the Cremation Society of Minnesota, 7110 France Ave S, Edina, MN 55435. We will play classic jazz and some Beatles favorites. Some of Ray’s recent bandmates will play at the postlude.
●Sunday, February 26, 2:00 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano and voice, and Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry, St. Croix Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Concert, Taylors Falls Memorial Community Center, 312 Government St., Taylors Falls, MN 55084.
●Thursday, March 2, 6:00-7:30 p.m., Joel Shapira, guitar, and Larry McDonough, piano, performing Intermodulating Undercurrents: The Music of Bill Evans and Jim Hall, at the Union Depot Indoor Stage, Station 81 at Saint Paul Union Depot, #110, 214 4th Street East, Saint Paul
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.
#BillEvans
#JimHall
●Sunday, March 5, 8:00-10:00 p.m., The Larry McDonough Aster Sunday Jazz Series Presents “You Must Believe in Spring - The Music of Tony Bennett and Bill Evans” with the Larry McDonough Quartet, at the Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414.
Come for the next show of the new Larry McDonough monthly Sunday classic jazz series. The Larry McDonough Quartet will perform the music of Tony Bennett and Bill Evans. Bill Evans rarely performed with singers, so it was big news to some in the jazz community when Evans and Bennett recorded and released “The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album” in 1975. The album included pieces each had done separately, such as Waltz for Debby (Evans) and The Touch of Your Lips (Bennett). In 1976 they recorded “Together Again” for release in 1977. Both albums showed Evans’ skill in accompanying a vocalist while adding the complexities that he displayed in his solo and ensemble performances, and exhibited Bennett’s expressive range from bold and commanding to soft and delicate.
Larry takes on the challenging roles of both Evans and Bennett to educate younger listeners about these great artists and to remind seasoned listeners of this pair who never recorded together again. Richard Terrill adds poetry about Bill Evans. In “You Must Believe in Spring,” you hear what Evans and Bennett did and what might have been.
●Thursday, March 9, 5:00-6:00 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.
●Tuesday, March 14, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Larry McDonough performing with the San Diego Jazz Collective, Duck Foot Brewing Co., 8920 Kenamar Dr #210, San Diego, CA 92121.
Back in Minnesota
●Sunday, March 26, 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
●Thursday, March 30, 7:00-9:00 p.m., performing with Funkin' Right at Driftwood Char Bar, 4415 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis. Funkin' Right includes Laura Hlavac, vocals, Larry McDonough, keyboards and vocals, Steve Brantseg, guitar and vocals, John Borghesi, bass, and Jimmy Olson, drums and vocals, performing an eclectic mix of R&B, Soul, Funk, Blues, and Quirky Pop.
●Sunday, April 2, 8:00-10:00 p.m., The Larry McDonough Aster Sunday Jazz Series Presents “Footprints - The Music of Wayne Shorter,” with the Larry McDonough Quartet, at the Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414.
Come for the next show of the new Larry McDonough monthly Sunday classic jazz series. The Larry McDonough Quartet will perform the music of Wayne Shorter, who died on March 2 at the age of 89. He wrote memorable pieces, such as Footprints and Naima, and performed with Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, Weather Report, Steely Dan, Herbie Hancock, and others. The piece Wayne’s Thang was written by Kenny Garrett as a tribute to Shorter.
●Saturday, April 8, 7:00 p.m., Carol Bergquist on flute is back at the Basilica of Saint Mary for the Holy Saturday Easter Vigil Celebration of the Resurrection, under the direction of Terry Larson, at the Basilica of Saint Mary, 1600 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, in-person and streaming.
●Thursday, April 13, 8:00-9:30 p.m., performing with the Collin Roycraft Quartet, with Collin Roycraft, sax, Jesse Simon, drums, Matt Peterson, bass, and Larry McDonough, piano, Jazz Central, 407 Central Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414.
●Friday, April 21, 6:00-7:45 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano, and Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry, perform “June 25, 1961 - Bill Evans at the Village Vanguard” at the 2023 Eau Claire Jazz Crawl at Valleybrook 410 Café, 410 South Barstow St., Eau Claire, WI 54701-3605.
They 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.
They also will have copies of their CD Kind of Bill on the Palace Grounds, Marking 40 Years since the Death of Bill Evans - http://larrymcdonoughjazz.homestead.com/KindofBillonthePalaceGrounds-CD.html and Richard’s award-winning books about jazz and live - https://richardterrill.com/.
●Sunday, April 23, 10:00 a.m., Mostly Music Service, saxophonist/writer Richard Terrill and pianist/composer Larry McDonough, Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 421 S Farwell St., Eau Claire, WI 54701 (715) 834-0690.
●Friday, April 28, 7:00-10:00 p.m., Charmin Michelle, vocal, Joel Shapira, guitar, Larry McDonough, piano, Pete Hennig, drums, and Matt Peterson bass, The Lexington, 1096 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105
●Sunday, April 30, 8:45 a.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, April 30, 4:30 p.m., Joel Shapira, guitar, and Larry McDonough, piano, performing Intermodulating Undercurrents: The Music of Bill Evans and Jim Hall, at Station 81 at Crooner’s Dunsmore Jazz Room at 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432. $20.
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.
Listen to the interview of Larry McDonough and Joel Shapira with Phil Nusbaum of KBEM 88.5 FM Radio.
●Sunday, May 7, 8:00-10:00 p.m., The Larry McDonough Aster Sunday Jazz Series Presents “Jobim! - The Music of Antônio Carlos Jobim” with the Larry McDonough Quartet, at the Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414.
Come for the next show of the new Larry McDonough monthly Sunday classic jazz series. The Larry McDonough Quartet will perform the music of Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian composer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and singer. Considered one of the great exponents of Brazilian music, Jobim internationalized bossa nova and, with the help of important American artists, merged it with jazz in the 1960s to create a new sound, with popular success. As a result, he is sometimes known as the "father of bossa nova". Come hear Garota de Ipanema (The Girl from Ipanema), Insensatez (How Insensitive), Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars), Orfeu da Conceição (Black Orpheus), Desafinado, Dindi, Wave, Chega de Saudade (No More Blues), and more, along with originals by Larry McDonough and Greg Stinson in the style of Jobim.
●Wednesday, May 10, 6:30 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano, at Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental, CA 95465.
●Thursday, May 11, 7:30 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano, at Martuni's, 4 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94103.
●Sunday, May 14, Larry McDonough, piano, House Concert, Livermore, CA.
Back in Minnesota
●Thursday, June 1, 7:00 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano and voice, performing at Laura Hlavac Designs’ “Ladie's Night at The Temple,” at The Temple of Fashion, 1190 West James Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105. Blondtourage also will perform, with Faith Hlavac, vocals, Laura Hlavac, vocals, and Larry McDonough, keyboards and vocals. The Temple is open 7:00-10:00 p.m.
Laura will host a chill night of conversation and/or leisurely shopping her Spring 2023 collection! She will have her newest and latest designs and is offering a 20% discount, and you can get and EXTRA 10% discount if you bring a new friends to the Temple.
●Sunday, June 4, 8:00-10:00 p.m., The Larry McDonough Aster Sunday Jazz Series Presents “Kind of Blue and Beyond” with with the Larry McDonough Quartet, at the Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414.
Come for the next show of the new Larry McDonough monthly Sunday classic jazz series. The Larry McDonough Quartet will perform one set of the Miles Davis album Kind of Blue and a second set of music of the members after Kind of Blue group, along with poetry about leaders Miles Davis and Bill Evans and sax man John Coltrane. We will celebrate the birthday of Miles Davis, born on May 26, 1926, in Alton, Illinois. It is the 64th year since the release and performance of the legendary album Kind of Blue.
●Thursday, June 15, 5:00-6:00 p.m., The Larry McDonough Trio performs the music of Bill Evans at the Mall of America North Atrium (north of the North Garden), 60 East Broadway, Bloomington, MN 55425, sponsored by the Minnesota Music Coalition. The Larry McDonough Trio includes Larry McDonough, piano, Matt Senjem, bass, and Dean White, drums. The performance is part of the MN Music Coalition Artist Spotlight Series.
●Sunday, June 18, 7:00 p.m., Larry McDonough and the Leigh Kamman Legacy Project Present “Chet Baker and Let's Get Lost” at the Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago Ave., Minneapolis. The Larry McDonough Quartet will perform a set of material of Chet Baker followed by the acclaimed dark documentary about the last year of his life.
●Saturday, June 24, 4:00-8:00 p.m., Erin Livingston, vocal, and Larry McDonough, piano, Matt Peterson, bass, at Lobby Bar at The Saint Paul Hotel, 350 N Market St, St Paul, MN 55102, part of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival
● A Post Twin Cities Jazz Festival Concert: Sunday, June 25, 4:00-6:00 p.m., the Larry McDonough Quartet Performs “June 25, 1961 - The Bill Evans Trio at the Village Vanguard" for the 62nd anniversary of Bill Evans at the Village Vanguard, at the MetroNOME Brewery Sunday Jazz Series, 385 Broadway Street, Saint Paul. 651-317-9080.
The Larry McDonough Quartet is Larry McDonough, piano, Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry, Greg Stinson, bass, and Dean White, drums.
●Sunday, July 2, 8:00-10:00 p.m., The Larry McDonough Aster Sunday Jazz Series Presents Intermodulating Undercurrents Live at the Kos: The Music of Bill Evans and Jim Hall, with Larry McDonough, piano, Joel Shapira, guitar, and Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry.
Come for the next show of the new Larry McDonough monthly Sunday classic jazz series. 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.
Saxman Richard Terrill will add poetry about Bill Evans.
●Thursday, July 6, 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.
●Monday, July 10, 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.
●Wednesday, July 12, 7:00 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano, and Carol Bergquist, flute, performing before, during and after the ceremony to remember our old friend Tsippi Wray, at Mt. Zion Temple, 1300 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota.
●Thursday, July 13, 4, 5:00-6:10 p.m., the Larry McDonough Quartet performs at the Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS) Social Justice Uncorked Event, at the St. Paul Event Center, 400 Wabasha St N Suite 320, St Paul, MN 55102. The Larry McDonough Quartet is Larry McDonough, piano, voice, and arrangements, Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry, Greg Stinson, bass, and Dean White, drums. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. and the program begins at 6:10 p.m.
●Saturday, July 15, 7:00-8:45 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano, and Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry, at the 2023 Eau Claire Summer Jazz Crawl, Oxbow Gallery, 516 Galloway St, Eau Claire, WI 54703.
●Thursday, July 20, 12:00-12:45, presenting Navigating the Music Business: Making Some Money without Selling Your Soul, a Minnesota Original Music Festival (MOMF) Workshop, at St. Peter High School, 2121 Broadway Ave, St Peter, MN 56082.
The festival runs July 20-23 in the afternoon and evening and focuses on original music.
●Thursday, July 20, 6:00-8:00 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 Patrick's on Third, 125 S. 3rd St., St. Peter, MN 56082, part of the Minnesota Original Music Festival (MOMF).
The festival runs July 19-23 in the afternoon and evening and focuses on original music.
●July 22, 6:00 p.m., performing with Quantum Mechanics, at the Minnesota Original Music Festival (MOMF), at the Minnesota Square Park, 1000 South Minnesota Avenue, St Peter, MN 560820. Quantum Mechanics is Eli Hoehn, banjo and voice, Zach Sproles, guitar and voice, Larry McDonough, keyboards, Eric Zimmerman, bass, and Ryan Rader, drums.
The festival runs July 19-23 in the afternoon and evening and focuses on original music.
● Saturday, July 29, 8:00 p.m., performing with rock jazz fusion jam band Quantum Mechanics, at the Wine Café, 301 North Riverfront Drive, Mankato, MN 56001 507-345-1516. Quantum Mechanics is Eli Hoehn, banjo and voice, and Zach Sproles, guitar and voice, M. Krogmann, bass, Tyler Vaughan, drums, and Larry McDonough, keyboard. SMILEBRO opens at 7:00 p.m. This is the first show of the third season of the Golden Hour Concert Series.
●Monday, July 31, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano and voice, celebration of life for Monte Bute, Securian Room at CHS Field, 360 N Broadway St, St Paul, MN 55101.
●Sunday, August 6, 8:00-10:00 p.m., The Larry McDonough Aster Sunday Jazz Series Presents “The Return of You Must Believe in Spring - The Music of Tony Bennett and Bill Evans” at the Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414. The Larry McDonough Trio is Larry McDonough, piano and vocals, Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry, and Greg Stinson, bass.
Come for the next show of the new Larry McDonough monthly Sunday classic jazz series, always the first Sunday of the month.
We just lost the amazing Tony Bennett on July 21, 2023. Much has been said about his career but not much about his association with Bill Evans. We will change that.
The Larry McDonough Trio celebrates the two recordings of legendary pianist and composer Bill Evans and vocalist Tony Bennett. Bill Evans rarely performed with singers, so it was big news to some in the jazz community when Evans and Bennett recorded and released “The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album” in 1975. The album included pieces each had done separately, such as Waltz for Debby (Evans) and The Touch of Your Lips (Bennett). In 1976 they recorded “Together Again” for release in 1977.
●Sunday, August 6, 8:00-10:00 p.m., The Larry McDonough Aster Sunday Jazz Series Presents “The Return of You Must Believe in Spring - The Music of Tony Bennett and Bill Evans” at the Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414. The Larry McDonough Trio is Larry McDonough, piano and vocals, Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry, and Greg Stinson, bass.
Come for the next show of the new Larry McDonough monthly Sunday classic jazz series, always the first Sunday of the month.
We just lost the amazing Tony Bennett on July 21, 2023. Much has been said about his career but not much about his association with Bill Evans. We will change that.
The Larry McDonough Trio celebrates the two recordings of legendary pianist and composer Bill Evans and vocalist Tony Bennett. Bill Evans rarely performed with singers, so it was big news to some in the jazz community when Evans and Bennett recorded and released “The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album” in 1975. The album included pieces each had done separately, such as Waltz for Debby (Evans) and The Touch of Your Lips (Bennett). In 1976 they recorded “Together Again” for release in 1977.
●Saturday, August 12, 2:00-3:00 p.m., Patio Encore Performance of “You Must Believe in Spring - The Music of Tony Bennett and Bill Evans” with the Larry McDonough Quartet, Larry McDonough, piano, voice, and arrangements, Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry, Greg Stinson, bass, and Dean White, drums, at Becketwood Cooperative, 4300 W River Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN 55406.
We just lost the amazing Tony Bennett on July 21, 2023. Much has been said about his career but not much about his association with Bill Evans. We will change that. The Larry McDonough Quartet celebrates the two recordings of legendary pianist and composer Bill Evans and vocalist Tony Bennett. Bill Evans rarely performed with singers, so it was big news to some in the jazz community when Evans and Bennett recorded and released “The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album” in 1975. The album included pieces each had done separately, such as Waltz for Debby (Evans) and The Touch of Your Lips (Bennett). In 1976 they recorded “Together Again” for release in 1977.
●Thursday, August 31, 7:00-8:30 p.m., the Larry McDonough Quartet returns to Crooner’s to perform “Kind of Bill - Celebrating the Birthday and Musical Life of Bill Evans” and his associations with Tony Bennett, Scott LaFaro, Paul Motian, Miles Davis, Jim Hall, Eddie Gómez, Eliot Zigmund, Marc Johnson, and Joe LaBarbera, at the Crooners Supper Club Main Stage, 6161 Highway 65 NE., Minneapolis. Doors open at 5:45 p.m.
The Larry McDonough Quartet is Larry McDonough, piano, voice, and arrangements, Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry, Greg Stinson, bass, and Dean White, drums.
The Larry McDonough Quartet will perform its recent CD, Kind of Bill on the Palace Grounds, Marking 40 Years since the Death of Bill Evans, and more!
●Saturday, September 2, 6:30 p.m., performing with Quantum Mechanics, part of “The Billy Bash - A Musical Loverai$er for our pal, Bill "Wailin' Willie" Smith” at The Hook and Ladder Theater & Lounge, 3010 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis.
Quantum Mechanics is Eli Hoehn, banjo and voice, and Larry McDonough, keyboards.
Musical luminaries will be shining brightly on Bill's behalf, helping to raise some money to cover unexpected medical expenses. Free will donation requested. Please dig deep, but mostly just BE THERE. If you can't attend, you can also show Billy some love at: https://gofund.me/ddf1f47d.
Schedule
5:00 Doors Open
6:00 Nigel Egg
6:15 Bill Giese Trio Minus One
6:30 Quantum Mechanics (Eli Hoehn & Larry McDonough)
●Sunday, September 3, 8:00-10:00 p.m., The Larry McDonough Aster Sunday Jazz Series Presents “Watermelon Man - The Music of Herbie Hancock” at the Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414. The Larry McDonough Quartet performs, with Larry McDonough, piano keyboards, Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry, Matt Senjem, bass, and Dean White, drums.
Come for the next show of the new Larry McDonough monthly Sunday classic jazz series. The Larry McDonough Quartet will celebrate the music life of Herbie Hancock.
○Classical child prodigy pianist
○Listened to George Shearing, Erroll Garner, Bill Evans and Oscar Peterson.
○Started jazz career with trumpeter Donald Byrd
○Played with Miles Davis
○Composed classic jazz standards in the 1960s including "Cantaloupe Island," "Watermelon Man" and "Maiden Voyage"
○Film composer
○Composed the soundtrack “Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert” on television
○Topped the charts with jazz funk in “Head Hunters” including "Chameleon" and "Watermelon Man"
●Wednesday, September 6, 6:30 p.m. performing at “Rollin' on the River w/ Funkin Right” at the Peter Borne Joyful Noise Yacht docked at Watergate Marina on the Mississippi River, 2500 Crosby Farm Road - Saint Paul, MN 55116. Reservations are free but donations are encouraged to pay the band.
Funkin' Right includes Laura Hlavac, vocals, Steve Brantseg, guitar and vocals, Larry McDonough, keyboards and vocals, John Borghesi, bass, and Jimmy Olson, drums and vocals, performing an eclectic mix of R&B, Soul, Funk, Blues, and Quirky Pop. Expect a mix of Betty Davis (the singer, not the actress), Nina Simone, Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, The Cats, Bill Withers, Fanny Franklin and Orgone, Scary Pockets, Elise LeGrow, Molly Johnson, Kraack and Smaack, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Chaka Kahn, and Carole King.
● Sunday, September 17, 10:00 a.m., Larry McDonough, piano and voice, and Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry, Mostly Music Service, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northfield, 5785 Lonsdale Blvd. E., Northfield, MN 55057 (on Hwy 19 just west of Northfield). http://www.uunorthfield.org/
How It Got Made: Trusting the Creative Process: Writer/saxophonist Richard Terrill and pianist/composer Larry McDonough will describe the processes they’ve followed in the creation of poems or essays and jazz compositions. It involves logic, intuition, trial and error, and paying close attention. Also something of the mysterious.
● Thursday, September 21, 11:30 a.m., Larry McDonough, piano, Reception before the Minnesota State Bar Association Access to Justice Lunch Social and Celebration that runs 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Como/Midway Picnic Pavilion, 1199 Midway Pkwy, St Paul, MN 55103.
Minnesota State Bar Association Access to Justice Committee
● Friday, September 22, 3:00-5:00 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano, and Carol Bergquist, flute, Visitation and Celebration of Life for Roger Allen Kloss, Washburn-McReavy Glen Haven Chapel, 5125 West Broadway, Crystal, MN 55429.
● Saturday, September 23, 6:00-9:00 p.m., performing with rockers Whiskey Burn at Rocktoberfest at River Siren Brewing, 225 Main St N, Stillwater, MN 55082.
Whiskey Burn is Jason Holte - vocals, Mike McGrath - guitar, Tony Z - bass, Zack Farmer - drums, and Larry McDonough - keys.
https://www.whiskeyburnmn.com/
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● Thursday, September 28, 7:00-10:00 p.m., performing with Drums of Navarone, at the Minnesota Music Café, 501 Payne Ave, St Paul, MN 55130, subbing on keys for my friend Marc Z.
● Sunday, October 1, 8:00-10:00 p.m., The Larry McDonough Aster Sunday Jazz Series Presents Time Again - Brubeck and Desmond, Reimagined and Beyond, with Larry McDonough Quartet, A Concert and Recording Session, with Larry McDonough, piano, Richard Terrill, saxes, Greg Stinson, bass, and Dean White, drums, Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414.
Come for the next show of the new Larry McDonough monthly Sunday classic jazz series. LMQ will celebrate the musical life of Dave Brubeck by performing timeless Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond pieces in different time signatures than those of Brubeck and Desmond, along with Larry McDonough odd-metered originals.
LMQ will record the concert for a future live CD. Come be part of the recording!
●Thursday, October 5, 6:00-7:30 p.m., Joel Shapira, guitar, and Larry McDonough, piano, performing Intermodulating Undercurrents: The Music of Bill Evans and Jim Hall, at Station 81 at Saint Paul Union Depot, #110, 214 4th Street East, Saint Paul
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.
●October 6, 5:30 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano, Carol Bergquist, flute, Lincoln High School Class of 1973 50th Reunion at Minnesota Valley Country Club, 6300 Auto Club Rd, Bloomington, MN 55438.
●October 7, 8:00 p.m., performing with Funkin Right for “The Temple 100 Year Birthday Party” at The Temple of Fashion, 1190 West James Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105. Oake & Paine kicks off the show at 7:00 p.m.
Built in 1923, The Temple is 100 years old and going strong as an inclusive community space supporting local artists, musicians and performers. Come join us to celebrate history in the making with Funkin' Right, purveyors of unusual Funk and Blues.
$10 contribution requested, BYOB, food contributions also always welcome!
Funkin' Right includes Laura Hlavac, vocals, Steve Brantseg, guitar and vocals, Larry McDonough, keyboards and vocals, John Borghesi, bass, and Jimmy Olson, drums and vocals, performing an eclectic mix of R&B, Soul, Funk, Blues, and Quirky Pop. Expect a mix of Betty Davis (the singer, not the actress), Nina Simone, Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, The Cats, Bill Withers, Fanny Franklin and Orgone, Scary Pockets, Elise LeGrow, Molly Johnson, Kraack and Smaack, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Chaka Kahn, and Carole King.
●Friday, October 27, 7:00-10:00 p.m., Joel Shapira, guitar, Larry McDonough, piano, Matt Peterson, bass, The Lexington, 1096 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105
●Saturday, October 28, 4:00-8:00 p.m., Erin Livingston, vocal, and Larry McDonough, piano, at Lobby Bar at The Saint Paul Hotel, 350 N Market St, St Paul, MN 55102, part of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival.
●Tuesday, October 31, 7:30-10:30 p.m., performing with LXG at the Minnesota Music Café, 501 Payne Ave, St Paul, MN 55130, subbing on keys for Todd B. Get some funky, jazzy, Blues and R&B!
●Thursday, November 2, 7:30 p.m., performing with The Good, the Bad and the Funky at Edison High School, 700 22nd Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418, subbing on keys for Mark M.
●Friday, November 3, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Brad Bellows, valve trombone, and Larry McDonough, piano, F-O-K Studios, Warehouse 2, 106 W Water St, St Paul, MN 55107.
●Saturday, November 4, 6:15 p.m. Larry McDonough performing solo piano for the reception of the Ramsey County Bar Association Annual Bench and Bar Benefit supporting the Ramsey County Bar Foundation at The St. Paul Hotel, 350 N Market St, St Paul, MN 55102.
It’s an evening to honor Pro Bono service and support the legal services community.
Proceeds benefit the Ramsey County Bar Foundation. The RCBF annually awards grants to law-related charitable organizations such as Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Children’s Law Center, Minnesota Justice Foundation, Tubman Center and Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers.
●Sunday, November 5, 8:00-10:00 p.m., The Larry McDonough Aster Sunday Jazz Series Presents “A Side of Miles - Music of the Sidemen of Miles Davis” with Larry McDonough, piano, Richard Terrill, saxes, Greg Stinson, bass, and Dean White, drums, Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414.
Come for the next show of the new Larry McDonough monthly Sunday classic jazz series. The Larry McDonough Quartet will perform the music of the many stellar jazz musicians who performed with legendary trumpeter and band leader Miles Davis. The list includes:
●John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, and Paul Chambers, all from the album Kind of Blue in the 1950s
●Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams, all from Miles Smiles in the 1960s
●Thursday, November 9, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano, HOME Line Trivia Night Fundraiser, Nine Mile Brewing, 9555 James Ave S Bloomington, MN 55431.
HOME Line provides free and low-cost legal, organizing, education, and advocacy services so that tenants throughout Minnesota can solve their own rental housing problems. It works to improve public and private policies relating to rental housing by involving affected tenants in the process.
●Saturday, November 11, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano, Isuroon's Annual Community Gratitude Dinner, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs. 301 South 19th Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55455. The events runs 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Award recipients include Rep. Hodan Hassan, Sen. John Hoffman, Former Gov. Mark Dayton, and the Seward Community Coop. The keynote speaker is Dr. Altreisha N. Foster PhD. MPH.
Isuroon is a women-led, community-driven organization motivated by the belief that Somali women deserve to be healthy and have a strong voice. We are a linguistic and cultural bridge connecting women and their families with wellness information, trusted health care providers, financial literacy, civic engagement and leadership. For health care providers and policymakers, we are a partner to improve outcomes and decrease disparity through culturally competent training and research.
●Saturday, November 18, 8:00 p.m., performing with rockers Whiskey Burn at The Temple of Fashion, 1190 West James Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105.
Doors open at 5:30 PM
6:00 PM - LIFT'n Dodos
7:00 PM - Rare Plant Summer Camp
8:00 PM - Whiskey Burn
Whiskey Burn is celebrating the release of their freshman album, "Where We Come From" with a kickass show at The Temple in Saint Paul, MN! This is a Whiskey Burn show you won't want to miss. There will be...
- New merchandise
- Vinyl albums for purchase
- Some brand new songs
- Friendship
- Community
- Fun
Join the band for a rockin' good time and raise a glass to their new album!
Cover is $15
BYOB
All band members will also be available to sign albums upon purchase. See less
Whiskey Burn is Jason Holte - vocals, Mike McGrath - guitar, Tony Z - bass, Zack Farmer - drums, and Larry McDonough - keys.
●Sunday, November 19, 3:00 p.m., Jeffrey Bruce Ring Celebration of Life, Metropolitan Ballroom & Clubroom 5418 Wayzata Boulevard, Golden Valley, MN 55416.
Larry McDonough, piano, and Carol Bergquist, flute, perform gathering music 3:00-4:00 p.m. The Larry McDonough Quintet performs 4:00-6:00 p.m.
●Tuesday, November 22, 10:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m., performing at the Whitey's Jazz Jam House Band, with Graydon Peterson, bass, Pete James Johnson, drums, and Larry McDonough, piano, Whitey's Old Town Saloon, 400 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis.
●Saturday, November 25, 4:00-8:00 p.m., Erin Livingston, vocal, and Larry McDonough, piano, at Lobby Bar at The Saint Paul Hotel, 350 N Market St, St Paul, MN 55102.
●Sunday, November 26, 7:00 p.m., “The Zen of Bennett: Tony Bennett Film and Live Music by the Larry McDonough Trio” at the Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago Ave., Minneapolis. The Larry McDonough Trio will perform a set of material of Tony Bennett and Bill Evans followed by the acclaimed dark documentary about Tony Bennett.
●Sunday, December 3, 8:00-10:00 p.m., The Larry McDonough Aster Sunday Jazz Series Presents “Best of the 2023 Aster Jazz Series” with the Larry McDonough Quartet, at the Aster Café, 125 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414.
Come for the next show of the new Larry McDonough monthly Sunday classic jazz series. The Larry McDonough Quartet will perform the music its monthly jazz series in 2023.
○January - “Chet - The Beautiful Music and Tragic Life of Singing Trumpeter Chet Baker”
○February - “Return to Return to Forever with Chick Corea”
○March - “You Must Believe in Spring - The Music of Tony Bennett and Bill Evans”
○April - “Footprints - The Music of Wayne Shorter”
○May - “Jobim! - The Music of Antônio Carlos Jobim”
○June - “Kind of Blue and Beyond”
○July - “Intermodulating Undercurrents: The Music of Bill Evans and Jim Hall”
○August - “The Return of You Must Believe in Spring - The Music of Tony Bennett and Bill Evans”
○September - “Watermelon Man - The Music of Herbie Hancock”
○October - “Time Again - Brubeck and Desmond, Reimagined and Beyond”
○November - “A Side of Miles - Music of the Sidemen of Miles Davis”
●Friday, December 8, 8:00-12:00 a.m. Whiskey Burn, performing with rockers Whiskey Burn at Forster's Dugout Bar, 96 Mahtomedi Ave, Mahtomedi, MN 55115.
We're bringing the party back to Dugout Bar for a St. Andrews Food Drive! This show has no cover, but please bring shelf-stable foods for the food shelf: canned items, pasta, beans, peanut butter, rice, and anything that will keep folks fed on these cold winter days. We will take the stage at 8 and play until midnight so please come join us for a fun night for a good cause!
●Sunday, December 10, 8:45 a.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.
●Tuesday, December 12, 5:30-6:30 p.m., In-person and Streaming of the Taizé Prayer Service, with Carol Bergquist, flute, Basilica of Saint Mary, 1600 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis
●Friday, December 15, 1:30 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano, prelude music for my former colleague and friend Shirley Dahlen’s Memorial Service will be a Celebration of Life starting at 2:00 p.m., at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, 2315 Chicago Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55404. Per Shirley's wishes, her body was bequeathed to the University of Minnesota. A burial will take place in Luverne, MN at a later date. Memorials preferred to Our Saviour's Lutheran Church Foundation, Augsburg University or donor's choice.
●Thursday, December 21, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Larry McDonough, piano and voice, and Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry, performing for the Holidays Under Glass Series (HUGS) at the IDS Center Crystal Court, 80 S 8th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402. Expect the unexpected, including music from their CD Angels, Kings, My Favorite Things and their upcoming concert Festivus and Other Twisted Holidays.
●Thursday, December 21, 7:00-9:00 p.m., performing with Minnesota Jazz Orchestra, Brianno’s Chart House, 11287 Klamath Trail Unit A, Lakeville, MN 55044, subbing for Bruce P. The show is "Wishing You a Swinging Holiday – An Evening with Ella."
●Saturday, December 23, December 23, 9:00-11:00 p.m., “Festivus and Other Twisted Holidays” with the Larry McDonough Quartet (LMQ), Larry McDonough, piano and vocals, Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry, Greg Stinson, bass, Dean White, drums, and guest Carol Bergquist, flute and accordion, Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414. Families and students are welcome. $10. Donations to The Human Fund suggested (because musicians have to eat meatloaf).
Are you tired of the same old holiday music?
LMQ will perform music for Seinfeld’s fictional December holiday “Festivus for the Rest of Us” that involves Airing of Grievances, Feats of Strength, and the labeling of easily explainable events as Festivus Miracles, along with odd takes on holiday tunes from the CD Angels, Kings, My Favorite Things and jazz based on rock classics from their recent CD Alice in Stonehenge and other AcoustElectric Adventures. A music stand pole will serve as the Festivus Pole. Audience members will be invited to submit "Airing of Grievances" cards about friends and family to be read from the stage during the break after the first set. Come ready to listen and rant.
●Sunday, December 24, 10:00 a.m., Carol Bergquist, flute, performing for the Christmas Eve Service at First United Methodist Church, 813 W. Myrtle Street
●Saturday, December 30, 7:00-10:00 p.m., Joel Shapira, guitar, Larry McDonough, piano, Matt Peterson, bass, The Lexington, 1096 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105
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