Mary Louise Knutson Duo at University Club Of Saint Paul

FRIDAY, FEB 2, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
THE RESILIENCE CONCERT SERIES @ THE UNIVERSITY CLUB
420 Summit Ave, St Paul, MN 55102

MARY LOUISE KNUTSON DUO
feat.
pianist MARY LOUISE KNUTSON & bassist STEVE PIKAL

If you like accessible yet interesting, distinctive, playful, groovy, and expressive jazz, the Mary Louise Knutson Duo delivers that, and more!

QUOTES
"Ranked in JazzWeek's Top 10, pianist Mary Louise Knutson's new trio CD, In the Bubble, showcases her warm soulful touch, tasteful arranging, and gift for composition. These ten will remain at the top of your playlist for years."...

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FRIDAY, FEB 2, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
THE RESILIENCE CONCERT SERIES @ THE UNIVERSITY CLUB
420 Summit Ave, St Paul, MN 55102

MARY LOUISE KNUTSON DUO
feat.
pianist MARY LOUISE KNUTSON & bassist STEVE PIKAL

If you like accessible yet interesting, distinctive, playful, groovy, and expressive jazz, the Mary Louise Knutson Duo delivers that, and more!

QUOTES
"Ranked in JazzWeek's Top 10, pianist Mary Louise Knutson's new trio CD, In the Bubble, showcases her warm soulful touch, tasteful arranging, and gift for composition. These ten will remain at the top of your playlist for years."
- JAZZIZ Magazine

"...a masterful combination of original works and new arrangements... Knutson's compositions are marked by exquisite melodies, emotive harmonies, shifting rhythms and an elegant touch that recalls McPartland, Arriale, and Jarrett." - Andrea Canter, JazzINK.com


ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Minneapolis-based jazz pianist and composer, Mary Louise Knutson has been called "one of the most exciting artists to happen to jazz piano in quite some time." Her warm, inviting tone, broad range of emotional expression, and distinctive compositions have brought her much recognition on the national music scene.

Mary Louise’s latest trio CD, In the Bubble, charted in Jazz Week's Top 10 and remained in the Top 50 for 19 weeks straight. Knutson tours regularly with her group, the Mary Louise Knutson Trio, whose music has been described by Jazz Times Magazine as "state-of-the-art piano trio finery.” And from 2010-2018, Knutson toured with trumpeter Doc Severinsen, former bandleader for the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.

Knutson has also performed with such jazz greats as Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby McFerrin, Dianne Reeves, Kevin Mahogany, Randy Brecker, Bobby Shew, Nicholas Payton, Terell Stafford, Terence Blanchard, Richie Cole, Ernie Watts, Peter Erskine, Billy Hart, Ed Shaughnessy, Richard Davis, Kurt Elling and many more.

“This is timeless, classic piano trio music, right up there with Bill Evans and Bill Charlap.” - - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

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