ONE NIGHT ONLY! Thursday, March 28, 8-11 pm
Tickets $15 table seating, $12 bar seating.
Call 651.291.2715 for tickets.
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MARY LOUISE KNUTSON QUINTET
Mary Louise Knutson - piano
Michael B. Nelson - trombone
Pete Whitman - baritone saxophone
Chris Bates - Bass
Phil Hey - Drums
Fans of Gerry Mulligan and Bob Brookmeyer listen up! The Mary Louise Knutson Trio is hosting a rare quintet performance featuring special guests trombonist Michael B. Nelson and multi-saxophonist Pete Whitman on baritone saxophone.
Trombonist Michael Nelson is the leader of the 5-piece a cappella jazz horn group, The Hornheads, who toured and recorded with Prince from 1991-2016. Michael has appeared on over 100 CDs, including producer, composer, arranger, and performer credits on three Hornheads releases and 10 Compass Records CDs for the Target retail chain. Nelson has also performed and/or recorded with Chaka Khan, Doc Severinsen, Lenny Kravitz, The Jonas Brothers, Sammy Davis Jr., Mandy Moore, Jimmy Jam, Johnny Mathis, Honor Society, Larry Graham, Ben Sidran, Maceo Parker, and many others.
Saxophonist Pete Whitman has toured the US, Japan, and Brazil with the Glenn Miller Orchestra and has performed with such distinguished ensembles and musicians as the Minnesota Orchestra, Jack McDuff, Curtis Fuller, the Woody Herman Orchestra, the JazzMN Orchestra, Andres Prado and is the leader of the Pete Whitman's X-tet. Whitman has also recorded extensively as a sideman and has three CDs out under his name.
The Mary Louise Knutson Trio, featuring pianist Mary Louise Knutson, bassist Chris Bates, and drummer Phil Hey, will not only back Nelson and Whitman, but host the show with highlights from their own trio repertoire.
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Minneapolis-based jazz pianist and composer, Mary Louise Knutson (k’NOOT-sen), has been called “one of the most exciting and innovative 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. Knutson tours regularly with trumpeter Doc Severinsen, former bandleader for the Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. She also tours with her own group, the Mary Louise Knutson Trio, and freelances with a variety of vocalists and instrumental groups in the Twin Cities including Connie Evingson, the JazzMN Orchestra, and the Minnesota Orchestra. She has performed with such jazz greats as Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby McFerrin, Dianne Reeves, Kevin Mahogany, Ernie Watts, Randy Brecker, Mike Stern, Nicholas Payton, Slide Hampton, and many more.
Knutson’s latest jazz trio CD, In the Bubble, made JazzWeek’s Top 10 and stayed in the Top 50 for 19 consecutive weeks. Six standards and four originals complete this highly accessible mainstream-to-modern collection – ranging from a swinging Oscar Peterson Trio-style “It Could Happen to You” to a McCoy-ish “Can You Hear Me Now?”, and from an ECM style “Sea of Qi” to a gospel style “You Are My Sunshine.” In 2006, Knutson was a Minnesota Music Awards nominee for both Jazz Artist of the Year and Pianist of the Year, and in 2005, she was a Finalist in the Kennedy Center’s Women in Jazz International Pianist Competition. Her debut jazz trio CD, Call Me When You Get There, charted in JazzWeek’s Top 50 and earned Knutson the award for Top New Jazz Instrumentalist in 2001. For more info, please visit: www.MaryLouiseKnutson.com
Bassist, Chris Bates, has worked professionally for 25 years across all spectrums of the musical landscape and continues to be a driving force in the Minnesota music scene. In 2012, Chris' quintet, Red 5, released their debut album New Hope, which was the only jazz album to make the Star Tribune’s Critic’s Tally of top albums in 2012. 2014 saw the release of Chris' new album Good Vibes Trio, a showcase for his love of more standard jazz repertoire. Chris also leads the trio Inventions and Dimensions and is member of many jazz combos including the Atlantis Quartet (McKnight Fellowship Recipient), Red Planet with Bill Carrothers, Bates | Nichols | Bates, Framework, and Enormous.
For more info, please visit: www.ChrisBatesMusic.net
Drummer, Phil Hey, leads his own group in the Twin Cities, and has also performed, recorded, and toured with many great Jazz musicians, including Stacey Kent, Kenny Barron, Charlie Rouse, Jay McShann, Harold Land, and, for over 20 years, with Dewey Redman. Phil has appeared on over 125 recordings, including his own "Subduction," which was named Jazz CD of 2006 by City Pages. Hey was also their Jazz Musician of the Year in 2006. In addition to his performing life, Phil is also on the faculties of the University of Minnesota, and St. Olaf College. He studied with Marv Dahlgren, Floyd Thompson, and Ed Blackwell. For more info, please visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Hey
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