Mary Louise Knutson Trio at Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2022
7:00-8:30 pm
The DAKOTA presents
the MARY LOUISE KNUTSON TRIO

Mary Louise Knutson - piano
Steve Pikal - bass
Phil Hey - drums

If you like jazz that is accessible yet interesting, distinctive, playful, groovy, and expressive, the Mary Louise Knutson Trio will give you all that, and more!

"Underneath her humility is a impassioned artistry that flies like sparks off the keyboard. Don’t hesitate. Just go see her and find out what you have been missing from your jazz catalogue."
- James Schattauer

Minneapolis-based jazz pianist and composer, Mary Louise Knutson, 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. ...

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2022
7:00-8:30 pm
The DAKOTA presents
the MARY LOUISE KNUTSON TRIO

Mary Louise Knutson - piano
Steve Pikal - bass
Phil Hey - drums

If you like jazz that is accessible yet interesting, distinctive, playful, groovy, and expressive, the Mary Louise Knutson Trio will give you all that, and more!

"Underneath her humility is a impassioned artistry that flies like sparks off the keyboard. Don’t hesitate. Just go see her and find out what you have been missing from your jazz catalogue."
- James Schattauer

Minneapolis-based jazz pianist and composer, Mary Louise Knutson, 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 her group, the Mary Louise Knutson Trio, whose music has been described by JazzTimes as "state-of-the-art piano trio finery," and by the Star Tribune (Mpls, St. Paul) as "timeless, classic piano trio music, right up there with Bill Evans and Bill Charlap." And from 2010-2018, Knutson toured with trumpeter Doc Severinsen, former bandleader for the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. Off-tour, she can be heard in the Twin Cities with her trio or as a soloist at clubs, festivals, concert halls, and private events; also with vocalists Patty Peterson, Connie Evingson, and formerly with the late Debbie Duncan; and a variety of instrumental groups including 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. 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.

For more info, please visit: www.MaryLouiseKnutson.com

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