Steve Hirsh composes music on the drumset. He’s been leading improvising ensembles around Minnesota’s Twin Cities for 20 years. He has played with some of the world’s leading practitioners of ...

Ella Grace is a trumpeter, composer, educator, and producer labeled a “rising star” in the Twin Cities jazz scene. Ella began her performance career in Minnesota’s salient youth jazz ensembles, ...

Steve Kenny is active in the Minnesota jazz community as a performer, composer, and curator. Kenny is a founding member of the illicit sextet, Group 47, What Would Monk Do?, and his own quartets.

Bassist Jim Chenoweth is a long time veteran of the Twin Cities music scene. He has performed with virtually every established jazz artist in the metro area. He is active in the scene featuring his ...

Ryan Garmoe is a trumpet player and composer based in Minneapolis, MN. He currently leads multiple original projects, including the fusion group Wave Cage, which was recently awarded a Jazz Road Tours ...

Abebi Stafford, a Twin Cities native, began playing piano at age nine and started his jazz journey at age 17. Since that time, he has performed and recorded all sorts of jazz, from modern to fusion to ...

Led by pianist, composer, and educator Tyler Lustek, the Tyler Lustek Confluence is a cutting-edge jazz ensemble that reimagines the progressive possibilities of music while keeping one foot firmly ...

Growing up in a musical family gave JT Bates an early start into sound and rhythmic exploration. He set on the path to becoming a working musician while playing in his father’s big band as a teen.

Named a “Rising Star Female Vocalist” in the 2024 DownBeat Magazine Critics Poll and voted “Best Individual Jazz Musician” in the 2024 Chicago Reader Poll, Alyssa Allgood has captured attention for ...

The Jazzwomen Collective is a part of Walker West’s Women in Jazz Initiative, which is focused on addressing the gender gap in jazz, promoting conversations about gender equity, and providing safe ...

Multi-instrumentalist Charlie Bruber has played on, engineered, and produced music by his friends PaviElle French, Kevin Gastonguay, Cole Pulice, Lynn Avery, Murphy Janssen, and Jack Barrett at his ...

The Ella Grace MNTET unites some of the most talented young instrumentalists with ties to the Twin Cities to perform Ella’s original contemporary jazz compositions. Having performed at the Twin Cities ...