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JOHNNIE BROWN: “ON MY WAY TO HARLEM” – THE MUSIC OF GREGORY PORTER

The Dakota 1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

If you love the full sound and quality of the R&B bands of the 70s, 80s, and 90s you will love The Johnnie Brown Experience. Johnnie Brown brings the excitement, musicianship, and lyrics all alive again. His raspy baritone voice and showmanship will take you back to the pinnacle of R&B music. During The Johnnie Brown Experience, you will […]

Free – $136.75

TRAVIS ANDERSON TRIO

The Dakota 1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

With energy and chops to burn, The Travis Anderson Trio brings fresh interpretations to standards and more – from Chopin to Mario Bros – they swing like there’s no tomorrow while saluting the great trios of yesterday.

Free – $116.75

KASSA OVERALL w/ Special Guest MELVIN GIBBS

The Dakota 1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

Kassa Overall is a Grammy-nominated musician, emcee, singer, producer and drummer. Here, he melds avant-garde experimentation with hip-hop production techniques to tilt the nexus of jazz and rap in unmapped directions.

Free – $100.75

GREAT GUITARS: BIRELI LAGRENE, MARTIN TAYLOR & ULF WAKENIUS

The Dakota 1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

Guitar virtuosos Bireli Lagrene, Martin Taylor and Ulf Wakenius create musical magic with one night, three award-winning guitarists, eighteen strings. Taylor’s award-winning virtuosic finger style combines with Lagrene’s jaw-dropping technique and Wakenius’ incredible musical versatility. Thus, the concert features solo, duet, and trio performances by these acknowledged masters of fingerstyle, jazz and hot-club guitar.

Free – $244.75

Nubya Garcia

The Dakota 1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

British saxophonist and composer Nubya Garcia

Hiromi’s Sonicwonder

The Dakota 1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

Since Hiromi’s debut album, 2003’s Another Mind, the world-renowned pianist’s sound has evolved with every release. Here, she erases the lines between jazz and classical, composition and improvisation. Now she changes tack again with her heaviest, funkiest album yet: Sonicwonderland. For her new quartet, Hiromi’s Sonicwonder, she cast bassist Hadrien Feraud, drummer Gene Coye, and trumpet […]

$40 – $100

Hiromi’s Sonicwonder

The Dakota 1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

Since Hiromi’s debut album, 2003’s Another Mind, the world-renowned pianist’s sound has evolved with every release. Here, she erases the lines between jazz and classical, composition and improvisation. Now she changes tack again with her heaviest, funkiest album yet: Sonicwonderland. For her new quartet, Hiromi’s Sonicwonder, she cast bassist Hadrien Feraud, drummer Gene Coye, and trumpet […]

$40 – $100

Joe Lovano’s Paramount Quartet feat. Julian Lage, Asante Santi Debriano & Will Calhoun

The Dakota 1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

Grammy-winning titan of jazz saxophone Joe Lovano and virtuoso guitarist Julian Lage have enjoyed a long journey of mutual admiration. They first met in 1999 at Yoshi’s in Oakland, where Joe was performing with McCoy Tyner. Julian’s father brought the young prodigy to the show, and it was there he connected with Joe. They kept […]

$45 – $122.75

Joe Lovano’s Paramount Quartet feat. Julian Lage, Asante Santi Debriano & Will Calhoun

The Dakota 1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

Grammy-winning titan of jazz saxophone Joe Lovano and virtuoso guitarist Julian Lage have enjoyed a long journey of mutual admiration. They first met in 1999 at Yoshi’s in Oakland, where Joe was performing with McCoy Tyner. Julian’s father brought the young prodigy to the show, and it was there he connected with Joe. They kept […]

$45 – $122.75

ganavya w/ Special Guest KAVYESH KAVIRAJ

The Dakota 1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

Vocalist ganavya’s latest recording, 2024’s Daughter of a Temple, came out of what she describes as “a gathering in and for devotion”. She drew on studies of the musico- philosophies of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda. Furthermore, she’d even promised herself she’d invite anyone who brought up Turiyasangitananda’s name around her.

Free – $180.75

DAVINA AND THE VAGABONDS

The Dakota 1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

Davina and the Vagabonds have created a stir on the national music scene. Their high-energy live shows feature level-A musicianship, sharp-dressed professionalism and Sowers’ commanding stage presence. Also, their influences range from Fats Domino and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Aretha Franklin and Tom Waits. Moreover, the band is converting audiences one show at a […]

Free – $200.75

PARIS CHANSONS

The Dakota 1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

Paris Chansons is an exciting French band with an Eastern European twist. They are known for their original renditions of French favorites from Aznavour, Dassin, Piaf, Macias, Adamo and Dalida, all the way to contemporary artists like Zaz & Stromae! Their exhilarating performances are punctuated with jazz standards as well as classics in Russian, Italian, and […]

Free – $160.75
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