The Bill Simenson Orchestra is a 17 piece big band (5 saxes, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, guitar, piano, bass, and drums). Since June of 2012 the band has performed the first Tuesday of every month at Jazz Central Studios.

Trish is a former tango band director, pianist, composer, arranger and singer. This concert will be a mix of Trish's compositions and Trish's arrangements of jazz standards.   Featuring: Trish Hurd-Paczkowski - piano Dave Brattain - saxophone Graydon Peterson - bass Adam Harder Nussbaum - drums

Pete Whitman brings in a group exploring creative, pocket oriented Jazz! This will be a great night!   featuring: Pete Whitman - saxophones Kavyesh Kaviraj - piano Chris Bates - bass Abinnet Burhanu - drums   This concert brought to you by our attending patrons and The Musician’s Performance Fund (Donate Here). You can live stream this […]

A tribute to cultural healing In person and live streamed

DAT Trio is a group playing originals and lesser heard modern jazz tunes.   Featuring: David Martin, guitar Matt McIntyre, bass Dave Schmalenberger, drums

Laura will be accompanied by tenor saxophonist, David Milne.

In Person & Live Stream A recent graduate of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY, Nicholas Christenson is a Fairbanks, AK-based composer and bassist. He has performed and recorded across the US and France with artists including Jean-Jacques Birgé, Jean-Brice Godet, Michelle Kinney, Noah Ophoven-Baldwin, and Cory Healey.   Featuring: Ivan Cunningham: alto saxophone Alma Engebretson: […]

In Person & Live Stream When five musicians spanning in age from their 30’s to the 60’s, all having placed the practice of jazz as an important priority in life, play together for over a decade . . . something wonderful starts to happen. They find the pocket. . . they swing, they flow. Jazz […]

In Person & Live Stream Featuring: Pete Whitman: saxophones Chris Olson: guitar Ted Olsen: bass Phil Hey: drums   Pete and his cohorts will be performing tunes from Chris and Pete’s release Changes We Can Believe In (https://petewhitmanchrisolson.bandcamp.com/releases) as well as other originals and jazz standards with surprising twists and turns.

In Person & Live stream Featuring: Hannah Harder - Tenor Saxophone Jeffrey Merrill - Piano Max Voda - Bass Jack Schabert - Drums Jack Schabert is a drummer, percussionist, composer and educator, and is currently studying music at St. Olaf College. He serves as bandleader for the Blue Ox Jazz Trio, which performs regularly at […]

Playing the music of Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Kenny Wheeler, and others from the ECM catalog of the 80's   Featuring: Chris Olson - Guitar Jay Epstein - Drums Kevin Clements - Bass Dave Hagedorn - Vibraphone