Jazz Police

It sounds like the Jean-Paul Sartre novel that I tried to translate in high school French, but No Exit is actually a sextet of metro young lions led by drummer Luke Peterson. Coming together this past summer as a quintet to prowl through some new music, these young musicians had their high school experience with […]

Just a college freshman, guitarist Will Schmid already is building a veteran’s resume. Before high school graduation last spring, Will had already led a long list of ensembles at area and performed at area jazz festivals in duo and quartet formats, in addition to performances with his Minnetonka High School jazz bands. Back home on […]

Known for his original piano arrangements and new compositions that often sport quirky time signatures as well as his vocal interpretations, Larry McDonough leads his quartet in a “Twisted Holiday” celebration at Vieux Carre’ on Wednesday, December 29 (8 pm). The first set offers Larry’s off-beat arrangements of familiar and less familiar holiday fare, while […]

Few area musicians have amassed the performance and recording credits, let alone the diversity of projects, of songstress Connie Evingson. From Peggy Lee to the Beatles, from Django Reinhardt to David Frishberg, from swing to zing, Connie has covered the waterfront of jazz. A founding member of the quartet Moore by Four and an internationally […]