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The Artists' Quarter's hottest night opens with an exciting band featuring Zach W. Schmidt, Cory J. Wong, Cassie Meyer, and Dan M. Musselman starting at 7:00 P.M. These young, talented musicians provide the perfect prelude to the AQ's longest standing engagement. Check out the video

Larry Englund, host of Rhythm and Grooves, KFAI’s Tuesday night jazz show, will broadcast live from the Artists’ Quarter starting at 10:30 PM to put some 'organic cookin' with the Tuesday Night Band on the air. Hammond B-3 organ lovers have been flocking to the AQ on Tuesday nights for over a decade to get a soulful dose of funky jazz. The Tuesday Night Band features "Downtown" Bill Brown (Hammond B-3), Billy Franze (guitar), and Kenny Horst (drums) + guests! Anything can happen - and frequently does. Check out these videos: Two tunes from the TNB or TNB "Shotgun" - then come on down and join the fun and be on the radio. It's nothing but a party every Tuesday night. There's no stopping the groove.

Green is a burning post-bop quartet featuring Zack Lozier on trumpet, Rob Dewey on piano, Rich Casey on bass, and Scotty Schultz on drums.

April’s special guest feature, Ranked 3rd in the nation, is Shannon Leigh. Shannon Leigh is a spoken word artist out of Atlanta, GA. She is the National Poetry Slam's 3rd-place Indies winner and a member of the 2007 Atlanta Art Amok! Team. She is the 3-time champion and 4-time team member of the U21S Slam, 4-time finalist in the Austin Slamoff, has performed in Austin, San Antonio, Conroe, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Chicago, Cambridge, Atlanta, and Cape Town, South Africa, and has shared the stage with the likes of Saul Williams, Jared Paul, Sage Francis, Taalam Acey, Matthew John Conley, Da'Shade Moonbeam, Earth Raiders, Blacklisted and Public Offenders. She has performed with Sage Francis in Las Vegas, NV and featured at DemocracyFest 2005 in Austin, TX at Stubb's BBQ, performed at the National Poetry Slam and is featured on Season 6 of Def Poetry Jam. www.myspace.com/shannonlleigh

April’s Side event: “Trite and Trivia”. Anyone can participate in this fast paced and fun event. Trivia questions fly, and their subject matter can range from the Slam poetry to pop culture to the absurd. Anything goes – you just bring your brain.

The Slam competition is open to anyone (18+) three rounds of poetic battle and good times. Sign up between 7 and 8 pm.

Sunday, April 6, Available for Private Events

The Artists' Quarter is a great place to hold your company or personal party. It is perfect for groups of up to 150 people who want a state of the art sound system, concert grand piano, amplifiers, PA system and more. The Artists' Quarter has been used for wedding receptions, company holiday parties, birthday celebrations and more. Call Kenny or David at 651 292-1359 for more information and availability.

Friday, April 4 - Saturday, April 5, Jim Rotondi (9 pm, $15)

Jim Rotondi is one of the most exciting trumpet players in jazz. Raised in Butte, Montana, Jim took up the trumpet at age 12. He attended the esteemed jazz studies program at North Texas State University. If those first jobs out of college are tough to nab, Jim did quite well – recording and touring internationally with the Ray Charles Orchestra. This post was followed by a six-year tenure with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra and prestigious chairs with the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, the Charles Earland Quintet, Toshiko Akiyoshi and others. Rotondi shares a front line with saxophonist Eric Alexander and trombonist Steve Davis in the group One For All. Based in NYC, Jim Rotondi has several acclaimed CDs under his own name and is one of jazz's most sought after trumpet players on stage and in the studio. Jim is joined by Kenny Horst (drums), Tom Lewis (bass), Phil Aaron (piano on Friday) & Bill Carrothers (piano on Saturday). Check out his video sample of Rotondi at the AQ .

“Rotondi has the passion and focus to find a place for the music in the new millennium.” The New Yorker.

Peter Schimke is a world calss jazz pianist with plenty of musical ideas and the finely honed skills to express them expertly. We are lucky that he has chosen to live in the Twin Cities. Jazz Police says: "Peter is a player who who isn't afraid to push the music in new directions. When he is comping behind a soloist he is engaged in a subtle dialog, listening and responding with harmonies and rhythms that sometimes represent a suggestion or invitation to the soloist. He is a player who is never on 'autopilot' but is engaged and committed to the music he is participating in creating. No two takes will be the same. Either on piano or Fender Rhodes, Schimke is well worth seeking out." Check out this video of the Peter Schimke Trio from December 13, 2007 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zibugaLtpr0

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