Free cd with paid admission. The cd is Paul Lagos' featuring Steve Slagle and Terry Burns. It is Paul's  last album, and a good one. We have others to choose from as well.

Pianist Tanner Taylor moved to the Twin Cities from Jefferson, Iowa, in 2001, and Minnesota jazz fans’ jaws have been dropping ever since.  Tanner is a young talent who always wows a crowd, whether he’s applying his signature simpatico accompaniment to the work of top vocalists, performing with groups like world beat artists Tickle Fight, backing greats including David “Fathead” Newman and Lew Tabackin, or leading his own trio. Check out these videos

• Tanner Taylor 3rd Annual Bobby Peterson Memorial jazz Piano Showcase 2/22/09 www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG63JkVFzSU
• Tanner Taylor, "Waltz for Debbie" Feb. 15, 2008 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQtDFYm8cN0

• Tanner Taylor Trio 7/22/09 www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_mW44A14uo 
• Tanner Taylor Trio 7/22/09 "Some Other Time" www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGDnm2RFNb4

An free opening set at 7 p.m. features the Tesfa Combo and an open jam session. The Tesfa Combo features Dejen Tesfagiorgis on Saxophones, Steve Kenny on Trumpet, David Feily on Guitar/Trumpet, Jesse Mueller on Piano, Adam Tucker on Bass, and Aaron Rupar/Scorry Horey on Drums.

Dejen Tesfagiorgis also leads these weekly jam sessions, bring your axe and sit it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4khzBPcgo24

The Artists' Quarter's hottest night opens with the Cory Wong Quartet featuring Zach W. Schmidt on drums, Cory J. Wong on guitar, Andy Schuster on bass and Dan M. Musselman on piano  starting at 7:00 P.M. These young, talented musicians provide the perfect prelude to the AQ's longest standing engagement. Check this video of the Cory Wong Quartet /www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrBd4wMzjGU

Then, starting at 9, sample some 'organic cookin' with the Tuesday Night Band. 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: "April in Paris" www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqn2eCvvO3A and "Soulful Drums" www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGnLyYYPspE   - then come on down and join the fun. It's nothing but a party every Tuesday night. There's no stopping the groove.

Tuesday night drink specials from 11 p.m. until midnight! 

Competitive poetry slam with special guest feature:Thadra Sheridan
Thadra Sheridan is a spoken word artist, promoter and teacher from Minneapolis, MN.  She has performed all over the country in venues ranging from bars, coffee houses, and art galleries, to large theatres, like the State in Minneapolis, the Fitzgerald in St. Paul, and the Paramount in Seattle.  She has been published in the Star and Tribune, the Skyway News, and Moxie Magazine, and has won awards for her writing from the Faulkner Society and the National League of American Pen Women.  She has been a member of three Minnesota Slam Teams, winning the MN Grand Slam in 2002, has coached 2 teams for the Midwest Slam League, and won the first ever all-female Redhots Slam in LA in March of 2004. She moved to California in 2004, she competed on the 2006 San Francisco Slam Team, which placed 6th in the nation that year and secured another number 6 the following year coaching the renowned Berkeley Slam Team. She taped for the 2005 season of HBO's Def Poetry and brought down the house at the first ever poetry slam at San Quentin penitentiary.

• Doors open at 7:00 pm
• Slam starts at 8:00 pm
• Get there early for good seats
  

The Slam competition is open to anyone (18+) There three rounds of poetic battle and good times. Sign up between 7 and 8 pm. For more information visit: www.soap-boxing.com

The best spoken word performance poetry in Minnesota - actually, make that, in the country.  The St. Paul Slam Team has been crowned the 2009 National Poetry Slam Champions! They all earned their way, starting by competing in this room.