The Five makes an all-too-rare appearance for the Twin Cities Jazz Festival’s “Jazz Night Out” club crawl.  Admission is free with the The Five celebrates the role of jazz as a modern American chamber music.  Continuing the spectrum of instrumental acoustic jazz that was spawned by the styles of Art Blakey, the MJQ, early Herbie Hancock and others, The Five focuses on original compositions, many of them by drummer Kenny Horst.  The “team players” making up The Five are, in alphabetical order, Kenny Horst (drums), Dave Karr (reeds, flute), Steve Kenny (trumpet), Tom Lewis (bass) and Mikkel Romstad (piano).

Twin Cities Jazz Night Out is a Club Crawl with over 15 venues in downtown St. Paul and surrounding communities that will be participating simultaneously in helping to raise money to support the work of the Saint Paul Festival and Heritage Foundation.

Participants to Jazz Night Out purchase a Button for $15 through the Saint Paul Festival and Heritage Foundation, or any of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival events.

Button wearers receive free trolley rides to the participating clubs (six trolley’s will run from 8:00 p.m. to 12:30 am), featured drink specials, and free admission to the participating clubs.

Check out these videos of The Five:

• The Five "Straight, No Chaser" 4/17/09 www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6QfymmVJS4
• The Five "Milestones" 4/17/09 www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEjlVmJPt7E
• The Five "All Blues" 4/17/09 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnfMD9zhs7Y

 An early set at 7 p.m. features "The Tesfa Quintet" with Dejen Tesfagiorgis on Saxophones, Adam Meckler on Trumpet, Jesse Mueller on Piano, Adam Tucker on Bass, and Jaky Nyberg on Drums.

How Birds Work at 9 pm. This flock of Twin Cities jazz stars consistently mesmerizes its audiences.  Doses of rock and funk can be found in the post-bop explorations, always with a sense of purpose and an intoxicating rhythmic force. Check out their CD Live at the Artists’ Quarter for standout tracks like Coltrane's “Equinox,” Wayne Shorter's “Footprints,” and Peter Schimke's moving original “Vow.”  Better yet, check them out live at the Artists’ Quarter – in person – to really feel How Birds Work.  A profile in Mpls/St. Paul magazine, describing guitarist Dean Granros, enthused, “[H]e possesses an undeniable sense of gravitas.  He’s the performer most difficult, even for his bandmates, not to watch.”  Indeed, Dean’s standing among his peers is tall, and all the best players love to perform with him.  The same can be said for each member of this magnificent crew.  City Pages recently had this to say about HBW’s residency at the AQ:  “[M]usic this simultaneously assured and expansive deserves a good home – and How Birds Work has found it.”  Kenny Horst on drums, Peter Schimke on piano, Chris Bates on bass and Dean Granros on guitar [Dean also gives guitar lessons via Skype: www.deangranros.com]. Check out these videos from February: "Maiden Voyage", "The Oracle"  and "Lester Leaps Out" .   .

 The Artists' Quarter's hottest night opens with an great band featuring Zach W. Schmidt, Cory J. Wong, Cassie Meyer, Andy Schuster 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 this video www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrBd4wMzjGU

Then, for the main event 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:  "Soulful Drums" www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGnLyYYPspE  and  "Rock Candy":   www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcoIeG7RkAM  - 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: $2.50  tap beers and rail drinks from 11 p.m. until midnight! 

Open mic is really open. Come do your thing - read your poetry, sing, tell jokes whatever. Your 15 minutes of fame awaits. No cover charge.