The Artists' Quarter

The Artists' Quarter's hottest night opens with an exciting band featuring Zach W. Schmidt, Cory J. Wong, Cassie Meyer, Patricio Toledo 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 recent video

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: Two tunes from the TNB or TNB "Shotgun" - then come on down and join the fun. It's nothing but a party every Tuesday night. There's no stopping the groove.

Monday, September 29, Green (7:30 pm)/Open Poetry (9 pm)

Green, featuring Rob Dewey on piano, Rich Casey on bass and Spencer McGinnis on drums, has been holding down early Monday nights at the AQ for over five years.

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.

Sunday, September 28, A Tribute to Leigh Kamman: Urban, Suburban & Way Out (7:00 pm, $10)

"His instrument is a microphone. There's only one voice like that in this world." – Percy Hughes

Leigh Kamman, the legendary radio broadcaster whose career spanned more than 65 years of jazz, gets a salute AQ style. A house band led by pianist Laura Caviani and featuring many invited musical guests will perform, and Leigh will be on hand to share a few memories. We can’t thank Leigh enough for all he has done for jazz, but a party is a good start.

On September 29^th, 2007 we heard Leigh Kamman’s final broadcast of The Jazz Image on MPR. Now a year later we gather to celebrate his contribution to the great art form we know as jazz. He informed, inspired and introduced many of us to some of the greatest music in the world.

Friday, September 26 - Saturday, September 27, Kelly Rossum Quartet (9 pm, $10)

Innovative trumpeter and composer Kelly Rossum releases his third CD, Family, featuring his own sharp originals, stellar contributions from Bryan Nichols and Chris Bates, and three covers “given the unique Minneapolis Treatment” (to quote Kelly, his own self). The eclectic platter swings, darts, soothes and batters with equal élan. The innovative and thoroughly modern gestalt that is Kelly Rossum is complemented in a familial way by pianist Nichols, bassist Bates and drummer/brother J.T. Bates.

"Rossum’s trumpet ventures forth with scalar fragments, commenting on his own comments, and with a free voice not necessarily sounding like anybody. ... Rossum is the most consistently his own man." - Grego Applegate Edwards, Cadence Magazine www.cadencebuilding.com

Kelly Rossum Quartet, Closing the set. Feb. 23,2008 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LYGXaU46DU
Kelly Rossum Quartet, "Bye, Bye, Blackbird". Feb. 23,2008 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCYzvLRBbWQ

Thursday, September 25, Pete Whitman’s X-Tet (9 pm, $8)

Saxophone maestro Pete Whitman gathers nine of his most talented friends for a monthly Thursday performance at the AQ. This month, the “little big band” moves in for a weekend of dazzling charts and musical telepathy.

Even with ten members performing, you find yourself pondering where all those perfectly-placed, sonorous pearls are coming from. When you review the roster of first-call pros on stand, you answer your own question. Their 2002 release Where’s When? received a 4-star salute from Downbeat. The all-star cast includes Laura Caviani on piano, Phil Hey on drums,Gordy Johnson on bass, Dave Hagedorn on vibes, a horn section roll call of Dave Karr, Dave Milne & Pete Whitman (saxes), Dave Jensen & Kelly Rossum (trumpets), and Jeff Rinear (trombone). Check out these videos:

Pete Whitman X-tet, "Hmmm". March 27, 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKd1ohRCUq8
Pete Whitman X-tet, March 27, 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nobm9Je1g_c

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