Ella Grace Quintet with an opening set by Steve Kenny Quartet

Headliner : Ella Grace Quintet

Ella Grace – Trumpet

Matt Healy – Trombone

Tyler Lustek – Piano

Jack Schabert – Drums

Adam Tucker – Bass

Ella Grace is an up-and-coming trumpeter, composer, educator, and producer based in Chicago and Minnesota. Ella performs with several ensembles throughout the Midwest and is currently working towards a degree in Jazz Studies at DePaul University. Ella and the band are excited to present a night of holiday jazz to help get you in the spirit of the winter season! The program will include original arrangements that put a jazz spin on your favorite classic holiday tunes. We hope you will join us as we kick off the holiday season!

Opening Set : Steve Kenny Quartet

Steve Kenny – Trumpet

Levi Schwartzberg – Vibes

Ted Olsen – Bass

Miguel Hurtado – Drume

And Special Guests

The Steve Kenny Quartet is a flexible membership ensemble that focuses on select Original Compositions by Steve Kenny. The group has been performing on Twin Cities Jazz Club stages for 10 years and has toured the Midwest and appeared on the music series at Drake University, the Eau Clair Jazz festival, and the Twin Cities Jazz Festival.  Steve Kenny is active in the Minnesota Jazz community as a Performer, Composer, and Curator. Steve is a founding member of ‘the illicit sextet’, “Group 47”, “What Would Monk Do?” and his own “Quartets”, and he curates and produces a weekly Saturday Jazz series at kj’s hideaway.  in 2019 the national Jazz Journalists Association named Steve as a “Minnesota Jazz Hero” for his work in the Jazz community and lifelong devotion to the Idiom. 

The Steve Kenny latest recording, “Quartets”, includes original compositions played by 4 separate ensembles of Twin Cities Jazz musicians, including a Live version of Steve Kenny’s Ghost Suite.   Here’s a link to Recording : https://shiftingparadigmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/quartets