8:00 Opening Set

Blue Ox Trio

Led by Jack Schabert - Drums

Lineup and Special guests - TBA

The Blue Ox Jazz Trio is a group of young musicians led by drummer and composer Jack Schabert. Over the past two years, the group has held steady work performing at restaurants, clubs, private events, festivals, and over 50 retirement communities. The Trio holds regular performances with guest artists at St. Paul’s Herbie’s on the Park, and has performed at the New Hope Music Festival and the Twin Cities Jazz Festival. The group has recently featured Cyrus Wilson, Sophia Kickhofel, Jerome Treadwell, Peter Goggin, Hannah Harder, Ella Grace, Jackson Peters, Will Kjeer, Shawn Wang, Max Voda, Sam Worthington, Steve Kenny, Alex Charland, JC Sanford, and Dave Hagedorn. The Trio Just released an album of original music.

9:30pm Steve Kenny Quartet

Steve Kenny - Trumpet

Levi Schwartzberg - Vibraphone

Ted Olsen - Bass

Miguel Hurtado Drums

And Special Guests

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. His 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. 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 Quartet has started work towards a new Studio Recording, and this performance will feature new works by Steve Kenny along with selections from their previous recordings.