$25 Seated / $15 Standing 7:30pm Show Get Tickets The Steve Kenny Quintet will play selections from their recently released Blue Chunks album intermixed with some crowd-pleasing favorite jazz standards. There may be some Coltrane! Band Members: Steve Kenny - Trumpet Pete Whitman - Saxophones Levi Schwartzberg - Vibraphone Dan Carpel - Bass Miguel Hurtado - Drums Steve Kenny is active in the Minnesota jazz community as a performer, composer, and curator. Kenny is a founding member of the illicit sextet, Group 47, What Would Monk Do?, and his own quartets. Kenny was the curator of a weekly Saturday jazz series at KJ’s Hideaway, and before that the Black Dog Cafe, producing over 400 Saturday Night Jazz shows. His latest recording, "Quartets", includes original compositions played by four 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 Kenny a "Minnesota Jazz Hero" for his work in the jazz community and lifelong devotion to the idiom. Dan Carpel attended Berklee College of Music, where he was in the school’s Monterey Quartet. He was a member of Jason Palmer’s band throughout his time in town, and was a mainstay in their residency at Wally’s Jazz Cafe. His time out east also notably included playing in groups led by Godwin Louis, Noah Preminger, and Melissa Aldana. Since relocating to the Twin Cities, Carpel has regularly worked with Javi Santiago, Zacc Harris, and Abinnet Berhanu. He frequently performed with singer/guitarist Mary Cutrufello as well as Sonny Knight and the Lakers, and he recently became a part of Dylan Hicks’s Small Screens. Miguel Hurtado played throughout the Twin Cities as a teenager in several youth bands, as well as with South High jazz ensembles. After graduating from the Manhattan School of Music in spring 2010, he returned to the Twin Cities where he quickly became a busy member of the local jazz scene. He has led his own ensembles at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival and performed at the Artists Quarter and Dakota; more recently he has been heard at Jazz Central, the Icehouse, Black Dog, and more. In addition to leading his own bands, he has performed with Jake Baldwin, John Raymond, Jeremy Walker, Javi Santiago, Joe Strachan, Ted Olsen, Will Kjeer, Steve Kenny, and Courageous Endeavors. He is also expanding his musical resume, playing with some local pop and R&B singers, particularly Alicia Steele and vocalist/rapper Toussaint Morrison. Levi Schwartzberg grew up playing vibraphone and piano in the Twin Cities, specializing in improvisationally emphasized music. He has played with a number of groups—such as Le Percheron, No Territory Band, and the Steve Kenny Quartet—in addition to leading his own quartet. He uses a variety of melodic and textural approaches to create an open, free-leaning sound that can fit in a wide array of musical contexts. Pete Whitman is a saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, ...
