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Mark and Janette Hanson
Jan
23

Mark and Janette Hanson

  • Sweet Beats Jazz and Dessert Lounge in Cappella Performing Arts Center (map)
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Sweet Beats jazz and dessert lounge in Cappella Performing Arts Center. Acoustic guitar and vocals; singing jazz, pop, and folk standards.

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John Paulson Big Band Concert
Jan
24

John Paulson Big Band Concert

Pre-concert talk at Central Lutheran Church January 23 at 4:30 PM

*This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund

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Mark and Janette Hanson
Feb
26

Mark and Janette Hanson

  • Sweet Beats Jazz and Dessert Lounge in Cappella Performing Arts Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Sweet Beats jazz and dessert lounge in Cappella Performing Arts Center. Acoustic guitar and vocals; singing jazz, pop, and folk standards.

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Mark and Janette Hanson
Mar
26

Mark and Janette Hanson

  • Sweet Beats Jazz and Dessert Lounge in Cappella Performing Arts Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Sweet Beats jazz and dessert lounge in Cappella Performing Arts Center. Acoustic guitar and vocals; singing jazz, pop, and folk standards.

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Ryan Picone Quartet
Apr
11

Ryan Picone Quartet

Ryan Picone Quartet

The Ryan Picone Quartet's music is rooted in the spirit of Django Reinhardt, yet the quartet often ventures into other musical landscapes.

Coffeehouse & gallery open at 6:00pm. Cash bar for wine & beer.
Performance at 7:00pm

Ticket: $23.18

The Ryan Picone Quartet has become a creative force in the Twin Cities’ jazz scene, blending a deep Hot Club Jazz tradition. The Ryan Picone Quartet's music is rooted in the spirit of Django Reinhardt, yet the quartet often ventures into other musical landscapes.

“Swinging, sensual, moody, rousing—Ryan Picone Quartet's music follows the trail of Django Reinhardt's Gypsy jazz. Listening to these tracks, you can almost smell the campfire smoke and see the nighttime lights of Paris burning on the horizon."—Michael Dregni, Author Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend.

The Ryan Picone Quartet is led by guitarist and composer Dr. Ryan Anthony Picone. A devoted acolyte of the celebrated guitarist Stéphane Wrembel, Ryan’s music is deeply connected to the foundational spirit of Django Reinhardt, yet it draws influence from Choro, Nuevo Tango, Raga, Flamenco, Maqam, Cuban son montuno to, Post-Minimalist, and Classical traditions—each woven seamlessly into the fabric of the quartet’s musical identity.

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Cafe Accordion Orchestra
Apr
25

Cafe Accordion Orchestra

Cafe Accordion Orchestra

Dan Newton's Café Accordion Orchestra (CAO) performs an eclectic mix full of French flare, Latin heat and Bohemian attitude.

Coffeehouse & gallery open at 6:00pm. Cash bar for wine & beer.
Performance at 7:00pm

Ticket: $28.52

Dan Newton's Café Accordion Orchestra (CAO) performs an eclectic mix full of French flare, Latin heat and Bohemian attitude. The heart of the CAO repertoire is the romantic, Parisian valse-musette. The group complements the musettes with Parisian hot club, swing, ballads, tangos, cha chas, rumbas, and cumbias to create a wonderfully varied show. They inject their music with good humor and expressive abandon. Their high level of musicianship and passion for performance makes them an entertaining concert act as well as a great dance band.

CAO is led by Dan Newton on accordion and vocals, with Eric Mohring on mandolin, violin and vocals, Mike Cramer on guitar and vocals, Erik Lillestol on bass and vocals and Joe Steinger on percussion. CAO has been delighting audiences and dancers alike since 1995. They have appeared in New York at the Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing series, the International Akkordeon Festival in Vienna, Austria, the Minnesota State Fair, as well as festivals, theaters and dance halls across the United States.

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