NO COVER 4:30pm Show
Trumpeter Aidan Buck will join his band in a night of healing, uplifting original compositions and lesser known jazz standards. For him, this is the best possible way he could spend his 23rd birthday!
Band Members:
Aidan Buck - Trumpet
Zach Luginbill - Piano
Calvin Caron - Bass
Trumpeter, composer, arranger, and educator Aidan Buck gained prominence in the Minneapolis/Eau Claire area while attending college there for 4 years. Summit Blue, his group in college, released two original full-length albums to hearty appreciation by the Eau Claire music community. Now living in Chicago, he is eager to plant his roots and start creating music with locals. But first, he is excited to bring music back to his Minnesota friends on his 23rd birthday.
Calvin Caron is a bassist and composer working out of the Twin Cities. Calvin has performed as a bandleader and sideman at many venues around Minnesota, including Orchestra Hall, Jazz Central Studios, and Green Room. Calvin spent the formative years of his musical life in Duluth, MN, while he studied at the University of Minnesota under Ryan Frane. He spent the post-pandemic years of 2020–2024 working in the Duluth music scene. Since moving to the Twin Cities in 2024, he has played and studied with many of the area's great musicians and worked on new music inspired by his new surroundings.
Zach Luginbill is a pianist, percussionist, and composer from Eau Claire, WI. Zach’s works have been performed by UW Eau Claire Jazz 1 and Symphony Band, Chippewa Valley Youth Symphony, and North High School Wind Ensemble. Zach’s primary teachers are Jesse Stacken and Namji Kim. As a performer, he plays piano in UW Eau Claire's Jazz 1, Summit Blue, Hindsight, and Minneapolis based jazz-fusion band Bok Choy.