$15 at the door 7:30pm Show
Ryan Garmoe (trumpet) and Ethan Ostrow (piano) present dynamic sets of energetic, spontaneous original music with Dan Carpel (bass) and Tarek Abdelqader (drums).
Ethan Ostrow is a Minneapolis-based pianist and composer who strives for an intense, lush sound. A recent transplant from New York City, Ostrow has quickly established himself in Minnesota, performing and recording with the Snapped Open Mic band, Omar Abdulkarim, Abinnet Berhanu, Ashley DuBose, Adam Bohanan, Kathleen Johnson, Dakota Andersen, Leslie Vincent, Toussaint Morrison, the Twin Cities Latin Jazz Orchestra, and more at venues such as the Dakota, Crooners, the Cedar Cultural Center, Green Room, and Berlin. Ostrow has performed extensively across the United States and abroad in Havana and Tokyo. His time in NYC included performances at Birdland, Dizzy’s, Chelsea Table & Stage, Nublu, and Rockwood Music Hall with musicians such as Dayna Stephens, Kellin Hanas, and Nick Marziani.
Ryan Garmoe is a Minneapolis-based trumpeter and composer. He leads Wave Cage, a fusion group recently awarded a Jazz Road Tours grant to tour the Midwest. Their debut, Even You Can See in the Dark, was released on Shifting Paradigm Records in 2023. Beyond Wave Cage, Garmoe writes and performs for various small ensembles and recently released an ambient collection called Sketches. His appearances include Twin Cities Jazz Festival, ArtPrize International Art Competition, Iowa City Jazz Festival, 80/35, Mission Creek, GDP, Greeley Jazz Festival, Summer Camp Music Festival, Iowa Soul Festival, and 515 Alive.
Tarek Abdelqader is a Minneapolis-based composer and musician. He has produced and performed his own work under various monikers and with myriad collaborators, and he regularly supports regional and international acts as a drummer. Abdelqader also works as an accompanist, composer, and sound designer for dance collectives based in the Twin Cities and New York, including Body Watani, Ananya Dance Theater, Paula Mann, and Limón Dance Company.
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.
