$20 Seated & $15 Bar/Standing
7:00pm Show
Mary Louise Knutson brings her trio to Berlin for an evening of original compositions marked by exquisite melodies, emotive harmonies, and shifting rhythms.
“This is timeless, classic piano music, right up there with Bill Evans and Bill Charlap.”
— Pamela Espeland, Minnesota Star Tribune
Band members:
Mary Louise Knutson - Piano
Dan Carpel - Bass
Greg Schutte - Drums
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Jazz pianist-composer Mary Louise Knutson has been called "one of the most exciting artists to happen to jazz piano in quite some time." Her warm, inviting tone, broad range of emotional expression, and distinctive compositions have brought her much recognition on the national music scene. Knutson performs, records, and tours with her group, the Mary Louise Knutson Trio, and freelances with area vocalists, notably Connie Evingson and Patty Peterson (and formerly with the late Debbie Duncan), and with a variety of instrumental groups including the JazzMN Orchestra and the Minnesota Orchestra. From 2010-2018, Knutson toured nationally with trumpeter Doc Severinsen, former bandleader for the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. Find her albums on Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music, or Amazon Music.
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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 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.
