$30 Seated & $20 Bar/Standing
7:30pm Show
Trumpeter Omar Abdulkarim joins a band of exemplary Twin Cities artists in presenting two sets of music, from modern jazz to funk.
Band Members:
Omar Abdulkarim - Trumpet/Flugelhorn
Dan Carpel - Bass
Kavyesh Kaviraj - Piano
Kevin Washington - Drums
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Minneapolis native Omar Abdulkarim has been playing trumpet since he was 14 months old, having learned from his father, Ahmed Abdulkarim. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music performance from the renowned New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. He has performed around the world with various groups at the Haitian Jazz Festival; Marians Jazzroom in Bern, Switzerland; and the Blue Note, Smalls, and Birdland in New York City. He has performed and worked with Roy Hargrove, Redman, Method Man, KRS-One, Talib Kweli, Lauryn Hill, Nicholas Payton Television Studio Orchestra, José James, and Valery Ponomarev’s big band. His quintet held a year-long residency at New York’s prestigious Standard Hotel, playing five nights a week in the Boom Boom Room. He has also performed in an orchestra and jazz quartet on the largest cruise ship in the world: “The Oasis of the Seas.”
