$15 ADVANCE / $20 DAY OF SHOW*
5PM DOORS / 8PM SHOWTIME
ALL AGES
week #1 featuring:
I: Brandon Wozniak (solo sax and electronics)
II: Nathan Hanson's Stringy Thingy: Nathan Hanson (saxophones) Laura Harada (violin) Kip Jones (violin) Michelle Kinney (cello) Chris Bates (double bass).
Nathan's music in an (almost) all-string format. Expect chaotic beauty.
*In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, we are in accordance with the City Of Minneapolis regulations requiring to show proof of either being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or a negative COVID test taken within three days. Masks are also required upon entry & when not eating or drinking. Thank you!
NATHAN HANSON is our Monday Night Jazz Resident and Guest Curator for the month of February!
This Monday features sets with:
BRANDON WOZNIAK: One of Minnesota’s most exciting saxophonists. He returned to the Twin Cities in 2006 after six years in New York City and a six month stint in Shanghai, China. Wozniak studied music at Indiana University with David Baker and privately with Tom Walsh. Brandon performs regularly with the Dave King Trucking Company; with saxophonist Chris Speed; the Atlantis Quartet (City Pages Best Jazz Artist 2011, Star Tribune Best Jazz Artist 2012); Bryan Nichols Quintet; Chris Bates Red 5; Vector Families; Zacc Harris Group; Lars Larson’s Mancrush plus many other projects. Brandon has also performed with Eric Kamau Gravatt (Weather Report, McCoy Tyner), singer Nellie McKay, toured with the Tommy Dorsey Jazz Orchestra and shared the stage with Francisco Mela (Joe Lovano’s US Five), Steve Davis, David Berkman, Ben Wendel and Dennis Gonzalez. Brandon’s newest collaboration is a band called Acoustic Deathwish with the great bassist Anthony Cox and drummer Dave King.
Saxophonist and composer Nathan Hanson makes music that invites listeners to stand outside themselves and the flow of time. His improvisations are “lithe and soaring, engaging in judicious honk and splatter” (New York City Jazz Record).
In Europe, Hanson has performed at the Atlantique Jazz Festival, Splendor in Amsterdam and the Sons d’Hiver Festival in Paris. In the US he’s played at New York’s Knitting Factory, the Outpost in Albuquerque, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and Chicago’s Elastic.
With grants from New Music America and the Minnesota State Arts Board Hanson has launched solo projects that explore how space interacts with sound. Whether it’s a cathedral, a tree farm, or a sculpture garden, Hanson investigates how to channel the sound of each performance space. The energy of the audience circulates with the music, silence and breath. The effect leads listeners to become more present to the unfolding of each moment.
Hanson’s tours of the US and Europe opened the door to collaborations with Jacques Thollot, Catherine Delaunay, Dennis Gonzalez and Anne La Berge. He has recorded more than a dozen albums on labels including Innova, nato, and Skirl.