The Bill Simenson Orchestra is a 17 piece big band (5 saxes, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, guitar, piano, bass, and drums). Since June of 2012 the band has performed the first Tuesday of every month at Jazz Central Studios.

Young emerging artists playing songs they love.    Featuring: Elliot Vap - tenor saxophone Felix Hyde-Owens - guitar Tristan Khler -bass Henry Mrotz - drums

Jazz vocalist Dakota Andersen is back at Jazz Central Studios with a set of new originals! Recorded this spring and set to be released this fall, this show includes most of the tracks from Dakota's upcoming debut album and some arrangements of classic standards.   featuring: Dakota Andersen - voice Joe Mayo - tenor sax Ethan […]

Colonel Mustard's Mechanical Orchestra is a brass band playing the music of Paul Fonfara. Think Duke Ellington in an episode of Twin Peaks, the Johnny Quest theme played by Tom Waits, with some Ennio Morricone and Goran Bregovic thrown in. We play tangos, mariachi, klezmer, Balkans brass, and vintage big band jazz sounds. Some tunes […]

Fusebox is a new progressive jazz fusion trio performing odd-metered originals. Among Fusebox’s influences are Frank Zappa, Medeski Martin & Wood, Spinal Tap, and The Big Lebowski.   featuring: Larry McDonough - keys Craig Matarrese - bass Eron Woods - drums   Video Snot Boogie https://youtu.be/Pd95isk_1Bk Performed at the Minnesota Original Music Festival