Jake Spitzack
Staff Writer
Keep the winter blues at bay with a day of hot jazz. The Winter Jazz Fest returns 3:30-10:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 24 at the Historic Hamm Building, 408 St. Peter St. Performances will take place on two stages at Park Square Theatre and one stage at KJ’s Hideaway. Pianist Jorge Luis Pacheco is the headlining act and will perform in the evening at the Park Square Theatre main stage. Also appearing is Abinnet Berhanu’s Ahndenet (meaning: Unity), a jazz ensemble that incorporates the richness of Ethiopian pop and folk traditions. Twin Cities-based internationally known vocalist Lila Ammons will perform with her Jazz Group.
Headliner Pacheco, a native of Havana, Cuba, is winner of the Montreux Jazz Piano Solo competition in Switzerland. He’s performed at popular jazz clubs such as Dizzy’s Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York and festivals such as the Blue Note Jazz Festival in New York. His music is a mixture of Cuban jazz, Afro Cuban, American jazz, and classical with a measure of contemporary pop and soul.
The event is a fundraiser for the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, a free music festival held every summer at Mears Park and other venues.
Here’s the lineup.
KJ’s Hideaway stage: Stablemates, 3:30-4:30 p.m.; Steve Kenny Quintet, 5-6 p.m.; Lila Ammons Jazz Group, 6:30-7:45 p.m.; and Jazz Jam led by Graydon Peterson, 9:30-10:30 p.m.
Andy Boss Thrust stage at Park Square Theatre: Callum Schultz Quartet, 3-4 p.m.; Hannah Harder Quintet, 4:30-5:30 p.m.; and Blue Ox Jazz Orchestra, 6-7:30 p.m.
Park Square Theatre main stage: Abinnet Berhanu’s Ahndenet, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; and Jorge Luis Pacheco Trio, 8-9:30 p.m.
Tickets are $20 for access to the KJ’s Hideaway stage and the Andy Boss Thrust stage, located in the lower level of Park Square Theatre, and $50 for access to those as well as the Park Square Theatre main stage.
Details were accurate as of press time but are subject to change. For more information, visit twincitiesjazzfestival.com/winter-jazz-fest.
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