Dylan Salfer, Andrew Walesch, Kenny Garrett, Davina, Herbie Hancock, Bridgewater/Charlap Featured in Star Tribune

From playing a weekly gig at Bunker’s in recent years to winning the International Blues Challenge in Memphis earlier this year, the high-wired guitar slinger from River Falls, Wis., is saying goodbye to his Midwest surroundings after signing a new management deal. This is his final hometown gig before he moves to Los Angeles to finish off his ambitious new record and makes new friends such as fellow six-string wiz Orianthi, with whom he recently jammed on stage in L.A.

Last year, the 2023 NEA Jazz Master saxophonist released his first electronic album with the curious title “Who Killed AI?” The album features Garrett on alto and soprano saxophones teamed with producer/programmer Svoy. There’s a nod to Miles Davis’ “Bitches Brew” on the intense track “Miles Runs the Voodoo” and an unusual take on “My Funny Valentine” with a plaintive saxophone melody backed by a moody, abstract electronica soundscape. However, expect a more traditional jazz performance from the great Garrett when he returns to the Dakota with his combo from his previous project, “Sounds from the Ancestors.”

The revolutionary jazz keyboardist has won numerous awards including Grammys, an Oscar and, this year, the Polar Music Prize. Now 85, he proved to be a commanding and captivating performer and bandleader last year at the sold-out State Theatre. He returns at a larger venue with a top-notch combo — trumpeter Terence Blanchard, bassist James Genus, guitarist/vocalist Lionel Loueke and drummer Jaylen Petinaud.

AN EVENING WITH HERBIE HANCOCK
At Orpheum Theatre
OCT 22 • 7PM
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Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap, the superb vocalist and pianist, respectively, continue one of jazz’s essential in-concert conversations.

DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER & BILL CHARLAP
OCT 19 • 7 & 9PM
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