Corky Siegel, Ernie Watts & Randy Sabien
2025-11-30 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
“national treasure” – Downbeat

Jazz icon Ernie Watts and blues harmonica ace Corky Siegel first met in Mumbai. They were each invited by the distinguished violin virtuoso, Dr. L. Subramaniam to perform in his Global Fusion project. Then, they became best friends from the moment they met. Further, they continue to collaborate in celebrated performances and on acclaimed recording projects. Here, the evening will be a display of musical fireworks from these iconic masters, filled with remarkable stories and humor. In Corky’s words: “Innocent victims of incredible good fortune.”
Corky Siegel is hailed as one of the world’s great blues harmonica and keyboard players. Corky has a pivotal influence in modern music. He has close associations with the blues masters in the earlier days of Chicago blues through his Siegel-Schwall Band. Furthermore, he has achieved a surprising level of success in bringing together blues and classical audiences. For all these reasons Downbeat Magazine calls him a “national treasure.”
Ernie Watts is a two-time Grammy winning saxophonist. Watts played in the Tonight Show band with Doc Severinsen for Johnny Carson for twenty years. He toured with the Rolling Stones, Charlie Haden, Buddy Rich and Pat Metheny. Additionally, he recorded with Marvin Gaye, Dizzy Gillespie, Paul McCartney, Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, Frank Zappa and others. Also, Watts appears on over 1500 recordings, always exhibiting his unforgettable gift for improvisation.
Randy Sabien has over forty years of performing experience as a contemporary violinist. He worked with Jim Post, Greg Brown, Kate Wolf, Corky Siegel and more. Additionally, he has played notable stages including Austin City Limits and A Prairie Home Companion. Further, Randy founded the string department at the Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1978.
Recommended for fans of Leo Kottke, B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown.

George Maurer Group Annual Holiday Show
2025-12-01 19:00 - 21:00
“What’s the Maurer magic? A mix of wit, sophistication, humor and keeping it fresh.” – Minnpost

This merry band of “genre-bending eclectics” (Jazz 88) has been entertaining sold-out houses at the Dakota since 2000. The George Maurer Group takes the stage by storm with their irreverent style and sly musical humor. Here, they will bring you an evening filled with witty stage banter, clever musicianship, and surprising twists on holiday classics. For example, think Thelonious Monk meets “Sleigh Ride,” the Beatles’ “Drive My Sleigh,” Herbie Hancock’s “Driftin’” a la “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” and more!
George Maurer’s artistic career is an exciting and unpredictable journey. He’s always on the fast track as he performs and composes music that crosses genres, disciplines and, increasingly, continents. Moreover, George’s artistic curiosity and always-expanding boundaries constantly lead him down intriguing new professional and personal paths. Thus, they all intersect in the art he is creating now. He draws together his musical knowledge with the cultural exploration and diversity of experiences that have marked his life.
George launched his career as a solo pianist, made his mark in jazz and detoured down many other avenues. He has arranged music and been in the pit for countless musicals. He’s also played with groups ranging from a Native American country band to his own jazz ensemble. Additionally, he has released more than twenty recordings on his own label. His introductions to different styles, instruments and collective histories add texture to his music while contributing to his unique voice as a musician.
George’s versatility on the piano and keyboard lands him all in all kinds of talented company. He arranges music for orchestras and mans the piano for the nationally touring Midtown Men, putting him on stage with renowned orchestras like the Boston Pops.
Recommended for fans of Billy Joel, Harry Connick, Jr., Frankie Valli and Jersey Boys.

Christmas Dreaming w/ Stella Cole & the Laurels String Quartet
2025-12-02 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-02 21:00 - 23:00
“vintage superstar” – Postmodern Jukebox

Stella Cole is hitting the road this holiday season in support of her upcoming single “Merry Christmas, Darling”. Here, this is a timeless reimagining of the beloved Carpenters classic. Last year, the “powerhouse rivaling Judy Garland and Rosemary Clooney” (People) released her holiday EP Snow!
Snow! presents Stella interpreting well-known holiday classics. For example, she includes “White Christmas,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” and “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”. Additionally, Cole presents discoveries like “Christmas Dreaming” and “That’s What I Want for Christmas.” Grammy-winning arranger Alan Broadbent arranged Snow!, which is sure to become a holiday classic.
Stella recently released her sophomore album It’s Magic. Broadbent also arranged this album, which breathes new life into classic love songs. She recorded at New York’s legendary Power Station, with the vision to find unconventional, yet familiar songs. These include standards like “Fools Rush In” and iconic film themes like “As Time Goes By” (a favorite of Cole’s from Casablanca). Also, Burt Bacharach’s main title theme from Alfie (1966), Cole’s dreamy interpretation of “Say It,” and the tender “Till There Was You.” The latter became familiar through the 1957 Broadway musical The Music Man and later The Beatles.
With a voice that bridges generations, Stella Cole has cultivated over 1.7 million social media followers. She accomplishes this through her fresh interpretations of timeless songs by iconic artists, including Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, and Nat “King” Cole. Often described as a Laufey-meets-Bublé sensation, Cole brings a fresh interpretation of classic repertoire to a new generation.
Recommended for fans of Emmaline, Haley Reinhart, Postmodern Jukebox and Morgan James.

Gunhild Carling
2025-12-05 19:00 - 21:00
“a star with megawatt energy and a breathtaking breadth of talent” – Theater Pizzazz

Swedish musical sensation Gunhild Carling is an internationally acclaimed superstar whose show is a can’t-miss event! Whether she’s singing favorite swinging jazz standards, playing one of many instruments (trumpet, trombone, harmonica, oboe, harp, flute, recorder or jazz bagpipe!) or juggling and tap dancing, Gunhild’s sublime showmanship shines. And just wait for the finale – spoiler alert – she plays three trumpets at once!
Carling competed as a celebrity dancer in Let’s Dance in 2014 on TV4, placing third. She also appeared on Sweden’s Dancing With The Stars. Furthermore, Gunhild performed on Sweden’s Got Talent in 2017 and America’s Got Talent in 2019.
She recently performed with her Carling Big Band at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. They celebrated King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Ruby Jubilee. Gunhild masterfully takes you back to another era like a time machine with memorable vintage songs. These include “Minnie the Moocher,” “Sweet Georgia Brown,” “All of Me,” “It Had to Be You,” and an endless repertoire.
Between touring with her own band, she performs in several configurations from solo to orchestra to symphony. Additionally, she is a featured singer and multi-instrumentalist in several of Postmodern Jukebox’s songs. These include a 1920s jazz swing version of “Material Girl,” and a 1920s hot jazz cover of ABBA’s “Dancing Queen.” Gunhild Carling keeps serenading audiences in the US and all around the world today.
Recommended for fans of Pink Martini, Chris Botti, The Hot Sardines and Postmodern Jukebox.

Leo Kottke: Live at The Ordway
2025-12-05 19:00 - 21:00
“wild, highly technical blend of bluegrass, folk, and jazz and classical” – Rolling Stone

Prolific guitarist Leo Kottke boasts an impressive body of work and an unrivaled fingerpicking style. His forty-plus albums over four decades have earned him two Grammy nominations and widespread acclaim. Drawing inspiration from folk, blues and jazz, he plays his signature six-string and twelve-string guitars with effortless aptitude, a big heart and an even bigger grin.
Kottke was born in Athens, Georgia, but left town after a year and a half. Raised in twelve different states, he absorbed a variety of musical influences as a child. There, he flirted with both violin and trombone, before abandoning Stravinsky for the guitar at age eleven.
He added a love for the country blues of Mississippi John Hurt to the music of John Philip Sousa and Preston Epps. Then, Kottke joined the Navy underage, to be underwater, and eventually lost some hearing shooting at lightbulbs in the Atlantic. He served on the USS Halfbeak, a diesel submarine.
Discharged in 1964, he settled in the Twin Cities area and became a fixture at Minneapolis’ Scholar Coffeehouse. Further, this venue had been home to Bob Dylan and John Koerner.
Kottke has been awarded two Grammy nominations. Also, a Doctorate in Music Performance by the Peck School of Music at the U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He also received a Certificate of Significant Achievement in Not Playing the Trombone from the U of Texas at Brownsville with Texas Southmost College.
Cellist Olivia Diercks and violinist Karla Peters are The OK Factor. This new-classical crossover duo has one word to describe their musical connection: lucky. Here, the almost telepathic way they respond to one another is palpable to the audiences they capture during performances. Moreover, their spontaneity and joy shine through. MPR calls them “genre-bending” and Wausau Pilot & Review hails their “pure magic”.
“influences in Americana and Irish/Gaelic fiddle styles, but with the virtuosity of classical performers” – MPR
Recommended for fans of John Fahey, Ry Cooder, Michael Hedges and Peter Lang.

Southside Aces: Christmas in New Orleans
2025-12-07 19:00 - 21:00
“A true authentic New Orleans dance-hall style band.” – New Orleans Traditional Jazz Quarterly

The Southside Aces have been playing holiday shows for over twenty years. They play favorites, lesser-knowns, even originals! When you put holiday tunes through the New Orleans jazz filter, you make Yuletide haters love, and lovers love more!
“Can you play Christmas music successfully in a New Orleans ensemble style? The answer is a resounding yes! This is great trad jazz…but also evokes a flood of Christmas feelings from the melancholy to the gay.”
— Syncopated Times review of Southside Aces Christmas album, Santaphone
For two decades, the Southside Aces have performed traditional New Orleans jazz for weddings, festivals, clubs, and more—music furnished for all occasions. The Aces utilize the traditional canon for its sweetness and spice, joy and sorrow, whatever the mood should call for.
2022’s Minneapolis Bump is the Southside Aces’ eighth album, containing fifteen original compositions by clarinetist Tony Balluff. The songs take their inspiration from the stars of the early jazz firmament—Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington, just to name a few.
Recommended for fans of Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Tuba Skinny, Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller.

Michael Cain Quartet
2025-12-08 19:00 - 22:00
“impeccable balance of imagination, elegance and hipness” – All About Jazz

As a pianist and keyboardist, Michael Cain has had a prolific performance and recording career. Cain has worked with some of the most significant names in jazz and contemporary music. These include Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane, Terence Blanchard, Robin Eubanks, Pat Metheny, Charles Neville, Dave Holland, and Bobby McFerrin. Furthermore, his work as pianist, keyboardist, and arranger with Meshell Ndegeocello earned him two Grammy nominations.
Other notable projects include composing the music for the films Maybe and Real With Me by director Carl Ford. He also served as pianist and musical director for the Jose Limon Dance Company’s New York premiere of Crossroads. Here, this was a collaboration between composer James Newton and choreographer Donald McKayle. Additionally, Cain composed the music for the Broadway play View from 151st Street, which ran at the George Papp Public Theater in New York. Cain was artist-in-residence at the University of Auckland, NZ the summer of 2022. Then, Cain collaborated with the Boston Ballet in 2024. There, he composed electronic sound elements with Musical Director Mischa Santora and choreographer Ken Ossola for the world premiere of his ballet “The Space Between.” In September 2024, the Michael Cain Trio were featured artists at the Capão Jazz Festival in Bahia, Brazil.
Michael has held teaching positions at the Eastman School of Music, the New England Conservatory of Music, and Brandon University. Currently, he is the Director of the Electronic Music and Recording Arts program at MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis. Michael is also co-founder and CEO of Ekwe, a mobile-based, multicultural, digital music creation app. With this, he aims to redefine diversity, equity, and access to music creation and education.
Michael’s latest release is entitled Hoo Doo and is available on all streaming platforms.
Recommended for fans of McCoy Tyner, Dave Holland Quintet, Meshell Ndegeocello and Jack DeJohnette.

Travis Anderson Trio's "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
2025-12-09 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-09 21:00 - 23:00
“They swing like there’s no tomorrow.” – Jazz Police

This blazingly energetic trio takes on Vince Guaraldi‘s holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas. Here, they play the timeless music of Vince Guaraldi, including “Christmas Time Is Here“ and “Linus and Lucy.”
With energy and chops to burn, The Travis Anderson Trio bring fresh interpretations to standards and more – from Chopin to Mario Bros – they swing like there’s no tomorrow while saluting the great trios of yesterday.
Travis Anderson has been delighting audiences with his dazzling piano technique and inventive arrangements since 2003. Additionally, he has taken his unique piano style all over the metro area and beyond.
Steve Pikal is one of the most in-demand bassists in the region. Adept at many genres, his joyous stage presence and buoyant playing add an exciting element to every show.
Versatile, dynamic, and hard-swinging, Nathan Norman is a first-call drummer in the Twin Cities. Also, he has collaborated with many of the area’s finest artists, including Bruce Henry, Debbie Duncan, Charmin Michelle, and more.
A Charlie Brown Christmas is the Emmy and Peabody award-winning story written by St. Paul’s own Charles M. Schulz. This classic has warmed the hearts of millions of fans since it first aired on television nearly sixty years ago. The Christmas special marked the first time Schulz’s classic characters made the jump from the newspaper page to animation. Moreover, the soundtrack being provided by a jazz trio rather than full orchestra, originally a budget-conscious decision, proved to be an inspired choice. Here, Guaraldi’s songs are as important to the show’s enduring success as the characters themselves.
Recommended for fans of Oscar Peterson, George Gershwin, Art Tatum and Vince Guaraldi.

Karrin Allyson - Wintry Mix
2025-12-11 19:00 - 21:00
“Everything she sings seems to rise from a smile… transparent purity” – Downbeat

Few American jazz singers have had as long and fruitful a relationship with Brazilian music as Karrin Allyson. Her early albums included such classics as “Corcovado” and “One Note Samba”. Then, her 1999 recording From Paris to Rio split the difference between songs from those musical cities. 2008’s Imagina: Songs of Brazil raised the ante on Rio. Now, here’s another all-Brazilian outing, 2024’s A Kiss for Brazil, featuring the great Bahian singer-guitarist Rosa Passos on two songs.
What’s remarkable about Allyson’s ongoing foray into these sounds is she has never recorded the same song twice. The song list for A Kiss for Brazil includes Luiz Bonfá’s “Manhã de Carnaval” and Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “Wave”. However, you may wonder why it has taken her so long to get to those oft-performed gems. The answer, for starters, is that there’s a bottomless pool of great Brazilian songs to record. Also, Allyson has engaged in many other pursuits as one of jazz’s most popular and wide-ranging vocalists.
Nominated for five Grammys, she has explored bop and blues, pop and Great American standards, and written her own songs. Her highly regarded 2001 album Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane beautifully rendered the songs on Trane’s 1963 classic. Her 2004 album, Wild for You, is a collection of singer-songwriter pop tunes— “my first love”. Here, Allyson performs songs by Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens, Carole King, and Carly Simon. On 2015’s Many a New Day, she paid tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein alongsode pianist Kenny Barron.
More recently, she starred in the ambitious 2019 concept recording, Shoulder to Shoulder: Centennial Tribute to Women’s Suffrage. This was a collection of Suffragist Era songs (plus two of hers).
Recommended for fans of Jane Monheit, Stacey Kent, Madeleine Peyroux and Diana Krall.

The Peterson Family - 'Twas the Jam Before Christmas
2025-12-14 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-15 19:00 - 21:00
“What do Prince, Bob Dylan and Stevie Nicks have in common? Those magnificent Petersons.” – Star Tribune

Help us celebrate the thirty-sixth anniversary of the Peterson Family Christmas Show! Here, this is a whole family tradition not to be missed. Acclaimed as Minnesota’s First Family of Music, they have also performed locally, nationally, and internationally for many years.
Linda Peterson is an international recording artist, songwriter, pianist and vocalist. Also, Linda has five CDs to her credit. Linda released her latest recording, You Gotta Be Somewhere, in 2015.
Billy Peterson is one of the most celebrated bass players in the world. Moreover, his uncompromising talents as a performer have brought him widespread recognition. Billy has worked Ben Sidran, Carlos Santana, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Prince, Les Paul, Steve Miller, and many others.
Patty Peterson is a radio personality on KBEM-Jazz88 and executive produces the documentary series “Minnesota Jazz Legends”. Additionally, Patty received seven coveted Minnesota Music Awards, and she earned induction into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame.
Ricky Peterson is one of the most sought-after studio and session keyboard players and producers in America. Furthermore, Ricky tours with Fleetwood Mac, Bonnie Raitt, John Mayer and currently with Stevie Nicks.
Paul Peterson was discovered by Prince at age 17. Then, he appeared in the award-winning film Purple Rain, performing with the group The Time. Paul worked with George Benson, Oleta Adams, Anita Baker, and Paula Abdul to name a few.
Jason Peterson DeLaire is Linda Peterson’s son. Also, he’s the first of the “next generation” to call music his occupation. Furthermore, he currently tours with Michael Bolton. Also, he worked with Prince, Alexander O’Neal, Richard Marx, Donny Osmond, Oleta Adams, and others.
Recommended for fans of Prince, Steve Miller Band, Stevie Nicks and Donny Osmond.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band Presents: A Creole Christmas
2025-12-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-19 21:30 - 23:30, 2025-12-20 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-20 20:30 - 22:30
“passionate… on a timely mission to bring joy to the world.” – All About Jazz

Celebrate the season as the incomparable Preservation Hall Jazz Band takes the stage with Creole Christmas. This memorable performance will feature New Orleans classics as well as beloved holiday selections with a twist. Founded in 1963, the band takes its name from Preservation Hall, the humble but historic French Quarter music venue. There, Preservation Hall is dedicated to keeping the past and future of jazz alive.
Throughout its history, New Orleans has been the point at which sounds and cultures from around the world converge. Further, they mingle, resurface, and are transformed by the Crescent City’s inimitable spirit and joie de vivre. Nowhere is that idea more vividly embodied than in the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Here, they have held the torch of New Orleans music aloft for more than 60 years. Moreover, they carry it enthusiastically forward as a reminder that the history they were founded to preserve is a vibrant, living history.
PHJB marches that tradition forward by tapping into a sonic continuum that stretches back to the city’s Afro-Cuban roots. They look back to the Afrobeat of Fela Kuti and the Fire Music of Pharoah Sanders and John Coltrane. Then, they look forward to cutting-edge artists with whom the PHJB have shared festival stages from Coachella to Newport. They have shared the stage with legends like Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello and the Grateful Dead. Also, modern giants The Foo Fighters, My Morning Jacket, Arcade Fire and the Black Keys.
Recommended for fans of Kermit Ruffins, Tuba Skinny, Pokey LaFarge and Davina and The Vagabonds.

A Swingin’ Christmas w/ the Andrew Walesch Big Band
2025-12-21 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-21 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-12-23 19:00 - 21:00
“Fresh and classic at the same time” – Star Tribune

There’s no better place to be right before Christmas than at Dakota with Andrew Walesch and his eighteen-piece big band. Ring in the holidays with the songs of Bennett, Sinatra, Bublé, Basie, and more!
Like a good many before him, singer and pianist Andrew Walesch manages to encapsulate the sophistication of a cosmopolite and the self-effacing charm of a country boy. Leading his all-star big band, showman Andrew Walesch kidnaps the Blue Eyes tradition and makes it his own in his jazz-bent Sinatra revue. Thus, Walesch is a traditionalist and an iconoclast rolled into one.
Whether composing and arranging or appearing in settings ranging from solo artist to big band, this St. Cloud, MN native is as respectful of his predecessors as he is ready to take a leap into the unknown and chart a new course. Additionally, Andrew routinely jams venues all over the Midwest and beyond with a uniquely cross-generational audience. Walesch’s fans include jazz enthusiasts of a certain age, as well as a younger crowd compelled by his down-home insouciance. Here, all are drawn in by the knowing irreverence of a tried-and-true American nightclub entertainer.
“Although they are my idols, I don’t attempt to imitate the great pop and jazz artists of the 50s and ’60s,” says Andrew. “But I go for broke when we do our shows – vocally and musically!”
His vocal and piano chops, along with his keen sensibility to find and interpret a great lyric, have led to some great opportunities for Walesch. In 2023, Andrew accepted the position of artistic director of the MIM Music Theater in Phoenix, Arizona where he now resides.
Recommended for fans of Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé and Bing Crosby.

VIP Event: Spending Christmas With Alicia Witt
2025-12-22 16:30 - 19:00
IMPORTANT: This is not a ticket to the show.

You must have a concert ticket in order to purchase this VIP Meet & Greet upgrade.
Join Alicia Witt for an exclusive pre-show VIP experience!
Your VIP upgrade includes:

Pre-show Meet & Greet with Alicia Witt
Photo Opportunity
Autographs (Bring your own items or purchase merchandise at the merch table)

Check-in Time: Please arrive at the venue by 4:30 PM.
After check-in, you’ll be escorted to the VIP area for the meet & greet, which takes place before doors open at 5:30 PM.

“This is a voice to treasure” – Broadway World

Alicia Witt returns to The Dakota to get you in the holiday spirit with a festive evening of Christmas music.
Witt is a classically trained, award winning pianist and Billboard Top 30 charting singer-songwriter. She released her first full-length Christmas album, I Think I’m Spending Christmas With You, in 2024. Critics and fans alike warmly received the album, which features nine heartfelt, uplifting originals and three holiday standards. Additionally, Christmas movie fans also recognize her for her ten holiday movies, including eight on Hallmark Channel. Moreover, many of those movies include her other original Christmas songs.
Witt starred in 2024’s smash hit movie Longlegs, opposite Nicolas Cage. Her four-decade career as an actor began at age seven with David Lynch’s classic DUNE (1984). She also appeared in Two Weeks Notice, Mr. Holland’s Opus, Urban Legend, Last Holiday, and 88 Minutes. Additionally, her TV credits include Twin Peaks, Orange is the New Black, The Walking Dead, Law and Order, The Sopranos, and Cybill, to name a few.
Witt started out in music by playing piano in the restaurant of the Beverly/Wilshire Hotel in the early 1990s. The Nashville Scene said of her 2015 album Revisionary History: “Witt’s new album Revisionary History is a piano-pop gem that sounds by turns like Grey Seal–era Elton John, an alt-universe Fiona Apple and a film-noir chanteuse notching her nights in cigarette burns on the fallboard.” Witt also played a recurring role in the TV show Nashville; she plays several songs throughout Season Four.
‘’…her skilled fingers flying over the keys and her rangy, honeyed voice, clear as crystal, pretty as a stained-glass window, carrying the audience into the ether… This is a voice to treasure, wrapped around visceral visuals, and memorable melodies. ‘’ – Broadway World
Recommended for fans of Ben Folds Five, Chappell Roan, Kathleen Edwards, Sara Bareilles and Neko Case.

Spending Christmas With Alicia Witt
2025-12-22 19:00 - 21:00
“This is a voice to treasure” – Broadway World

Alicia Witt returns to The Dakota to get you in the holiday spirit with a festive evening of Christmas music.
Witt is a classically trained, award winning pianist and Billboard Top 30 charting singer-songwriter. She released her first full-length Christmas album, I Think I’m Spending Christmas With You, in 2024. Critics and fans alike warmly received the album, which features nine heartfelt, uplifting originals and three holiday standards. Additionally, Christmas movie fans also recognize her for her ten holiday movies, including eight on Hallmark Channel. Moreover, many of those movies include her other original Christmas songs.
Witt starred in 2024’s smash hit movie Longlegs, opposite Nicolas Cage. Her four-decade career as an actor began at age seven with David Lynch’s classic DUNE (1984). She also appeared in Two Weeks Notice, Mr. Holland’s Opus, Urban Legend, Last Holiday, and 88 Minutes. Additionally, her TV credits include Twin Peaks, Orange is the New Black, The Walking Dead, Law and Order, The Sopranos, and Cybill, to name a few.
Witt started out in music by playing piano in the restaurant of the Beverly/Wilshire Hotel in the early 1990s. The Nashville Scene said of her 2015 album Revisionary History: “Witt’s new album Revisionary History is a piano-pop gem that sounds by turns like Grey Seal–era Elton John, an alt-universe Fiona Apple and a film-noir chanteuse notching her nights in cigarette burns on the fallboard.” Witt also played a recurring role in the TV show Nashville; she plays several songs throughout Season Four.
‘’…her skilled fingers flying over the keys and her rangy, honeyed voice, clear as crystal, pretty as a stained-glass window, carrying the audience into the ether… This is a voice to treasure, wrapped around visceral visuals, and memorable melodies. ‘’ – Broadway World
Recommended for fans of Ben Folds Five, Chappell Roan, Kathleen Edwards, Sara Bareilles and Neko Case.

The Bad Plus
2025-12-25 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-25 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-12-26 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-26 21:00 - 23:00, 2025-12-27 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-27 21:00 - 23:00, 2025-12-28 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-28 21:00 - 23:00
“finely orchestrated, catchy original tunes, and a knack for radically reconstituted pop covers.” – The New York Times

The Bad Plus are the ultimate originals. A democratic unit with a clear vision and a refusal to conform to convention. For the past two decades, they have played with spirit and adventure and have made their own rules. Moreover, they do so with a bold sense of creativity and intent. Avoiding easy categorization, The Bad Plus has won critical acclaim and a legion of fans worldwide. Further, their unique sound and flair for live performance make them a must-see ensemble.
Now in their twenty-fifth year, The Bad Plus continues to push boundaries. Here, founding members Reid Anderson (bass) and Dave King (drums) embark on a new piano-less incarnation of the band. Also, Ben Monder (guitar) and Chris Speed (tenor saxophone) join the group, instigating a new wave of excitement and anticipation. These new voices are re-energizing their sound and inspiration. The Bad Plus have constantly searched to bridge genres and techniques. Additionally, they explore the infinite possibilities of exceptional musicians working in perfect sync.
The Bad Plus released their fifteenth studio album, self-titled as a dynamic new quartet, in 2022. Evolution is necessary for life and creativity,” said Dave King and Reid Anderson. “We’ve evolved, but we’re still The Bad Plus.”
This is The Bad Plus in their most creative and expressive form. This is The Bad Plus now.
Recommended for fans of Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman, Kneebody and Kurt Rosenwinkel.
