Jazz Interpretations of Halloween and Science Fiction Classics
Oct 31 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
$22.00 - $32.00
Spooky Halloween Science Fiction Jazz
The Larry McDonough Quartet will perform jazz interpretations of Halloween and science fiction classics, such as The Twilight Zone, The Thing from Another World, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Halloween, The Exorcist, Lift to the Scaffold, Psycho, and more! Costumes recommended.
Larry McDonough: Piano, Keyboards, Voice
Richard Terrill: Saxes
Greg Stinson. Bass
Dean White: Drums
Larry McDonough is an award-winning St. Paul jazz composer, pianist, singer, and teacher, performing around the world and recording with his group the Larry McDonough Quartet as well as solo, and in duos and trios. He has performed with legendary saxophonist and composer Benny Golson, Trombonist Fred Wesley, and trumpeter Duane Eubanks, as well as a who’s who of local jazz artists, and was inducted into the Minnesota Rock Country Hall of Fame for his work in the group Danny’s Reasons. His awards include the American Composers Forum Showcase Award for the composition “Strait of Gibraltar.” He has released eleven CDs and DVDs as a leader. His current CDs are “Kind of Bill on the Palace Grounds, Marking 40 Years since the Death of Bill Evans,” playing on jazz radio stations and streaming services around the country, and “Intermodulating Undercurrents Live at the Kos: The Music of Bill Evans and Jim Hall.” The two-CD set “Alice in Stonehenge and other AcoustElectric Adventures” has played on radio stations and streaming services around the world and charted #18 on the Roots Music Report’s Top 50 Jazz Album Chart. “Simple Gifts” reached number 29 on the CMJ Jazz Chart and also has been played on hundreds of stations around the country and throughout the world. His other jazz projects include Fusebox (original jazz fusion trio) and Trios Trio (classic jazz). When not playing jazz, he performs jam fusion in Quantum Mechanics, funk in Funkin’ Right, classic rock in Whiskey Burn, indie-rock in HiFi, and punk in Saint Small.
George W. Harris of Jazz Weekly says of the Larry McDonough Quartet – “Clever ideas, and they work well.”