Chris Lomheim, Michael O'Brien, Jay Epstein
Chris Lomheim is an award-winning pianist and composer who has three album as leader of the Chris Lomheim Trio and is a long-standing member of the Illicit Jazz Sextet. He has played the world-renowned Green Mill jazz club in Chicago and is a regular at many Twin Cities jazz venues, including the Dakota Jazz Club, Vieux Carré, Jazz Central, Ice House, and the Black Dog Cafe, and is featured regularly at the annual Twin Cities Jazz Festival.
Michael O'Brien has been based in New York City for the past 12 years and has worked with a long list of jazz luminaries including Harry Connick Jr., Wayne Escoffery, Joel Frahm, Dave King, Matt Wilson, Ted Nash, Sandro Albert, Lage Lund, David Binney, Ari Hoenig, The Jazz Mandolin Project, Joel Harrison, Christian Howes, Dan Weiss, and Mark Giuliana. His debut release as a leader Tunes I Like to Play was released in 2012.
Jay Epstein has put in several decades performing, recording, & touring. He’s toured Europe with pianists Bill Carrothers & Giacomo Aula and has performed with Barney Kessel, Gary Foster, Eric Alexander, Kenny Werner, Howard Levy, Toots Thielemans, Avashai Cohen, and Sarah Vaughan to name a few. Jay’s albums Long Ago and Easy Company, featuring bassist Anthony Cox and pianist Bill Carrothers, have garnered luminous reviews in the international press.
Chris Lomheim is an award-winning pianist and composer who has three album as leader of the Chris Lomheim Trio and is a long-standing member of the Illicit Jazz Sextet. He has played the world-renowned Green Mill jazz club in Chicago and is a regular at many Twin Cities jazz venues, including the Dakota Jazz Club, Vieux Carré, Jazz Central, Ice House, and the Black Dog Cafe, and is featured regularly at the annual Twin Cities Jazz Festival.
Michael O'Brien has been based in New York City for the past 12 years and has worked with a long list of jazz luminaries including Harry Connick Jr., Wayne Escoffery, Joel Frahm, Dave King, Matt Wilson, Ted Nash, Sandro Albert, Lage Lund, David Binney, Ari Hoenig, The Jazz Mandolin Project, Joel Harrison, Christian Howes, Dan Weiss, and Mark Giuliana. His debut release as a leader Tunes I Like to Play was released in 2012.
Jay Epstein has put in several decades performing, recording, & touring. He’s toured Europe with pianists Bill Carrothers & Giacomo Aula and has performed with Barney Kessel, Gary Foster, Eric Alexander, Kenny Werner, Howard Levy, Toots Thielemans, Avashai Cohen, and Sarah Vaughan to name a few. Jay’s albums Long Ago and Easy Company, featuring bassist Anthony Cox and pianist Bill Carrothers, have garnered luminous reviews in the international press.