Previous events

The Bird&Diz Legacy Quintet (Episode #5)

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MetroNOME Brewery, 289 Fifth Street East, St Paul, MN 55101

Our 5th exploration of the vital compositions of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie - progenitors of BeBop, which became the foundation of Modern Jazz. Our Quintet features these exceptional musicians: Peter Goggin - alto sax, Mitch Van Laar - trumpet, Phil Aaron - piano, Chet Carlson - bass and Peter Kogan - drums. We'll be playing in the acoustically excellent Fingals Cave in the MetroNOME lower level. Admission is free and the brew is exceptional!

PeterKoganJazzPresents THE MONSTERFUL WONDERBAND

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MetroNOME Brewery, 289 Fifth Street East, St Paul, MN 55101

THE MUSIC COMPOSED AND ARRANGED BY PETER KOGAN FOR HIS SEPTET, THE MONSTERFUL WONDERBAND, PLAYING THE TUNES RELEASED ON HIS 2022 ALBUM, "JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT" . THIS IS THE FIRST ENGAGEMENT OF THE SEPTET SINCE LAST JUNE AND FEATURES THESE FORMIDABLE JAZZ SOLOISTS: Ryan Garmoe - trumpet, Pete Whitman - sax, Nick Syman- trombone, Geoff LeCrone - guitar, Kaviesh Kaviraj - piano, Chris Bates - bass, Peter Kogan - drums

PeterKoganJazzPresents BRASS MASTER SUMMIT

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The MetroNOME Brewery, 385 Broadway Street, St Paul, MN 55101

THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA'S STAR JAZZ TRUMPET CHARLES LAZARUS, IN A RARE APPEARANCE OUTSIDE OF ORCHESTRA HALL, IN THE UNIQUE INTIMATE SETTING OF FINGAL'S CAVE AT THE MetroNOME, WITH HIS QUINTET, FEATURING SCOTT AGSTER - TROMBONE, TOMMY BARBARELLA - PIANO, CHRIS BATES - BASS AND PETER KOGAN - DRUMS.

PeterKoganJazzPresents BOSS TENORS

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The MetroNOME Brewery, 385 Broadway Street, St Paul, MN 55101

In the tradition of dueling tenor saxes promoted in the Count Basie band in the 1930s - with Lester Young vs Herschel Walker, and later with Dexter Gordon vs Wardell Gray, and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis vs Johnny Griffin - our local Tenor favorites Pete Whitman and Joe Mayo will square up, cheered on by Patrick Adkins - piano, Graydon Peterson - bass and Peter Kogan - drums.

LIVE MUSIC! IN THE BASEMENT ROOM - FINGAL'S CAVE - OF THE METRONOME BREWERY, SERVING EXTRAORDINARY FINE BREW.
NO ADMISSION, AND ALL ARE WELCOME!

PeterKoganJazzPresents The TarBone Quintet

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The MetroNOME Brewery, 385 Broadway Street, St Paul, MN 55101

Dave Graf - trombone, Geoff LeCrone - guitar, Ted Godbout - piano and Kameron Markworth - bass, with Peter on drums, playing originals and jazz standards! No cover or minimum in the accoustically excellent lower level Fingal's Cave - with great Belgian brews on tap.

The Brian Grivna Quartet

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Crooners Supper Club, 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN55432

The superb veteran also sax and clarinet virtuoso brings his quartet to the Dunsmore Room at Crooners Supper Club, backed up by his collaborators, Phil Aaron on piano, Graydon Peterson on bass and Peter Kogan on the drums. Music by Ellington, Coltrane and some great jazz standards. Crooners provides exceptional food - and drinks.

$20

The Brian Grivna Quartet

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MetroNOME Brewery, 289 Fifth Street East, St Paul, MN 55101

PeterKoganJazzPresents - for our 3rd Thursday in November residency - The Brian Grivna Quartet - featuring the masterful Mr. Grivna, the alto sax and clarinet virtuoso, playing his favorites, backed up by Phil Aaron and Graydon Peterson and Peter Kogan. $10 at the door, downstairs at the MetroNOME in Fingal's Cave - great acoustics there! And the Belgian beer and ale are fabulous.

The Bird&Diz Legacy Quintet (Episode#4)

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MetroNOME Brewery, 289 Fifth Street East, St Paul, MN 55101

Exploring the great musical legacy of the 2 progenitors of Bebop - Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. We'll be playing our favorites from their classic compositions and some of the standards identified with them. The Quintet features Mitch Van Laar, Peter Goggin, Wade Alexander,Chris Bates and Peter Kogan! This is the 2nd of our PeterKoganJazzPresents Thursday residency events. The MetroNOME Brewery serves exceptional Belgian beer and ale! We'll be playing downstairs in Fingal's Cave with its great acoustics. $10 at the door.

The Peter Kogan Quintet

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MetroNOME Brewery, 289 Fifth Street East, St Paul, MN 55101

My Quintet featuring Jake Baldwin, Joe Mayo, Abebi Stafford and Shawn Wang. We'll be playing my favorite originals and some great Jazz classics. This is the first of our "PeterKoganJazzPresents" residency engagements at The MetroNOME on every third Thursday of the month! Please join us in the lower level Fingal's Cave where the acoustics are excellent! The MetroNOME Brewery features truly awesome Belgian brewed beer and ale. $10 at the door.

BIRD & DIZ LEAGACY QUINTET (Episode #2)

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Jazzcentralstudios , 407 Central Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414

Our 2nd installment of the BIRD&DIZ LEGACY QUINTET with new selections from the BeBop masters, featuring: Mitch Van Laar - trumpet, Peter Goggin - sax, Will Kjeer - piano, Graydon Peterson - bass, and Peter Kogan - drums. This show will be live streamed! All ages welcome!

suggested $10.00

Peter Kogan CD Release: JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT

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KJ'S HIDEAWAY, 408 St Peter Street -the Hamm Building. , St Paul, MN 55102

KJ'S HIDEAWAY is located in the basement of the Hamm Building with access from the West 7th Place, the pedestrian mall on the north side of the building. Tickets are $15 plus tax and fees. All are welcome. Excellent food and drink!

Hear Peter's new compositions and arrangements as heard on his new CD: JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT featuring these stellar musicians: Mitch Van Laar - trumpet, Pete Whitman - sax, Nick Syman - trombone, Geoff LeCrone - guitar, Abebi Stafford - piano, Will Kjeer - keyboard, Kameron Markworth - bass, and Peter Kogan - drums.

$15.00 plus tax and fees

Feb19

BIRD & DIZ LEAGACY QUINTET

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Jazzcentralstudios , 407 Central Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414

A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF CHARLIE PARKER AND DIZZY GILLESPIE - PROGENITORS OF BEBOP

FEATURING: MITCH VAN LAAR, TRUMPET - PETER GOGGIN, SAX - WILL KJEER, PIANO - CHRIS BATES, BASS - PETER KOGAN, DRUMS

LIMITED SEATING IS AVAILABLE AND CAN BE RESERVED AT jazzcentralstudios.org Minneapolis ordinance requiers audience members to be masked and fully vaccinated. A donation at the door of $10 is appreciated! Jazz Central Studios is a non profit organization.

suggested $10.00

Oct12

Peter Kogan's Monsterful Wonderband

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The Icehouse Minneapolis, 2528 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis 55404

My Septet playing my latest compositons, music from my CDs and jazz classics

The Monsterful Wonderband features these remarkable musicians:

Jake Baldwin, trumpet Pete Whitman, sax Cody LeDuc, trombone Geoff LeCrone, guitar Will Kjeer, keyboard Kameron Markworth, bass Peter Kogan, drums

The Icehouse has exceptionally fine food and drink!

$12

See and hear the Peter Kogan Quintet, a live stream from Jazz Central Studios:

The Peter Kogan Quintet

at Jazz Central

The Peter Kogan Quintet at Jazz Central on December 14th, 2018 playing "Question Monk" with Omar Abdulkarim on trumpet, Pete Whitman on sax, Abebi Stafford on piano and Ted Olsen on bass.  We'll do it again!

 PETER'S  CDs - SOME MONSTERFUL WONDERTHING - and -  CORNUCOPIA are available  in Minneapolis at the                  THE ELECTRIC FETUS

PETER'S  CD - THE GREEN ALBUM  Is now available for sale  - Click HERE (cd or download or listen!) 

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