Early Evening Jazz: Mike Conrad Trio

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NO COVER 4:30pm Show The Mike Conrad Trio will be making their Minneapolis debut with two sets of jazz standards and originals. Conrad’s tunes are engaging and well-crafted with tons of space for improvisation, interaction, and expression. Band Members: Mike Conrad - Piano Dan Carpel - Bass Pete James Johnson - Drums ⊹ Mike Conrad is a composer and improviser currently serving as Associate Professor and Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Northern Iowa. His compositions have earned him four ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards, a SONIC Award from ISJAC, the 2023 Sammy Nestico Award, and many other accolades. His wide-ranging creative projects include the All Angles Orchestra ( New Angle ), collaborations with the Berlin-based symphony orchestra collective Stegreif ( Escape Valse, Free Eroica ), the Iowa Jazz Composers Orchestra ( Our Harvest, Fertile Soil Suite ), and two jazz trio albums of original music ( Reconnect and Pretzel Letters ). He is in high demand as a jazz pianist and as a clinician and guest director for jazz ensembles all over the country. Dan Carpe