Duo with Tim O'Keefe at Icehouse Minneapolis March 29-30

Tim O'Keefe and I will be making a return engagement at Icehouse Minneapolis.  The Icehouse is one of the cities finest listening rooms.  Tim is a talented percussion who plays a wide variety of percussion ranging from Pandeiro to Dumbek.  Our repertoire includes Brazilian Choros, Bulgarian Dances and many other wordly delights. 

2528 Nicollet Avenue

Minneapolis, MN

55404

(612) 276-6523

Friday and Saturday, March 29th & 30th

7-10pm

Patty and The Buttons debut at Dakota Jazz Club April 10th

Patty and The Buttons will be making our debut at the Dakota Jazz Club on April 10th, 2013!! If you’re a fan of the band, please come support us at Minnesota’s premiere jazz club. We will be playing on “Foodie night” where there is NO COVER, $10 bottles of wine and a $30 dollar tasting menu. If that’s not enough to entice you, we will also have our good friend Mr. Rick Carlson joining us on piano! There isn’t an official dance floor, but, if your feet were to start moving in a rhythmic fashion while in an upright position, I don’t think anyone would tell you to stop. 

Dakota Jazz Club

1010 Nicollet Mall  

Minneapolis, MN

55403

7-10:30pm, NO COVER, ALL AGES

Upcoming Appearance with Doc Severinsen and The Knoxville Symphony

I couldn't be more thrilled about an upcoming performance with famed Tonight Show bandleader Doc Severinsen (trumpet) and the Knoxville Symphony for a pops concert on April 13th, 2013! Full details are still in the works, stay tuned...

Patty and The Buttons Have A New Website!

By popular request, Patty and The Buttons now have a website that you can visit at http://pattyandthebuttons.com. Patty and The Buttons news and other information is now available there.  That being said, if you'd like to keep up with what I do in the rest of the musical universe, this website is still the place.  Thanks for your continued support, you put the "us" in music. 

Patty and The Buttons Featured On Hey Mister Jesse Podcast

Patty and The Buttons 2012 debut disc "Once Over Lightly..." was featured on the "Hey Mister Jesse" podcast. "Hey Mister Jesse" programs primarily swing style music by contemporary traditional jazz devotees.  Many other great 2012 releases were featured in this year end wrap up show, check it out here:
http://www.yehoodi.com/show/heymisterjesse?episode=85

Patty and The Buttons debut album "Once Over Lightly" is now available online!

For those of you who have been asking, Patty and The Buttons debut disc "Once Over Lightly" is now available online.  It will soon be in all the major outlets, but if you want it right away, please visit us on Bandcamp for both digital and physical copies.  As always, you can get yourself one at any of our live shows with the added bonus of real live music! Thanks for your continued support of Patty and The Buttons.

December Residencies at Cafe Maude and Icehouse

I'm excited to be home for the holidays, digging in at a few of my favorite live music and food destinations!  To celebrate the season, I'll be playing (mostly) duo with a diverse range of the Midwest's finest musicians. Please join me at Cafe Maude or Icehouse for some of these great listening opportunities. Reservations are strongly encouraged for any of these shows.

Icehouse Minneapolis

2528 Nicollet Avenue
Minneapolis, MN
55404
(612) 276-6523

Friday and Saturday, December 7th & 8th
7-10pm
Duo with Tim O'Keefe
I'm really excited to be playing duets with ethnic percussion guru Tim O'Keefe. This is our DEBUT show and we will be dipping heavily into my Brazilian and Balkan repertoires as well as other musical surprises.

Saturday, December 15th
7-10pm
Duo with Josh Granowski
Other the past months, Bassist Josh Granowski and I have been playing interpetations of our favorite films scores.  Film works from Taxi Diver, Fargo, Triplet of Belleville and others. Sufficed it say, nothing but hits!

Cafe Maude (Two Locations)
SOUTH:
5411 Penn Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN
55419
(612) 822-5411
LORING:
1612 Harmon Place
Minneapolis, MN
55403
(612) 767-9080

Tuesday, December 11th (SOUTH LOCATION)
7-10pm
Duo with Kip Jones
My good friend and violinist Kip Jones is back from his travels around the world with the Ethel Quartet.  Kip and I play folk music from countries that exist and some that don't.  It will be a pleasure to work with Kip again, he is truly a world class one of a kind musician!

Wednesday, December 12th (SOUTH LOCATION)
7-10pm
Patty and The Buttons
If you have yet to check out The Buttons Traditional Jazz stylings, now is your chance.  We play in a hybrid style incorporating influences from New Orleans, Gypsy Jazz, Western Swing and anything else you could hear on a bandstand between 1920-1940.

Friday, December 14th (LORING LOCATION)
10pm-Midnight
Duo with Kip Jones
(See Above)

U.S. Premiere of Walter Buczynski's Accordion Concerto "Fantasy on Themes of the Past" at Ted Mann Concert Hall October 18th

I've been practicing hard for this concert with the University of Minnesota'a University Band.  My friend Brian Messier will be conducting the ensemble and has bravely programmed an accordion concerto originally written by Walter Buczynski for Canadian classical accordionist Joseph Macerollo.  The first movements of the work are abstractions of folk themes while the final movement is a rhythmic exploration of extended technique.  I will also be joining the ensemble for several other pieces on this program!

Thursday, October 18th, 2012

7:30 PM

Ted Mann Concert Hall

Minneapolis, MN

FREE

The official press release reads:

"Featuring Minnesota composers Daniel Kallman and Stephen Paulus.
Symphonic Band conducted by Jerry Luckhardt; University Band conducted by Brian Messier

Program to include works by Jess Langston Turner, Walter Buczynski, Carl Holmquist, Stephen Paulus, Philip Sparke, Howard Hanson, Frank Ticheli, and Daniel Kallman. The program will also feature two American premieres - Jess Turner's Ford's Machine and Walter Buczynski's accordion concerto Fantasy on Themes of the Past (Patrick Harison, accordion soloist). "

Panorama Jazz Band In Concert At East Carolina University October 24th

I'm really excited to be joining my old friends from New Orleans the Panorama Jazz Band.  We'll be playing the concert series at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC.  I played with Panorama in New Orleans for a couple of years and I'm always happy when I get to join the group on the road! Panorama is a wildly eclectic thinking person's party band with repertoire that includes Traditional Jazz, Klezmer, Balkan and Creole influences.  Full details on the concert and tickets can be found here.

Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
8pm
Wright Auditorium
Greenville, NC

Patty and The Buttons Live Show on KFAI August 22nd

Patty and The Buttons were recently recorded live at the Red Stag Supperclub for KFAI Radio's Minneculture Program.  It will be rebroadcast on KFAI radio Wednesday August 22nd, from 7:30-8:00.  Tune in at 90.3 (Minneapolis) or 106.7 (Saint Paul)  if you're located around the Twin Cities area.  You can also listen online at KFAI.org or review the show in the archives up to two weeks after the broadcast date.