NO COVER 4:30pm Show
Saxophonist Bryan Murray and bassist Adam Linz welcome one of Philadelphia's top jazz drummers, Dan Monaghan, to the Twin Cities to perform all-new repetoire as they prepare for an upcoming studio date.
Adam Linz is a well-known bass player in the Twin Cities jazz scene. He co-leads the internationally award-winning group Fat Kid Wednesdays with childhood friends Mike Lewis and JT Bates; the group has toured extensively throughout Europe and North America. Adam has taught at Macalester College, Augsburg College, Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth, and EDAM Music outreach in Paris, and he has given clinics in Chile, Argentina, Seattle, New York, Houston, Germany, and Switzerland. Adam has performed with such jazz greats as Evan Parker, Stanley Turrentine, Milt Jackson, and the electronic artist Dosh.
Dan Monaghan, from Mansfield, PA, is one of the busiest drummers in the Philadelphia area. He has performed with some of the top names in jazz, including Eric Alexander, Peter Bernstein, Uri Caine, and Randy Brecker. In addition, he has recorded with Dick Oatts, Garry Dial, Joe Magnarelli, Jimmy Bruno, Elio Villafranca, Joanna Pascale, John Vanore & Abstract Truth, Larry McKenna, Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord, Norman David, Tom Tallitsch, Mike Kennedy, and many others. Dan has performed at the Heineken Jazzaldia Festival, the Daegu International Jazz Festival, the Mellon Jazz Festival, the East Coast Jazz Festival, the Wilmington Latino Festival, the Cremona Jazz Festival, the Blue Note, Blues Alley, Smoke, Ortlieb's Jazzhaus, Zanzibar Blue, and Chris' Jazz Cafe, among other well-known venues. In addition to his performing credits, Dan is on the faculty at Temple University and Rowan University, and is a frequent clinician at schools, colleges, and festivals.
After 20 years of living, studying, and performing in the New York music scene, Bryan Murray relocated to Apple Valley, Minnesota, with his family in 2022. While in New York, Bryan led an “avant country” band called Bryan and the Haggards that focused on the songwriting of country music legend Merle Haggard. The band’s two albums on Hot Cup Records and one with Eugene Chadbourne on Northern Spy Records have received much praise. The New York Times said, “…their debut is satisfying as both a commentary on Mr. Haggard’s music and a dispatch from the current jazz frontier.” The Boston Globe called the debut “The Biggest Surprise Jazz Album” and The Wire ranked it one of the top 10 jazz albums of the year. Bryan has also been a regular sideman on other projects, including Moppa Elliott’s Unspeakable Garbage and Jon Lundbom’s Big Five Chord, and he had the opportunity to join the Love This Giant tour with David Byrne and St. Vincent. His latest musical projects utilize a “modified saxophone” of his own creation and are recorded under the pseudonym “Balto Exclamationpoint.”
