$15 (General Admission)
7:00pm Show
Guitarist and composer Will Schmid returns to the Twin Cities after a six-year stint in Texas. This show reunites his regular quartet for a night of multi-section original compositions and arrangements, drawing inspiration from Americana, chamber music, and even extreme metal.
Band Members:
Will Schmid - Guitar
Patrick Adkins - Piano
Alma Engebretson - Bass
Tarek Abdelqader - Drums
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Minneapolis-based guitarist and composer Will Schmid has been performing his original music publicly since 2013. Before Schmid relocated to Texas for doctorate studies in 2020, his duos, trios, and quartets frequently headlined Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog and Saturday Night Jazz at KJ’s Hideaway. He has led multiple ensembles at the Twin Cities and Iowa City Jazz Festivals and at nationally renowned venues such as New York’s ShapeShifter Lab and Cleveland’s BOP STOP. As a member of the Twin Cities modern jazz collective SPACE, Schmid has released two albums of original music, Non-Trivial Problem (2019) and The Approaching Coast (2022). His collaboration with electronic music producer Hydra (now softsky) and singer Gwen Rose, "Want Your Love," has been streamed tens of thousands of times.
