Free evening of contemporary jazz with the Joel Shapira Trio playing Monk and Miles at Berlin on North Loop.
The Joel Shapira Trio plays Berlin on Friday, October 30, from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM. It's a late-afternoon set, so it's more of a pre-dinner thing than a late-night outing.
Shapira is on guitar, and the trio is playing Monk and Miles. If you're not familiar with those names, Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis are two of the biggest figures in jazz history. Monk is known for his quirky, angular melodies and a lot of space between the notes; Davis is the trumpet player who led some of the most influential sessions the genre ever produced. Hearing them side by side in one set gives you a good sense of where the music comes from, and having a trio work through them keeps things lean.
It's contemporary jazz, so they aren't just playing these as museum pieces. They're taking those old standards and running them through their own sound. If you've got a soft spot for the classics but prefer them with a modern touch, this is exactly that kind of afternoon.
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Berlin is in the North Loop in Minneapolis, and there's no cover for this one. The set runs from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM on Friday, October 30, so you can catch the whole thing and still have your whole evening ahead of you.
