1. Sheila E.: Prince helped turn this Latin percussion ace into a rock star with “The Glamorous Life” and “A Love Bizarre.” After receiving a lifetime achievement award at the Latin Grammys in 2021, she just dropped her first salsa album, “Bailar,” even though “I don’t speak Spanish,” as well as a new R&B album, “Hella Fonke,” that can be purchased only at her gigs. She’s spirited, passionate and funky as she and her band, E Train, will demonstrate over three nights in her return to downtown Minneapolis.
JUL 25-27 • 6:30 & 9PM
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The Boat Note Five, essentially an abbreviated incarnation of the Twin Cities’ New Orleans-loving Southside Aces, salute Louis Armstrong on the 123rd anniversary of his birth.
JUL 29 • 7PM
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Now a quarter century into her career, luxe New York jazz vocalist Jane Monheit returns, touting her latest, “Come What May,” with noteworthy treatments of “When a Woman Loves a Man” and “Let’s Face the Music and Dance”.
JUL 30 • 7PM
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Wu-Tang Clan cofounder GZA & the Phunky Nomads, featuring ODB’s older brother and GZA’s cousin Ramsey Jones, add a jazzy vibe to some Wu-Tang and GZA material