Postmodern Jukebox singer Gunhild Carling, Sweden’s swing star who sings and plays multiple instruments, returns to the Dakota.
GUNHILD CARLING
DEC 12 • 7PM
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3. José James: The hip-hop-embracing jazz crooner is once again coming home for the holidays. The Minneapolis native, who now lives in Los Angeles, invariably arrives with a standout pianist. On recent visits, he was accompanied by Julius Rodriguez and Christian Sands. This time, James has tapped Chicago-born Jahari Stampley, who last year won the Herbie Hancock International Jazz Institute Piano Competition, to join him for some Christmas nuggets as well as his own should-be-a-classic “Christmas in New York” with its Nat King Cole/Mel Tormé vibe.
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM JOSÉ JAMES
feat. Jahari Stampley
DEC 13-14 • 7PM
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8. Los Lobos: Like Wilco, Los Angeles’ culturally rich and musically electrifying Mexi-Cali rock legends have gone from playing 7th St. Entry their first time in town (1983) to hitting a long list of other Twin Cities venues since then. About time they gave Minneapolis’ renowned jazz club a try — a nice, intimate contrast to the large outdoor setting of their heated and thrilling gig this past summer at St. Louis Park’s ROC. Still boasting all four original members, plus longtime utility player and producer Steve Berlin, the “La Bamba” hitmakers just marked their 50th anniversary as a band and the 40th anniversary of “How Will the Wolf Survive?” widely ranked as one of the best albums of the 1980s and just the beginning of what’s now a large canon of classic songs.
LOS LOBOS
DEC 15 • 7PM
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The Petersons, Minnesota’s first family of jazz, do their annual, multi-generational Twas the Jam Before Christmas.
THE PETERSON FAMILY – ‘TWAS THE JAM BEFORE CHRISTMAS
DEC 16-17 • 7PM
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Esera Tuaolo, the former Vikings player and “The Voice” contestant, offers his Mr. Aloha Holiday Show.