At its show at the Dakota in Minneapolis, Thursday January 2 at 7PM, the Southside Aces Big Five pays tribute to Louis Armstrong. Armstrong is one of the most important creative forces in the history of Jazz. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Southside Aces clarinetist Tony Balluf talked about the tune Working Man Blues as a great example of early Louis Armstrong.

Pianist Jon Weber talks about his shows coming up at Crooners Supper Club next week including solo shows and duo shows.

Pianist and harmonica player Corky Siegel and Randy Sabien play together this weekend at Crooners Supper Club. Corky called into the Morning Show to talk about the gigs.

Students can now apply for summer internships through the Step-Up program with the city of Minneapolis. Program Manager Theresa Angelopoulos stopped by the Morning Show to discuss Step-Up's application process.

Dave King, drummer and founding member of The Bad Plus talks about their upcoming holiday residency at the Dakota.

Good Morning Bedlam is a contemporary folk group from Minneapolis. Catch the group at 7PM Friday Dec 29 at the Aster in Minneapolis. Good morning Bedlam hangs its hat on detailed arrangements of original songs. Isaak Elker writes a lot of the group’s songs, so Phil Nusbaum asked Isaak about the craft of songwriting.

Singer/songwriter Paul Metsa celebrates forty years of gigging in the Twin Cities at the Parkway Theater tonight at 7:00.

Singer Peg Carrothers is doing a show in the beautiful Dunsmore Room at Crooners Supper Club Thursday, Dec. 26 at 6.

Festivus and Other Twisted Holidays represents Larry McDonough’s Irreverent Jazz take on Christmas with a little influence from the Seinfeld TV show. Catch it at the Black Dog on Monday evening December 23. When Larry talked to Phil Nusbaum, Larry told where the inspiration for the irreverent Christmas comes from.

KBEM's new station manager, Dan Larkin, stopped by the Morning Show to talk about his new role at Jazz88.