Upcoming Events
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Thu23Jan2025
John Penny is at The Midtown Global Market
Noon - 2:00PMMIdtown global Market 920 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407 • 612-872-4041
John Penny performs original World Jazz and introduces "Cinematic Jazz" as a soloist. With performing Jazz, Penny has renaissance backgrounds in film scoring, sound design, audio engineering, and computer technologies. This background facilitates the creation of backing tracks, or virtual music tracks, of accompaniments for his songs. Over the course of the show, the virtual bands, made up of 2 to more than 50 instrumentalists, surround Penny's guitar and lyrics with a mix of exotic atmospheres. Instruments from across the globe make up the ensembles. From the vibe of the singer songwriter, to that of the Jazz combo and chamber orchestra, a diverse palette of music textures for Penny's songs are experienced. The backing tracks are custom crafted by Penny to give his compositions the utmost in live energy and interactivity among the virtual players. With this format, Penny can share more than ever, the multi-threaded musical messages that the universe has presented him with. Penny will always perform with live musicians for the organic interactivity/comradery it brings, however this project allows one that composes, performs, produces, and mixes their own music, the opportunity to combine these art forms into a new immersive experience of emotion at molecular levels.
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Thu13Feb2025
John Penny is at Robert Trail Library
6PM - 7PM14395 S Robert Trail, Rosemount, MN 55068 (651) 480-1200
"A Living History of Black American Jazz" is the subject of this talk and performance. Unlike traditional Jazz studies, Penny takes the audience on a personal journey through time, using his own compositions. The selected songs demonstrate how key phases of Jazz history helped shape this Jazz musician's music. The presentation's primary focus is on the analysis of Jazz History rather than all of its architects. It looks at the how, why, and where Jazz comes from. After the movement from early to modern Jazz is complete, the last section of the presentation looks at Jazz as music for film. The film world has long embraced Jazz as one form of nourishment for it's emotional appetites. Penny's film music demonstrates how modern cinema music can utilize multiple genres simultaneously, with Jazz, World Folk, Classical, and electronic textures.
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Tue04Mar2025
Mardi Gras at Mr. Paul's Supper Club with West Bank Social Club
7pm - 10pmMr Paul's Supper Club • 3917 Market Street, Edina MN 55424 • 612-259-8614
John Penny Performs another one with the uproarious New Orleans influenced crowd-thrilling brass band, The West Bank Social Club, at Mr Paul's Supper Club. This gig is for Mardi Gras. The exact performance tie may alter slightly as Mardi Gras approaches.
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Thu27Mar2025
John Penny is at The Midtown Global Market
Noon - 2:00PMMIdtown global Market 920 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407 • 612-872-4041
John Penny performs original World Jazz and introduces "Cinematic Jazz" as a soloist. With performing Jazz, Penny has renaissance backgrounds in film scoring, sound design, audio engineering, and computer technologies. This background facilitates the creation of backing tracks, or virtual music tracks, of accompaniments for his songs. Over the course of the show, the virtual bands, made up of 2 to more than 50 instrumentalists, surround Penny's guitar and lyrics with a mix of exotic atmospheres. Instruments from across the globe make up the ensembles. From the vibe of the singer songwriter, to that of the Jazz combo and chamber orchestra, a diverse palette of music textures for Penny's songs are experienced. The backing tracks are custom crafted by Penny to give his compositions the utmost in live energy and interactivity among the virtual players. With this format, Penny can share more than ever, the multi-threaded musical messages that the universe has presented him with. Penny will always perform with live musicians for the organic interactivity/comradery it brings, however this project allows one that composes, performs, produces, and mixes their own music, the opportunity to combine these art forms into a new immersive experience of emotion at molecular levels.