Patty and The Buttons Present: An Evening Of Gypsy Jazz with Sam Miltich and Dean Harrington Sunday December 8th

Sam Miltich and Dean Harrington are two world class Gypsy Jazz guitar players from the state of Minnesota.  Patty and The Buttons will be hosting a night of Gypsy Jazz at the Dakota Jazz Club on December 8th as part of their “Patty and The Buttons” presents series.  Guitarists Miltich and Harrington have never appeared together in public before, expect many nods to Django Rheinhardt as well as plenty of virtuosic guitar licks!

Sunday December 8th, 2013

7-10pm / ALL AGES / FREE

The Dakota Jazz Club

1010 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN
55403

(612) 332-1010

 Sam Miltich

Sam Miltich is a jazz guitarist born and raised in the woods of northern Minnesota. He is a musician by profession and plays regularly in the Upper Midwest as a soloist and with his bands the Sam Miltich Trio and The Clearwater Hot Club.  At a screening of Woody Allen’s movie “Sweet and Lowdown,” Sam heard the music of the late gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt for the first time. The combination of acoustic instruments, driving rhythm, and the swing feel sounded like a melding of his favorite genres of music into one. Sam decided to dedicate himself to the study of gypsy jazz. By the time he was eighteen he was touring with the Robin Nolan Trio in the U.S. and Europe. He would later join the Hot Club of San Francisco for two years before starting his own band, the Clearwater Hot Club. In addition to promoting his bands, Sam is always seeking out new musical connections. His recent musical collaborators have included mandolin virtuoso Peter Ostroushko, legendary Twin Cities saxophonist Dave Karr, jazz and classical guitarist Joan Griffith, and Dutch jazz violinist Tim Kliphuis.

 Dean Harrington

 Dean Harrington has been a performing musician and guitar teacher in the Twin Cities area for the last twenty years. He started as a classical musician, completing a Bachelor of Music degree in classical guitar performance from the University of Minnesota, studying with classical guitarist and composer Jeffrey Van. He performs regularly in the Twin Cities area with his bands Mill City Hot Club and Dean Harrington Trio. Dean has performed locally with several other bands including: Twin Cities Hot Club, Patty and the Buttons, Gypsy Mania, Café Accordion Orchestra, The Southside Aces, Connie Evingson, Rhonda Laurie, Tony Sandler, Sidewalk Cafe, Nikki and the Ruemates, Papa John and the Hot Club of East Lake Street, Men with Hollowbodies, and more.