ONE SHOW ONLY! Larry McDonough is an award-winning St. Paul jazz composer, pianist, singer, and teacher, performing
around the world and recording with his group the Larry McDonough Quartet as well as solo, and in duos
and trios. He has performed with legendary saxophonist and composer Benny Golson, Trombonist Fred
Wesley, and trumpeters Lew Soloff and Duane Eubanks, as well as a who’s who of local jazz artists, and
was inducted into the Minnesota Rock Country Hall of Fame for his work in the group Danny’s Reasons.
His awards include the American Composers Forum Showcase Award for the composition “Strait of
Gibraltar.”
He has released 13 CDs and DVDs as a leader. His current CDs are “Conversations with Bill Evans Live,”
“Best of the Aster Classic Jazz Series” and “Intermodulating Undercurrents Live at the Kos: The Music of
Bill Evans and Jim Hall.” “Kind of Bill on the Palace Grounds, Marking 40 Years since the Death of Bill
Evans,” was played on jazz radio stations and streaming services around the country. The two-CD set
“Alice in Stonehenge and other AcoustElectric Adventures” has played on radio stations and streaming
services around the world and charted #18 on the Roots Music Report’s Top 50 Jazz Album Chart.
“Simple Gifts” reached number 29 on the CMJ Jazz Chart and also has been played on hundreds of
stations around the country and throughout the world.