Spontaneously improvised experimental jazz
SingleCell is an instrumental trio in the Twin Cities that plays improvised pieces with elements of jazz, third stream, avant garde, and experimental music. Because we don't work from structures, plan compositions, or prepare our sets, we never play the same thing twice.
Kevin Rhys, keys and electronics
Aaron Kerr, 5-string electric cello
Derrin Pinto, drums and percussion
"This whole album (Divisible) truly is an adventure from start to finish."
Christa V.
(WCBN, Ann Arbor)
"I will definitely be including many of the selections from [Regeneration] on the show...I was especially interested in reading and learning about your process for improvisation."
Dom
(KXCI, Tucson)
"Sometimes you get together with some other musicians, and everything seems to click, and spontaneity rules."
Phil Nusbaum
(KBEM, Minneapolis)
UPCOMING/RECENT GIGS
Come on out and say Hi
EXPERIMENTAL JAZZ ON LAFOND
at ZION COMMUNITY CENTER
THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2024
7:00 - 10:00 PM
SingleCell
7:00 - 8:30
Chris Hepola and Brad Holden
8:30 - 10:00
Chris Hepola, drums and possibly other things; Brad Holden, alto sax
1697 Lafond Ave, St Paul, MN 55104 (aka Zion Lutheran Church)
$15 at the door - cash, check, Venmo, PayPal
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TERMINAL BAR
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023
8:00 - 10:45 PM
John C.S. Keston
Keys and electronics
8:00 - 9:15
SingelCell
9:30 - 10:45
409 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414
EXPERIMENTAL JAZZ ON LAFOND
at ZION COMMUNITY CENTER
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2024
7:00 - 10:00 PM
JazZen
7:00 - 8:30
Bobb Fantauzzo (world flutes), and SingleCell members Aaron Kerr (cello) and Derrin Pinto (drums)
In this performance, Kevin Rhys of SingleCell will sit in on piano
Troux Bloux
8:30 - 10:00
Todd Harper - compositions, orations, keyboard; Eric Fratzke - bass; Tarik Abdelqader - drums;
Matty Harris - baritone sax and reeds; Spencer Ross - trumpet
1697 Lafond Ave, St Paul, MN 55104 (aka Zion Lutheran Church)
$15 at the door - cash, check, Venmo, PayPal
AMSTERDAM BAR AND HALL
TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2022
7:00 - 10:00 PM
Our Names
Matty Harris (sax), Chris Hepola (dr)
7:00-8:15
Singlecell
8:30 - 10 pm
6th & Wabasha
Saint Paul, MN 55102
BRYANT SQUARE PARK
UPTOWN, MINNEAPOLIS
2022 MINNEAPOLIS MUSIC IN THE PARKS SERIES
JUNE 9, 2022
6:30-8:00 PM
FREE
3101 Bryant Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55408
MEARS PARK
2022 MUSIC IN THE PARKS SERIES
TUESDAY JUNE 8, 2022
NOON-1:00
FREE - BRING YOUR LUNCH!
221 5th St E, St Paul, MN 55101
ACADIA CAFE
WEST BANK, MINNEAPOLIS
FRIDAY MARCH 4, 2022
7:00 PM
329 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55454
SingleCell, 7 - 9 pm
Troux Bloux, 9 - 11 pm
(Todd Harper, Eric Fratzke, Ivan Cunningham, Matty Harris, Tarik Abdelqader)
BLACK DOG CAFE
LOWERTOWN, ST. PAUL
NOVEMBER 7, 2021
4:30 PM
308 E Prince St, St Paul, MN 55101
Appearing with Heavy Pedal Cello, Todd Harper's Open Air Trio, JazZen, The Sonoglyph Collective, Swallows, and Aaron Kerr's Dissonant Creatures
BRYANT SQUARE PARK
UPTOWN, MINNEAPOLIS
2021 MINNEAPOLIS MUSIC IN THE PARKS SERIES
JULY 15, 2021
6:30-8:00 PM
With Special Guest, Nathan Hanson
HARPER'S GROVE
ST. PAUL
JUNE 15, 2021
7:00-8:30 PM
1384 Reaney Ave. E., St Paul, MN
MUSIC UNDER THE BRIDGE
CORNER OF HAMLINE AND HAGUE, ST. PAUL
AUGUST 28, 2020
6:00-8:00 PM
With Special Guest, Nathan Hanson
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