Mill City Jazz is a Minneapolis-based jazz ensemble that strives to create the perfect musical atmosphere for formal events such as weddings, corporate parties, receptions, or any gatherings that require live background music.
11 reviews
Jennifer F.
June 28, 2025This group did an excellent job reflecting my jusband's favorite tunes at his celebration of life.
Hired as: Jazz Band
Devin S.
December 9, 2024We are thrilled with MCJ’s performance at our corporate holiday party. The musicians are excellent, great sound and programming. They also dressed very professionally, which added to the party ambiance. Booking was very easy and friendly. Would absolutely book again in the future. Thank you!
Hired as: Jazz Band
Amanda L.
May 2, 2024We had Mill City Jazz perform for a building opening event and they did an amazing job! Their sound was absolutely perfect for this event and they did a great job monitoring volume to create the perfect background music for our event. As a professional event coordinator, I would recommend them a thousand times over for any event!
Hired as: Jazz Band
Peter
December 20, 2022The band sounded great and created the atmosphere we wanted for the cocktail hour at our wedding. We had several musicians as guests and they commented on how good the band sounded. Communication was very easy and the rate was reasonable at well. Highly recommend!!!
Hired as: Jazz Band
Elizabeth G.
September 7, 2022Thank you Erik and Mill City Jazz for providing the most beautiful background jazz music for the dinner portion of our daughter and new sons wedding reception! Everyone raved about your professionalism, your song choices and just how darn good you sounded. Top notch and worth every single penny we spent to hire you! You're the best. Our daughter Maddie & her new husband Blake were thrilled we hired you! Thank you for making their dream wedding be more complete with your trio there!
There's nothing quite like a standup bass, drums and piano playing during a formal dinner affair. All the best in your musical endeavors. We will definitely hire you again should the occasion arise.
Fondly,
Elizabeth Gardner-Gray(Mother of the Bride)
Hired as: Wedding Band
Price range: Contact for rates
Languages: English, Spanish
Gig length: 30 - 120 minutes
- Mill City Jazz provides professionally dressed and rehearsed jazz musicians well equipped to provide the perfect musical atmosphere for any formal/informal event.
- Mill City Jazz will perform music from the wide variety of tunes in the jazz repertoire. Musical selections are picked to fit the mood of the event - present enough to allow for listening enjoyment but so loud as to drown out conversation between guests of the event.
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
4:00pm - 7:00pm
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Excelsior, MN
Saturday
Funeral/Memorial Service
5:00pm - 6:00pm
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Chaska, MN
Saturday
Christmas Party
6:00pm - 10:00pm
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Stillwater, MN
Friday
House Concert
6:00pm - 8:00pm
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Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday
Grand Opening
3:00pm - 7:00pm
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Minneapolis, MN
Saturday
Wedding Cocktail Hour
5:00pm - 7:00pm
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St Paul, MN
Sunday
Wedding Reception
6:00pm - 7:30pm
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Minneapolis, MN
Saturday
Wedding Cocktail Hour
5:00pm - 6:30pm
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Minneapolis, MN
Sunday
Wedding Reception
11:00am - 2:30pm
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Minneapolis, MN
Saturday
Concert
7:00pm - 9:00pm
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Waseca, MN
Saturday
Restaurant/Bar Event
6:00pm - 10:00pm
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Zimmerman, MN
Saturday
Wedding Cocktail Hour
4:00pm - 6:30pm
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Cottage Grove, MN
Tuesday
Nonprofit Event
5:30pm - 8:00pm
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St Paul, MN
Wednesday
Dinner Party
5:30pm - 8:30pm
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Minneapolis, MN
Friday
Wedding Reception
7:00pm - 9:30pm
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Minneapolis, MN
Tuesday
Cocktail Party
6:00pm - 9:00pm
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Woodbury, MN
Thursday
Christmas Party
2:30pm - 5:00pm
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Minneapolis, MN
*Varies depending on the event. Feel free to ask for requests!
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