Minneapolis-based jazz pianist and composer Mary Louise Knutson has been called “one of the most exciting and innovative artists to happen to jazz piano in quite some time.” Her warm, inviting tone, broad range of emotional expression, and distinctive compositions have brought her much recognition on the national music scene.

Knutson tours regularly with former Tonight Show bandleader trumpeter Doc Severinsen and his big band (featuring Grammy Award winning saxophonist Ernie Watts), has toured the U.S. with her own trio, and Italy with vocalist Debbie Duncan.