Mary Louise Knutson

Jazz Pianist & Composer

Jazz pianist and composer, Mary Louise Knutson, has been called "one of the most exciting artists to happen to jazz piano in quite some time." Her latest trio CD, In the Bubble, charted in JazzWeek's Top 10.

The Mary Louise Knutson Trio, featuring pianist Mary Louise Knutson, bassist Gordon Johnson, and drummer Phil Hey, perform Horace Silver's "The Gringo" in Orchestra Hall's Target Atrium, Minneapolis, MN. Video by Dave Schmieding.

The Mary Louise Knutson Trio, featuring pianist Mary Louise Knutson, bassist Gordon Johnson, and drummer Greg Schutte, perform "'SWonderful" in the Dunsmore Room at Crooners, Minneapolis, MN. Video by Dave Schmieding. 

The Mary Louise Knutson Trio, featuring pianist Mary Louise Knutson, bassist Gordon Johnson, and drummer Phil Hey, perform Mary Louise's "Can You Hear Me Now?" in the Dunsmore Room at Crooners, Minneapolis, MN. Video by Dave Schmieding.

The Mary Louise Knutson Trio, featuring pianist Mary Louise Knutson, bassist Gordon Johnson, and drummer Phil Hey, perform Mary Louise's "Can You Hear Me Now?" in the Dunsmore Room at Crooners, Minneapolis, MN. Video by Dave Schmieding.

Mary Louise stopped by Twin Cities Public Television's Almanac to preview the Twin Cities Jazz Festival in St. Paul, MN. She played Oscar Peterson's "Kelly's Blues."

Filmed by Baby Blue Arts, the Mary Louise Knutson Trio, featuring pianist Mary Louise Knutson, bassist Gordon Johnson, and drummer Phil Hey, performs Knutson's arrangement of Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride."