The Singer’s Voice, hosted by Dan Chouinard featuring Jennifer Grimm
Conversations about Life and Music
Ever notice that the ear is shaped like a question mark? – Susan Stamberg, legendary NPR host
Dan Chouinard hosts casual conversations around the piano with great singers, featuring songs and stories about childhood, the family record collection, favorite artists, first performances, travels and trials and triumphs.The Singer’s Voice series ran for six years on Sunday nights at the original Dakota Jazz Club in St. Paul starting in 1994. Shows were broadcast live on KBEM-FM Jazz88 radio. Over 250 guests appeared as guests before Dan ended the series in 2000 to pursue other projects.
Jennifer Grimm appeared on a 1997 “Rising Stars” episode of the show featuring young performers; she was a math major at Augsburg College at the time.
Dan Chouinard is a St. Paul-based all-purpose pianist and accordionist, concert soloist and accompanist, sing-along enabler, bicycling vagabond, Crooners regular and creator/host of live history-and-music shows for Minnesota Public Radio, Twin Cities Public Television and theaters across Minnesota.
Jennifer Grimm is a celebrated Twin Cities singer, songwriter and theater artist. Raised in one of America’s last standing vaudeville families, Jennifer grew up steeped in music and performance. Her rich vocals and charismatic ease have graced the stages of the Guthrie, Orchestra Hall, Napa’s Blue Note, New York’s Birdland, the St. Vincent Blues Festival, Twin Cities Jazz Festival and Carnegie Hall. She performs regularly with the Adi Yeshaya Jazz Orchestra and with Grimm & Cruz, and has recorded with innumerable artists.