Southside Aces: Celebrating the Hall Brothers Jazz Band

Traditional Jazz

Performing the music of Minnesota legends the Hall Brothers Jazz Band. From the late 1950s into the 21st Century the Hall Brothers played traditional jazz in the Twin Cities and around the country. Much of that time at their own club, The Emporium of Jazz, out in Mendota. Their importance in keeping the traditional jazz flame burning in these parts cannot be overestimated. It is safe to say, “No Hall Brothers, no Southside Aces.”

Dan Eikmeier trumpet
Tony Balluff clarinet
Eric Johnson trombone
Robert Bell guitar
Erik Jacobson sousaphone
Dave Michael drums

Special guest: Hall Brothers Jazz Band alum Mike Polad piano

For two decades, the Southside Aces have performed the music of New Orleans from Jelly Roll Morton to Louis Armstrong to Preservation Hall and more.

“The performers are virtuosi and flawlessly replicate the sound of classic New Orleans…The concert was wonderful and demonstrates the continued vitality of this sort of music.” –John Beckmann, Prairie Uprising

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