Jimmy Martin and Drew Jansen: When The Music Takes Us...

Doors open at 4:00 PM for Dinner and Drink Service. A look back at two lifetimes of making music! Legendary entertainers Jimmy Martin and Drew Jansen share songs and stories from their combined total of almost 140 years on the stage! Audience favorites sprinkled with a generous helping of rarities from their respective catalogs add up to an evening of mirth, melodies, memories and more. Ballads, Broadway, Classical, Jazz…plus a few favorite originals! Jimmy Martin: Piano and Vocals Drew Jansen: Piano and Vocals Ohio native Jimmy Martin made his piano debut with the Toledo Symphony at age 5 and has been delighting audiences with his talent and easy charm ever since. He has performed around the world with luminaries like Carmel Quinn, Tony Sandler, Roberta Peters, and countless others. For almost a decade, Jimmy’s iconic restaurant and cabaret, Ivories, was home to some of the finest entertainers in the area. Little Rock-born Drew Jansen began performing professionally at age 16. He moved to Minnesota in 1979 and quickly established himself as a respected performer, composer/lyricist, and comedy writer. He penned the music and lyrics for the record-smashing shows “How To Talk Minnesotan: The Musical” and “Church Basement Ladies.” He has also written and composed for “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” and was a sought-after commercial voice-over and on-camera talent for decades. “Drew Jansen and Jimmy Martin, a couple of cut-ups as well as a couple, put on quite a show in their duo-piano-and-songster personae as “The Piano Men.” Their second annual ‘What Matters Most’ musical celebration, a program of showtunes and memories, wowed a near-capacity crowd.” —Eric Harrison, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette