Steve Kenny is active in the Minnesota Jazz community as a Performer, Composer, Band Leader, Producer, Publisher, and Curator. He is a founding member of “the illicit sextet”, "Group 47", "What Would Monk Do?" and his own Quartets, and he is the creative force behind the production company "illicit Productions", which produces well over 100 live shows a year and produced the three volumes of the successful ‘Twin Cities Jazz Sampler’ releases. Steve curates weekly Jazz series at Jazz Central Studios, Black Dog Cafe, and at Studio Z.