From Debussy to Gershwin, Matt's piano styling is comfortable. Join us on Saturday evening for a relaxed dinner, delicious wine and great music. . . a complete evening for all the senses.

Matt Peterson is a classical and jazz pianist from Seattle, WA. He has performed around the country as a soloist and in groups. His accolades include being the overall winner of the Wheaton College Ben Heppner Concerto Competition with Gershwin’s Concerto in F, and being an invited performer to the Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival. He has also performed with the Disneyland All-American College Band at the Disneyland parks in Anaheim, California, and with the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago. He holds a Masters degree in jazz studies from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University.

Stirred Not Shaken is singer Nanci Davidson, pianist Tom Walta and guitarist Isaiah Eby. They perform all over Chicagoland and Wisconsin delighting audiences with music from The American Songbook. Nanci was classically trained and has performed in choral, theatre, and opera productions in addition to various small ensembles. She currently performs in several chamber and choral groups in the Chicago area and enjoys the vocal challenges of Jazz.

Tom has played piano his entire life and was also classically trained. He plays professionally, both solo, and has played just about every music genre imaginable, and also arranges music for other solo performers. Jazz and improvisation are his love and are incorporated into all of his music and arrangements.

Isaiah is a guitarist, pianist, singer/songwriter, arranger, and music educator. Versatile and multi-talented, he performs not only in jazz groups and musicals but also with high-energy dance/pop/rock bands. He has released two singles as a solo artist and also writes and arranges music for events throughout the country.

Ilio is a Wheaton native who found the Chicago blues early on in his life. Coupled with seeing The Eagles, Queen, Van Morrison, and John Mayer live in concert, one can tell where his poetic and storytelling style of music derived from. There’s an acoustic rock/reggae/blues vibe to his playing style that helps compliment his smokey voice. 

Louise Kelly is an accomplished singer/songwriter, pianist, educator, environmental activist and podcast producer. Born and raised just outside Chicago, Illinois her musical origin story starts in a teen rock band, heavily influenced by Stevie Wonder and has unfolded through many genres including jazz, pop strings, and arriving presently in her own singer-songwriter style. Louise has released two albums, Cave Paintings and Silent Movies and also Two Gardens.

The Shy Sheks name comes from a silent film from 1925 called "The Lady Of The Night," featuring Norma Shearer. A character in the film says she has to leave to entertain some "shy sheiks from Cheyenne". The term Sheik was a popular term in the 1920s that meant that someone was fashionable.

The Shy Sheks Jazz Duo, Nicolas and Cassondra Ruiz, playfully saunter through a few of our favorite musical genres. Traditional jazz, which celebrates the nation's finest improvisers from the 1920s and 30s, is one of their top selections. They do quite a few tunes by Josephine Baker, Oscar Aleman, Maurice Chevalier and, of course, Django Reinhardt!

Come out to Suzette's to see this rivoting duo perform favorites from the hot jazz club era of Paris, into 20s–40s blues and even a few hits from musical theatre and film.

Hot weather—cool French wine—hot jazz—sounds like the perfect pairing!

Every song and person they cover has a story, and we hope you will come take this journey at Suzette's with The Shy Sheks.

Russ Adkins (guitar, mandolin, slide & vocals) and Ken Slauf (guitar, harmonica & vocals) are the acoustic duo known as The Rusken Bros...
With an eclectic repertoire from the early jug band tunes, to country blues of Mississippi, bluegrass, Hank Williams’ country and even some contemporary composers we will
span nearly 100 years of American music on Suzette’s Patio.
We are going to have a toe tappin’ good time.

Come see Jim Perona’s solo guitar tour-de-force LIVE at Suzette’s Creperie. Jim is a virtuoso instrumental guitarist with an incredibly versatile repertoire set. Classically trained with a Master's Degree from the New England Conservatory of Music, Jim effortlessly switches between Contemporary (including Beatles, Elton John, Jason Mraz, Alicia Keys & much more), Spanish-Classical & Flamenco!

As an events guitarist, Jim's performances have garnered the following performance awards: "Top National Guitarist" on Gigmasters.com, "Couple's Choice Award" on WeddingWire.com and "Best of Weddings" on TheKnot.com. Jim has also been personally invited by John McDonough (Chicago Blackhawks President & CEO) to perform for the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center, which led to the United Center hiring him to perform for the UC Concert club prior to headliner Fleetwood Mac.

Petra van Nuis (pronounced Pay-tra van Nouse) is a Chicago-based jazz vocalist who has been described in Downbeat Magazine as having "a light, gorgeous and fairly delicate voice...a gift for melody and plenty of rhythmic confidence." 

A Chicagoan since 2003, Petra sings at all the finest jazz venues in town including the Green Mill, Andy's Jazz Club, Winter's Jazz Club and the Jazz Showcase. Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs has presented Petra at the Chicago Cultural Center and Chicago Summer Dance. The Jazz Institute of Chicago has featured Petra's Recession Seven band at the Chicago Jazz Festival and Jazz City.

Chicago based duo, vocalist Petra van Nuis and pianist Dennis Luxion have been noted for their “seamless camaraderie” (Chicago Jazz Magazine) creating "spellbinding sonic snapshots that movingly capture the intricacies of life" (Jazziz Magazine) with a style that is “hauntingly atmospheric and filled with creative substance” (All About Jazz Magazine).  

Dennis is best known for being Chet Baker's pianist in the 1980s in Europe where they toured extensively and made six recordings together. Recent overseas performances include a tour of Southern Africa as part of the Rhythm Road:American Music Abroad program administered by Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Petra is known around Chicago for her celebrated Recession Seven band and her intimate duo with husband, guitarist Andy Brown. The duo's first recording "Because We're Night People," was included in the "Best Of 2019" issue of DownBeat Magazine. Petra and Dennis continue their Saturday night residency at Chicago's swanky Le Piano nightclub. This residency has given birth to their latest recording "From Me To You."

High school sweethearts at a performing arts school in Cincinnati, vocalist Petra van Nuis and guitarist Andy Brown grew up together as artists. After honing their craft in Cincinnati and a brief stint in New York City, the couple settled in Chicago in 2004 where they regularly play such top jazz venues as the Green Mill, the Jazz Showcase and Andy's Jazz Club. Their twenty-five-year musical collaboration has been heralded by Germany's Jazzpodium Magazine as "a magical musical dialogue, which can only be partially described as blind understanding."

Five of their CDs have been re-released in Japan and are used as in-flight music on All Nippon Airways (Japan's largest airline). Petra has fronted her popular Chicago-style Recession Seven band for over a decade and her latest two recordings "Lonely Girl—I Remember Julie" and "Because We're Night People" were awarded 4-star ratings in Downbeat Magazine. Andy is a Delmark recording artist whose most acclaimed CD "Soloist" highlights his unique brand of fingerstyle solo guitar. A You Tube video of Andy's solo guitar work has gone "jazz viral" reaching 3.7 million views. Andy backs many touring artists who visit Chicago including Scott Hamilton, Rebecca Kilgore, Warren Vache, Howard Alden, Ken Peplowski, Hod O'Brein and Harry Allen.

Andy Brown is a guitarist based in Chicago. Born in New York City in 1975, he has played professionally for over twenty years. He has had a varied performing career that has included stints in Cincinnati and New York. Since coming to Chicago in 2004, Andy has been fortunate to work at many of the area's finest jazz venues with his own bands, as well as playing his unique brand of solo jazz guitar.