BRAINERD — A professional jazz ensemble will take listeners through a brief history of the genre at this year’s Brainerd High School homecoming concert.

Reintroduced to the community in 2023, the homecoming concert is a way to honor the school’s more than 150 years of history and tradition.

“Historically, there have been homecoming concerts going back in time, but not of recent,” Brainerd Public Schools Archivist John Erickson said. “We did one a couple of years ago, and it was really well received.”

The 2023 concert brought together past and present members of the high school choir, but this year’s show promises something much different.

The Storyville Redeemers are a professional Twin Cities jazz band boasting a New Orleans jazz sound. The band’s name comes from the red-light distric

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