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The Dakota Jazz Club and Restaurant is a jazz club in Twin Cities Minnesota. The club opened in 1985 at Bandana Square in St. Paul as a restaurant with local jazz in the bar. In 1988 the programming expanded to national artists with performances by McCoy Tyner and Ahmad Jamal. In 2003 the Dakota moved to downtown Minneapolis on Nicollet Mall.The Dakota gained a national reputation as a jazz presenter and many of the jazz greats have played there.