Summer of the Arts

Hickok Roberts Quartet
2023-07-02 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival, 25 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Vocalist Betsy Hickok performs sensitive and swinging interpretations of jazz standards. She has appeared in the Des Moines Metro Arts Jazz in July series, the Iowa City Jazz Festival, Noce Jazz Cabaret, and other regional venues with some of Iowa’s top musicians. Guitarist Ron Roberts is a Chicago area native who has played regularly with artists throughout central Iowa.
Ron and Betsy have performed together since 2010 and received a Special Recognition Award in 2019 from the Des Moines Community Jazz Center Hall of Fame. Ryan Smith is a woodwind specialist living in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who has performed throughout the Midwest and in Brazil, Italy, Hong Kong, and China. Drew Morton, bassist and multimedia artist, is a regular musician with various groups in the area including Jack Lion, Koplant No, and Christopher’s Very Happy Band.

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Artist Booths and Fun Stops Open
2023-07-02 12:00 - 16:00 | Clinton St., 10 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
In addition to the music, artist booths and Fun Stops round out the music festival atmosphere!
Artists
Let Us Color for Peace
Alegria Handmade
Glen Arthur Lowry
Josina Supplies
Vintage Jewelry & Treasures
Glassando
Willustrations
Fun Stops
Faceworks
FTC Robotics/Trobotix
Englert Theatre
Iowa City Hospice/VNA of Johnson County (Friday)
Willowwind School (Saturday)
Johnson County Ambulance Service
Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center
KCCK Jazz Radio

Beverage Garden and Culinary Delights Open
2023-07-02 12:00 - 16:00 | Iowa Avenue, 105 Iowa Avenue, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Enjoy cold beverages and delicious food from a variety of local and regional food vendors!

Damani Phillips Quartet
2023-07-02 13:00 - 14:00 | Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Sponsored by Tony Fischer and Beth Newell

About: Damani Phillips is a native of Pontiac, MI, and currently serves as head of the Jazz Studies area at the University of Iowa. An active performer and scholar, Phillips has performed, taught and lectured throughout the world. He has performed with artists/groups such as Lewis Nash, Christian McBride, Wycliffe Gordon, Bobby McFerrin, Marcus Belgrave, Terrell Stafford, Hank Jones, Red Holloway and Pat Bianchi among many others. Phillips will be joined by an exceptional band including two of Indianapolis’ finest in bassist Brandon Meeks, Iowa jazz alum Cassius Goens on drums along with Iowa jazz piano standout Steve Shanley (Coe College).

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Web: https://www.damaniphillips.com/
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Apocalypso Tantric Noise Choir
2023-07-02 14:00 - 15:00 | Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival, 25 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Instrumental jazz funk, from tight originals to free-flowing improvisational excursions, ATNC has been making music together for more than two decades. Brothers Hurlin, David and Eric, man the percussion and keys respectively with James Moore on precision bass. Guitarist Jonnie Cohen often sits in adding textural refinements and aural outreach. The Noise Choir has played every setting from jazz venue to brewery to bar to dances to theaters to festivals, tapping into the emotional and physical contours of each setting. They’ve backed artists like David Lynch muse and Twin Peaks star Chrystabell, Belgian artist Eva de Roovere, New Orleans phenom Mike Dillon and rising artists like Elizabeth Moen, and played festivals headlined by Los Lobos, Rebirth Brass Band, David Lindley, Elephant Revival, Marco Benevento, and many others. The band’s influences span the gamut from jazz to funk to gospel to free form and from Sun Ra to Miles Davis to Thelonious Monk to Medeski, Martin & Wood to the Meters to Jimmy Smith to the JB’s to Sex Mob to Ramsey Lewis to Soulive to Greyboy Allstars. Apocalypso’s most recent release “SO FAR SO WHAT” was recorded at Flat Black Studios in Lone Tree, Iowa and is due out this summer.

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Orquesta Alto Maiz
2023-07-02 15:00 - 16:00 | Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Orquesta Alto Maiz is something of a musical enigma. It is a popular Latin-jazz-dance band made up of musicians now living in the “heartland” of America. The Latin tinged music they perform, usually found in the clubs of New York City, L.A. or Miami, has secured them a reputation as one of the hottest bands in the Midwest.
This strange mix of “salsa” and tall corn works because of the years of musical experience the band members bring to the group, and because of their love for the music. Alto Maiz has been performing regionally and internationally since 1986 and has steadily built a strong base of Latin music fans and supporters wherever they’ve played.
Orquesta Alto Maiz plays a wide range of Latin musical styles, including merengue, samba, cha-cha-cha, salsa, calypso, and boleros. In addition to Latin-jazz standards by Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, Eddie Palmieri, Ismael Miranda, Mario Bauzá, Poncho Sanchez and others, the band has produced many successful original compositions as well.
Alto Maiz has recorded much of this music, producing two cassette tapes; Puerto de Tierra (1989), Casa del Fuego (1991), and eight compact discs; Dancing in the Corn (1993), Azucar Caliente (1995), Década (1997), Live at Montreux (1999), Añejando (2001), Ritmo en Azul (2004), Veinte (2006) and Live On Fire (2008).
Regardless of age group or musical preferences, Orquesta Alto Maiz strikes a common chord with its audience. Once exposed to this vibrant, pulsating music, people find it so irresistible that their feet won’t keep still!
Audience participation (dancing, singing) is enthusiastically encouraged. And remember, dancing is good for you, and dancing like no one is watching is even better! Once you experience them you will never forget them, Orquesta Alto Maiz, “The Salsa Band.”

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Web: https://www.salsaband.band/
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