United Jazz Ensemble
2022-07-02 11:30 - 12:10 (America/Chicago) | Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Every Summer, this collaborative high school jazz combo comes together to prepare for their performance on the main stage at the Iowa City Jazz Festival. Directed by Aaron Ottmar, Ryan Arp, and Brian Zeglis, the band is comprised of students from City, Liberty, and West high schools from the Iowa City Community School District. For 25+ years, this group has served as one of the signature elements of the Jazz Festival’s commitment to jazz education in the public school setting. The opportunity for these students to perform at the Jazz Festival not only deepens their growth as musicians but also fosters wonderful collaboration between all three high school jazz programs.

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Artist Booths
2022-07-02 11:30 - 20:30, 2022-07-03 12:00 - 16:00 | Clinton St., 10 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
There will be artist booths on Clinton Street.

Culinary Delights and Beverage Garden
2022-07-02 11:30 - 22:30, 2022-07-03 12:00 - 16:00 | IA
As always, there are multiple food vendors to choose from! The Beverage Garden will have a slightly different location this year, with an even better view of the Main Stage!

North Corridor All-Star Combo
2022-07-02 12:15 - 12:55 | Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: The North Corridor All-Star is made up of musicians from high schools along the north I-380 corridor and is under the direction of Coe College music professor, Steve Shanley. Individuals in this group have been recognized as members or alternates of the prestigious Iowa All-State Jazz Band, and all are pursuing private jazz studies. They are honored to be a part of this year’s festival and look forward to performing a mix of original compositions and standards.

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Kid Logic
2022-07-02 13:00 - 14:00 | Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival, 25 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: July 2, 2022 will be the debut performance of Kid Logic. Featuring 5 of Eastern Iowa music veterans who have played in some of the most popular bands over the last 30 yrs including The Fez, Shade of Blue, Mean St & the Hell Horns, Craig Erickson, Soul Sacrifice, The FunkDaddies, Johnny Kilowatt Band, The Allman Brothers, Ashanti, The Dandelion Stompers and more.
John Reasoner – guitar
Saul Lubaroff – saxophones
Denny Redmond – keys
John Hall – bass
Tim Crumley – drums
Kid Logic plays the great jazz fusion bands of the 70’s and 80’s, Weather Report, David Sanborn, The Rippingtons, The Crusaders, Lee Ritenour, and more.

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Yogev Shetrit Trio
2022-07-02 14:00 - 15:00 | Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Yogev Shetrit is a professional Israeli drummer, performer and composer. In 2015, he established his band, the Yogev Shetrit Trio, with the goal of playing his own compositions. In 2016, Shetrit recorded his first studio album, “New Path,” as a bandleader and composer. They have performed across Israel and all over the world, including Guatemala, Kazakhstan, India, Panama, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Haiti, and the United States.
Members:
Moshe Elmakias – Piano
Noam Tanzer – Bass
Yogev Shetrit – Drums, Compositions & Production
The albums “New Path” and “Serenity” contains instrumental pieces composed, arranged, and produced by Shetrit, who plays drums and percussion. He elegantly fuses traditional North African music, Gnawa, Andalusian music from his Moroccan heritage, along with contemporary jazz, Jewish and Mediterranean music. His funk and Drum & Bass influences are also evident on some of the tracks. Shetrit is also a founding member of Coolooloosh, funk and hip-hop band which received international exposure by extensive tours all over the world. The band has released three albums.

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Web: https://www.yogevshetrit.com/
Other links: https://www.facebook.com/yogev.shitrit.3
https://www.instagram.com/yogevshetrit/
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLGHP74Xezb0hLwjqqRWc5bdKfpl_ztcp

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Nick Rueckert Quartet
2022-07-02 15:00 - 16:00 | Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival, 25 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, pianist/composer Nick Rueckert has lived in Iowa and performed throughout the Midwest since 2008. Holding degrees from Drake University and Boston University, Nick is a regular member of the Des Moines Big Band and has performed regularly with many ensembles including The Turner Center Jazz Orchestra, Parranderos Latin Combo, The Des Moines Metro Concert Band and Big Band, and alongside a variety of local and visiting artists.
The Nick Rueckert Quartet features compositions and arrangements penned by himself and its members Aaron Ehrlich on saxophone, Chris Walsh on bass, and Ben Poppen on drums.

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Dan Wilson Quartet
2022-07-02 16:00 - 17:00 | Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Growing up in Akron, Ohio, Dan Wilson spent the majority of his youth within the church community, where his musical path began. Traces of his major guitar influences – including Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, Joe Pass, and George Benson to name a few – can be discerned through his playing, but his musical identity has been shaped by everything from gospel and blues to traditional jazz, hip-hop and horn players like Sonny Rollins and Joe Henderson.
His career took him on an exploratory journey into foundations laid down by the guitar/organ tradition, eventually leading to an invitation to perform with jazz great Joey DeFrancesco’s trio quartet, with which Wilson went on to earn a GRAMMY® Award nomination. Through DeFrancesco he met bassist, composer, and arranger Christian McBride, who produced Wilson’s “Vessels of Wood and Earth” and released the album on his newly formed imprint Brother Mister Productions. The album was released on April 23, 2021 and is available on all platforms.

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Web: https://www.danwilsonguitar.com/
Other links: https://www.facebook.com/DanWilsonGuitar/
https://www.instagram.com/danwilsonguitar/
https://www.youtube.com/user/brothaman34/videos

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Crystal Rebone Trio
2022-07-02 17:00 - 18:00 | Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival, 25 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Dr. Crystal Rebone is the Instructor of Bass and Jazz Improvisation at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. Originally from Beloit, Wisconsin, Dr. Rebone graduated Western Illinois University with a Bachelor’s degree in Jazz Studies and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a Master’s degree in Jazz Performance. During her studies, she submerged herself in the music of baritone saxophonist, Gerry Mulligan, and bassist, Dave Holland. She is happy to be joined by her colleagues for the Iowa City Jazz Festival and bring this music to life.

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Molly Miller Trio
2022-07-02 18:00 - 19:00 | Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Since Dr. Molly Miller picked up a guitar at age seven, she’s been captivating audiences with her sophisticated and raw style. She’s one of Los Angeles’s most sought-after musicians, recording and touring with artists such as Jason Mraz, Black Eyed Peas, Donna Missal, and Jaimo, at venues such as the Hollywood Bowl, Royal Albert Hall, and Coachella.
Miller is featured on Jason Mraz’s latest albums Know and Look For the Good. She is in the house-band on The Bachelor’s newest ABC primetime show, Listen To Your Heart. Soon after earning her Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of Southern California in 2016, she became the chair of the Guitar Department at Los Angeles College of Music, a position she still holds. When Miller’s not on tour, running a guitar department, or in the studio, she heads her own trio, Molly Miller Trio, showcased on NPR’s Fresh Air, Guitar Player, & Fretboard Journal.

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Goliath
2022-07-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival, 25 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: The hard hitting contemporary quartet “Goliath” is a project led by Dave Thaker, local jazz guitarist. The group features Jerome Gillespie Jr. on drums, Blake Shaw on bass, and Jarrett Purdy on keyboards. All members are graduate students from the University of Iowa, and their combined inspirations from their time at the university and beyond are on full display in this group.

Each of Goliath’s individual members have an overall breadth of work that includes touring across the U.S., guest artist work, and a multitude of recording projects. In addition to original music, the group is excited to bring fresh, new arrangements of all kinds of jazz virtuosos, from Herbie Hancock to Ben Wendel to Braxton Cook.

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SuperBlue: Kurt Elling featuring Charlie Hunter
2022-07-02 20:00 - 21:30 | Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Renowned for his singular combination of robust swing and poetic insight, two-time GRAMMY winner Kurt Elling has secured his place among the world’s foremost jazz vocalists. His voice is instantly recognizable, embracing listeners with his warm, rich baritone and navigating the full span of his four-octave range as a virtuoso improvisor and a compelling storyteller. Over a twenty-five-year career of touring and recording, Elling has won three Prix du Jazz Vocal (France), two German Echo Awards, two Dutch Edison Awards, and has been nominated for a GRAMMY award fifteen times. He has had a 14-year run atop the DownBeat Critics and Readers polls and has won twelve Jazz Journalists Awards for “Male Vocalist of the Year”.
Elling’s dynamism is enhanced exponentially by the fact that he consistently generates new vocal material by writing and recording signature and definitive lyrics to the compositions of foundational jazz composers like of John Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Shorter, and Joe Zawinul. Additionally, Kurt Elling has co-created multi-disciplinary performances for Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater and The City of Chicago. Jazz At Lincoln Center saw the world premier of The Big Blind, an entirely new jazz musical-in-progress Elling is co-writing with collaborator Phil Galdston (“Save The Best For Last”).
Elling has toured the world in a variety of contexts, including UNESCO-sponsored “International Jazz Day” performances in Havana, Cuba, in St. Petersburg, Russia, in Melbourne, Australia and in Washington DC. He has twice performed at the White House, including a performance in collaboration with the late Marvin Hamlisch and the National Symphony Orchestra for President Obama’s first State Dinner. He has served as Artist-In-Residence at the Monterey and Singapore Jazz Festivals. As a music industry leader, Elling spent six years serving as a Trustee and two years as Vice Chairman of The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

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Web: https://kurtelling.com/music/superblue/
Other links: https://charliehunter.com/
https://www.facebook.com/kurtelling
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City of Iowa City Fireworks
2022-07-02 21:30 - 22:00 | Old Capitol Museum, 21 N. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Join us the intersection of Clinton Street and Iowa Avenue, as well as on the University of Iowa Pentacrest for the City of Iowa City’s signature fireworks display. Big, beautiful and the best way to end Saturday night of the Jazz Fest!

Afterparty at Elray's
2022-07-02 22:15 - 2022-07-03 02:00 | Elray’s, 211 Iowa Ave., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
You’re invited to a jam session hosted by Blake Shaw!

Mina Jazz Quartet
2022-07-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival, 25 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: The Mina Jazz Quartet was founded on one main idea: Brazil is more than just the land of the bossa! MJQ is proud to represent the rich culture of Brazil and its music through exciting performances of popular Brazilian sambas, choros, frevos, Cuban cha-cha-cha, and more.
Gabriel Sánchez, saxophone
Robert Espe, violin, flute, mandolin, saxophone
Rayne Dias, piano and accordion
Askar Khaetov, bass
Ryan Smith, drums and percussion

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Camille Thurman with the Darrell Green Quartet
2022-07-03 13:00 - 14:00 | Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Sponsored by Iowa House Hotel

About: As an accomplished composer, esteemed saxophonist, vocalist, and unique interpreter of the jazz tradition, Camille Thurman is quickly becoming one of the leading standard bearers of the art form. Camille is known for her distinct musical approach to classic and original repertoire that highlights her chops as both a powerhouse singer and instrumentalist and has amassed numerous distinctive honors for her musicianship. Thurman also has four full-length recordings as a leader to her credit.
She was the first woman in 30 years to tour and perform full time internationally with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra as a saxophonist/woodwindist (2018-2020 season). Her most recent project “Fortitude” (to be released in 2022) is a collaboration with master drummer Darrell Green and his quartet. Thurman was recently selected by American Music Abroad and the U.S. State Department to tour and perform Africa as U.S. Cultural Ambassadors: Cameroon, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, and Mauritania. In May of 2020, Camille created and founded “The Haven Hang: Young Lioness Musician Q&A/ Virtual Mentorship Series,” a virtual mentorship series for young women musicians.

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Web: https://www.camillethurmanmusic.com/
Other links: https://www.facebook.com/camille.thurman

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Dan Padley Quartet
2022-07-03 14:00 - 15:00 | Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival, 25 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Dan Padley is a guitarist/composer based out of Iowa City, IA. Since studying music at the University of Iowa, He has performed with many artists including Wayne Newton, Deb Talan, Elizabeth Moen, River Glen, Dana T, Blake Shaw, comedian Jimmy Pardo, and many more. Dan has released numerous albums and EPs, including his most recent full length ‘Bloom’. His music combines sounds of jazz, ambience, americana, and film music.

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John Daversa Small Band
2022-07-03 15:00 - 16:00 | Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: John Daversa is a distinguished trumpet-player, composer, arranger, producer, bandleader and educator. He is a multiple Grammy Award winner and nominee and the recipient of many other awards and honors. In addition to his active career as a performer and recording artist he is currently Professor and Chair of Studio Music and Jazz at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music.
Born in Los Angeles, Daversa returned in 2004 to pursue graduate-level education, and in 2011 he accepted a full-time position at California State University, Northridge. During this time, Daversa formed the John Daversa Small Band and re-established the John Daversa Progressive Big Band. Compositions created for these performances generated the material for Daversa’s next few albums, including Junk Wagon: The Big Band Album (2011), which received several Global Music Awards, including Best in Show, Creativity/Originality and Album Production.
Since 2013, Daversa has produced several noteworthy albums for both himself and other artists. In 2017 the John Daversa Big Band’s album, Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music of the Beatles garnered three Grammy nominations for Best Large Jazz Ensemble, Best Arrangement Instrumental, and Best Arrangement Vocals or A Cappella. In 2019, American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom, a big band album featuring young DACA artists, won three Grammy awards for Best Large Jazz Ensemble, Best Arrangement Instrumental, and Best Improvised Solo.
In 2019 and 2020 Daversa was musical director and producer for two important projects spearheaded by women: Shoulder to Shoulder: Centennial Tribute to Women’s Suffrage, by the Karrin Allyson Sextet (2019) and Swing States: Harmony in the Battleground by Regina Carter Freedom Band (2020). The John Daversa Quintet released Cuarentena: With Family at Home, an album of original and traditional Cuban boleros that paid homage to familial love and the healing power of music during the time of COVID, featuring musicians Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Carlo De Rosa, Dafnis Prieto, and Sammy Figueroa.
His most recent project, All Without Words: Variations Inspired By Loren (release April 30, 2021) is a lush orchestral trumpet concerto played by the John Daversa Jazz Orchestra, composed by Justin Morell and dedicated to Morell’s autistic son Loren. Celebrating the bond between a parent and child, the album is a paean to the trials, tribulations, successes, and heart-warming moments of raising a non-verbal son.

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Freegrass String Quartet AND James Tutson & the Rollback
2022-07-08 18:30 - 21:30 | Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 210 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Sponsored by Shive-Hattery

About: The Freegrass String Quartet is made up of Blake Shaw on cello/elec bass/vocals, Annie Savage on harp & fiddle, Tara McGovern on fiddle, and Dan Padley on guitar. They aim to create beautiful soundscapes while borrowing from all their backgrounds collectively including bluegrass, jazz, Irish folk tunes, & anything else that makes you feel good.

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About: Iowa City’s James Tutson and his 5 siblings were the entirety of the church choir growing up. He was raised singing southern gospel every Sunday in a tiny chapel in front of a 10 person congregation. This heritage of soul music permeates his vocal styles and anchors his songwriting even as he crafts his current work telling stories of the modern world and his life journey. He is known for emotive/”raw” vocal performances, tight musical arrangements, and resonant songwriting, which has been described as a “gift for exploring the intersection between joy and sorrow”. James’ career has taken him to local backyards, dive bars, theater stages, music festivals, and NBC’s The Voice. James was named one of the 2023 National Endowment for the Arts, Iowa Fellows and has had the privilege of performing with great artists like Lake Street Dive, The Dip, The War and Treaty, Marc Broussard, Joanna Connor, Five for Fighting and more. He has recorded seven studio albums including his most recent “Fool For You”

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Web: http://www.jamestutson.com/
Other links: https://www.instagram.com/jtutson/
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Sing 2
2022-07-09 21:15 - 23:00 | Johnson County Fairgrounds, 3109 Old Hwy 218 S, Iowa City, IA, 52246, United States
Sponsored by The Kirkwood Room and Faithful Companions
Entertainment by Lucy Polyak
Run time: 1 hour 50 minutes
Rating: PG
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johannson
Plot: With his theatrical company a local success, Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) is dreaming of bigger things. Unfortunately, when a talent scout dismisses their work as inadequate for the big time, Buster is driven to prove her wrong. Buster inspires his players to gamble everything to sneak into a talent audition in Redshore City for the demanding entertainment mogul Jimmy Crystal (Bobby Cannavale). Against the odds, they catch his interest with some frantic creative improvisation and even more desperate lies like personally knowing the reclusive rock star, Clay Calloway (Bono), who has not been seen in 15 years. Now faced with a tight production window with only a vague story idea and dire consequences for failure, Buster and his friends must all stretch their talents and put on a show against all odds. In that struggle, the gang’s challenges seem insurmountable, but each of them finds new inspirations and friends where they least expect them to pursue an artistic dream worthy of them.
Watch the trailer HERE
*Start times are an estimation based on sunset and are subject to change.
**There will be no movie registration forms this year. Parking and seating are offered on a first come, first served basis.

Annie Savage
2022-07-12 18:30 - 20:00 | Upper City Park, 200 Park Rd, Iowa City, IA, 52246, United States
Sponsored by Westwinds Real Estate

About: Hailed as a “firecracker educator and performer” after founding the Wintergrass Festival’s Musicians of Excellence education program, Annie Savage is an international clinician whose Free-Strings Method (www.free-strings.com) offers students, classrooms, and festivals alike a joyful experience with music at the nexus of cultural relevance, creativity, and lifetime musicianship. A renowned fiddler, vocalist, and concert harpist, Savage has shared the stage with artists from Aretha Franklin to John Williams to Ricky Skaggs. She teaches with one foot in the classroom and the other in the music industry.

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Web: http://www.savagefiddler.com/
Other links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YdH54cVKi4

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REUNION NIGHT featuring City Park AND Fairchildren
2022-07-15 18:30 - 21:30 | Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 210 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Sponsored by Bread Garden Market and ReUnion Brewery

About: Based out of the Iowa City area, City Park is a group of life-long, like-minded musicians who had mostly sacrificed their craft over the years to the usual responsibilities of life. Influenced by bands like Uncle Tupelo, Whiskeytown, and more, City Park has evolved their unique sound into rich, foot-stomping, mining-the-depths, hootenanny music with heart. Though hard to pin down, their sound can be best described as a fusion of roots/Americana/alt-country/rock/blues.

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Web: https://www.cityparktheband.com/
Other links: https://www.facebook.com/CityParktheband/

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About: Fairchildren is an eastern Iowa classic rock band that started in 1986. They were a popular Iowa City bar band that gigged often at Spanky’s in C.R., Gabes and Cheers in Iowa City, Riverfest on U of I campus and several other glorious regional dives including Pete and Tilly’s in C.R. and Davenport’s Dave’s Golden Nugget. Their weekend in Iowa City will be the first time together in over 33 years after each member went separate ways. This will be an Iowa City city-wide class reunion for the class of 1987, and they are looking forward to seeing one another, rehearsing and playing in front of friends old and new!

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Slim Chance and the Can't Hardly Playboys AND Dave Zollo & the Body Electric
2022-07-16 18:30 - 21:30 | Northside Market Place, Market Street, Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Slim Chance has been writing hit songs since before hit songs were even a thing. He’s written solid country gold hits since before the Carter Family and he has gotten no recognition, and more importantly, NO MONEY for his significant contributions to country music. Slim has rustled together his all-star band, The Can’t Hardly Playboys, to tour this country one more time to finally get the credit he so richly deserves, and maybe make a little scratch while he’s at it. Come on out to see the legend himself performing songs that were stolen from him by Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Jerry Reed and many more folks who lived their lives fat and happy off of his talent.

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About: Since bursting onto the midwestern music scene with the band High and Lonesome in 1992, David Zollo has had a busy career. Along with constant touring, in the U.S and Europe, with High and Lonesome (1992-1998) and his current band, The Body Electric (1998-present) Zollo has recorded 7 records of his own material. Despite the many things Zollo has done during his career, it is as a live performer that many feel he’s at his best.

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Web: http://www.davezollo.com/
Other links: https://www.facebook.com/david.zollo/
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James Tutson
2022-07-19 18:30 - 20:00 | Terry Trueblood Recreation Area, 579 McCollister Blvd, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Sponsored by Martin Construction

About: Iowa City’s James Tutson and his 5 siblings were the entirety of the church choir growing up. He was raised singing southern gospel every Sunday in a tiny chapel in front of a 10 person congregation. This heritage of soul music permeates his vocal styles and anchors his songwriting even as he crafts his current work telling stories of the modern world and his life journey. He is known for emotive/”raw” vocal performances, tight musical arrangements, and resonant songwriting, which has been described as a “gift for exploring the intersection between joy and sorrow”. James’ career has taken him to local backyards, dive bars, theater stages, music festivals, and NBC’s The Voice. James was named one of the 2023 National Endowment for the Arts, Iowa Fellows and has had the privilege of performing with great artists like Lake Street Dive, The Dip, The War and Treaty, Marc Broussard, Joanna Connor, Five for Fighting and more. He has recorded seven studio albums including his most recent “Fool For You”

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Web: http://www.jamestutson.com/
Other links: https://www.instagram.com/jtutson/
https://www.instagram.com/jamestutsonandtherollback/

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Heads in Motion
2022-07-22 18:30 - 21:30 | Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 210 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Sponsored by The Mighty 1630 KCJJ

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Annie Savage
2022-07-26 18:30 - 20:00 | Riverfront Crossings Park, 1001 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States

The Beaker Brothers
2022-07-29 18:30 - 21:30 | Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 210 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Sponsored by Herteen & Stocker Jewelers

About: For over 15 years the Beaker Brothers Band has been paying homage to the original Jam Bands of the late 60’s and early 70’s – the Allman Brothers, Clapton, Santana, Little Feat, Rolling Stones, James Gang, the Doors, Steely Dan, Neil Young, CCR, and many more. The Beaker Brothers Band isn’t a nostalgia act or a tribute show. We’re playing music that has been in our heads and our hearts since we first heard it. This is the music we played in our youth. And we’re as awed by it today as then. We’re thrilled that we’re not alone.

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The Sons of Zebedee Doodah AND Wave Cage
2022-07-30 18:30 - 21:30 | Northside Market Place, Market Street, Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: In response to a demand for “Roaring ‘20s” themed party music, The Sons of Zebedee DooDah was formed in January 2020 with a mission to revitalize the music of the Prohibition era. Specializing in swing dance tempos, the sextet has performed for numerous “speakeasy” type parties, galas, and even jazz church services. Temporarily forced into hiatus by a worldwide pandemic, the band is back with a vengeance and ready to bring the swing to your event.
Horn players Lynne Hart (clarinet, saxophone), Manny Lopez (trumpet), and Peter Hart (bass saxophone, tenor saxophone) have been playing together in various configurations for more
than 20 years, as members of the Manny Lopez Big Band. Together they have backed up jazz luminaries including Louie Bellson, Clark Terry, Buddy DeFranco, and many legends of the Motown era, including The Temptations and The Supremes, James Ingram, Roberta Flack, and numerous others.
Rhythm section members Corey Kendrick, (piano), Dan Jacobi (drums), Ron Wilson (bass), laydown the festive groove for your listening and dancing enjoyment.

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About: Wave Cage combines jazz composition, atmospheric synths, and driving beats to create their own blend of electrified, synth-heavy jazz fusion. Jazz Weekly pronounced them “Soulful space cadets”, while the River Cities’ Reader described their sound as “evoking the smooth melodies and diverse textures of early Weather Report; the ambitious, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink arrangements of groups such as Jaga Jazzist; and the more genre-agnostic trip-hop beat decisions of such projects as Thievery Corporation and Zero 7.

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