Virtual Jazz: Sammy Miller and The Congregation

All virtual concerts will be available on our Facebook page.

About:  

Sammy Miller and The Congregation are on a mission, crisscrossing the country like a vaudevillian revival show with evangelic fervor for music. The seven-piece band is pulling people out of their solitary lives and putting them in the moment with a bracing dose of joyful jazz performed with infectious theatricality. The New York City-based, familial collective has captured its frenetic energy and unflinchingly optimistic songwriting on its debut album, Leaving Egypt.

They have been described as a mash up of the sensibilities of Ben Folds and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. The band freely mixes vocal and instrumental tracks live and on record, asking the audience to go along for the ride with the lead melody being carried by vocalists half the time, and instruments the other half.

Contact Information:

Web: http://www.sammymillercongregation.com/
Other links:

https://www.facebook.com/smcongregation
https://www.youtube.com/user/smcongregation

Summer of the Arts Festivals:  

• 2020 Iowa City Jazz Festival