John Rapson of the UI School of Music’s Jazz Studies Program brings his powerful multi-media show “Hot Tamale Louie” to Cedar Rapids for the very first time on March 23, 7:30 at Coe’s Sinclair Auditorium.
John tells Dennis that the story was inspired by a 2016 New Yorker article about Zarif Khan, an Afghan immigrant who eventually settled in Sheridan, Wyoming and took over a tamale business, adopting the previous owner’s nickname, Hot Tamale Louie.
The show encompasses jazz, Middle East rhythms, Mexican Waltzes, and American Folk, brought to life by an ensemble that includes Rapson, Iowa folk legend Dave Moore, Danyel Gaglione, Ryan Smith, Tara McGovern, Dan Padley, Blake Shaw, and Justin LeDuc.
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