Culture Crawl 758 “Sheila Made It Happen”
Michael Conrad brings the Iowa Jazz Composers Orchestra to The James Theater in Iowa City on Oct. 2 for their first local appearance.
The ensemble specifically performs new jazz compositions for big band by Iowa composers. Besides works from familiar Eastern Iowans John Rapson, Chis Merz, Bob Washut, and Mike himself, the show will also include pieces written by Sioux City native Ryan Kisor, who went on to play lead trumpet in Wynton Marsalis’s Lincoln Center Orchestra, and even a new arrangement of a Bix Beiderbecke tune.
More info about the band at www.iowajazzcomposersorchestra.com, tickets for the Oct. 2 event at www.thejamesic.com.
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