NOLA Jazz Band Quartet

About this event

Founded in Des Moines, Iowa, the band is comprised of master musicians who are passionate about preserving the legacy of the music they love, while bringing a fun, exciting energy to engage any audience. Featured in festivals and concerts nationwide, The NOLA Jazz Band is a unique and exuberant celebration of a bygone era with a creative, playful nod to the modern music and pop culture. The NOLA Jazz Band’s “gutsy and heartfelt” blues & jazz stylings has earned them a nationwide fan base. The group varies from it’s full 7 piece band to smaller combos – all lead by band leader and jazz clarinet player/vocalist Jeff Kane. The band has played for many Festivals and music hot spots around the Midwest and Central Iowa including: Iowa City Jazz Festival, Bix Beiderbecke Festival, World Food & Music Festival, River Music Experience, Des Moines Art Festival, Jazz in July, Ingersoll Live, Galena Music Festival, and Botanical Center Music in The Gardens to name a few. The band has produced three albums and has played with some of the biggest movers and shakers in the Blues, Swing, and Jazz scenes including: Benny Bennack III, Bria Skonberg, Evan Christopher, Marla Dixon and Shotgun Jazz Band, Paul Mehling and Hot Club of San Francisco, Davina & the Vagabonds, and many others. Band members have shared the stage with a “who’s who” of jazz, past and present, including Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson, Randy Brecker, David “Fathead” Newman, Dick Oatts, Benny Bennack III, Bria Skonberg, Wycliffe Gordon, Evan Christopher, Wes “Warm Daddy” Anderson, Delfeayo Marsalis, Vincent Gardner, Steve Tyree, Slide Hampton and Barbara Morrison. Quartet members have also opened for such diverse pop, R&B, roots and jazz acts such as: ⁃ Lake Street Dive (Rachael Price) ⁃ Davina & The Vagabonds ⁃ Dom Flemons (Carolina Chocolate Drops) ⁃ Shake ‘Em Up Jazz Band (New Orleans) ⁃ Hot Club of San Francisco (Paul Mehling) ⁃ Marla Dixon & Shotgun Jazz Band ⁃ Charlie & The Tropicales (New Orleans) Jazz clubs and Festivals played include Noce Jazz Club, Crooners Jazz & Supper Club in Minnesota, Twin Cities Jazz Festival, Des Moines Arts Festival, World Food and Music Festival, Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival, Iowa City Jazz Fest, Cedar Basin Jazz Festival and many more. In addition The Quartet’s pianist Tanner Taylor was inducted into the Iowa Jazz Hall of Fame in 2022.

Who

• NOLA Jazz Band QuartetHeadliner

Venue

Des Moines Performing Arts Center - Civic Center

221 Walnut St., Des Moines, IA 50309

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