We are a group of professionals in eastern Iowa sharing our love for jazz. The group: female vocalist, electric and upright bass, guitar, drums, trumpet, keyboard, and various woodwinds. Our set list varies with traditional Jazz Standards (Take Five, Take the A-Train, Fever, Minnie the Moocher) and Sambas (Summer Samba, O'Pato) and ballads (Summertime, Moondance, ) . We also offer a big band option with three horns and a singer as well as blues and popular music in a jazz style.
We have played a variety of venues including breweries, city celebrations, wineries, coffee houses, weddings and private parties.
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Price Range: Contact for rates
Gig Length: 60 - 300 minutes
Languages: English
Live jazz that can be tailored for quiet background jazz, featured concert, or targeted for dance groups.
We also help promote the events utilizing Facebook promotions and shared event calendar.
The Bluetone Jazz collective is made up of a diverse group of professionals from Northeast Iowa. Our members include a college professor, a police officer, an IT professional, 2 music educators and an attorney. As a group we bring our individual tastes and talents to form a unique blend of songs from the Great American songbook, Latin jazz, blues, and unique arrangements of contemporary popular music.
This unique blend of music allows the Bluetone Jazz Collective to tailor music to a variety of venues and private parties.
We bring all our own sound board, speakers, and lighting. We use mostly wireless to eliminate cords and cables as much as possible. There are normally 6 of us so we need an area large enough to accommodate that.
| June 15, 2019 • 7:00pm - 10:00pm | Restaurant/Bar Event |
| July 16, 2016 • 8:00pm - 11:00pm | Birthday (Adult) |
| February 11, 2016 | Nonprofit Event |
| June 01, 2014 | Graduation |
Take Five
A Hard Days Night
Sodanco Samba
O'Pato
Minnie the Moocher
Fever
Moanin
Sweet Georgia Brown
Watermelon Man
Woodchoppers Ball
Ain't Misbehavin
Moondance
Summer Samba
Summertime
| Les Aldrich | Keyboard woodwind |
| Cynthia Bane | Vocalist |
| Ted Phillips | Drums |
| Jim Davis | Bass and Trombone |
| TJ Peters | Trumpet |
| James Peters | Guitar Acoustic Bass Banjo |
Duke Ellington
Dave Brubeck
Billie Holiday
Miles Davis
Beatles
Art Blakey
Frank Sinatra
We bring all our own sound board, speakers, and lighting. We use mostly wireless to eliminate cords and cables as much as possible. There are normally 6 of us so we need an area large enough to accommodate that.
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