Jazz Flux

Milwaukee, WI

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Travels up to 150 miles

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Josie by Steely Dan- Live at Milwaukee Yacht Club

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Blues Up and Down- Live at Middleton Jazz Festival

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Body and Soul- Jazz Flux Live at Shaker's

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Guitarist John Zaffiro

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Guitarist John Zaffiro

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Let It Be Club in Waukesha WI

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Bassist Ben Holt

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Drummer Victor Campbell

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Vocalist Adekola Adedapo

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Eau Claire Jazz Fest Venue

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Saxophonist Jamill Shaw

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The Jazz Estate Poster Board

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Jamming at the Jazz Gallery

Overview

Jazz Flux consists of MKEs top veteran musicians with experience playing venues large and small including Summerfest, Festa Italiana, Eau Claire and Middleton Jazz Fests, Caroline's, the Jazz Estate, Blu at the Pfister Hotel, Bar Centro and numerous private parties and receptions. We can provide professional music for any event with established musicians and vocalists that can cater to your every needs.


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Booking information

Price range: Contact for rates

Languages: English

Gig length: 120 - 240 minutes

What to expect

With Jazz Flux you can expect the full package of entertainment professionalism. Besides providing the highest quality of musicianship, the members are courteous and prompt in all areas of responsiveness to the clients' needs and desires. The group is a completely self-contained unit providing all sound and lighting required for events of any size, shape or form.

About

If you seek out the definition of the word "Flux", the Oxford Dictionary of languages reads, "the action or process of flowing or flowing out." True to its name the music of Jazz Flux flows out like a river of sound in constant motion, ever changing and pulsating with the sonic influences of jazz, pop, rhythm and blues, and funk. Jazz Flux is a consortium of Milwaukee's finest and most experienced Jazz Musicians and vocalists. Several of them have been performing for over a half century in some of the most celebrated venues such as Milwaukee Summerfest, Potawatomi Northern Lights Theatre, the Eau Claire and Middleton Jazz Festivals, and Indaba Nights at St. Ann’s. Clubs and Cabarets in Milwaukee like, Blu at the Pfister Hotel, Caroline's Jazz Club, and Café Coda in Madison, WI. The group includes saxophonist Jamill Shaw, guitarist John Zaffiro, drummer Victor Campbell, pianist Ken Kosut, trombonist Bailey Strasser and bassists James Yorgan and Aden Stier. Vocalist Adekola Adedapo is a veteran of many of Milwaukee's finest ensembles that included jazz icons Manty Ellis, Melvin Rhyne and Berkley Fudge.
With Jazz Flux you can expect the full package of entertainment professionalism. Besides providing the highest quality of musicianship, the members are courteous and prompt in all areas of responsiveness to the clients' needs and desires. The group is a completely self-contained unit providing all sound and lighting required for events of any size, shape or form.

Additional booking notes

Jazz Flux is a completely self-contained unit that can provide all sound and lighting equipment for events of any size, shape or form. We do require a staging area of at least 25 X 25 feet in area. The area should be solid and level of wood or concrete. If the event is outdoors it should provide cover for the group in case of rain or excessive heat. We require at minimum two separate 30 amp electrical outlets.

Past booked events

June 2026

05

Friday

Personal Occasion

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Milwaukee, WI

April 2026

02

Thursday

Retirement Community Event

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Racine, WI

Set list

Classic Pop
Sounds of Silence- Simon and Garfunkle
The Weight- The Band
Ventura Highway- America
Nights In White Satin- Moody Blues
Wild World- Cat Stevens
Blackbird- The Beatles
Your Song- Elton John
Can’t Find My Way Home- Steve Winwood
Time After Time- Cyndi Lauper
Pride and Joy- Stevie Ray Vaughn
Fire and Rain- James Taylor
Here Comes the Sun- The Beatles
She’s Leaving Home- The Beatles
Ain’t No Sunshine
Lovely Day - Bill Withers

Jazz Standards
All Of Me
The Way You Look Tonight
Have You Met Miss Jones
All the Things You Are
Blue Skies
Bye Bye Blackbird
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
Angel Eyes
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Honeysuckle Rose
It’s Only a Paper Moon
Lullaby of Birdland
Once I Loved- Jobim
Somewhere Beyond the Sea

Influences and inspiration

Jazz Flux Band
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Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Herbie Hancock
Wayne Shorter
Wes Montgomery
Frank Sinatra
Dexter Gordon
Stevie Wonder
Steely Dan
Dizzy Gillespie
Bill Withers
Stevie Ray Vaughn

John Zaffiro Solo Guitar
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Simon and Garfunkle
The Band
Moody Blues
Cat Stevens
The Beatles
Elton John
Cyndi Lauper
Steve Winwood

Setup requirements

Jazz Flux is a completely self-contained unit that can provide all sound and lighting equipment for events of any size, shape or form. We do require a staging area of at least 25 X 25 feet in area. The area should be solid and level of wood or concrete. I

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