The NOLA Jazz Trio featuring Jeff Kane on clarinet, Jamie Poulsen on piano, and Spencer Paulsen on bass will be at Johnston Public Library for an indoor concert in the library on Saturday, June 15 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm. Bring the whole fam for a chance to hear some top-notch jazz in the library. We promise--no shushing librarians on this afternoon--maybe some dancing librarians though.
The NOLA Jazz Band is 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. In addition, the band has an ongoing residency at NOCE, New Northwestern, Louie's Wine Dive in Des Moines, and NOIR in Ames. The band also plays regularly at many other corporate and private events.
NOLA Jazz Band has produced three live CD’s 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 also played in Europe and at well-known clubs in New Orleans and New York City.